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Old Nov 29, 2014 | 6:39 am
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swag
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Several of us reported up-thread about 10 days ago that we'd gotten emails confirming all our offers were complete. While my dashboard still hasn't updated for that last stay (11/08), the points for completing the rest of my bonus offers have posted to my account, dated 11/25. I'm sure the dashboard will update eventually, and since I'm not in a hurry to use the 2 free nights, I'm not stressed over it.

My final totals:
On the spend side, I had 2 nights for a business trip that would otherwise have gone to Hyatt that went to IHG. I also did two cheap Saturday night mattress runs locally. Total revenue to IHG & hotels just about $400. With tax, my total spend was a bit more, my extra spend (the mattress runs) was under $200.

On the earn side, I've had about 30K points post from these stays, That includes 21,200 from the ITN bonuses themselves, plus the points for the stays, the Plat bonuses and welcome amenity points, and the bonus points from the bonus&breakfast rates.

30K + 2 free nights for $200 is a definite win for me, I wish there were more promos this lucrative.

Was it worth it for IHG, for the $400 in revenue? Dunno. I did learn something that they wanted to teach me, which is that the bonus point rates can be worthwhile sometimes. With most airlines and hotels, the bonus point rates or mileage multipliers are terrible deals. But I was seeing only $5 or $10 over the cheapest rate for 5K points, or for $1K points plus breakfast for two. So I will look at those in the future.

But will I move most of my business from Marriott and Hyatt to IHG? No...
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