2014 Pointbreaks discussion
May 25, 2014, 7:50 am
#301
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I think the poster is referring to the full preview list not just the sample teaser which did come out as you say on Friday, the sample with it small selection does not give us much time to plan flights etc ready for booking. I'm guessing as it American Holidays this weekend we will not get the full list until Tuesday.
May 25, 2014, 8:33 am
#302
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But just a few examples of what will be are on the list and Full preview list is still not available, Usually Partial preview comes on Thurs. and full preview on FRi.
Since partial preview came on Fri it would have been assumed that full preview would have been Saturday but it still isn't available. Also normal booking starts on Monday but this time will be Tues. since the Holiday. Hope we get a full preview today or tomorrow
May 25, 2014, 9:27 am
#303
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TIA!
May 25, 2014, 10:13 am
#304
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I don't understand why the blogs are getting a heads up. Why does IHG think the blogs are ambassadors for everyone interested in the PB list? Why should they be given more traffic as a result of IHG giving them a heads up?
May 25, 2014, 10:33 am
#305
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That is not the full preview list, normally all 150 hotels would be on it. Looks like we will just find out when the list goes live on Tuesday morning.
May 26, 2014, 12:05 am
#306
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It's crazy that so many hotels on the current list still have 5k point nights available after two months, even the IC Marine Drive is available for half the remaining nights, Wednesday and Thursday nights for example. Why do so many people only look to book the first day the list comes out?
May 26, 2014, 1:00 am
#307
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Point Breaks are a marketing tool. The more they get people excited about IHG, the more money they should hypothetically make. Releasing a teaser list to blogs just helps their goal.
May 26, 2014, 1:02 am
#308
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It's crazy that so many hotels on the current list still have 5k point nights available after two months, even the IC Marine Drive is available for half the remaining nights, Wednesday and Thursday nights for example. Why do so many people only look to book the first day the list comes out?
May 26, 2014, 1:06 am
#309
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It is possible that releasing the full list in advance made it easy for our Chinese friends to write their bit of code and hoover up all the nights at certain hotels quickly before reselling them on Weibo.
May 26, 2014, 2:53 am
#310
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Kinda like that scene in zoro with all the old men stepping up, "I'm the real zoro."
Now IHG gets all these blogs to write about their promotion multiple times.
May 26, 2014, 9:47 am
#311
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So are they not releasing the full list?
May 26, 2014, 10:23 am
#312
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May 26, 2014, 11:00 am
#314
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We used to search for 5k availability city by city and book them before the list was even published on the IHG website......
May 26, 2014, 12:07 pm
#315
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Middle_Seat
Evidently IHG will not release the complete list until it goes live tomorrow. Traditionally, what time does that happen?
For the skilled travel hackers, there is definitely no benefit to having it released in advance except for greater competition for top hotels.
We used to search for 5k availability city by city and book them before the list was even published on the IHG website......
Originally Posted by Middle_Seat
Evidently IHG will not release the complete list until it goes live tomorrow. Traditionally, what time does that happen?
For the skilled travel hackers, there is definitely no benefit to having it released in advance except for greater competition for top hotels.
We used to search for 5k availability city by city and book them before the list was even published on the IHG website......