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Old Oct 21, 2013, 10:05 pm
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Points for Elite Status – For purposes of determining Elite status, IHG® Rewards Club points are classified as either Qualifying Points or Non-Qualifying Points. Points earned from Qualifying Rates paid for hotel stays, spend on IHG® Rewards Club credit cards, select partner activity, IHG® Rewards Club Bonus Points Packages, and Qualified Spend through IHG® Business Rewards are considered Qualifying Points and are counted towards Elite status. A Qualifying Rate includes the following: non-discounted rate, standard corporate rate, worldwide sales negotiated rate, national/regional/local government rate and specified leisure rates as confirmed by the IHG reservation system. All other point earning transactions, including points earned from IHG® promotions, Elite status bonuses, activation bonuses or select promotions offered through IHG® Rewards Club credit cards, select partner promotions, point vouchers, point purchases, point transfers, and point deposits, will be considered Non-Qualifying Points and will not be counted towards Elite status.
For any IHG property, including the ones listed below, it's a good idea to check the IHG app for additional bonus point packages. For whatever reason, the IHG website does not always include all points packages that can be found in the app.

Arizona
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : Oro Valley - Tucson North (10,000 points)
California
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites : Anaheim - Fullerton (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites : Anaheim (1 Blk/Disneyland) (11,000 points) [Currently Gone]
Holiday Inn : Anaheim - Resort Area (10,000 points) [Currently Gone]
Holiday Inn Express : Calexico (10,000 points, 2 night min.)
Holiday Inn Express : Colton - Riverside North (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn : Los Angeles - Intl Airport (10,000 points & BF for 2)
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : Los Angeles Airport Hawthorne (11,000 points)
Holiday Inn : Oakland - Airport (10,000 points per stay)
Holiday Inn Express : Oceanside (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn : Oceanside Camp Pendleton Area (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn : Ontario Airport (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : San Diego - Escondido (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express : San Diego - Encinitas - Cardiff Beach Area (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express : San Diego - La Mesa (Sdsu Area) (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn : San Diego - Mission Valley (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn : San Francisco - Civic Center (10,000 points) [Currently Gone]
Holiday Inn : Santa Ana - Orange Co. Arpt (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : Simi Valley (10,000 points per night)
Colorado
Staybridge Suites : Denver International Airport (10,000 points - not elite qualifying)
District Of Columbia
InterContinental : The Willard Washington D.C. (10,000 points)
Florida
Hotel Indigo : Ft Myers Dtwn River District (10,000 points, 2 night min.)
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : Inverness (10,000 points, 2 night min.)
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : Silver Springs - Ocala (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express: Largo-Clearwater FL (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express: Clearwater East/Icot Ctr, Clearwater FL (10,000 points)
Crowne Plaza : South Beach - Z Ocean Hotel (10,000 points, 2 night min.)
Illinois.
Crowne Plaza : Chicago Magnificent Mile (10,000 points, 2 night min.)
Crowne Plaza : Lombard Downer's Grove (10,000 points, 2 night min.)
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites : Chicago - Midway Airport (10,000 points) [Currently Gone]
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : Chicago O'Hare (10,000 points) [Currently Gone]
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : Chicago - Midway Airport (10,000 points)[Currently Gone]
Holiday Inn Express : Chicago - Magnificent Mile (10,000 points) [Currently Gone]
Holiday Inn Express : Chicago NW - Arlington Heights (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express : Rolling Mdws - Schaumburg Area (10,000 points) [Currently Gone]
Holiday Inn Express : Chicago - Schaumburg (10,000 points) [Currently Gone]
Minnesota
Crowne Plaza Suites : Msp Airport - Mall Of America (10,000 points)
Crowne Plaza : St. Paul - Riverfront (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn : Minneapolis Airport SE - Eagan (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : St. Paul - Woodbury (10,000 points per night)
Montana
Holiday Inn : Bozeman (10,000 points)
Nevada
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : Henderson (10,000 points, 2 night min.)
New York
Hotel Indigo : Brooklyn (10,000 points or 25,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express : New York - Manhattan West Side (10,000 points, 2 night min.)
Even Hotel : New York - Times Square South (10,000 points, 2 night min.)
Oregon
Crowne Plaza : Portland - Lake Oswego (10,000 points)
Pennsylvania
Holiday Inn Express & Suites : Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Airport (10,000 points)
South Dakota
Holiday Inn : Rapid City - Rushmore Plaza (10,000 points)
Texas
Holiday Inn : Dallas - Richardson (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : Plano East (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : Dallas - North Tollway (N Plano) (10,000 points, 2 night min., first avails Dec)
Crowne Plaza : Houston River Oaks (10,000 points)
Crowne Plaza : Houston - Near Sugarland (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn : San Antonio - Dtwn (Market Sq) (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites: San Antonio - Northwest (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express : San Antonio - Airport (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : San Antonio Rivercenter Area (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : San Antonio NW Near Sea world (10,000 points)
Virginia
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites : Alexandria - Historic District (10,000 points)
Washington
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : Seattle - Sea-Tac Airport (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express & Suites : Sequim (10,000 points)
Wisconsin
Crowne Plaza : Milwaukee Airport (10,000 points, 2 night min.)
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites : Milwaukee Airport (10,000 points) [Currently Gone]
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : Milwaukee Airport (10,000 points)

