IHG Dining Rewards (Aus/Asia)
Aug 13, 2014, 3:08 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: SYD (was MAN)
Programs: IHG Plat AMB, BA Bronze & QF Silver
Posts: 105
IHG Dining Rewards (Aus/Asia)
Received the following email...
My question is the "instant status upgrade" part. If you were Plat, would that then bump you up to Ambassador, and from Gold to Plat etc?
I haven't done too much research into the type of discounts you get, and the places you can eat with the 25% discount, but I am tempted to join even if only for one year as I have a number of stays in IHG Hotels planned for the next year, and a guaranteed room upgrade with Plat status wouldn't go amiss!
Anyone else a member of this? Seems to be only Australia/Asia it is aimed towards. Worth it?
IHG® Dining Rewards
Well worth it from the first moment
Dear iFlip23,
As a valued member of IHG® Rewards Club, we're excited to offer you the opportunity to join IHG® Dining Rewards. It's the one membership that makes it easier to connect with family, friends and associates with special benefits on dining, beverages and accommodation at hundreds of participating IHG hotels and restaurants.
By joining IHG Dining Rewards, you'll receive immediate, exclusive benefits like:
• 25% off all dining and beverages at hundreds of participating hotels and restaurants across Australasia and China
• One free night at any of the more than 4,700 IHG hotels worldwide
• An instant status upgrade in IHG® Rewards Club
• AUD $50 dining e-voucher already pre-loaded onto your membership card*
For a modest AUD $319 annual membership fee, you can begin enjoying and entertaining effortlessly across Australasia and China. With so many valuable benefits, membership practically pays for itself. Join today by calling: 1800 226 462 (Toll Free).
Well worth it from the first moment
Dear iFlip23,
As a valued member of IHG® Rewards Club, we're excited to offer you the opportunity to join IHG® Dining Rewards. It's the one membership that makes it easier to connect with family, friends and associates with special benefits on dining, beverages and accommodation at hundreds of participating IHG hotels and restaurants.
By joining IHG Dining Rewards, you'll receive immediate, exclusive benefits like:
• 25% off all dining and beverages at hundreds of participating hotels and restaurants across Australasia and China
• One free night at any of the more than 4,700 IHG hotels worldwide
• An instant status upgrade in IHG® Rewards Club
• AUD $50 dining e-voucher already pre-loaded onto your membership card*
For a modest AUD $319 annual membership fee, you can begin enjoying and entertaining effortlessly across Australasia and China. With so many valuable benefits, membership practically pays for itself. Join today by calling: 1800 226 462 (Toll Free).
I haven't done too much research into the type of discounts you get, and the places you can eat with the 25% discount, but I am tempted to join even if only for one year as I have a number of stays in IHG Hotels planned for the next year, and a guaranteed room upgrade with Plat status wouldn't go amiss!
Anyone else a member of this? Seems to be only Australia/Asia it is aimed towards. Worth it?
Aug 13, 2014, 3:13 am
#2
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Somewhere in Europe
Posts: 3,362
Received the following email...
My question is the "instant status upgrade" part. If you were Plat, would that then bump you up to Ambassador, and from Gold to Plat etc?
I haven't done too much research into the type of discounts you get, and the places you can eat with the 25% discount, but I am tempted to join even if only for one year as I have a number of stays in IHG Hotels planned for the next year, and a guaranteed room upgrade with Plat status wouldn't go amiss!
Anyone else a member of this? Seems to be only Australia/Asia it is aimed towards. Worth it?
My question is the "instant status upgrade" part. If you were Plat, would that then bump you up to Ambassador, and from Gold to Plat etc?
I haven't done too much research into the type of discounts you get, and the places you can eat with the 25% discount, but I am tempted to join even if only for one year as I have a number of stays in IHG Hotels planned for the next year, and a guaranteed room upgrade with Plat status wouldn't go amiss!
Anyone else a member of this? Seems to be only Australia/Asia it is aimed towards. Worth it?
