The Big Win returns - Spring 2014
Dec 19, 2013, 8:46 am
#271
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: London
Programs: BA, VS, HH, IHG, MB, MR
Posts: 26,871
Dec 19, 2013, 8:56 am
#272
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 370
Pathetic. I would go out of my way not to stay at IHG if I got this offer. What is your usual stay pattern with them?
Dec 19, 2013, 10:23 am
#273
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Fort Worth, TX, USA
Programs: AA Plat/2MM, PCR Plat/Amb
Posts: 468
Mine is:
Stay a total of 15 nights and receive
12,400 POINTS
Stay at 5 different IHG® brands and receive
20,800 POINTS
Stay 7 Saturday nights and receive
12,000 POINTS
Complete a simple survey and receive
100 POINTS
Stay at 4 Holiday Inn® hotels and receive
6,400 POINTS
Book 2 stays through the Best Flexible Rate with Breakfast and receive
2,400 POINTS
Complete 5 of your offers and receive
21,000 POINTS
The bright spots are that I don't have any required Europe stays (I was there twice in mid-2013 and they included that last time when I have no reason to go over there!) and I only have to do 5 of 6 to get the bonus. Otherwise it's a bit more than I had to do in the fall, but I am getting a good bit more points.
Stay a total of 15 nights and receive
12,400 POINTS
Stay at 5 different IHG® brands and receive
20,800 POINTS
Stay 7 Saturday nights and receive
12,000 POINTS
Complete a simple survey and receive
100 POINTS
Stay at 4 Holiday Inn® hotels and receive
6,400 POINTS
Book 2 stays through the Best Flexible Rate with Breakfast and receive
2,400 POINTS
Complete 5 of your offers and receive
21,000 POINTS
The bright spots are that I don't have any required Europe stays (I was there twice in mid-2013 and they included that last time when I have no reason to go over there!) and I only have to do 5 of 6 to get the bonus. Otherwise it's a bit more than I had to do in the fall, but I am getting a good bit more points.
Dec 19, 2013, 11:08 am
#274
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 101
I dont think somebody got a worse offer than me:
Stay a total of 65 nights and receive 46,800 POINTS
Stay at 4 different IHG brands and receive 19,200 POINTS
Stay 4 Saturday nights and receive 6,400 POINTS
Complete a simple survey and receive 100 POINTS
Spend $40 on food or beverage at any IHG™ hotel and receive 300 POINTS
Stay at 3 Holiday Inn™ hotels and receive 5,600 POINTS
Book 1 stays through the Best Flexible Rate with Breakfast and receive 2,000 POINTS
Complete 7 of your offers and receive 80,000 POINTS
Stay a total of 65 nights and receive 46,800 POINTS
Stay at 4 different IHG brands and receive 19,200 POINTS
Stay 4 Saturday nights and receive 6,400 POINTS
Complete a simple survey and receive 100 POINTS
Spend $40 on food or beverage at any IHG™ hotel and receive 300 POINTS
Stay at 3 Holiday Inn™ hotels and receive 5,600 POINTS
Book 1 stays through the Best Flexible Rate with Breakfast and receive 2,000 POINTS
Complete 7 of your offers and receive 80,000 POINTS
how many stays, points did you have before ? That offer is pretty crazy .
Dec 19, 2013, 12:45 pm
#275
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Kent / Hertfordshire / London
Programs: BA Silver (clawing back to Gold!), Honours Gold, IHG Platinum, MLife Gold, Caesars Diamond
Posts: 137
Anyone care to speculate on whether applying for the IHG credit card now (with Raffles' 40k point link) will trigger the 20k big win 2014 target if approved before the new year.
Dec 19, 2013, 1:00 pm
#276
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Kent / Hertfordshire / London
Programs: BA Silver (clawing back to Gold!), Honours Gold, IHG Platinum, MLife Gold, Caesars Diamond
Posts: 137
(also - sorry for the 2nd post) my target specifies
"Get the Priority Club Rewards Visa, brought to you by IHG® Rewards Club, use it to book and pay for 1 stay and earn 20,000 points. "
If I were to do this, I'd want the black card, do we think the black card would trigger the offer?
(I emailed a couple of days ago but not had a reply yet, on both these points - wondered if anyone else had any info!)
Cheers
"Get the Priority Club Rewards Visa, brought to you by IHG® Rewards Club, use it to book and pay for 1 stay and earn 20,000 points. "
If I were to do this, I'd want the black card, do we think the black card would trigger the offer?
(I emailed a couple of days ago but not had a reply yet, on both these points - wondered if anyone else had any info!)
Cheers
Dec 19, 2013, 2:09 pm
#277
Join Date: Feb 2012
Programs: Priority Club
Posts: 110
Best Flex Rate With Breakfast
Best Flex Rate With Breakfast
Found a decent rate at a hotel I want to stay at. The tab next to it is the 10% members discount rate. Do we think this will still count ? We can't test it until next year. I might just book the full rate and also the discount rate, then cancel one of them once we can get confirmation. Any flaws in this plan ?
Cheers,
UKD
Found a decent rate at a hotel I want to stay at. The tab next to it is the 10% members discount rate. Do we think this will still count ? We can't test it until next year. I might just book the full rate and also the discount rate, then cancel one of them once we can get confirmation. Any flaws in this plan ?
