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What is the InterContinental Ambassador program and is it worth it? (2024 edition)

IHG One Rewards is the primary loyalty program associated with all of IHG's brands, but the InterContinental brand has its own rewards program too. This is called InterContinental Ambassador and in this article, we take a look at what benefits this program offers and what value those benefits can provide. 
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The InterContinental Ambassador program is rolling back some positive changes

There aren't many things that you can point to that got better as a result of the Covid pandemic but the rules surrounding some of the benefits offered by the InterContinental Ambassador program can be counted among them. Now, because the world is almost back to how it was in 2019 (albeit, sadly, without the low interest rates!), IHG is rolling back those positive changes.
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IHG will extend more statuses & expiration dates of select free night certificates

Almost a week after the news quietly first appeared on its website, IHG Rewards has now started sending out emails to members to let them know that their elite status will be extended through February 2023. The emails also contain further good news so we now also know that select free night certificates will have their expiration dates extended and that two other IHG elite status programs will be extending select elite statuses.
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The InterContinental Ambassador Renewal Promotion Is Live…But You May Not Notice It

Around a month ago, we were given a heads up that IHG was about to launch a new promotion to try to encourage members to renew their InterContinental Ambassador membership. Since then, however, there doesn't appear to have been any official announcement of the promotion (at least not one that I've seen) and, even though the promotion is now live, it would be very easy for someone to not realize that a promotion is running when they go to renew their membership.
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Use InterContinental Ambassador Benefits At Regent Properties & Earn A Free Night With One...

Apparently someone has pointed out to IHG that it needs to up its game because, all of a sudden, the InterContinental Ambassador program is looking a lot more interesting than it has for a while. First, we get the news that the InterContinetal Ambassador free night benefit can be used at Kimpton properties (and midweek) and now we're seeing the program expanded (albeit on a trial basis) to select Regent properties too.
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InterContinental Ambassadors: Use Your Weekend Night Award At Kimptons & Midweek

One of the more major benefits of the InterContinental Ambassador program just became more valuable - the free weekend night certificate that all Ambassador members are given as part of their benefits pack can now be used at Kimpton properties worldwide and, to make things even better, the Kimpton bookings are not restricted to weekends!
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InterContinental Ambassador Memberships Are Being Extended (But No Official Announcement)

My InterContinental Ambassador membership was set to expire next month so I've been wondering if IHG would be offering an extension and, if an extension was forthcoming, what it would look like. With no announcement of any kind coming from IHG I emailed the hotelier to see if I could find out what may be in works and, although I have yet to receive a reply, I got my answer when I checked my account this morning.
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Ok, This Is Weird. Why Did IHG Rewards Just Give Me 20,000+ Points?

In the normal course of events I usually find myself having to chase up various loyalty programs to ensure that my accounts are credited with the miles and points I'm due, but right now I'm a little unsure as to why one hotely loyalty program has just credited my account with a nice chunk of points.
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PROMO: Earn Bonus Points For InterContinental Stays & 10,000 Points With Ambassador Status

On top of its quarterly Accelerate promotion (which is both mostly woeful and not open to all members) IHG Rewards has now launched a couple of new promotions targeted at travelers booking stays at its InterContinental properties.
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Why I’m Probably Going To Buy InterContinental Ambassador Status

As IHG has been devaluing its points on a yearly basis and, more recently, has appeared to significantly devalue its PointBreaks deals as well, I've been spending a lot less time at IHG properties and, as a result, I gave up my InterContinental Ambassador status in May 2018....but now I think I may want it back.
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Bad News: It Looks Like InterContinental Ambassador Changes Are Worse Than Expected

Last week I wrote about some changes that are rumored to be coming to the benefits offered by the InterContinental Ambassador and Royal Ambassador programs and, by and large, the changes were considered a net positive by most people....but we may have been too quick to judge.
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Rumor: Changes Coming To The IHG Ambassador Programs Next Year

The IHG Ambassador Program is made up of a loyalty status that you can pay for (IHG Ambassador) and a status which you can only attain via an invitation from IHG (Royal Ambassador). The former costs $200 to join (more information here) while the criteria for Royal Ambassador are not published and appear to change from year to year.
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Should I Renew My InterContinental Ambassador Membership?

It's that time of year again where I have to decide whether or not to renew my InterContinental Ambassador membership and this time around it's a tougher decision than it has been in the past...and I may need some help. In past years I've felt that I got good value out of my Ambassador membership and felt that I justified the cash outlay so renewing for another year was a no brainer. This year I can't honestly say the same.

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