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Thank you for your interest in The Great Japan 72 Hours Hot Offer. As our sale has not yet started, kindly return to this website when the sale commences at 0000hrs (Japan Time) on Thursday 2nd April 2009 to enjoy the great savings we’ll have on offer at our participating InterContinental and Crowne Plaza in Japan.
Book your stay online at any of the participating hotels between 0000hrs 2 April and 2400hrs 4 April 2009 (Japan Time) to enjoy these amazing rates of 50% off from Best Flex Rate for stays up until 30 June 2009. So plan that getaway with your family or friends now. Limited rooms available!
ANA Crowne Plaza Chitose, ANA Crowne Plaza Niigata,
ANA Crowne Plaza Toyama, ANA Crowne Plaza Kanazawa,
ANA Crowne Plaza Narita, ANA Crowne Plaza Osaka
ANA Crowne Plaza Hiroshima, ANA Crowne Plaza Fukuoka,
Okinawa Harborview Crowne Plaza, Crowne Plaza Kobe
ANA InterContinental Tokyo, The Strings by InterContinental,
InterContinental Tokyo Bay, InterContinental Yokohama Grand,
ANA InterContinental Manza Beach and Resort,
ANA InterContinental Ishigaki Resort
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Terms & Conditions
* Rates are per room per night and are subjected to tax and service charge
* Above rates are only applicable for bookings made from 0000hrs 2 April 2009 to 2400hrs 4 April 2009 (Japan time).
* Bookings are valid for stays from 2 April to 30 June 2009.
* Rate is subject to availability
* Full pre-payment is required at time of booking and is non-refundable upon cancellation
* Room rates will appear in local currency at time of booking
* Black out dates apply for all hotels
* Offer is not available to groups of 10 or more rooms and cannot be combined with any other special offer
* Final bill will be presented in local currency
* General terms & conditions apply
No language about whether they are eligible for earning points
Unlike the recent Australia / NZ 72 hours sales, this Japan one does not say whether the 50% off rates are eligible to earn points (or being qualifying stays).
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Originally Posted by stenyap
Terms & Conditions
* Rates are per room per night and are subjected to tax and service charge
* Above rates are only applicable for bookings made from 0000hrs 2 April 2009 to 2400hrs 4 April 2009 (Japan time).
* Bookings are valid for stays from 2 April to 30 June 2009.
* Rate is subject to availability
* Full pre-payment is required at time of booking and is non-refundable upon cancellation
* Room rates will appear in local currency at time of booking
* Black out dates apply for all hotels
* Offer is not available to groups of 10 or more rooms and cannot be combined with any other special offer
* Final bill will be presented in local currency * General terms & conditions apply
I thought that this General terms & conditions apply is the clause that justify that this promo rate qualifies for qualifiying night and subsequently earning points. Any contrary thoughts?
Unlike the recent Australia / NZ 72 hours sales, this Japan one does not say whether the 50% off rates are eligible to earn points (or being qualifying stays).
If it doesn't say, then you should be able to earn points. I had couple of exclusive 2 for 1 stays in Europe without points and qualifying nights posted to my PC account; however, I found out the T&C doesn't say the rate IS NOT eligible to earn points, so I email to Ambassador service to ask for points and qualifying nights, and they did finally issue points and nights to my PC account after I asked them to read carefully the the T & C.
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IIRC, the Ts and Cs state that certain deeply discounted rates (>30% off FFR) do not earn points or nights. So it's unclear here. I think worth confirming this.
It is a great rate though and may encourage me to accelerate a MR to Japan.
Unlike the recent Australia / NZ 72 hours sales, this Japan one does not say whether the 50% off rates are eligible to earn points (or being qualifying stays).
I saw this promotion on Japanese Website.
It clearly says that the 50% off rates are qualifying stays for earning points.
So, we do not have to worry.
Could a Friday or Saturday stay at this rate be combined with an IC BOGO voucher?
Hello LapLap,
This won't be a problem. The preferred procedure would be to buy the first night at the promotional, prepaid rate, and book the same category room for the following night at a refundable rate.
I usually use my BOGO's in Tokyo on a Friday-Saturday combination, as Japan is one of the few places where Saturdays are the most expensive day of the week, at 'wedding-appropriate' hotels at least. However, the idea is to use the BOGO voucher when rates are expensive, not when a deeply discounted one is available
Hello LapLap,
This won't be a problem. The preferred procedure would be to buy the first night at the promotional, prepaid rate, and book the same category room for the following night at a refundable rate.
Thank you monahos!
I can't afford to make a mistake with this, and really appreciate your guidance. (50% of 30-40,000yen is rather a lot to me... don't forget the current £-yen exchange rate!)
... book the same category room for the following night at a refundable rate.
Just to confirm, by 'refundable' rate I meant to say non-prepaid. Prepaid should work, but the refund process would be an unnecessary and wholly avoidable complication.
Yes, the £ isn't at its best... I took advantage of that to buy some BMI miles
There are several questions that come to mind -
1. there is a mention of blackout dates for the hotels, but it doesn`t say what those blackout dates are. So I guess we`ll find out when we try to book a room?
2. there was a ridiculous experience which happened to a lot of people when the LHW offered a short-term hotel sale a few months ago. People kept getting the message to try again later when they logged on. There are differences this time - the sale is not as dramatic, it only covers Japan rather than the whole world, and the sale window is longer. But I wonder how prepared they really are if there is alot of interest.
3. are the number of rooms at each hotel limited, and are only certain types of rooms eligible rather than all types.
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Is ICHG going to hike up the Best Flexible Rate just before the sale?
If the current Best Flexible Rate is going to be used for the base calculation of the Hot Offer Rate, one could stay at IC Yokohama at ca. USD 55 (nett.) in weekdays. I guess I know where to do the mattress run in April – June.
