IHG One Rewards overhauls tiers, doubles Gold night requirement
IHG relaunched its program as IHG One Rewards with a new Silver tier and Spire rebranded as Diamond — but Gold now needs 20 nights or 40,000 points, double the old 10 nights/10,000 points.
IHG has relaunched its loyalty program as “IHG One Rewards”, with a new Silver rung at the bottom and the old Spire top tier rebranded as Diamond. The glossy rebrand is doing a lot of work, because the fine print moves in one direction: up.
The number that matters is Gold. It used to take 10 nights or 10,000 points; it now takes 20 nights or 40,000 points. That’s double the nights and four times the points for the same badge — the entry-level status most occasional travellers actually hold just got twice as hard to earn.
There is one genuine olive branch buried in the ladder: existing Spire members get auto-upgraded to the new Diamond tier for free, no requalification needed.
Our take: call the rebrand what it is — a devaluation with a Silver ribbon on it. If you were earning IHG Gold on 10 nights a year, that status is effectively gone; either commit to 20 nights or stop chasing it.