IHG Program Update March 2022
Official Link:Timeline:
No changes to Ambassador, Royal Ambassador, or Kimpton Inner Circle. |
What's the point? Diamond will need 15 more nights but will get less?
Not sure why they'd need two months of training before rolling this out. |
Originally Posted by js1993
(Post 33914886)
What's the point? Diamond will need 15 more nights but will get less?
Not sure why they'd need two months of training before rolling this out. |
Originally Posted by Neoli
(Post 33914900)
Hope they will announce other benefits soon and hope those are nice
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Thanks for this - what's your source, an insider in the company or a leaked document?
I hope that, if this is true, IHG will finally seize the opportunity to simplify their convoluted rewards scheme [no more program-within-a-program-that's-also-another-program-with-benefits-for-this-brand-but-not-those], offer guest-facing benefits that are competitive with the big players [i.e. lounge access, breakfast] and update their technology platforms to a standard that isn't a pathetically lazy rebrand [the way the current apps are just the old ones with a new logo, having "IHG Rewards Club" mentioned all over the website, app and on the virtual card, etc.]... but this is IHG after all, and I might be getting ahead of myself. Let's see - this is the closest we've seen to a proper program revamp so... hope springs eternal? khabah |
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I am still waiting for the additional Spire benefits, which they told us will be announced soon... |
Dont have much hope on this one.
According to that PDF floating around, there are no changes to Inner Circle, Ambassador or Royal Ambassador... IHG needs to get their stuff in order....this is bullpoo |
Not sure about the original source, but here is an official-looking Chinese PDF that seems to have these numbers: https://www.verylvke.com/en/wp-conte...FAQs-Final.pdf
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IHG head office has confirmed the accuracy of everything above to me.
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Wow, if what was listed by OP (thank you for that info) is all IHG is doing here then this is the most unnecessary, redundant exercise I have seen in recent history for a loyalty program.
You get nothing guaranteed for being Spire (Diamond) so what the heck does Silver matter? Do they really think they'll unlock millions of new customers that were "turned off" because meaningless Gold was unreachable and hence a lower threshold without benefits is going to make a difference? Sheer brilliance :rolleyes: |
LOL…Diamond/Spire is 55,000 now but goes up to 120,000 points and we have to wait for several months to find out if anything additional is offered. Why not improve the benefits first and then encourage people to attain a higher status for next year?
Now we can wait for the announcement that every hotel will add in amenity fees also with no additional benefits to match the higher qualification levels😀 |
Originally Posted by js1993
(Post 33914886)
Not sure why they'd need two months of training before rolling this out.
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Originally Posted by demue
(Post 33915838)
Wow, if what was listed by OP (thank you for that info) is all IHG is doing here then this is the most unnecessary, redundant exercise I have seen in recent history for a loyalty program.
You get nothing guaranteed for being Spire (Diamond) so what the heck does Silver matter? Do they really think they'll unlock millions of new customers that were "turned off" because meaningless Gold was unreachable and hence a lower threshold without benefits is going to make a difference? Sheer brilliance :rolleyes: I doubt that they would extend the current Chinese F&B benefits (credits, lounge at Crowne Plaza) to the rest of the world with the refresh of programme. |
Going to need something spectacular to have me to reverse my current plan of burning all IHG points this year and losing Spire to focus on Hilton.
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This change to supposed to make the IHG loyalty program more competitive with other lodging providers.
Based on what I have seen so far, not seeing much improvement or added benefits. :( Nice to see the "SPIRE" name retired, that may be enough benefit for some. :D |
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