Apr 27, 2017, 4:09 pm
Last edit by: beachmouse
Copying over the usual promotion info to the new thread:
For newcomers to IHG promotions, note that Holiday Inn Express and Holiday Inn (including Holiday Inn Resorts) are two different brand categories for these things. If your dashboard says 'stay at a Holiday Inn Express' as one of the tasks and you stay at a Holiday Inn, it will NOT credit for the Holiday Inn Express task. (and vice versa)
At IHG, points + cash stays are simply points stays where you bought some of the points at the time of the reservation. Once you finish the reservation, a points + cash stay shows as a points stay. Thus points + cash stays only count for tasks where they are specified, and not other tasks.
Doing a points + cash booking and then cancelling it does NOT trigger a 'buy points' task completion.
The 'pay with your IHG credit card' task has typically been very slow to post. If it does within about two weeks of completing a stay, that's relatively quick, and it will often be several weeks beyond that, depending on when your statement closing date is and how IHG's system sweep is timed.
Some offers require booking within the promotion period in addition to staying during the promotion period.
Registration & dashboard link:
https://www.ihg.com/content/us/en/offers/q2accelerate2017/registration
For newcomers to IHG promotions, note that Holiday Inn Express and Holiday Inn (including Holiday Inn Resorts) are two different brand categories for these things. If your dashboard says 'stay at a Holiday Inn Express' as one of the tasks and you stay at a Holiday Inn, it will NOT credit for the Holiday Inn Express task. (and vice versa)
At IHG, points + cash stays are simply points stays where you bought some of the points at the time of the reservation. Once you finish the reservation, a points + cash stay shows as a points stay. Thus points + cash stays only count for tasks where they are specified, and not other tasks.
Doing a points + cash booking and then cancelling it does NOT trigger a 'buy points' task completion.
The 'pay with your IHG credit card' task has typically been very slow to post. If it does within about two weeks of completing a stay, that's relatively quick, and it will often be several weeks beyond that, depending on when your statement closing date is and how IHG's system sweep is timed.
Some offers require booking within the promotion period in addition to staying during the promotion period.
Registration & dashboard link:
https://www.ihg.com/content/us/en/offers/q2accelerate2017/registration
IHG Accelerate 2Q 2017 (15th MAY to 31st AUG)
Jun 20, 2017, 9:14 am
#301
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Boston, MA, USA
Programs: UA 1K, DL Gold, IHG Diamond AMB, MR Gold, HH Diamond, Hyatt Globalist, National EE
Posts: 1,083
Jun 20, 2017, 9:35 am
#303
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NUE
Programs: *G (TK elite+), OW sapphire (QR), ST elite plus (AF). LA black
Posts: 3,678
Jun 20, 2017, 10:23 am
#304
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Miami, FL
Programs: UA 1MM, AA Plat, Marriott LT Titanium, Hyatt Glob, IHG ♢ Amb, Hilton ♢, Hertz Pres
Posts: 6,017
My accelerate points are slowly being credited. Already made my 5 of 6 offers worth 57,000 points. All that is left is the final "stay 4 brands for 22,000 points". Have 3 already. Not sure if its worth a mattress run to get the last brand for those points. Would likely have to be HI and I really dislike HIs in general. I guess it could be Intercontinental which I like, but that's an expensive mattress run 
Jun 21, 2017, 3:53 am
#305
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Cheshire
Programs: HH Diamond, IHG Diamond Am Elite, Best Western Gold, Marriott Bonvoy Gold, Radisson Rewards Gold
Posts: 1,713
Hi, anybody know a regular email address to query points for this, I keep going around in circles trying to get to live chat on my iPhone.
I am Spire ambassador, do IHG have an equivalent of Hilton's Diamond desk?
I am Spire ambassador, do IHG have an equivalent of Hilton's Diamond desk?
Jun 21, 2017, 7:42 pm
#306
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
Call them - way faster than playing with chats or emails.
(Call the ambassador line)
(Call the ambassador line)
Jun 22, 2017, 12:58 am
#307
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Gold Country, California
Programs: Hilton Gold, IHG Diamond Ambassador, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 1,199
Done
Was waiting to see if "Spend on your IHG® Rewards Club Credit Card" would post, as the stay was the 1st day of the promo and was booked 8 days prior to that (nonrefundable rate), May 7. It ticked off for this task, thankfully. So the literal T&C of "purchase between May 15 2017 . . . " didn't apply in my case. I did notice on my statement the charge posted May 15 so that may have worked in my favor.
Last edited by Steph58; Jun 23, 2017 at 1:44 am Reason: Corrected date
Jun 23, 2017, 12:33 am
#308
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: SFO
Programs: BA Avios, UA MP, AA, Choice, Club Carlson
Posts: 1,096
I had the following offer:
Earn 3,600 bonus points when you book 1 Bonus Points Package stay(s) and get to your next reward faster.
When I emailed I got shot down b/c my booking was before the promotion start date...
Not a big deal, lesson learned, but wow, these promotions are really carefully crafted with specific wording. Will be careful next time I guess. I read it in my head as "complete a bonus points package stay" Which made more sense to me than booking... Oh well.
Earn 3,600 bonus points when you book 1 Bonus Points Package stay(s) and get to your next reward faster.
When I emailed I got shot down b/c my booking was before the promotion start date...
Not a big deal, lesson learned, but wow, these promotions are really carefully crafted with specific wording. Will be careful next time I guess. I read it in my head as "complete a bonus points package stay" Which made more sense to me than booking... Oh well.
