{"id":16652,"date":"2023-09-16T21:05:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T20:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=16652"},"modified":"2023-09-20T13:13:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T12:13:49","slug":"party-over-ihg-ambassador-diamond-renewal-bug-may-have-been-fixed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2023\/09\/16\/party-over-ihg-ambassador-diamond-renewal-bug-may-have-been-fixed\/","title":{"rendered":"Party over? IHG Ambassador \/ Diamond renewal bug may have been fixed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(The news has finally made it to the other blogs. Interesting how some quote Flyeralk or even reuse my FlyerT link but without quoting me!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The InterContinental Ambassador program has a public bug \/ perk<\/a> that has been known widely for a long time – if you currently hold IHG Diamond status and purchase \/ renew your Ambassador membership, there’s a very good chance that your Diamond status will be extended for another year for free.<\/p>\n\n\n

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It’s absolutely not a publicised or even intentional side-effect, although it has been around for years since IHG introduced the Spire <\/mark><\/em>level. Let’s be clear, there’s no way that IHG isn’t aware of this, and it’s only up to them whether or when they want to fix it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadly, it seems that the door might have been finally shut. Since September 13th, China’s FlyerT forum<\/a> has reported at least 5 cases where Ambassador renewal failed to extend the Diamond expiry date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One contributor renewed their membership at an InterContinental hotel, which is always known as the safest way for the extension to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Update: so far I’m yet to see any case of success from September 13th onwards. There are multiple reports from outside China too.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s probably too early to draw a conclusion yet, and we will revisit in one or two weeks. My Ambassador membership just lapsed but I have until early October to renew it, and I was hoping for another renewal bonus<\/a>. In my opinion, InterContinental Ambassador itself is still well worth the $200 annual fee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(The news has finally made it to the other blogs. Interesting how some quote Flyeralk or even reuse my FlyerT link but without quoting me!) The...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihg"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t