Dec 25, 2014, 9:05 pm
Last edit by: swag
Set Your Sights promo 2015
Promo website: https://setyoursights.ihg.com
Promo Terms and Conditions: https://setyoursights.ihg.com/amer/us/en/terms/index
Dates: 1 January 2015 and 30 April 2015 (both dates inclusive)
FAQ:
What stays and nights qualify?
Q. If I book a stay using IHG points, does that count as a "stay" or "night" towards my offers?
A. No.
Q. If I book a stay using a cash and points rate, does that count as a "stay" towards my offers?
A. No.
Q. Will stays booked via a consolidator (like TravelPony) or other public travel portal or points portal count towards this promo?
A. No. Your stays must be booked directly with IHG on their website or on their app. However, if you are booking through your corporate portal at work, this may post if such stays usually earn you base points.
Offer-specific Questions:
Q. Does a Holiday Inn Express stay count as a Holiday Inn stay?
A. No
Promo website: https://setyoursights.ihg.com
Promo Terms and Conditions: https://setyoursights.ihg.com/amer/us/en/terms/index
Dates: 1 January 2015 and 30 April 2015 (both dates inclusive)
FAQ:
What stays and nights qualify?
Q. If I book a stay using IHG points, does that count as a "stay" or "night" towards my offers?
A. No.
Q. If I book a stay using a cash and points rate, does that count as a "stay" towards my offers?
A. No.
Q. Will stays booked via a consolidator (like TravelPony) or other public travel portal or points portal count towards this promo?
A. No. Your stays must be booked directly with IHG on their website or on their app. However, if you are booking through your corporate portal at work, this may post if such stays usually earn you base points.
Offer-specific Questions:
Q. Does a Holiday Inn Express stay count as a Holiday Inn stay?
A. No
Next Big IHG Promo for Q1 2015 - 50K Pts or More
Mar 31, 2015, 8:58 am
#511
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: In the air
Programs: Occasional RTW club
Posts: 6,924
Anybody know how the corporate code bonus is supposed to work? I have had several stays since the promo started, but only the first corp code stay shows up - all subsequent ones on different codes do not show up (I have to use whatever code my client happens to require, so I rarely repeat unless going to the same client). Any thoughts? Am I supposed to have four stays using *the same* corp code?
Mar 31, 2015, 4:01 pm
#512
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: El Gouna , Hurghada (HRG)
Programs: BAEC:Silver ,IHG:Spire Amb ,QR:Silver,HH:Diamond
Posts: 374
Chalk and cheese
After the long long waits for dashboard updates for Into the Nights . I have just had 2 different stays towards Set Your Sights in Bangkok and the Dashboard for some challenges has updated before the base points have even posted !!
Apr 1, 2015, 1:27 am
#513
Join Date: Jun 2012
Programs: IHG Spire Ambassador, Club Carlson Gold, HHonors Gold, Best Western Diamond Select, BA Blue
Posts: 1,335
What a rubbish challenge this was - penalising IHG's biggest customers whilst rewarding those who hardly ever stay at an IHG property.
I've spent almost 11,000 GBP with IHG properties in the last 6 months! All I managed to get from this promotion was a measly 11,500 points.
I've spent almost 11,000 GBP with IHG properties in the last 6 months! All I managed to get from this promotion was a measly 11,500 points.
Apr 1, 2015, 8:29 am
#514
Join Date: Aug 2005
Programs: UA*G(1K), PC Diamond Amb, Marriott Titanium, Accor Platinum
Posts: 4,671
What a rubbish challenge this was - penalising IHG's biggest customers whilst rewarding those who hardly ever stay at an IHG property.
I've spent almost 11,000 GBP with IHG properties in the last 6 months! All I managed to get from this promotion was a measly 11,500 points.
I've spent almost 11,000 GBP with IHG properties in the last 6 months! All I managed to get from this promotion was a measly 11,500 points.
HTB.
Apr 1, 2015, 10:24 am
#515
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 4,431
What a rubbish challenge this was - penalising IHG's biggest customers whilst rewarding those who hardly ever stay at an IHG property.
I've spent almost 11,000 GBP with IHG properties in the last 6 months! All I managed to get from this promotion was a measly 11,500 points.
