Originally Posted by kpc
I don't want to be negative, but won't it be more useful just to donate cash rather than airline FF points? I presume the points would be mainly used to redeem flights (but QF is already quite generous in that regard) whereas cash can be used to buy whatever is needed? Personally, I will donate cash and use my QF points for my own award addiction
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The points donation from Intercontinental get converted to $US rather than offering hotel stays
As it says on their site
"Donate your points to UNICEF to help support Tsunami relief efforts in Asia. Points will be converted to US dollars and added to a donation fund which will be matched by InterContinental Hotels Group up to a maximum of $125,000."
If they are converting on a 1 - 1 basis ( as it seems to suggest) then it seems incredibly generous of ICH ( 10,000 points => USD20,000 )
Dave