Originally Posted by tangey

Nope, your comprehension of the issue is flawed.

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, for me theres a decent radisson down the road a bit.

I imagine hotels are pretty frustrated with having to give a free night on a single night booking BRG.

Can you imagine how much more annoyed they will be, when then find out the rules stop people for doing paid-for bookings !

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.