Aug 13, 2014, 3:45 am
#3
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: SYD (was MAN)
Programs: IHG Plat AMB, BA Bronze & QF Silver
Posts: 105
I'm seriously tempted!
Aug 13, 2014, 4:55 am
#4
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Singapore
Programs: IHG Plat Amb, Accor Plat, Hilton HHonors Gold, Best Western Diamond, Club Carlson Gold, GHA Black
Posts: 278
Negative. If you are club before joining the program u will bump to gold. If you are gold before joining you will bump to plat. If you are plat before joining you will remain as plat.
Ambassador program is separate program.
Ambassador program is separate program.
Nov 17, 2014, 3:28 am
#5
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Sydney, Australia
Programs: VA Platinum, QF Lifetime silver (ex plat :(), Accor Gold, IHG Ambassador, PC Platinum, Starwood Gold
Posts: 809
has anyone tried this, any good? we have a few nights at Fiji intercon in Jan, wondering if its worth buying just for meals...2 adults, 2 kids, already have free breakfasts and kids eat free dinner with adult
Nov 17, 2014, 4:29 am
#6
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: BNE
Programs: QF Gold, VA Gold, IHG Spire, Accor Plat, Marriot Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,281
Just like priority privilege the kids eat free cannot be combined with the discount in theory. The good thing is the discount is off food and drinks, and the easy to use free night, bad thing, no bogos.
Nov 17, 2014, 4:07 pm
#7
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Sydney, Australia
Programs: VA Platinum, QF Lifetime silver (ex plat :(), Accor Gold, IHG Ambassador, PC Platinum, Starwood Gold
Posts: 809
thanks markis10
so can you get a free night without booking another night first (a la BOGO)?
In that case might be worth buying anyway so we can try the new double bay one which is typically more than this costs for a night anyway. Especially if we can then combine with Amb BOGO...
so can you get a free night without booking another night first (a la BOGO)?
In that case might be worth buying anyway so we can try the new double bay one which is typically more than this costs for a night anyway. Especially if we can then combine with Amb BOGO...
Nov 24, 2014, 2:30 am
#8
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 123
Painful experience last Thursday trying to redeem the 50$ evoucher (I have 2 of them as the 2nd offered through a signup promotion).
Checkout system did not recognize it. They said they will take it off manually next day. This week I will call IHG to check at least one of the vouchers is still there.
I detest you can't 'see' the evouchers online to confirm their 'digital' existence.
And yes I am having BOGO PTSD (and better discounts PP used to offer). They need to light up this program ...agree the value of the free night trumps all but I assume the business plan is to fire up F and B ...perhaps as markis10 has alluded the bevvies is where they are collecting...
Checkout system did not recognize it. They said they will take it off manually next day. This week I will call IHG to check at least one of the vouchers is still there.
I detest you can't 'see' the evouchers online to confirm their 'digital' existence.
And yes I am having BOGO PTSD (and better discounts PP used to offer). They need to light up this program ...agree the value of the free night trumps all but I assume the business plan is to fire up F and B ...perhaps as markis10 has alluded the bevvies is where they are collecting...
Nov 24, 2014, 6:28 pm
#9
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Christchurch
Programs: NZ Elite, Koru Life, QF Gold, IHG Plat Amb, Le Club Accor Plat, Carlson Gold
Posts: 68
When ever we used our Priority Privilege card for dining at the IC Fiji we would still get our 50% discount on meals and never got charged for the children - not sure how it will work with the new scheme though...
Nov 24, 2014, 9:32 pm
#10
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Kendal, Cumbria and Luzon
Programs: BA Silver, PR Elite, Avis Preferred Plus, PC Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 1,122
Very slow card delivery
I took this up in late September and am still waiting for the card/membership pack. Had to chase them repeatedly and the number provided here in Macau for Greater China enquiries does not work!
On a positive I was bumped from Gold to Plat immediately. I was able to use the free night on an Indigo in Paddington, London which was good value. But that said out of 5 IHG stays in London in October I only got upgraded as a Platinum once.
