Update 3/21/22: These changes have been delayed until at least April 2022.
IHG has announced some changes to it’s loyalty program that will go into effect in March. The changes are as follows:
- Introduction of Gold Elite Tier Status (requires 20 nights). This is a bit confusing as the new elite level is actually silver (requires 10 nights), it’s just that gold status now requires 20 nights instead of 10.
- Spire Elite renamed to Diamond Elite
- Improving point earning at all Elite Tiers
- Removal of 25,000 bonus points when hitting Spire Elite/Diamond Elite
- More difficult to earn status via base points (e.g Spire was 75,000 points, now 120,000 points)
- Easier to earn status via nights (e.g Spire was 75 nights, now 70 nights)
This is stage one of the changes, stage two is new elite benefits and at this stage it’s unclear what these will be.
