67 USD per night for 40 nights is hardly some huge hack.

they’ve spent the best part of £2,000 for it and unless they are spending more than 25 nights in IC’s with lounge then it’s completely pointless, I’ve paid £60-120 per night for access depending on the hotel. Some like IC PL or IC Le Grand will throw in lounge with luxury travel agent bookings which are hardly ever more than £100 more than the cheapest pre pay rates.

Again if they are spending that much with IHG then they deserve the benefits since the whole point of the scheme is to get people spending money in their hotels.

Even the Bali story about I don’t understand why 8 people needed to show 8 passes. They needed 4 passes since each pass allows 2 people.