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• ThePrince says:

  12 Jul12 July 07:32

  I applied for the IHG status match over 2 weeks ago and haven’t heard anything back yet. What is peoples experience of how long it takes?

  • @mkcol says:

    12 Jul12 July 15:37

    Just realised I’m in the same boat. It would be nice to hear if it’s a no at least.

  • Lee says:

    12 Jul12 July 15:44

    My account – applied 18th approved 27th to Spire from Marriott Titanium
    My OH – applied 26th approved today to spire from HH Diamond

    Hope that helps

• Fred Argos says:

  12 Jul12 July 07:53

  IHG, the only loyalty program where loyal stayers are treated better of staying elsewhere..

  • Neil Donoghue says:

    12 Jul12 July 08:07

    Hahahahahaha! So true…..Love this

  • TGLoyalty says:

    12 Jul12 July 08:16

    Tbh apart from at IC’s where they treat their own members better I find Spire pretty good for recognition.

    Nicer rooms/upgrades always offered, lounge access if it’s a CP, couple free drinks (spire chit let’s you have a nice spirit or cocktail in some places). Late checkout is hit and miss but most hotels are good to spires who ask early enough.

    While free breakfast would be welcome I think it would be a big change for the programme as it’s real money out the door. I think they should improve the programme with effectively ‘free’ perks like guaranteed upgrade to best room inc suites if available and late 4pm checkout and the emphasis has to be on guaranteed

• Prins Polo says:

  12 Jul12 July 08:10

  QR used to fly to Chiang Mai “direct” with a stop in Yangon.

  • the_real_a says:

    12 Jul12 July 12:28

    Which you could engineer nicely (Y CNX – RGN /separate tickets or via Air Asia / J RGN – Europe) as Yangon was saving a seriously large amount of avios and taxes back to Europe due to different zones…

• Nori says:

  12 Jul12 July 08:11

  IHG status match. How long will the matched status last?

  • Kirsty says:

    12 Jul12 July 08:21

    I believe 90 days, and you have 90 days from Registration to complete a minimum number of qualifying stays (two for Gold, five for Platinum, etc) in order to retain your new status until 31 December 2020.

    • Nori says:

      12 Jul12 July 08:36

      Thank you Kirsty

• T says:

  12 Jul12 July 08:28

  I thought the US Ambassadors residence’s garden was 2nd biggest

  • Doug M says:

    12 Jul12 July 11:23

    +1

    • Dan says:

      12 Jul12 July 17:16

      Surely depends on how you define London too? I suspect that there must be some larger gardens as you move towards the zone 6,7, 8 suburbs?!

  • Toilet Paper Man says:

    12 Jul12 July 17:42

    The US Ambassador residence is a part of Regents Park and therefore owned by Royal Parks (and the Queen via that).

• Harry T says:

  12 Jul12 July 08:34

  OT
  Has anyone successfully received a referral bonus for self referral from the Platinum Amex in the last month or so? I’m looking to refer myself for the BAPP from the Platinum but I’m worried AMEX may have tightened up their IT recently with all the changes to their products and bonuses.

  • Gringo says:

    12 Jul12 July 09:41

    Yes. Referred BA from Plat.

    • Jonathan says:

      12 Jul12 July 16:33

      Read latest comments. Seems they are clawing back referral points for self-referral in the US. Reports of people having 30-200k points removed.

      • Harry T says:

        12 Jul12 July 17:35

        Thanks, that’s enough to put me off!

• youngtraveller says:

  12 Jul12 July 09:12

  In regards to IHG, When do we get to know if the status has been matched? I signed up pretty much the moment it was announced but haven’t heard since about it.

  • meta says:

    12 Jul12 July 09:34

    You won’t get any notification. It will just show on your account.

  • ankomonkey says:

    12 Jul12 July 14:42

    I got an e-mail about a week after my online account showed the upgrade.

  • Brian W says:

    12 Jul12 July 19:04

    No email for me but I was matched to Spire about 5 days after application.

• WW says:

  12 Jul12 July 09:57

  Slightly off-topic (although IHG related) – I renewed my ambassador a few months ago and the offer included 10% points back on reward nights. Does that apply to just IC stays or would other hotels from the IHG group qualify too? I stayed in a fairly expensive HIX (40k per night) and wouldn’t mind getting some of my points back.

  • Whizz68 says:

    12 Jul12 July 10:06

    You should receive the 10% back on all points redemptions, not just IC stays.

  • Craig says:

    12 Jul12 July 10:53

    All stays although the number that post automatically is dire. Points should hit 6 weeks after the stay posts, not the date of the stay. If they don’t then ring IHG, usually instantaneous at that point.

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