InterContinental mulling positive changes to the Ambassador loyalty scheme

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• Dave R says:

  9 Aug9 August 07:31

  It would be a change for the worse as far as I am concerned. I always stay at ICs with my wife and pay for lounge access, so the free breakfast for one would be meaningless, as would the $20 food and beverage credit. We also usually make use of the free movie.

• David Coldridge says:

  9 Aug9 August 07:37

  Paying for lounge club benefits with IHG works out better than the suggested changes outlined in the survey. Afternoon tea, access to the lounge for drinks etc and free breakfast. They should revert back to the way Ambassador members were treated up to the last change, in that where you paid and were upgraded to a room one category(or more)above the paid rate, you got free lounge access if that room category included lounge access. That benefit quietly disappeared!

  • John says:

    9 Aug9 August 07:51

    Quietly? It was never an official benefit and then it became explicitly not a benefit.

  • Leo says:

    9 Aug9 August 10:58

    Hmmm not sure I would say quietly – there was a pretty big overhaul of Ambassador in October 2016 if I remember correctly.

• Genghis says:

  9 Aug9 August 08:18

  I also struggled to use the weekend voucher this year but that was all down to travel schedule and most places being better value paying points. Used it though getting decent “value”. The thing for me though was the 10% rebate on all IHG stays option. Did v well out of it. I need to renew at month end but waiting to see if it’s an Accelerate target.

  • CV3V says:

    9 Aug9 August 08:47

    Once some of the new ICs ‘open’ in the UK (e.g. Edinburgh) i am expecting it will be a lot easier to find opportunities to use the free night voucher. Since joining Ambassador i have used one, let one expire, and planning a trip which in part could be determined by whether or not i can get value out of my current voucher – which is tricky when i i have Hilton Gold status.

    • Leo says:

      9 Aug9 August 10:56

      I was hoping for more than just one IC out of the raft of Principals etc. partly for this reason. At least the free IHG night can be used at a Kimpton.

      • Rob says:

        9 Aug9 August 11:13

        True. And we are losing IC Hong Kong to Regent …

  • The Original Nick says:

    9 Aug9 August 08:54

    The new Accelerate promotion is surely due. I’m waiting for it too.

• Wally1976 says:

  9 Aug9 August 08:23

  OT – sorry, no “bits” article today – has anyone done a self-referral for an Amex card in the last few days and can confirm it’s still working? Thanks

  • tds says:

    9 Aug9 August 08:38

    Worked for me late last week, Plat to Nectar. The card hasn’t arrived yet, but have the usual acceptance emails.

    • BJ says:

      9 Aug9 August 16:03

      +1, Plat to BAPP worked for me last week, 18k MR arrived day after card. This morning I took a supp on the BAPP following report from Genghis that he got 3000 avios for that two weeks ago, happy to report it’s still working today 🙂

• KevMc says:

  9 Aug9 August 08:47

  The first weekend voucher they sent was lost in the post, so a second replacement one was sent to me. I have used the replacement one, but the first one has since arrived.

  Does anybody have any idea if this first one is likely to be honoured/valid, or will it have been cancelled? Why they can’t have a digital voucher in this day and age is beyond me…

  • Rob says:

    9 Aug9 August 09:12

    Won’t be cancelled but with the name on it they are presumably now tracked.

• Alan says:

  9 Aug9 August 09:15

  Agree this would be a good change, the pay film selection can be pretty woeful and breakfast would be a far better benefit! The $20 F&B would also offset the cost if a 2nd breakkie was being bought…

  • John says:

    9 Aug9 August 09:36

    Good point, I should have thought of that, brings down the €45 figure mentioned to €30-35 ish for 2 people which is more palatable!

    Would be doing lots of one night stays then (unless they decide to make it per night)

• Rob says:

  9 Aug9 August 09:20

  I did see that but 2 readers sent it to me yesterday – when you’re on 25k daily visitors very little gets past us!

• Stephen says:

  9 Aug9 August 09:58

  OT:
  I’ve been keeping an eye on some CE flights for the last couple of weeks, trying to book a last minute holiday for the last week in August. As you can imagine, very slim pickings, especially for the return leg.

  Then last night, looking at Venice, it seems like a lot of extra seats have been loaded – instead of virtually no (return) availability for the next few months, it was almost a see of blue for the entire year on BARedemptionFinder, including August.

  I don’t know if this applies to other destinations, but might be worth checking again if you’ve been struggling to find seats.

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