Ben, I for one would love to see a detailed post about why you like ICH/Priority club and why you have chosen then to be your primary hotel chain. I am looking to expand my hotel points and am looking at PC and Marriott rewards. Keep up the good work! Thanks for the question! Let…
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So you can get the Royal Ambassador level after 50 nights at Holiday Inn Express locations? Or is that where the "invitation only" kicks in (just like United GS) and they basically make it dependent on the profit you bring to the table?
Well it is invitation only in the sense that they set a benchmark in terms of nights every year and don't really publish it, but as far as I know it's not really about revenue. I could be totally wrong of course since it's all unpublished, but that's my understanding.
The best way to go is to get a referral, of course, whereby you don't have to spend any nights to earn it.:)
Ahhh, referrals are the true secret. Well, then, I think you have the email address of this faithful reader of your blog 🙂 🙂
Just kidding.
Hi Ben, 1 more night at HH and I will be Diamond (next week!!). I was going to wait until June and call SPG for a status match (so it would last until end 09). Should I look at ICH instead? Will they match me?
Hehe Oliver, I do owe you something, that's for sure!
As for status matching, Priority Club would match you to Platinum, but not into the Ambassador/Royal Ambassador program. Platinrum, as I mentioned above, isn't exactly great, so since you can't get RA by matching I would still stick with SPG and see how you like Platinum with them.
@Oliver: I believe the stays only count at InterContinental hotels and not holiday inn express. I'm sure you can know why (much cheaper to stay at HI Express)
I enjoy going back to some of your old posts and seeing what has changed or stayed the same, in terms of the brand or your perspective. Crazy some of the properties that were once on Pointsbreak for 5K! Wish I got into this hobby sooner, but thankful that I got into it before it was too late.