IHG Rewards launched Spire Elite status level back in 2015 and began to award an annual Elite Choice gift option for those members qualifying for the status.
Elite Choice has been now enabled for 2021, allowing Spire Elote members to choose between 25,000 bonus points or gifting Platinum status to a friend.
You can access the IHG Rewards Club page for choosing the gift here.
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It shows up in your online account under Spire Benefits:
The most reasonable choice is 25,000 points as those you a value of roughly $150 when adequately used, and I don’t know anyone who could use IHG Platinum right now.
Apart from that, if someone wanted Platinum, I’d suggest signing up for Ambassador and get the whole package for $200 plus some points.
Confirmation of choice:
The points were deposited immediately:
The points are deposited into your account immediately.
Conclusion
IHG Rewards has some severe IT issues right now, yet again, and I will have another post up soon about my sudden Spire Elite downgrade to Gold.
You should check your IHG Rewards account to see if the Spire Elite Choice-benefit has been correctly loaded.
If it is, choose the deposit of 25,000 points. You have until the end of the year to make the decision, however. If you don’t decide, the option will expire.
I purchased Ambassador Status for 2020. Was not able to use my free night because of Covid and they did not extended it, as Hilton(12/2021) and Marriott(08/2021) did extension. Will never nenew for Ambassador in the future. Not sure of Keeping Chase IHG card for free night award as best IHG hotels are located outside of US.
John,
Great timing on this update as I needed some extra points for a stay. Thanks
Thanks for the reminder … an easy 25K points!
BTW the link is to the IHG Portugal page in Portuguese, but easy enough to understand. You could change the /pt/pt/ to /us/en/ to get to the US English version (or change country and language at will).
John, You’re my hero again!! How would we hear about this kind of stuff if you didn’t tell us? I haven’t received any news of this from IHG. I am used to getting 25,000 points each year because I’m always Spire level. I figured when it didn’t happen last year was because of Covid, I didn’t earn enough points to make Spire level on my own.
Wow thanks for this link. It wasn’t showing on My Offers page, probably because my Spire status has been courtesy extended for several years. When I clicked your link it brought up the offer on IHG.com but in Portuguese for some reason. After clicking through to “add points” I got an error message “Benefit Redemption Not Found”. Oh well. But when I went back to the IHG app, indeed 25K points had been added to my account! Woo!
Just a heads up – the link you provided routes to the Portuguese language version of the site – not a problem for me as I speak Spanish and can read Portuguese, and my 25k points posted without a problem, but just so you are aware.
Thanks for pointing out. It now links to the English one.
Thanks. I only qualified for Spire as part of a promotion in 2019 for Platinum members. It was extended in 2020 and this year and surprisingly your link worked. I only stayed one night in 2020 in an IHG hotel and that was with a Chase free night.
Just checked my account page- but I only show the Hertz 5 Star option in my list of awards. Did anyone else have this? (Already 5 Star through rentals- dont need it)
Same here. Have been a Spire member for a few years too.
Same here. Have been a Spire member for a few years too.
Same here…I do not know why I cannot choose 25,000 point option…
Same for me. No 25k points showing as yet, did anybody raise a query and get an answer?
Thanks for the info Points added to my account right away.