at the point a new Chase cardholder's 4th-night-free benefit becomes active at IHG.com:
* the benefit will be automatic for all those who have sufficient points to cover the full cost before discount.
* the benefit will not be automatic for all those who have insufficient points to cover the full cost before discount
* for these people, just follow my advice is post 41 above
* the purpose of this advice is not to solve any problem other than allowing a Chase cardholder with an activated IHG 4-night-free benefit to be able to use the benefit despite having insufficient points for the stay pre-discount
you are mixing 2 issues:
* when the benefit becomes active
* making bookings using this benefit with limited points
the latter is a non-issue.
the former will be active pretty soon - it didn't take a long time for me - i remember being surprised that it was active so soon - think "a few weeks"
Last edited by Colin; Feb 12, 2019 at 10:31 am