Nope, your comprehension of the issue is flawed, I'm trying to book a regular night.

I have a free stay in two different hotels, with a night gap between them. I want to book a paid stay for the gap night. Their BRG rules don't allow me to book any IHG hotels on that night, on either a paid or points basis, within 50 miles of the two hotels.

Hence their rules are forcing me to book elsewhere that night. No big loss,this is london, hardly short of hotels. In this case I might go to the Mayfair down the road.

I imagine hotels are pretty frustrated with having to give a free night on a single night booking BRG. But I wonder how much more frustrated they would be if they realised that the BRG rules can actually stop BRG bookers from giving them revenue for additional night/s in some cases. You can be sure either of the two hotels would love to get some revenue from me.

Regarding my BRG night in IC PL. As I said in a previous posting, I got the email confirming the BRG & rate adjustment this am. Fair play to the hotel, they have already refunded my advance purchase payment back to the CC card.