Originally Posted by
Garreth Bales
Just saw the latest prompotion,
Promotion prizes - during the Promotional Stay Period
Members who make Eligible Stays will receive:
- D$300 after an Eligible Stay in a third Brand, and
- D$400 after an Eligible Stay in a fourth Brand, and
- D$500 after an Eligible Stay in a fifth Brand, and
- D$600 after an Eligible Stay in a sixth Brand, and
- D$700 after an Eligible Stay in a seventh Brand, and
- D$800 after an Eligible Stay in an eighth Brand, and
- D$900 after an Eligible Stay in a ninth Brand, and
- D$1,000 after an Eligible Stay in a tenth Brand.
*Eligible stays with a minimum spend of USD 600
Will using the existing D$ to offset a bill of USD 600 for a stay at a new brand still count as an eligible stay? If so, it seems like every new brand on the 6-10 brand stayed will be deemed as "free" since you earn more than 600USD worth of D$ upon completion of each new brand
No.
"Net eligible spend excludes any amount on the folio that is paid for using Discovery Dollars"
Still, stay 10 times spending a total of $6000 and receive D$5200 for future stays (however, see my final notes below)
At first glance this looks like a generous promotion, but it is quite skewed towards high-spenders. I suppose that's exactly the type of customer GHA wants, but it's no use for me. The sliding scale means it is much less generous if you do fewer stays, and finding different brands will mean a lot of travel.
"The member who makes eligible stays at the largest number of brands will receive an additional D$200,000"
So whoever can already afford to spend $600 many many times in 5 months will be rewarded with D$200k to spend on future stays.
$600 per stay, not $600 per night, but still. The rich get richer.
All I can say is good luck actually finding ways to spend that D$200k given the utterly stupid restrictions on using D$ to pay for stays.
Most ridiculous of all - and typical of GHA - there is a 6 month expiry date on the promotional D$. That's stupid. Utterly stupid.
(Win the D$200k grand prize and you'll need to spend D$1100 per day every day for 6 months! Ok, a nice "Brewster's Millions" kind of problem to have, but still a ridiculous restriction)
Furthermore, they reserve the right to end the promotion early if the available prize fund is used up, so someone planning 10 stays to maximise their return may find the rug suddenly pulled after only eg 5 or 6 stays.