Jan 2, 2019, 8:08 pm

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A new year and a new IHG promotion. Answers to some Frequently Asked Questions below:

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)

For a task that says 'Stay X number of times at a Holiday Inn Express' (or Holiday Inn, Intercontinental, etc.) each stay must be at a different property for it to fully credit rather than staying at the same property multiple times.

An award stay only counts toward a task that specifically requires an award stay and will not count toward other tasks and night requirements for the purposes of the promotion. (Award stays do count toward general elite qualification, but that's outside this promotion)

'Redeem points' award nights only count for the 'redeem points' task and no other tasks. (example- an award night does not count toward 'Stay X number of nights')

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. A 'buy points' task is a points transaction that is processed through points.com

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/multibrand2019

IHG 1Q 2019 Multi Brand Promo (15 JAN - 30 APR) - registration open

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Jan 2, 2019, 5:04 pm

#16

Points Scrounger

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Join Date: Aug 2001

Location: RSW

Programs: Delta - Silver; UA - Silver; HHonors - Diamond; IHG - Spire Ambassador; Marriott Bonvoy - Titanium

Posts: 14,185

Quote:

Originally Posted by shoven

Hmm, I still can't register but not sure I want to if those offers are anything to go by.

Same here

Jan 2, 2019, 5:14 pm

#17

jbone9877

Join Date: Jul 2015

Posts: 102

Glad I moved my 100 nights a year to Hyatt

Jan 2, 2019, 5:16 pm

#18

Cielito_

Join Date: Oct 2016

Posts: 182

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Originally Posted by Points Scrounger

Same here

Try another browser / delete cookies. That helped me.

Jan 2, 2019, 5:43 pm

#19

bimmerfreak0

Join Date: Dec 2015

Location: RDU

Programs: IHG Spire Elite/Inner Circle, Hilton HHonors Gold, AA Platinum, Delta Gold

Posts: 209

Earn 45,600 totalbonus points.

Complete all of your Reward Nights. Faster offers and earn total bonus points

My Offers

10000 Stay More Earn More
Stay 5 nights
28800 Discover Our Brands
Stay at 3 brands
2800 Stay at 5 IHG® Hotels
Stay at 5 hotels
4000 Stay a Little Longer
Earn 4000 points with a 4 night or longer consecutive stay

In retrospect mine is really easy. If I stay at 5 single night hotel stays at three different brands I'll get 40000+ points.

Last edited by bimmerfreak0; Jan 2, 2019 at 5:58 pm

Jan 2, 2019, 5:49 pm

#20

dimon84

Join Date: Jan 2017

Programs: IHG - spire amb, Marriot - tit, Radisson - plat, Hilton - gold, Accor -gold, GHA - plat

Posts: 282

40,000Uninspiring at best - spire ambassador
Double Your Stay
Earn double points on every stay, starting with your second stay, up to 40,000 bonus points.

3,000February Bonus Offer
Stay once in February and get 3,000 bonus points.

Jan 2, 2019, 5:58 pm

#21

kerrigjl

Join Date: Mar 2015

Location: CLE -> BNA

Programs: IHG Spire Ambassador, Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Gold, Bonvoy Titanium, UA Silver, RR A-List

Posts: 312

22,400 Discover Our Brands
Stay at 4 brands and get 22,400 bonus points.

2,800 Stay at 3 IHG® Hotels
Stay at 3 IHG® hotel(s) and earn 2,800 bonus points.

6,800 Corporate Account Bonus
Stay 4 time(s) using your corporate rate and earn 6,800 bonus points. Stays booked through your corporate portal count toward the promotion.

12,000 Stay a Little Longer
Earn 12,000 bonus points when you book 2 stay(s) of 4 or more consecutive nights.

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

3,000 February Bonus Offer
Stay once in February and get 3,000 bonus points.

Jan 2, 2019, 6:08 pm

#22

ECR

Join Date: May 2014

Posts: 411

I haven't tried to register yet, but it does look from what offers others in this thread have received that I'll not be missing much if I don't get round to registering.

Jan 2, 2019, 6:32 pm

#23

Lionheart

Join Date: Jan 2017

Posts: 123

I'm only going to be able to achieve the bonus point package bookings - otherwise nothing else. Unless the 'Stay at 6 IHG Hotels' refers to 6 'Stays' at the same IHG hotel; rather than separate hotels - which is unlikely. Rubbish offers for me

8,000 -Saturday Stays Bonus
Stay 2 weekend(s), including a Saturday night and another night, and earn 8,000 bonus points.
16,800 Stay at 6 IHG® Hotels
Stay at 6 IHG® hotel(s) and earn 16,800 bonus points.
6,600 Earn More, Faster
Earn 6,600 bonus points when you book 5 Bonus Points Package stay(s) and get to your next reward faster.
5,600 Corporate Account Bonus
Stay 7 time(s) using your corporate rate and earn 5,600 bonus points. Stays booked through your corporate portal count toward the promotion.
12,000 Stay a Little Longer
Earn 12,000 bonus points when you book 2 stay(s) of 4 or more consecutive nights.
24,500 Your Achievement Bonus
Complete 5 of the 6 offers and earn (an additional) 24,500 bonus points.
3,000 February Bonus Offer
Stay once in February and get 3,000 bonus points.

