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Old Apr 17, 2014, 3:48 pm
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worth paying for 1 night to get Ambassador Accelerator Bonus 20K pts?

Hi all - I am 1 night away from getting the 20K points from the Ambassador Accelerator Bonus promo (ends 4/30/14).

Also, if I book 1 more night via the web site I get 14K points (for 2 booking made online by 4/30/14).

Is it worth it to pay $220 to stay 1 night at my nearby Intercontinental (Mark Hopkings SF), to get the $34K points? What do you think?
Thanks!
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Old Apr 17, 2014, 4:22 pm
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Originally Posted by QualMod
Hi all - I am 1 night away from getting the 20K points from the Ambassador Accelerator Bonus promo (ends 4/30/14).

Also, if I book 1 more night via the web site I get 14K points (for 2 booking made online by 4/30/14).

Is it worth it to pay $220 to stay 1 night at my nearby Intercontinental (Mark Hopkings SF), to get the $34K points? What do you think?
Thanks!
With award nights P+C scheme you buy 10K points for usd70 so usd210K gets 30k points . As such your usd220 1x night room cost is bordering on break even and not really worth the investment of time, effort, traveling to/from your nearby IC. If you need 30k in future P+C is there for you still.

Further since my IC hotel manager contacts all inform me it is planned 1st July for European IC's to move to 10 points per usd I expect accelerator could be extended for 2 more months like it was from previous end date 31/dec/2013 (so you may get chance to complete accelerator later)

and always a chance if accelerator discontinued, IHG will pro rata us points from our accelerator unfinished nn/15 nights too.
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