Canada
Holiday Inn : Toronto Downtown Centre (10,000 points, 2 night min.)
InterContinental : Toronto Yorkville (10,000 points)
Jamaica
Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort : Montego Bay All-Inclusive (10,000 points, 5 night min.) [Currently Gone]
Singapore
Crowne Plaza Changi Airport (4,000 points per stay)
Thailand
InterContinental : Hua Hin Resort (10,000 points, 2 night min.) [Currently Gone]
InterContinental : Samui Baan Taling Ngam Resort (10,000 points, 2 night min.) [Currently Gone]

China
Crowne Plaza, Beijing Zhongguancun (5000 per stay)
Crowne Plaza, Beijing Lido (5000 Bonus Points per stay & Breakfast)
InterContinental Beijing Financial Street (5000 Bonus Points per stay & Breakfast)
Crowne Plaza, Century Park Shanghai (5000 Bonus Points per stay & Breakfast)
Indigo, Shanghai On The Bund (Add 5000 Bonus Points per stay)
Crowne Plaza, Foshan (5000 Bonus Points per stay)
Crowne Plaza, Guangzhou City Centre (5000 Bonus Points per stay)
HI Guangzhou Airport Zone, (4000 w Breakfast)
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Old Dec 10, 2018, 4:38 am
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: Great Britain
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Need some more points by the end of the year to hit Spire (been Plat for years) and wondering if there's a tame hotel (or employee) which will check you in & out even if you don't show ?
I'm on an island until Dec 30 which has no IHGs :-(

Any ideas ?
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Old Dec 14, 2018, 3:19 pm
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Originally Posted by cab747
Are there more data points on the 10K points if they’ll count as qualifying? I can choose a 5K package that I know is qualifying towards elite, but I’m skeptical on the 10K. I found a 10K rate under my company cap, so I could book it although it’s less desireable location. Phone and social media confirms it counts but I’m hesitant. Any input is appreciated.


Data point: only normal room rate points posted automatically. I called IHG rewards line and was told anytime the 10K package is booked, to call them and request it to be posted. The 5K or less packages post automatically, but apparently the 10K doesn’t.

My 10K was posted, and now at 80K qualifying points this year, now officially Spire Elite!
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Old Dec 15, 2018, 11:40 pm
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Originally Posted by cab747


Data point: only normal room rate points posted automatically. I called IHG rewards line and was told anytime the 10K package is booked, to call them and request it to be posted. The 5K or less packages post automatically, but apparently the 10K doesn’t.

My 10K was posted, and now at 80K qualifying points this year, now officially Spire Elite!
Did you have to ask them to post them as qualifying or did they just post them and they were qualifying when you called?
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Old Jan 6, 2019, 9:13 pm
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Originally Posted by Concerto
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Certainly, the Indigo over in Brooklyn offered me one of those about 3 years ago. I think, if my memory is right, it cost an extra $80 which I thought was a great deal at the time. Points were non qualifying though.
I just booked there with a 25K package that cost about $90 more. There's nothing in the terms of the package that addresses one way or the other whether the points are non-qualifying. When you booked, was the bonus point rate specifically excluded as qualifying or is that the way it works because of the size of the package? I must admit that buying 1/3 of the way to Spire on a one-night addon of $90 seems crazy.
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Old Jan 6, 2019, 11:42 pm
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Originally Posted by lwildernorva
I just booked there with a 25K package that cost about $90 more. There's nothing in the terms of the package that addresses one way or the other whether the points are non-qualifying. When you booked, was the bonus point rate specifically excluded as qualifying or is that the way it works because of the size of the package? I must admit that buying 1/3 of the way to Spire on a one-night addon of $90 seems crazy.
In some packages it will say that the points are non qualifying. In the two states I travel and stay at IHG I have never ever seen it state it is qualifying or not qualifying! I also have to get IHG to post those points as qualifying when it 7is a 10k package! Now the 5,000 point packages always post for qualifying for me.

If you do 7 10k you attain spire. If you do 14 5k you attain spire is how it works for me!
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Old Jan 7, 2019, 7:28 am
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Originally Posted by Marriott15
In some packages it will say that the points are non qualifying. In the two states I travel and stay at IHG I have never ever seen it state it is qualifying or not qualifying! I also have to get IHG to post those points as qualifying when it 7is a 10k package! Now the 5,000 point packages always post for qualifying for me.

