Originally Posted by
beachmouse
It probably won't trigger both. A 'buy points' task completes when you go through points.com on the transaction (I've actually accidentally triggered it by doing an airline point transfer into IHG on that site; did go back and buy 1K points after that to stay kosher) ; AFAIK, you don't go through points.com for a points + cash stay.
I done a P&C stay last night to complete the current promo and it didn't go through points.com.
The ihg website asks for the card details and it's processed on there.
A line then shows on your account with "Points and cash" and a deposit for the number of points you've paid for and then the next line shows a deduction for the full amount for the reward night.
I'll be surprised if it satisfies a buy Points offer going by the way it processed.