"New" RA qualifiying limits as of June 1st, 2009
Oct 21, 2009, 6:55 am
#346
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Auckland, NZ
Programs: ICH: Platinum Ambassador, VA: Silver
Posts: 37
gosh im confused!!!! i only ever stay in holidays inn (about 18 nights a year) but occasinally crowne plaza. I stay in IC Park lane last weekend though using free nights and have booked another 2 free nights there for a few weeks time. can i get RA for 150 USD or do i have to be the top 1 %.
Oct 26, 2009, 11:09 am
#347
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: SE MI.
Posts: 309
Renewed at the last minute...
My RA expiration date was Oct 31, 09. I'm a first time RA(referred).
Renewed Oct 25 with 60 paid nights over the past 11.5 months. 56 were in this calender year. Of the 60 nights:
16 IC nights (6 different ICs)
12 HI/X
31 CW
1 SB
Renewed Oct 25 with 60 paid nights over the past 11.5 months. 56 were in this calender year. Of the 60 nights:
16 IC nights (6 different ICs)
12 HI/X
31 CW
1 SB
Nov 9, 2009, 4:57 pm
#348
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: bay area, ca
Programs: AS 100K, AA Gold, IC Diamond AMB, HH Diamond
Posts: 1,840
I was renewed over the weekend. My expiration was January 2010.
I have:
68 nights 11/08-10/09
65 qualifying nights calendar year 2009 to date
39 of those qualifying nights at InterContinental Hotels, at 14 different ICs
I have:
68 nights 11/08-10/09
65 qualifying nights calendar year 2009 to date
39 of those qualifying nights at InterContinental Hotels, at 14 different ICs
Nov 21, 2009, 6:22 am
#349
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: UK
Posts: 1,314
My RA membership expired at end of May and I wasn't renewed (very few IHG nights between January and May due to illness) - have had lots of stays since then, mainly at HIX and HI properties in the UK at very low rates (I'm paying an average of £17.50 a night at a UK HI on the 2-4-1 offer) but an occasional IC on trips abroad. My two night HI stay from last weekend posted yesterday and today my RA status is back (hooray).
My last twelve months paid stays (i.e. since 21 Nov 2008) total exactly 55 nights, including 8 nights in 7 different ICs in five different countries. Looking back to when I first got RA in 2007, that was also with exactly 55 nights, but only two paid IC stays (plus one on points).
I think this adds weight to the theories above that 55 nights is the magic number, and as long as you have 3 or more IC stays the actual pattern of your stays (whether it is all IC or all HIX) and the amount you spend is not part of the calculation. I also suspect that reward nights may count towards your "3 different ICs" but not towards the magic 55 nights, but that is only based on what happened to me in 2007.
Now I just need to drop an email to the IC Willard and IC San Francisco to ask them to note my new status for some stays in December, as it's unlikely I'll get the new card by then.
My last twelve months paid stays (i.e. since 21 Nov 2008) total exactly 55 nights, including 8 nights in 7 different ICs in five different countries. Looking back to when I first got RA in 2007, that was also with exactly 55 nights, but only two paid IC stays (plus one on points).
I think this adds weight to the theories above that 55 nights is the magic number, and as long as you have 3 or more IC stays the actual pattern of your stays (whether it is all IC or all HIX) and the amount you spend is not part of the calculation. I also suspect that reward nights may count towards your "3 different ICs" but not towards the magic 55 nights, but that is only based on what happened to me in 2007.
Now I just need to drop an email to the IC Willard and IC San Francisco to ask them to note my new status for some stays in December, as it's unlikely I'll get the new card by then.
Nov 21, 2009, 8:04 am
#350
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 247
My last twelve months paid stays (i.e. since 21 Nov 2008) total exactly 55 nights, including 8 nights in 7 different ICs in five different countries. Looking back to when I first got RA in 2007, that was also with exactly 55 nights, but only two paid IC stays (plus one on points).
Do you have many points stays / non qualifying stays as well?
I'm not sure how these fit into the calculations but I'm sure they do somewhere.
Last edited by SamsoniteBoy; Nov 21, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Nov 22, 2009, 1:49 pm
#352
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Shanghai and Bavaria
Programs: Spire RA, 1865 Voyager, Bonvoy Titanium, FB LP, LH SEN.
Posts: 3,104
I.e. Bolton will go as low as 15 pounds per night, and a lot more in the LIV/ MAN area.