Jan 2, 2019, 6:54 pm

#24

The_Bouncer

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Join Date: Jan 2015

Location: Bregenz, Austria

Programs: AA, BAEC, Alaska, Flying Blue, United, IHG, Hilton

Posts: 2,950

Double points up to 40k, starting on second stay.

2k bonus for one stay in February.

I am assuming only the base points are doubled and not elite bonuses, etc? So a $100 1k room yields:

1,000 base points
1,000 Spire bonus
1,000 double-points bonus

Total 3,000

At least there is some sort of promo happening, albeit not particularly lucrative.

Jan 2, 2019, 7:15 pm

#25

perthite

Join Date: Feb 2004

Location: Perth, WA, Australia

Programs: QF Gold, VA Plat, IHG Plat Amb, LCAH Gold, Hilton Diamond

Posts: 3,846

Mine has improved from last time (more back to how things used to be!)

Earn 107,200 total 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.

19,200 Discover Our Brands
Stay at 3 brands and get 19,200 bonus points.

11,200 Stay at InterContinental® Hotels
Stay at 2 InterContinental® hotel(s) and earn 11,200 bonus points.

5,600 Saturday Stays Bonus
Stay 2 weekend(s), including a Saturday night and another night, and earn 5,600 bonus points.

6,600 Earn More, Faster
Earn 6,600 bonus points when you book 3 Bonus Points Package stay(s) and get to your next reward faster.

52,600 Your Achievement Bonus
Complete 5 of the 6 offers and earn (an additional) 52,600 bonus points.

2,000 February Bonus Offer
Stay once in February and get 2,000 bonus points.

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Jan 2, 2019, 7:34 pm

#26

BaconSF

Join Date: Jul 2018

Location: SFO

Posts: 489

Earn 69,600total bonus points.

Complete all of your Free Nights. Faster offers and earn total bonus points.

My Offers

Points Offer
11,200
Discover Our BrandsStay at 2 brands and get 11,200 bonus points.

Terms
BOOK NOW
5,600
Saturday Stays BonusStay 2 weekend(s), including a Saturday night and another night, and earn 5,600 bonus points.

Terms
BOOK NOW
8,400
Stay at 3 IHG® HotelsStay at 3 IHG® hotel(s) and earn 8,400 bonus points.

Terms
BOOK NOW
6,600
Earn More, FasterEarn 6,600 bonus points when you book 2 Bonus Points Package stay(s) and get to your next reward faster.

Terms
BOOK NOW
1,500
Spend on your IHG® Rewards Club Select Credit CardBook and pay for one stay with your IHG® Rewards Club Select Credit Card and earn 1,500 bonus points.

Terms
BOOK NOW
33,300
Your Achievement BonusComplete 5 of the 6 offers and earn (an additional) 33,300 bonus points.

Terms
3,000
February Bonus OfferStay once in February and get 3,000 bonus points.

Jan 2, 2019, 8:06 pm

#27

AkWxMan

Join Date: Dec 2002

Location: La Conner, WA

Programs: IHGPlatinum, Marriott Silver

Posts: 158

Earn 60,900 total bonus points.

Discover Our Brands Stay at 6 brands and get 28,800 bonus points.
Stay at InterContinental® Hotels Stay at 3 InterContinental® hotel(s) and earn 14,400 bonus points.
Saturday Stays Bonus Stay 2 weekend(s), including a Saturday night and another night, and earn 5,600 bonus points.
Earn More, Faster Earn 6,600 bonus points when you book 2 Bonus Points Package stay(s) and get to your next reward faster.
Stay a Little Longer Earn 4,000 bonus points when you book 1 stay(s) of 4 or more consecutive nights.
Spend on your IHG® Rewards Club Select Credit Card Book and pay for one stay with your IHG® Rewards Club Select Credit Card and earn 1,500 bonus points.

Jan 2, 2019, 8:36 pm

#28

rbAA

Join Date: May 2003

Location: Bangkok, Thailand. No longer Palm Coast, FL though still exiled, again, from the Bay Area.

Programs: Only the good ones

Posts: 5,153

Fairly easy

52,500 Total
10,800 for 3 (different) HI stays
10,800 for 3 weekend (2 nt min with a Sat) stays
6800 for 7 stays at corporate rate
6600 for 2 Bonus Point rate stays
17,500 for 4 of 4 above.

So 12 nights total required and can triple bang the HI weekend stays on a corp rate.