If you do 7 10k you attain spire. If you do 14 5k you attain spire is how it works for me!
The 5K packages were how I qualified last year as a hotel in Williamsburg, Virginia had very generous 5K point promotions that were only $10-15 above a AAA rate (and which were only a couple of dollars more than 1K, 2K, and 4K rates) so it was easy to make that choice. I had read some old posts that indicated that for the higher bonus promotions, especially for the Indigo Brooklyn, there was more of a chance that a call/message was necessary just to get the points to post. I'm willing to do the extra work and take the chance that the points are non-qualifying on a one-night stay. At the worst, I've paid about $90 for 25K points which is about 1/3 less than any other way to buy them.
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Old Jan 7, 2019, 11:11 am
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Originally Posted by lwildernorva
I just booked there with a 25K package that cost about $90 more. There's nothing in the terms of the package that addresses one way or the other whether the points are non-qualifying. When you booked, was the bonus point rate specifically excluded as qualifying or is that the way it works because of the size of the package? I must admit that buying 1/3 of the way to Spire on a one-night addon of $90 seems crazy.
In my case the points turned out to be non qualifying. It wasn't hugely clear when I made the booking whether they were qualifying or not, but I expected them not to be because of the price. You will find the rooms in the Indigo Brooklyn terribly small. I had a pretty good meal in the restaurant, though.
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Old Jan 7, 2019, 1:58 pm
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Originally Posted by Concerto
In my case the points turned out to be non qualifying. It wasn't hugely clear when I made the booking whether they were qualifying or not, but I expected them not to be because of the price. You will find the rooms in the Indigo Brooklyn terribly small. I had a pretty good meal in the restaurant, though.
Not too concerned about the size of the rooms because I've stayed in a fair number of small European hotel rooms and just completed a stay in Boston at the Yotel where small rooms are the norm. I've wanted to check out Brooklyn for a while, and the Indigo stay will help me in the current promotion--one of the reasons I was looking at any bonus point package.
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Old Jan 7, 2019, 11:10 pm
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Originally Posted by Concerto
In my case the points turned out to be non qualifying. It wasn't hugely clear when I made the booking whether they were qualifying or not, but I expected them not to be because of the price. You will find the rooms in the Indigo Brooklyn terribly small. I had a pretty good meal in the restaurant, though.
Did you call them and try to argue with them that it never was stated?
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Old Jan 8, 2019, 4:32 am
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I have lately found some new properties with 5K packages but the premium for that option is too high IMO. And the old ones that used to have 5K option at the same price as Best Flexible seem to be gone. Gone are the sweet spots.
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Old Jan 9, 2019, 2:54 pm
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Originally Posted by lwildernorva
Not too concerned about the size of the rooms because I've stayed in a fair number of small European hotel rooms and just completed a stay in Boston at the Yotel where small rooms are the norm. I've wanted to check out Brooklyn for a while, and the Indigo stay will help me in the current promotion--one of the reasons I was looking at any bonus point package.
Brooklyn is just great, a lot of history and a wonderful restaurant scene. And there's the famous Brooklyn Brewery, of course, to visit. It's worth going off the beaten track there. Try to find the time to go out to Red Hook.

Originally Posted by Marriott15
Did you call them and try to argue with them that it never was stated?
I didn't, at the time it wasn't important for me so I just let it fly.
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Old Jan 21, 2019, 12:03 am
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Just so everyone knows! I contacted IHG because my 10,000 points package did not post under Qualifying.

I got this email Today

This email communication is regarding your last stay, it shows here that the hotel issued the 10,000 bonus points however it is not counted as qualifying one, on this note I have manage to correct and this by modifying the points as issue it as 10,000 qualifying points, that would count on your elite status.

So the hotel posts the 10k points packages as hotel promotion bonus points. The IHG had to go in subtract minus 10k Rewards club goodwill and then post them as 10k loyalty goodwill points.

Pain but at the same time too all you have to do is 6 of these and you get spire!

So 10,000 points packages are qualifying!!!
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Old Jan 21, 2019, 5:47 am
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But are you sure they are qualifying and not just simply bonus points? I thought any package over 5,000 points was non qualifying, like my Brooklyn Indigo one. If you're right, then this is very interesting!
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Old Jan 21, 2019, 6:02 am
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@Marriott15 - it would be great if you let us know if this happens again! It seems like that there's a chance that it still works, however since it has only happened to you once it can be that you may be lucky with that CSR. What did the rate rule said on the 10k points package?
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Old Jan 21, 2019, 10:34 pm
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Originally Posted by Concerto
But are you sure they are qualifying and not just simply bonus points? I thought any package over 5,000 points was non qualifying, like my Brooklyn Indigo one. If you're right, then this is very interesting!
Under my 2019 Track to Elite Status my points went from 10,330 to 20,330 as soon as the points were posted as "Loyalty Good Will Points"
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