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The newly reduced criteria for IHG Rewards Club status look like this...
...and apply to all IHG Rewards Club members worldwide (they're not limited to members in specific countries).
It would be remiss of me not to point out two important things:
Don't forget that IHG is also running a promotion offering up to 4x points on stays made through 15 May as well as a promotion offering a free night on stays of 4 nights or more at select properties so, if you're still planning to book some stays, these promotions may be of use.
It's nice to see IHG Rewards recognize the fact that with all that's going on in the world right now a lot of people will probably be finding it tough to meet the existing targets for status - a lowering of the targets is a good move.
With a ban on travel to/from select European counties about to take effect and with reports that domestic travel is slowing dramatically, I suspect that IHG Rewards won't be the only loyalty program to make temporary changes to its elite status requirements - standby to see others (like Hilton) dropping their status requirement levels too.
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