The Big Win returns - Spring 2014
#646
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: 787
Programs: Too many to list
Posts: 1,306
#648
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 70
One of my challenges includes having to book a Best Flexible Rate with Breakfast. I thought I had managed to book this at HI Dusseldorf Ratingen, which also happens to be one of my City Life cities. I would also be knocking out one of my two Saturday night stay challenges with this stay.
I stayed on this rate, with the additional 10% off discount for IHG members. This was still group under the "Best Flexible Rate" with Breakfast ticked when booking.
The receipt mentions "IHG® Rewards Club Member Exclusive –Flexible with Breakfast" and "Best Flexible Rate with Breakfast" in the text.
The stay has posted on Big Win, but not the Breakfast rate.
I contacted IHG Customer Service and they have confirmed that this rate does qualify for "Start The Day Off Right" (as you would expect) but this will take 4-6 weeks to show. It seems as if they are still working on this.
I'm also one of the people who lost the 100 points for the survey, and that offer isn't showing against the overall "Win Big" so I'm assuming that this is one of many glitches that the programmers are concentrating on.
#649
Join Date: Jul 2009
Programs: BAEC Silver, IHG Diamond
Posts: 7,699
Mine has finally updated to this year's and seems doable.
6 stays
2 x HIX
2 Saturday nights
2 x city locations (they've included Manchester, Edinburgh etc in the UK this time)
etc.
Got a trip to Berlin in March so that should easily take care of a Saturday night stay and 2 locations (will get a cheap airport hotel eg HIX before flying out of London)
In London in April so a Saturday night stay will be done then as well.
6 stays
2 x HIX
2 Saturday nights
2 x city locations (they've included Manchester, Edinburgh etc in the UK this time)
etc.
Got a trip to Berlin in March so that should easily take care of a Saturday night stay and 2 locations (will get a cheap airport hotel eg HIX before flying out of London)
In London in April so a Saturday night stay will be done then as well.
#651
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Central Scotland
Programs: Oneworld, Avios and IHG Spire Ambassador
Posts: 574
#652
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Somewhere in Europe
Posts: 3,362
One will count as qualifying, the other will show up as overlapping.
#655
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: 787
Programs: Too many to list
Posts: 1,306
One more question. Does HI Select counts as its own brand or falls in to Holiday Inn? There aren't many Selects, but Im staying in Montreal HI Select, and doing another stay at regular HI later. Will this satisfy this task?
"Stay at 2 different IHG brands and earn 16,000 points"
#656
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 394
My guess is they're posting these manually., to keep us happy, because the "mobiles " aren't posting automatically. We may have to call in (or email CS) on many of these, but I doubt they'll contest them.
#657
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: I hate my location and hope to flee from it soon.
Programs: Hyatt PL, PC Spire/RA, HH GOLD, SPG Green, Marriott Silver, Skywards B, CSA Gold, Lufthansa Paper,UA
Posts: 1,211
Thank you.
One more question. Does HI Select counts as its own brand or falls in to Holiday Inn? There aren't many Selects, but Im staying in Montreal HI Select, and doing another stay at regular HI later. Will this satisfy this task?
"Stay at 2 different IHG brands and earn 16,000 points"
One more question. Does HI Select counts as its own brand or falls in to Holiday Inn? There aren't many Selects, but Im staying in Montreal HI Select, and doing another stay at regular HI later. Will this satisfy this task?
"Stay at 2 different IHG brands and earn 16,000 points"
#659
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 103
4 nights and you get 174k points? Mine is a minimum of 23 nights for 94k