Apr 27, 2017, 4:09 pm

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Copying over the usual promotion info to the new thread:

For newcomers to IHG promotions, note that Holiday Inn Express and Holiday Inn (including Holiday Inn Resorts) are two different brand categories for these things. If your dashboard says 'stay at a Holiday Inn Express' as one of the tasks and you stay at a Holiday Inn, it will NOT credit for the Holiday Inn Express task. (and vice versa)

At IHG, points + cash stays are simply points stays where you bought some of the points at the time of the reservation. Once you finish the reservation, a points + cash stay shows as a points stay. Thus points + cash stays only count for tasks where they are specified, and not other tasks.

Doing a points + cash booking and then cancelling it does NOT trigger a 'buy points' task completion.

The 'pay with your IHG credit card' task has typically been very slow to post. If it does within about two weeks of completing a stay, that's relatively quick, and it will often be several weeks beyond that, depending on when your statement closing date is and how IHG's system sweep is timed.

Some offers require booking within the promotion period in addition to staying during the promotion period.

Registration & dashboard link:

https://www.ihg.com/content/us/en/offers/q2accelerate2017/registration

IHG Accelerate 2Q 2017 (15th MAY to 31st AUG)

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Apr 27, 2017, 6:28 am

#16

Lionheart

Join Date: Jan 2017

Posts: 123

Well I got a 100,000 point bonus offer....Not going to be staying 50 nights though.

Also: "Stay 2 weekend(s), including a Saturday night and another night, and earn 8,000 bonus points." --- It says in the T&Cs about 'Qualifying Stays'. Do reward nights count as a qualifying stay?

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2,500 Stay Once Get 2,500
Thank you for being a loyal IHG® Rewards Club member. Stay once and earn 2,500 bonus points. Terms

100,000 Stay More, Earn More
Get closer to the rewards you want when you stay 50 night(s) and earn 100,000 bonus points. Terms

8,000 Saturday Stays Bonus
Stay 2 weekend(s), including a Saturday night and another night, and earn 8,000 bonus points. Terms

1,700 Eat, Drink and Earn
Spend $250 on food or beverages at IHG® hotels and earn 1,700 bonus points. Terms

1,000 Earn When You Redeem
You earned your points, now use them! Redeem your points for anything, from a digital download to a Reward Night, and you’ll earn 1,000 bonus points. Terms

7,000 Your Achievement Bonus
Complete 4 of the 5 offers and earn (an additional) 7,000 bonus points.

500 Registration Bonus
Register for Accelerate and earn 500 bonus points. Terms

5,000 Early Stay Bonus
Stay once before 30 June and get 5,000 bonus points.

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Quote:

They expect me to stay 19 nights in the next four months? Absolutely absurd.

At least it's not 50 nights

Last edited by Lionheart; Apr 27, 2017 at 6:48 am

Apr 27, 2017, 7:02 am

#17

chrism20

Join Date: Jan 2007

Location: Somewhere in Europe

Posts: 3,362

55,400

Stay once 2,500
9 nights 18,000
3 on the app 4,300
1 P&C 3,600
Stay of 4 or more nights 6,000
Renew AMB 5,000
Any 5 from 6 11,000
Stay in June 5,000

Last edited by chrism20; Apr 27, 2017 at 9:04 am

Apr 27, 2017, 7:22 am

#18

mikeef

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Join Date: Aug 2001

Location: Finally back in Boston after escaping from New York

Posts: 13,644

Quote:

Originally Posted by TeflonMan

Folks,

If you get this message and you are outside the US, try replacing the .../us/... in the link above with your country's locator. Being UK based, inserting .../gb/... did the trick for me.

I'm in the US but still get that message.