I've spent almost 11,000 GBP with IHG properties in the last 6 months! All I managed to get from this promotion was a measly 11,500 points.
Apr 1, 2015, 10:26 am
#516
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 550
Agree. I had a good number of nights over the past couple years, and my challenges for Into the Nights and Set Your Sights were very weak. My wife, who has a relatively new account, got the really easy challenges and now has 2 free nights and 50K points after staying a total of 6 nights.
Apr 4, 2015, 1:41 am
#517
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Paris, France
Programs: IHG, CC, HH, AF, AA, UA
Posts: 830
I doubt that was the original plan.
Apr 4, 2015, 1:56 am
#518
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 1999
Location: Seat 1A, Juice pretty much everywhere, Mucci des Coins Exotiques
Posts: 34,339
I thought I would have no chance this time with such a huge bar, but it turned out I had way more hotel nights than expected. With all the promotion and bonus points plus the actual earned stay points I exceeded 340,000 points in the quarter.
However this means that the next one of these promos that comes out will expect me to stay 50 nights!
Apr 4, 2015, 2:20 am
#519
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 550
It isn't just about encouraging new business. Otherwise they wouldn't have promotions for people who stay over 30 nights during the period.
I thought I would have no chance this time with such a huge bar, but it turned out I had way more hotel nights than expected. With all the promotion and bonus points plus the actual earned stay points I exceeded 340,000 points in the quarter.
However this means that the next one of these promos that comes out will expect me to stay 50 nights!
I thought I would have no chance this time with such a huge bar, but it turned out I had way more hotel nights than expected. With all the promotion and bonus points plus the actual earned stay points I exceeded 340,000 points in the quarter.
However this means that the next one of these promos that comes out will expect me to stay 50 nights!
Apr 4, 2015, 3:12 am
#520
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Paris, France
Programs: IHG, CC, HH, AF, AA, UA
Posts: 830
Apr 4, 2015, 8:53 am
#521
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 550
Of course I do. I spread my nights across various brands but I have several favourite ICs that I will stay in enough to maintain RA every year. I register for promotions but I don't change stay patterns to achieve targets. If I happen to pick up extra points because I meet some of the criteria, so be it. Because I travel so much I stick with the hotels where I've built up good relationships and I know that the treatment will be consistent.
Apr 6, 2015, 10:19 am
#522
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 4
Anyone know if the 'Mini-Vacation Package" nights (Book a mini-vacation package at a qualifying Holiday Inn Club Vacations® property) stack with the "Stay More, Earn More" offer (Get closer to the rewards you want when you stay 9 nights)?
Apr 6, 2015, 3:48 pm
#523
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: RSW
Programs: Delta - Silver; UA - Silver; HHonors - Diamond; IHG - Spire Ambassador; Marriott Bonvoy - Titanium
Posts: 14,185
Apr 7, 2015, 10:01 am
#524
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 2
Caught by the fine print
If you have this "Getaway Bonus" be sure to read the fine print. I stayed one night a Holiday Inn Resort and thought I had satisfied the requirement. It turns out the "terms" said it had to be three nights.
"Stay at 1 Holiday Inn Resort® or Holiday Inn Club Vacations® destination, and earn 5,000 bonus points"
"Stay at 1 Holiday Inn Resort® or Holiday Inn Club Vacations® destination, and earn 5,000 bonus points"
Apr 8, 2015, 1:15 pm
#525
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,762
Using IHG credit card bonus still not posted
Has anyone seen their 1500 bonus pts from using IHG credit card to pay for the stay?
I keep getting the run-around from IHG that they know there are issues updating the dash board, that they are "working day and night" to resolve it.
My stay was Mar 9th and here we are, a month later, the 1500 pts still a no show. The Globe Trotter did post just a few days after the stay which was done in Turkey. So it really has nothing to do with Dash Board issue.
I keep getting the run-around from IHG that they know there are issues updating the dash board, that they are "working day and night" to resolve it.
My stay was Mar 9th and here we are, a month later, the 1500 pts still a no show. The Globe Trotter did post just a few days after the stay which was done in Turkey. So it really has nothing to do with Dash Board issue.