Nov 22, 2009, 2:31 pm
#353
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: UK
Posts: 1,314
Wirelessly posted (Opera/9.80 (J2ME/MIDP; Opera Mini/4.2.13918/1006; U; en) Presto/2.2.0)
HI nottingham/Derby M1 J24 (or something like that) - single room is £35 per night and 2-4-1 always posts as 2 nights. Not bad if they're quiet as i get upgraded to an okay exec room, but it's been full recently and the single rooms are a bit miserable. Location isn't great, unless you have lots of family and friends nearby to visit (which i do)
Originally Posted by jimthehorsegod
Dec 4, 2009, 4:01 pm
#354
Join Date: Oct 2005
Programs: PC RA, Hertz PC, (Flybe) Premier card, Tesco Platinum
Posts: 1,329
Wirelessly posted (SAMSUNG-SGH-F490-Vodafone/F490BUHB2 SHP/VPP/R5 NetFront/3.4 Qtv5.3 SMM-MMS/1.2.0 profile/MIDP-2.0 configuration/CLDC-1.1)
Another data point. Just renewed my RA status with 3 IC paid stays and 1 free IC stay, plus ~190 paid nights in the same HI. Of course, at ~240 hotel nights this year, i do start to wonder why i even bother with a house!
Another data point. Just renewed my RA status with 3 IC paid stays and 1 free IC stay, plus ~190 paid nights in the same HI. Of course, at ~240 hotel nights this year, i do start to wonder why i even bother with a house!
Dec 4, 2009, 8:29 pm
#355
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Norway
Programs: EBD, Hyatt Globalist, Clubcarlson Gold, QR Platinum
Posts: 14
Upgraded to RA last week.
Joined Ambassador program in February 2009, with expiry end March 2010.
56 paid nights at IC from February to December 2009
Only paid stays at 2 different IC, but had an award stay at a third one.
Expiry date of my RA status is 31 March 2010.
Joined Ambassador program in February 2009, with expiry end March 2010.
56 paid nights at IC from February to December 2009
Only paid stays at 2 different IC, but had an award stay at a third one.
Expiry date of my RA status is 31 March 2010.
Dec 5, 2009, 2:23 pm
#356
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: UK
Programs: IHG Diamond Amb, Bonvoy Plat (+LTP), VS Silver
Posts: 1,393
With a membership expiry of Feb 2010, I was renewed 3 December 2009 with 59 qualifying nights posted (plus two stayed not yet posted) in previous 12 months (i.e. since Dec 2008). 16 of the 59 nights at ICs.
In addition, I've stayed 24 reward nights if they take these into account (which they did on the 1% letter).
Very happy with the result and most of the service provided to me as RA over the last year.
In addition, I've stayed 24 reward nights if they take these into account (which they did on the 1% letter).
Very happy with the result and most of the service provided to me as RA over the last year.
Dec 5, 2009, 3:42 pm
#357
Join Date: Aug 2006
Programs: SK*G, IC RA
Posts: 128
Rewards night
Are there any indication that rewards nights count toward the 'magic' 50/55 night RA qualifying limit?
Dec 6, 2009, 10:28 am
#358
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: MLB
Programs: some
Posts: 459
RA renewed Dec. 3 with 82 nights that included 5 IC stays.
Dec 9, 2009, 6:07 am
#359
Join Date: May 2008
Programs: BA GGL, VS Gold, BD Gold, Flying Blue Platinum, IC RA, Hilton Diamond, Eurostar Carte Blanche
Posts: 2,629
Wirelessly posted (SAMSUNG-SGH-F490-Vodafone/F490BUHB2 SHP/VPP/R5 NetFront/3.4 Qtv5.3 SMM-MMS/1.2.0 profile/MIDP-2.0 configuration/CLDC-1.1)
Another data point. Just renewed my RA status with 3 IC paid stays and 1 free IC stay, plus ~190 paid nights in the same HI. Of course, at ~240 hotel nights this year, i do start to wonder why i even bother with a house!
Another data point. Just renewed my RA status with 3 IC paid stays and 1 free IC stay, plus ~190 paid nights in the same HI. Of course, at ~240 hotel nights this year, i do start to wonder why i even bother with a house!
You should just rent your house out 
Dec 9, 2009, 1:11 pm
#360
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Ottawa
Programs: IC/AMB - Diamond Elite, AC E50K, AA, AM-Onyx, HH-Diamond, BW, Choice - Gold
Posts: 1,736