Mike

Apr 27, 2017, 7:36 am

#19

Tim O'Brien

Join Date: Jan 2010

Location: NYC

Programs: IHG, RC, HH, AA, QF, UA, Aeroplan

Posts: 2,685

got through by substituting "us" in the URL with "gb":

88K Points

2,500 Stay Once Get 2,500
44,000 Stay More, Earn More 22 nights
14,400 Authentic Experiences. Live the InterContinental® life when you stay at 3 InterContinental®
2,500 Corporate Account Bonus. Stay 2 time(s) using your corporate rate.
3,600 Earn More, Faster. Earn 3,600 bonus points when you book 2 Bonus Points Package Stays.
1,500 Spend on your IHG® Rewards Club Credit Card
1,000 Earn When You Redeem
13,000 Your Achievement Bonus. Complete 6 of the 7 offers and earn (an additional) 13,000 bonus points.
500 Registration Bonus. Register for Accelerate and earn 500 bonus points
5,000 Early Stay Bonus. Stay once before 30 June and get 5,000 bonus points.

Apr 27, 2017, 7:44 am

#20

Tim O'Brien

Join Date: Jan 2010

Location: NYC

Programs: IHG, RC, HH, AA, QF, UA, Aeroplan

Posts: 2,685

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikeef

I'm in the US but still get that message.

Mike

i'm in the US, and substituted "us" with "gb"

and it worked.

Apr 27, 2017, 7:48 am

#21

ChrisFlyer66

Join Date: Mar 2011

Location: SAN

Programs: Delta Gold. Hilton Diamond. Hyatt Explorist.

Posts: 1,672

Quote:

Originally Posted by thealphalion

https://www.ihg.com/content/us/en/of...2017/dashboard

Mine's pretty easy, 36000 points for 1 stay before 30th June in Asia paying with IHG credit card.

2,500 Stay Once Get 2,500
Thank you for being a loyal IHG® Rewards Club member. Stay once and earn 2,500 bonus points.

10,000 Stay More, Earn More
Get closer to the rewards you want when you stay 5 night(s) and earn 10,000 bonus points.

18,000 Explore with Confidence
Stay in any country in Europe, Greater China (China Mainland, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan), Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa and earn 18,000 bonus points.

1,500 Spend on your IHG® Rewards Club Credit Card
Book and pay for one stay with your IHG® Rewards Club Credit Card and earn 1,500 bonus points.

11,000 Your Achievement Bonus
Complete 3 of the 4 offers and earn (an additional) 11,000 bonus points.

3,000 Early Stay Bonus
Stay once before June 30th and get 3,000 bonus points.

http://www.TheAlphaLion.com/ihg-acce...ust-promotion/

My offers are similar. Does anyone know exactly what they mean by "Asia Pacific"? Does that include all of Asia? At first I assumed it includes all of Asia and Oceania, but then why would the explicitly mention China separately?

Last edited by ChrisFlyer66; Apr 27, 2017 at 7:56 am

Apr 27, 2017, 8:16 am

#22

yurtripper

Join Date: Dec 2016

Location: WAW

Programs: A3(*G), Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador

Posts: 2,534

Quote:

Originally Posted by TeflonMan

Folks,

If you get this message and you are outside the US, try replacing the .../us/... in the link above with your country's locator. Being UK based, inserting .../gb/... did the trick for me.

That didn't work for me. I still get the Relax message.

Apr 27, 2017, 8:25 am

#23

yurtripper

Join Date: Dec 2016

Location: WAW

Programs: A3(*G), Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador

Posts: 2,534

Ok I've found a workaround to avoid the August 31 message.

Visit the same page in Incognito mode. You may see the message at first about Aug 31 but once you sign in (which you'll have to cos it's incognito) the correct landing page should appear.

Apr 27, 2017, 9:24 am

#24

tom_MN

Join Date: May 2010

Posts: 904

I changed the us to gb-- THEN I was able to register.

But trying to save points for Scandinavia and so probably staying Choice or Carlson anyway till then. IHG pretty useless there.

