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)
May 28, 2017, 4:47 am
#241
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...The T&Cs state: "Except as otherwise stated in the terms and conditions, please allow up to 2 to 3 weeks for Promotion Offer bonus points to be credited after checkout." (This language is found under GENERAL PROMOTION TERMS, reached by clicking on "Full Campaign Terms and Conditions" link below the Accelerate offer.)
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May 28, 2017, 7:04 pm
#243
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I've had the same issue last two Accelerate promos with my UK IHG Credit Card from Creation.
Each time I had to wait the whole 8 weeks in the T&Cs, before they would agree to manually credit.
So if you're banking on that to hit your bonus points, then it could be a long wait... bear that in mind...
Each time I had to wait the whole 8 weeks in the T&Cs, before they would agree to manually credit.
So if you're banking on that to hit your bonus points, then it could be a long wait... bear that in mind...
My card is the US version.
May 29, 2017, 12:10 pm
#244
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For "Stay at 2 Holiday Inn Hotels - including Holiday Inn Resort and Holiday Inn Club Vacations - and earn 8,000 bonus points". Do regular Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express qualify towards the 8,000 points as well or do they need to be the Resort and Club Vacations type to qualify?
May 29, 2017, 12:13 pm
#245
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For "Stay at 2 Holiday Inn Hotels - including Holiday Inn Resort and Holiday Inn Club Vacations - and earn 8,000 bonus points". Do regular Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express qualify towards the 8,000 points as well or do they need to be the Resort and Club Vacations type to qualify?
Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Resort and Holiday Inn Club Vacations will all count.
May 29, 2017, 12:20 pm
#246
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May 29, 2017, 12:23 pm
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May 31, 2017, 3:59 pm
#249
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In the past I have received both types of challenges.
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Jun 1, 2017, 4:22 am
#251
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I've worked out that I am going to stay 48 nights until 31st August.
I only get my reward after staying 50 nights (100,000 points)... Therefore won't get anything apart from registering for Accelerate and a couple of thousand points for staying before June.
I'm not really the kind of person to check into a hotel just for Accelerate, and the cost of the extra couple of nights would be pretty near the 100,000 points target, so completely pointless until you prefer staying in an hotel as opposed to your own house.
Jun 1, 2017, 8:00 am
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Lyssa, it's nothing personal - that's exactly what I got! The first 17 nights earn only 17,000 points, and then there is a 12K 'bonus' for nights 18-20. The only thing you can do is to ignore it completely and hope IHG get the message. That's what I'm doing.
Jun 1, 2017, 12:13 pm
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The only way to get better offers is to stay less (but for how long?).
Jun 1, 2017, 12:29 pm
#254
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I understand the concept but I hit my Q1 target by staying just 3 nights. For Q2 they expect me to stay 20 nights for a points total that is only 2K higher. Not the kind of acceleration I was looking for.
Jun 1, 2017, 3:06 pm
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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?