happeemonkee

Is this a new feature

Just looking at booking some rooms for an upcoming stay in LA and under the "check rates" button there's this message

IHG® Rewards Club Reward Nights
As a Spire Elite member, you are eligible for a 20% discount on Points & Cash.

It's basically knocking 20% off the cash element. I've never seen this before??

FlyerTalker688786

This promotion has been here for a while (a month or so or more). But the value is so bad that nobody wants to even talk about it.

happeemonkee

oh haha

It's the 1st time it's ever shown for me when searching over the last few weeks!

DuMaInSin

Why is the value so bad? With the 20% discount you can basically "buy" 20,000 points at some properties for $92. For those with Ambassador or credit card rebate you can deduct another 10% which means points cost $ 0.00414 each. At many hotels that may still be bad value, but there are definitely hotels where paying cash for a flexible rate will be much higher.

CalItalian

This promo, Sunshine Sale, is this week only. Today through Friday, April 28. It has not been around for a month or more. There was another promo back in March, though.

Save 20% This Week Only

When you combine points with cash, you can enjoy Reward Nights at more than 5,000 hotels around the world. And as part of a special Sunshine Sale offer, you can save 20% on the cash portion of Points & Cash bookings now through Friday, April 28, 2017.*

Not only will you stay for less, but you'll also retain more of your IHG® Rewards Club points—and you can keep saving for future Reward Nights at any IHG® property.

So whether you're traveling on business or crossing a destination off your bucket list, make your next trip more rewarding by combining Points & Cash.


*Terms and Conditions:

• IHG® Rewards Club members must be logged in to receive 20% savings.
• Stay dates include 4/24/2017-5/31/2017.
• 20% discount is offered at time of booking and only pertains to the cash cost of bookings.
• Bookings for The Venetian® and The Palazzo® hotels are excluded from discounts.
https://www.ihg.com/hotels/us/en/glo...MER-EN-SFS-AIX

CalItalian

The poster that replied to you was wrong. This only started today. Thanks for the heads up.

tangey

There are some properties that have a standard P+C rate resulting in 20K points costing $115 ?.... interesting

DuMaInSin

Yes. Try to book a property e.g. in Paris in May. You will find some...

markis10

It wasn't there yesterday when I did a point top up pending something happening

vesnushka23

Lowered to $92 per 20K.
Paris in May, like advised)

plainheart

Does payment using IHG card or AMEX platinum earn extra points?

vesnushka23

by the way im a club member and it works.
not just spire.
I think we should change topic headline

Fanjet

I'll talk about it. I just purchased 15K points for $71.20 for a C&P booking at a hotel which goes for 25K points. And given that there a few listings on this new round of PB offerings which I can make use of, that's getting those hotels for less than $24 per night.

One thing I have noticed though, is that there is no standard for C&P rates anymore. I've seen hotels in the same city where the cash portion has ranged from $60/$65/$70/$75/$80 for 10K points. And it seems to have no corrolaton to brand or nightly rate (for a paid rate).

CalItalian

It's been that way for a while now. Individual hotels, even from month to month, change the amount of the cash portion, too, up or down.

clubman

The question is whether this is just part of the current promotion (despite it mentioning Spire), or a general permanent enhancement.