As I said still waiting for the card and will yet again miss the opportunity to use it this weekend. Indeed I moved an earlier booking in Beijing over to Starwood so the inefficiency has actually created disloyalty! Same as with Ambassador weekend nights why cant they just run the scheme electronically like any other business does in 2014!
I should add I would have hit Platinum anyway after the third stay in London so the upgrade really wasn't worth much to me.
On a positive I was bumped from Gold to Plat immediately. I was able to use the free night on an Indigo in Paddington, London which was good value. But that said out of 5 IHG stays in London in October I only got upgraded as a Platinum once.
As I said still waiting for the card and will yet again miss the opportunity to use it this weekend. Indeed I moved an earlier booking in Beijing over to Starwood so the inefficiency has actually created disloyalty! Same as with Ambassador weekend nights why cant they just run the scheme electronically like any other business does in 2014!
I should add I would have hit Platinum anyway after the third stay in London so the upgrade really wasn't worth much to me.
Nov 25, 2014, 5:58 pm
#11
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 4
I took this up in late September and am still waiting for the card/membership pack. Had to chase them repeatedly and the number provided here in Macau for Greater China enquiries does not work!
On a positive I was bumped from Gold to Plat immediately. I was able to use the free night on an Indigo in Paddington, London which was good value. But that said out of 5 IHG stays in London in October I only got upgraded as a Platinum once.
As I said still waiting for the card and will yet again miss the opportunity to use it this weekend. Indeed I moved an earlier booking in Beijing over to Starwood so the inefficiency has actually created disloyalty! Same as with Ambassador weekend nights why cant they just run the scheme electronically like any other business does in 2014!
I should add I would have hit Platinum anyway after the third stay in London so the upgrade really wasn't worth much to me.
On a positive I was bumped from Gold to Plat immediately. I was able to use the free night on an Indigo in Paddington, London which was good value. But that said out of 5 IHG stays in London in October I only got upgraded as a Platinum once.
As I said still waiting for the card and will yet again miss the opportunity to use it this weekend. Indeed I moved an earlier booking in Beijing over to Starwood so the inefficiency has actually created disloyalty! Same as with Ambassador weekend nights why cant they just run the scheme electronically like any other business does in 2014!
I should add I would have hit Platinum anyway after the third stay in London so the upgrade really wasn't worth much to me.
The status upgrade & free night do seem worth it however only if easy to redeem the benefit of gold/platinum and the free night.
Nov 25, 2014, 6:21 pm
#12
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: LUX
Programs: AF/KL Plat for Life, HH Diamond, IHG Plat, Accor Diamond, Avis PC, Hertz PC
Posts: 327
Tried it. We spent 9 nights in Fiji in October.
Almost paid for itself as I cancelled a paid night there to use the free night (the one night-one booking methodology has again served me well
) and repaid for itself after checkout.
The e-voucher thingy indeed didn't work for me either.
Pretty good deal if somewhat limited in scope.
If you are able to redeem the free night there (or somewhere more expensive), I would go for it without too much hesitation.
Almost paid for itself as I cancelled a paid night there to use the free night (the one night-one booking methodology has again served me well
) and repaid for itself after checkout.The e-voucher thingy indeed didn't work for me either.
Pretty good deal if somewhat limited in scope.
If you are able to redeem the free night there (or somewhere more expensive), I would go for it without too much hesitation.
Nov 26, 2014, 12:41 am
#13
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Kendal, Cumbria and Luzon
Programs: BA Silver, PR Elite, Avis Preferred Plus, PC Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 1,122
The status upgrade & free night do seem worth it however only if easy to redeem the benefit of gold/platinum and the free night.
Nov 27, 2014, 1:27 am
#14
Join Date: Jun 2014
Programs: IHG Spire Ambassador, HHonors Diamond, Hyatt Platinum, SPG Gold
Posts: 413
Is this promotion open to Singapore ? I get directed to the enrolment page, the contact number is China, tried to enrol but the page refreshed when i confirmed payment.
Dec 1, 2014, 11:22 pm
#15
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Asia
Programs: KF Gold | IHG Amb | SPG LTG | HH Gold
Posts: 548