The Big Win returns - Spring 2014
Apr 30, 2014, 11:36 am
#1501
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: YYZ / FRA
Programs: IHG RA; Avis First
Posts: 1,444
I'm down to only 1 stay left to finish off my Big Win challenge. With no travel scheduled today or tomorrow I'm probably going to miss it. Does anyone know if it is possible to book the room and pay for a night without having to check in? Would I still get the points?
By getting the last night it's well worth the price of the room since hitting my wins would net me 100K points.
By getting the last night it's well worth the price of the room since hitting my wins would net me 100K points.
Just book room if you have a HI/X in town then check-in then leave.
May 1, 2014, 2:07 am
#1505
Join Date: Jan 2014
Programs: AA Exec Plat; SPG Gold; Hyatt Diamond; Hilton Diamond; IHG Plat Ambassador
Posts: 79
Do IHG hotels deliberately post stays as Non-qualifying at first with hopes of not getting caught? It has happened to me 3 times already, and each time I had to call up the property to get it fixed. I cant help but wonder if this is a deliberate thing. 3 out of 4 is no coincidence.
Now my last stay at the IC KL is posted as Non-Qualifying again, and I hope it doesnt screw up my Big Win even if it gets fixed, now that it is over. I stand to lose about 30K points.
Now my last stay at the IC KL is posted as Non-Qualifying again, and I hope it doesnt screw up my Big Win even if it gets fixed, now that it is over. I stand to lose about 30K points.
May 1, 2014, 6:42 am
#1506
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: ARN
Programs: BAEC Gold, TK*Elite+, EBD, FBG, EKS, IHG Royal Ambassador
Posts: 768
Mine has posted as non-qualifying as well. It didn't affect my Big Win though. Just email them and give them hotel name, dates and your booking reference and tell them it's a wrong posting. They fixed mine within 24hrs.
May 1, 2014, 11:07 am
#1508
Join Date: Apr 2011
Programs: Delta - PM, Hilton - Diamond, PriorityClub - Platinum
Posts: 199
May 1, 2014, 11:55 am
#1509
Join Date: Mar 2011
Programs: AA, UA, DL, AS, LH, BA, VS, HHonors, Hyatt, Club Carlson, IHG, Marriott
Posts: 833
I completed all my tasks. How much did you all end up spending for this promo?
I spent nearly $160 for 63,500 points. I earned some extra points for each stay as well.
I spent nearly $160 for 63,500 points. I earned some extra points for each stay as well.
May 1, 2014, 12:55 pm
#1511
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 1999
Location: Seat 1A, Juice pretty much everywhere, Mucci des Coins Exotiques
Posts: 34,339
May 1, 2014, 12:56 pm
#1512
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 4,431
How many of you didn't get a "qualifying" stay because you used a portal to book (say, Chase UR)? I want to book a couple stays and like getting the 3 UR points, but I've read that some people have been told that booking through a portal will make it a non-qualifying stay -- even if the actual booking is through the IHG website.
May 1, 2014, 12:58 pm
#1513
Suspended
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 4,477
rather than the purpose of BW.
May 1, 2014, 9:28 pm
#1514
Join Date: Mar 2011
Programs: AA, UA, DL, AS, LH, BA, VS, HHonors, Hyatt, Club Carlson, IHG, Marriott
Posts: 833
How many of you didn't get a "qualifying" stay because you used a portal to book (say, Chase UR)? I want to book a couple stays and like getting the 3 UR points, but I've read that some people have been told that booking through a portal will make it a non-qualifying stay -- even if the actual booking is through the IHG website.
May 1, 2014, 10:35 pm
#1515
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: SYD (was MAN)
Programs: IHG Plat AMB, BA Bronze & QF Silver
Posts: 105
Mine probably cost me about £1,000 all in all, for 60,000. That was out of pure choice though, as 4 of my 7 night stays were at a CP in Portugal for my stag do and 1 stay was at a HI in London on a Saturday night.