Points Scrounger

I got the CC points along with the Stay Once bonus.

52pickup

That was my question as well. The Stay Once and Early Stay bonuses posted, but not the cc.

notquiteaff

Same here (except that the points for the completed tasks haven't posted yet, but the tasks are checked off on the Accelerate page). My credit card statement hasn't closed yet.

enelym1978

All the Accelerate points usually get posted a week to 10 days AFTER the main earning points get posted.... IHG is already slow enough to post those regular points....

travellingtechie

My dashboard updated about a week after my most recent stay, and the points posted a few days after that. Except for the "pay with IHG CC" which didn't work for me last time either and reading other posts it's very hit-and-miss! But I'm not really bothered this quarter. The one stay got me 3 of the 6 tasks, to get the others I would have to book with cash and points (which is often more expensive than just cash!) and stay a total of 15 nights and make 5 bookings with the App. We'll see if I get an easier target next time for not bothering with this one!

CasaDeTony

Something is definitely wonky with qualifying for App booking bonus. A stay from 2-weeks ago has triggered other bonuses, but not for the App, even though I made a point of booking it that way, and took screenshots.

The same thing happened in the Q1 Accelerate promotion, which is why I went the extra step of taking screenshots this time around.

Anyone else having issues with this? If I get to the end of the promotion period without making more App bookings, then I'll go back and make a support request, but hoping to avoid the hassle.

Kiwi Flyer

After 2 or 3 accelerate promos I skipped, I finally got a more reasonable one. In between I almost exclusively stayed on points or other hotels.

hightide

If I achieve my accelerate target, is the next quarter's and the following quarter's challenges likely to get harder?

I'm wondering as I would rather not bother with 2 mattress runs this quarter even though I stand to gain if it's at the expense of harder future achievements.

Daoane

Am I right to assume that for these offers a stay far out in December with a flexible rate should be enough?



4,800

Travel with the IHG® App

Book 2 stay(s) with the IHG® App and earn 4,800 bonus points.


3,600

Earn More, Faster

Earn 3,600 bonus points when you book 1 Bonus Points Package stay(s) and get to your next reward faster.

Saral

have you check the T & Cs for each specific task as my Earn more, faster task says I have to consume my stays between 15 May to 31 Aug

sdsearch

It's likely but not certain. For example, if you do your current accelerate tasks only during the last days of this cycle, your next cycle is not likely to be harder, but the one after that is more likely to harder. (Note I said tasks not target. Ie, if you have to do 5 nights and you do 4 nights early and 1 night late, that doesn't help. If you do all 5 nights during the last of the week of the promo, that's when it wouldn't affect the very next promo cycle at all. But again, it could affect subsequent ones, just not immediately.)

Ie, there's some relationship between how much you stay and how much harder the tasks get, but it's not clear how quick that relationship is. Some people feel that summer is compared against last summer, fall is compared against last fall, etc, but I don't think anything's proven other than that they set up your tasks months in advance so that things you do very late in the previous cycle don't register yet.

So I'd say unless you're desperate for the points now, it's probably not worth mattress runs.

But the other point I want to make is that it's your overall stays, not just how much of your target you achieve, that's likely to affect subsequent promos. So don't do paid stays that have nothing to do with promo, either, or that the promo doesn't earn enough points for, because that'll make your promos in the future worse, too.

It's ironic that IHG has set up these Accelerate promos so that the best way to get lots of points relative your cash outlay is to rarely stay (paid) at IHG hotels. I guess they care mostly about people who don't care about cash outlay (because their employer is paying), or else think people won't figure out that staying less pays more?

bolwin1

And my book twice with the app task also says I have to consume the stays between 15 May to 31 Aug.

darthbimmer

In addition to what sdsearch wrote a few posts up, which I agree with, I recommend you consider how much you stand to gain from those mattress runs. If the gain is significant, and/or the mattress runs are not pure mattress runs but really just discretionary leisure trips, it may be worth doing. The difference a few extra nights now makes in terms of your next offer is likely to be small.

For example, if you've stayed sporadically in the past and have a sweet offer now that maxes out after 5 nights, staying 5 nights on this offer is likely to cause your next offer to max out at 7 nights. It could be a tad higher but it's not going to be a crazy jump up like 15. Even 10 is very unlikely, speaking from experience. You've got to decide if that small and not-guaranteed loss of potential value in the future is worth more than the points you stand to earn in the current promo.

hightide

Thanks for the detailed info sdsearch and darthbimmer

If doh-auh flights are cancelled, I will have to re-route my flights departing in a few weeks time, which means I will actually have stays I need while in the Middle East.

DAB_Flyer

Data point for stay points, dashboard update, and accelerate points:

Stay: 5/27-5/29
Qualifying stay points posted: 5/30
Accelerate dashboard updated: evening of 6/6 or morning of 6/7
Accelerate points posted: TBD