Last edited by tom_MN; Apr 27, 2017 at 3:50 pm

Apr 27, 2017, 9:26 am

#25

NA-Flyer

Join Date: Dec 2007

Location: ORD

Programs: BA, AA, SQ, UA, AC, WS, MR TIT

Posts: 8,658

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yunnnn

2,500 Early Stay Bonus
Stay once before June 30th and get 2,500 bonus points. Terms
2,000 Stay Once Get 2,000
Thank you for being a loyal IHG® Rewards Club member. Stay once and earn 2,000 bonus points. Terms
18,000 Stay 13 Nights
Get an additional 18,000 bonus points after night 13. Terms
3,000 Stay 3 more nights
Get an additional 3,000 bonus points after night 16. Terms
3,000 Stay 3 more nights
Get an additional 3,000 bonus points after night 19. Terms
3,000 Stay 3 more nights
Get an additional 3,000 bonus points after night 22. Terms
3,000 Stay 3 more nights
Get an additional 3,000 bonus points after night 25. Terms
15,000 Stay 3 more nights
Get an additional 15,000 bonus points after night 28. Terms

I guess they really want me to stay at their hotels

I got the same offer but for completing 21 nights instead of 28

Apr 27, 2017, 9:29 am

#26

mareh

Join Date: Dec 2000

Location: BOS

Posts: 1,461

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikeef

I'm in the US but still get that message.

Mike

Same here.

Apr 27, 2017, 9:32 am

#27

yurtripper

Join Date: Dec 2016

Location: WAW

Programs: A3(*G), Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador

Posts: 2,534

Quote:

Originally Posted by mareh

Same here.

Try loading the page in incognito mode (you'll also need to sign in).

I tried a whole bunch of different country codes and nothing worked until I used the incognito trick.

Apr 27, 2017, 9:36 am

#28

ben1979

Join Date: Nov 2002

Location: SFO/SJC -> UME/ARN -> IAD/DCA

Programs: AAPLT, SK/G, A3/G

Posts: 721

2,500 Stay Once
20,000 10 Nights
2,200 Book 2 stay(s) with the IHG® App
4,000 A Bonus Weekend Stay
6,000 Single stay of 4 or more consecutive nights
600 Spend $39 on food or beverages
1,000 Redeem your points for anything
8,000 Complete 6 of the 7 offers
5,000 Stay once before June 30th

Apr 27, 2017, 9:37 am

#29

hclee01

Join Date: Aug 2003

Location: Singapore

Programs: SIA Solitaire PPS, IHG Royal Amb, Hyatt Globalist, Bonvoy Gold, Hilton Hhonor Gold

Posts: 2,207

Earn 72,300 total bonus points.
Complete all of your Accelerate offers and earn 72,300 total bonus points.

Stay Once Get 2,500
Thank you for being a loyal IHG® Rewards Club member. Stay once and earn 2,500 bonus points.

46,000 Stay More, Earn More
Get closer to the rewards you want when you stay 23 night(s) and earn 46,000 bonus points.

4,800 Earn more at InterContinental®
Stay 6 night(s) at any InterContinental® Hotels and Resorts in Asia Pacific,the Middle East and Africa and earn 4,800 bonus points.

4,000 A Bonus Weekend Stay
Stay with us for the weekend and earn 4,000 bonus points. A Friday and Saturday, or Saturday and Sunday night stay required.

2,500 Corporate Account Bonus
Stay 2 time(s) using your corporate rate and earn 2,500 bonus points.

7,000 Your Achievement Bonus
Complete 4 of the 5 offers and earn (an additional) 7,000 bonus points.

500 Registration Bonus
Register for Accelerate and earn 500 bonus points.

5,000 Early Stay Bonus
Stay once before 30 June and get 5,000 bonus points. Terms

Apr 27, 2017, 9:45 am

#30

emofeng

Join Date: Dec 2013

Location: SFO

Posts: 506

2,500- Stay Once Get 2,500
Thank you for being a loyal IHG® Rewards Club member. Stay once and earn 2,500 bonus points. Terms

10,000- Stay More, Earn More
Get closer to the rewards you want when you stay 5 night(s) and earn 10,000 bonus points. Terms

1,500- Spend on your IHG® Rewards Club Credit Card

26,000- Your Achievement Bonus
Complete 3 of the 3 offers and earn (an additional) 26,000 bonus points. Terms

3,000- Early Stay Bonus
Stay once before June 30th and get 3,000 bonus points. Terms

I completed every offer on the last accelerate. This seems doable, Stay 5 nights to earn 43K points.

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