IHG accelerate 2019?
Dec 29, 2018, 2:26 pm
#16
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Rotten timing - have stays starting Jan 9 and Jan 13. How does it work again if you've got a stay that starts before promotion and through the period, e.g. Jan 13-18. Would that count? Or need to go break that into two stays?
Dec 29, 2018, 2:54 pm
#17
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But I guess we need to see the rules - even thought doesn't always work the same way the rules are written.
Dec 29, 2018, 3:06 pm
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Dec 29, 2018, 3:49 pm
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Responding to leland above, I equally have stays on the 10th and 11th January, although I certainly didn't book them predicting a promotion, I booked them because I needed them. But it's a bit disappointing all the same. You can't win them all in this points game, just swing with the flow.
Dec 29, 2018, 5:41 pm
#20
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Has anyone heard anything? The current promotion is ending in a couple of days isn't it?
Dec 29, 2018, 7:57 pm
#21
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I got a couple of individual targets last time that didn't really work for me, and we ended up throwing our stays to Hilton instead because I had a couple good MR bonus point offers on my AmEx cards in addition to Hilton's double points promo.
Dec 30, 2018, 1:00 am
#22
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I am waiting to see what offers IHG will give me for Accelerate, maybe I may aim to reach Platinum again. 2018 I stayed less at IHG properties and focused more on Hilton since being Gold there at least gets me free breakfast or upgrades at Hilton properties. In 2019 I will be downgraded to IHG Gold from Platinum. The Accelerate promos may help me get to Platinum again...
Dec 30, 2018, 2:34 am
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I am waiting to see what offers IHG will give me for Accelerate, maybe I may aim to reach Platinum again. 2018 I stayed less at IHG properties and focused more on Hilton since being Gold there at least gets me free breakfast or upgrades at Hilton properties. In 2019 I will be downgraded to IHG Gold from Platinum. The Accelerate promos may help me get to Platinum again...
Dec 30, 2018, 3:10 pm
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2. In the past there was often a gap between promos.
3. I don't think any previous promo was extended from Dec 15 to Dec 31 long after the promo had started. If that's changed, what else has changed about promo timing at IHG?
Dec 30, 2018, 3:39 pm
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Doesnt the Chase CC give you Plat as well, besides the bonus points, its free the 1st year and then $49, along with a free night cert for any IHG hotel
Dec 30, 2018, 4:18 pm
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Dec 30, 2018, 10:16 pm
#27
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Responding to leland above, I equally have stays on the 10th and 11th January, although I certainly didn't book them predicting a promotion, I booked them because I needed them. But it's a bit disappointing all the same. You can't win them all in this points game, just swing with the flow.
About the only thing I'd consider doing based on the rules is breaking up one of the stays, but glad to get the guidance here that it's usually gone by checkout date. That's nice.
Dec 31, 2018, 3:40 am
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1. I think if someone hears something they'll post it automatically, without waiting for someone to ask.
2. In the past there was often a gap between promos.
3. I don't think any previous promo was extended from Dec 15 to Dec 31 long after the promo had started. If that's changed, what else has changed about promo timing at IHG?
2. In the past there was often a gap between promos.
3. I don't think any previous promo was extended from Dec 15 to Dec 31 long after the promo had started. If that's changed, what else has changed about promo timing at IHG?
I would not be surprised if the new promo is a new funky name that only nowadays teenager would understand, since the new management seems to be very keen to try to attract the youngest consumers, (thus the stupid name of Voco and Avid...)
Dec 31, 2018, 5:49 am
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Just let you know that if IHG is to have Accelerate promotion in first quarter of 2019. The registration address should be:
https://www.ihg.com/content/us/en/offers/q1accelerate2019
But at this moment the site is still 404 so it is not live. And I just have a funny feeling that this 1Q promo is not accelerate as my previous post indicated.
https://www.ihg.com/content/us/en/offers/q1accelerate2019
But at this moment the site is still 404 so it is not live. And I just have a funny feeling that this 1Q promo is not accelerate as my previous post indicated.
Dec 31, 2018, 9:04 am
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I kind of surmised there wouldn't be an Accelerate like we knew it, but something else a bit less exciting (but perhaps workable all the same). I was tempted to drive business towards Hilton because they have a reasonably lucrative promotion in the new year which is uncomplicated, and doesn't require weekend stays, points packages bookings, app bookings, or all the other rather anal hoops we had to jump through. But Hilton's IT and CS is such a mess it's driving me to look elsewhere.