Last edited by mrkymark; Jun 23, 2017 at 12:40 am
Jun 23, 2017, 3:57 am
#309
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Stafford UK
Programs: BAEC Flying Blue
Posts: 167
I had the following offer:
Earn 3,600 bonus points when you book 1 Bonus Points Package stay(s) and get to your next reward faster.
When I emailed I got shot down b/c my booking was before the promotion start date...
Not a big deal, lesson learned, but wow, these promotions are really carefully crafted with specific wording. Will be careful next time I guess. I read it in my head as "complete a bonus points package stay" Which made more sense to me than booking... Oh well.
Earn 3,600 bonus points when you book 1 Bonus Points Package stay(s) and get to your next reward faster.
When I emailed I got shot down b/c my booking was before the promotion start date...
Not a big deal, lesson learned, but wow, these promotions are really carefully crafted with specific wording. Will be careful next time I guess. I read it in my head as "complete a bonus points package stay" Which made more sense to me than booking... Oh well.
Jun 23, 2017, 10:57 am
#310
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: SFO
Programs: BA Avios, UA MP, AA, Choice, Club Carlson
Posts: 1,096
Yea, obviously a lot of engineering time has gone into developing the exact rules and algorithms to award points or not. The wording/T&C's are then indirect translations of those rules. If given a choice I would rather just get the rule book and figure it out myself since the existing summarized T&C's are kind of worthless and still interpret-able.
Jun 23, 2017, 11:21 am
#311
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Join Date: May 2015
Location: BOS, YVR, ZRH
Programs: *G
Posts: 17,399
I just wanna make sure as I'm finalizing my travel, which matches up exactly with the end of the window. My offer is:
1,000 Stay Once Get 1,000
Thank you for being a loyal IHG® Rewards Club member. Stay once and earn 1,000 bonus points.
5,000 Stay More, Earn More
Get closer to the rewards you want when you stay 5 night(s) and earn 5,000 bonus points.
8,400 Be the Readiest®
Be the Readiest® by staying at 2 Holiday Inn Express® hotel(s) and earn 8,400 bonus points.
25,600 Your Achievement Bonus
Complete 3 of the 3 offers and earn (an additional) 25,600 bonus points.
Right now I have reservations for:
08/27-28: Holiday Inn Express 1
06/28-06/02: Holiday Inn Express 2
So that'll be exactly 5 nights by the end of the window (August 31st-checkin days being included), but my 2nd stay won't be "completed". Am I correct in assuming that booking it like this will complete all 3 offers and thus net me 40'000?
1,000 Stay Once Get 1,000
Thank you for being a loyal IHG® Rewards Club member. Stay once and earn 1,000 bonus points.
5,000 Stay More, Earn More
Get closer to the rewards you want when you stay 5 night(s) and earn 5,000 bonus points.
8,400 Be the Readiest®
Be the Readiest® by staying at 2 Holiday Inn Express® hotel(s) and earn 8,400 bonus points.
25,600 Your Achievement Bonus
Complete 3 of the 3 offers and earn (an additional) 25,600 bonus points.
Right now I have reservations for:
08/27-28: Holiday Inn Express 1
06/28-06/02: Holiday Inn Express 2
So that'll be exactly 5 nights by the end of the window (August 31st-checkin days being included), but my 2nd stay won't be "completed". Am I correct in assuming that booking it like this will complete all 3 offers and thus net me 40'000?
Jun 24, 2017, 1:34 am
#312
Join Date: Aug 2005
Programs: UA*G(1K), PC Diamond Amb, Marriott Titanium, Accor Platinum
Posts: 4,671
Globetrotter-Bonus and Remington Hotels
Hi everyone
does anyone have any experience with staying at a Remington hotel in combination with the Accelerate offer? I should stay in three different countries, and in the third country a (really cheap) Remington hotel would be the best choice. However, the T&Cs for the Globetrotter-Bonsu don't mention Remington hotels:
Any actual experience concerning this?
Regards
HTB
does anyone have any experience with staying at a Remington hotel in combination with the Accelerate offer? I should stay in three different countries, and in the third country a (really cheap) Remington hotel would be the best choice. However, the T&Cs for the Globetrotter-Bonsu don't mention Remington hotels:
InterContinental®, Crowne Plaza®, Hotel Indigo®, Holiday Inn®, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites®, Candlewood Suites®, EVEN™ oder HUALUXE® Hotels
Regards
HTB
Jun 26, 2017, 11:15 am
#313
In Memoriam, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Durham, NC (RDU/GSO/CLT)
Programs: AA EXP/MM, DL GM, UA Platinum, HH DIA, Hyatt Explorist, IHG Platinum, Marriott Titanium, Hertz PC
Posts: 33,857
Stayed from 5/23-5/24. Points posted on 5/25. On 5/31 my Stay Once Get 2,500 and Early Stay Bonus posted but the bonus for staying and paying with the IHG CC bonus have not. I guess I'll wait until my statement closes to see if it posts. If not, guess I'll have to fight IHG. Hey, it's not Accelerate if you're not fighting with IHG, right?
Jun 27, 2017, 1:23 am
#314
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: SF CA USA. I love large faceless corporations. And they cherish me in return (sometimes). ;)
Programs: UA Premier Gold/disappointed 1MM, HH Gold, IHG Plat, MB Gold, BW Diam Sel
Posts: 17,575
Jun 27, 2017, 5:03 pm
#315
Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 42
Sorry if this question has already been discussed here, but is there anybody who earned the points for stays booked outside of promotion period when the offer needs booking during this time? Some of my offers don't require booking during promotional period, but the most difficult offer for me needs booking condition. I wonder if IHG system is really so accurate. I have one reservation that I made before the prmotion, but if I book the hotel again now, the room rate will be much higher.