Cheers,
UKD
Dec 19, 2013, 2:16 pm
#278
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 4,477
Best Flex Rate With Breakfast
Found a decent rate at a hotel I want to stay at. The tab next to it is the 10% members discount rate. Do we think this will still count ? We can't test it until next year. I might just book the full rate and also the discount rate, then cancel one of them once we can get confirmation. Any flaws in this plan ?
Cheers,
UKD
Found a decent rate at a hotel I want to stay at. The tab next to it is the 10% members discount rate. Do we think this will still count ? We can't test it until next year. I might just book the full rate and also the discount rate, then cancel one of them once we can get confirmation. Any flaws in this plan ?
Cheers,
UKD
Dec 19, 2013, 3:04 pm
#279
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: BUF
Programs: SPG Plt, HHonors Gold, UA Gold, PC Plat, Marriott Gold
Posts: 880
Wow. That's ridiculous.... For 11 nights none the less
Dec 19, 2013, 3:15 pm
#280
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Canada, Eh?
Posts: 294
best flexible rate with breafast
If you want certainty, here's a link:
https://www.ihg.com/hotels/us/en/glo...t-Default.html
I doubt that HIX's and Candlewood's (that have breakfast included in the rate) qualify.
https://www.ihg.com/hotels/us/en/glo...t-Default.html
I doubt that HIX's and Candlewood's (that have breakfast included in the rate) qualify.
Dec 19, 2013, 10:42 pm
#281
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Bangkok, Thailand. No longer Palm Coast, FL though still exiled, again, from the Bay Area.
Programs: Only the good ones
Posts: 5,153
More points but more nights than the last one...
15 nights for 12,400
5 brands for 20,800
1 Best Flex w/ BK 2,000
Survey for 100
3 HI's for 5,600
4 HIX for 6,400 and
47,000 bonus for all.
Fortunately, with a Spring Festival (1/31/14) trip, a March trip to the US (with a PHL-PEK MR inside it,) and an inexpensive HIX in Nantong I use for MR's, I'll easily do this, though the last one only required 9 nights to complete. 2013 total were 46 nights/5 brands, so similar proportion for this promo.
5 brands for 20,800
1 Best Flex w/ BK 2,000
Survey for 100
3 HI's for 5,600
4 HIX for 6,400 and
47,000 bonus for all.
Fortunately, with a Spring Festival (1/31/14) trip, a March trip to the US (with a PHL-PEK MR inside it,) and an inexpensive HIX in Nantong I use for MR's, I'll easily do this, though the last one only required 9 nights to complete. 2013 total were 46 nights/5 brands, so similar proportion for this promo.
Dec 20, 2013, 12:28 am
#282
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Programs: IHG Royal Ambassador
Posts: 819
My offers are pretty crazy...
Stay 36 nights Get 20800pts
Book and stay by 2 IHG value package Get 2400pts
Stay10 Saturday nights Get 11200pts
Spend 1650euro on food and beverage Get 6800pts
Stay 1 resort Get 6000pts
Stay 6 IC properties Get 16000pts
Survey 100pts
Win Big 63000pts
Total 126300pts
Stay 36 nights Get 20800pts
Book and stay by 2 IHG value package Get 2400pts
Stay10 Saturday nights Get 11200pts
Spend 1650euro on food and beverage Get 6800pts
Stay 1 resort Get 6000pts
Stay 6 IC properties Get 16000pts
Survey 100pts
Win Big 63000pts
Total 126300pts
Dec 20, 2013, 4:38 am
#283
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 4,477
My offers are pretty crazy...
Stay 36 nights Get 20800pts
Book and stay by 2 IHG value package Get 2400pts
Stay10 Saturday nights Get 11200pts
Spend 1650euro on food and beverage Get 6800pts
Stay 1 resort Get 6000pts
Stay 6 IC properties Get 16000pts
Survey 100pts
Win Big 63000pts
Total 126300pts
Stay 36 nights Get 20800pts
Book and stay by 2 IHG value package Get 2400pts
Stay10 Saturday nights Get 11200pts
Spend 1650euro on food and beverage Get 6800pts
Stay 1 resort Get 6000pts
Stay 6 IC properties Get 16000pts
Survey 100pts
Win Big 63000pts
Total 126300pts
you should ignore all those but only do:
Stay 1 resort Get 6000pts
Stay 6 IC properties Get 16000pts
Survey 100pts
So 6 nights at different ICs including one resort will get you 22,100 points.
Dec 20, 2013, 8:11 am
#284
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,932
If you want certainty, here's a link:
https://www.ihg.com/hotels/us/en/glo...t-Default.html
I doubt that HIX's and Candlewood's (that have breakfast included in the rate) qualify.
https://www.ihg.com/hotels/us/en/glo...t-Default.html
I doubt that HIX's and Candlewood's (that have breakfast included in the rate) qualify.
And if you do a search around Santa Ana, CA on the link you provided for Jan 2 (1 night), even though the link says it's BestFlexWithBreakfast rate, it finds HIXs, Staybridge' and Candlewoods!!!
So where is all that certainty you're referring to?
Dec 20, 2013, 8:15 am
#285
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 1,677
BUMP
Count me in the group that is waiting to find out if the HIExpress stays can be at the same property,..............
and if the Holiday Inn stays can be at the same property. Any new news on this? This is a very important caviat and the terms don't say one way or the other. Several people here have been trying to find out, I'm just wondering if there are any new updates....
and if the Holiday Inn stays can be at the same property. Any new news on this? This is a very important caviat and the terms don't say one way or the other. Several people here have been trying to find out, I'm just wondering if there are any new updates....