"New" RA qualifiying limits as of June 1st, 2009
Jul 1, 2009, 1:07 am
#61
Moderator: Flying Blue (Air France & KLM), France and TravelBuzz!
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Paris, France, AF F+ Rouge pour toujours, Flying Blue whatever, LH FTL, HHonors Gold, formerly proud SCC Executive, now IC Ambassador, BA down to nobody, Grand Voyageur Le Club
Posts: 12,404
As I've written here before, I was downgraded at the end of May with 56 total/38 IC paid nights. Too lazy to find my own message, but IIRC we stayed in 8 different ICs in the States, Europe, Bali and Japan. Just burned about 400K points in June and asked them to cancel my PC account, still waiting for a reply.
- a total of 48 paid nights,
- out of which 32 nights were at 7 different ICs
I have now reached
- 54 paid nights
- out of which 33 nights were at 8 different ICs
There has been no extension of the RA status at this stage, but I hope to barely make it to 60 by the end of the month and ask for an extension.
Jul 1, 2009, 1:07 am
#62
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 6,359
FWIW, from all the reading of previous posts I've done, I see no evidence that revenue plays a role in requalifying for RA. Or at least not the revenue IHG pays out for award stays.
Jul 1, 2009, 1:12 am
#63
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 6,359
That's definitely a good number to aim for. And FWIW, if you want to make it easier on yourself and get an automatic extension (hopefully), then I'd suggest that all 60 of your stays have POSTED to your acct by about least July 25th or so. Which means your final checkout should be around July 20th to be safe.
Jul 1, 2009, 1:18 am
#64
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Moscow
Programs: DL GM and so on
Posts: 1,200
I was tired of their opaque requirements. Yes, it was possible to stay somewhere, but I was repeatedly told they can't guarantee that my planned stays would be enough to requalify. With HI rates in Moscow it's way too expensive to do a mattress run.
Jul 1, 2009, 2:04 am
#65
Moderator: Flying Blue (Air France & KLM), France and TravelBuzz!
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Paris, France, AF F+ Rouge pour toujours, Flying Blue whatever, LH FTL, HHonors Gold, formerly proud SCC Executive, now IC Ambassador, BA down to nobody, Grand Voyageur Le Club
Posts: 12,404
That's definitely a good number to aim for. And FWIW, if you want to make it easier on yourself and get an automatic extension (hopefully), then I'd suggest that all 60 of your stays have POSTED to your acct by about least July 25th or so. Which means your final checkout should be around July 20th to be safe.
Jul 1, 2009, 2:20 am
#66
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Cardiff, Wales, UK
Posts: 982
I was renewed for a June expiry with 55 nights in the relevant year in the end. I was renewed before a few of those had posted though.
Jul 1, 2009, 2:46 am
#67
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: PARIS (France)
Programs: AF/KLM Club 2000 | InterContinental Diamond RA |AMEX Plat | Visa Infinite |Hertz President's Circle
Posts: 10,966
Is it 54 paid nights before expiration date or after last renewal date (my expiration date is September 2009, but renewal date was 9 August 2008, which can make a huge difference in terms of qualifying nights)
Last edited by nicolas75; Jul 1, 2009 at 2:51 am
Jul 1, 2009, 3:28 am
#68
Moderator: Flying Blue (Air France & KLM), France and TravelBuzz!
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Paris, France, AF F+ Rouge pour toujours, Flying Blue whatever, LH FTL, HHonors Gold, formerly proud SCC Executive, now IC Ambassador, BA down to nobody, Grand Voyageur Le Club
Posts: 12,404
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Jul 1, 2009, 7:13 am
#69
Join Date: Jun 2009
Programs: priorityclub, spg, egyptair, hilton hhonours
Posts: 17
Alright I'm not a RA but I'm a Platinum Ambassador, However I have never made 50 nights a year, last year (Feb 07/Jan 08) I had 32 nights in IC brand and 4 nights in the other ICH properties, I guess it is really unfair to give the RA tier to a guy who stays 2 nights/year only in IC Brand while someone like me never qualifies for such a Tier...I really don't see what kind of benefits you can get say for example in HI if you are a RA???....
Jul 1, 2009, 8:55 am
#71
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Moscow
Programs: DL GM and so on
Posts: 1,200
P.S. Finally, my PC account was cancelled, so I'm switching all my stays to a rival chain.
Jul 1, 2009, 9:22 am
#72
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Hyderabad
Posts: 4,843
I looked back over your older posts. I saw that you posted a month and a half before your RA expiration that you got the downgrade letter with 56 IHG nights. I'm really surprised you didn't try to get another 4 nights in the next month and a half to try to requalify. That must have been rough, and I certainly would have dumped IHG if I were in your shoes as well.
FWIW, from all the reading of previous posts I've done, I see no evidence that revenue plays a role in requalifying for RA. Or at least not the revenue IHG pays out for award stays.
FWIW, from all the reading of previous posts I've done, I see no evidence that revenue plays a role in requalifying for RA. Or at least not the revenue IHG pays out for award stays.
Jul 1, 2009, 9:40 am
#74
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Moscow
Programs: DL GM and so on
Posts: 1,200
Jul 1, 2009, 9:42 am
#75
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 3,578
Probably because he was disgusted with staying 56 nights in a year and being downgraded and having to play these silly little games like counting nights and numbers. I would take my business elsewhere if I had to screw around with them over being downgraded after 56 nights with 32 being in an IC also. The benefits are not THAT great, yet they treat it like this big secret, and especially given the economy now, it is surprising that they are being so stingy to good customers.