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Exiled in Express May 1, 2019 11:38 am

I finally have tasks, well a task. Double points up to 40,000.

After 15 years of holding IHG as my primary hotel program, I opened the Hilton Amex today. Free breakfasts here I come.

Andrew_G May 1, 2019 11:41 am


Originally Posted by CalItalian (Post 31056906)
Points + Cash will not trigger any of your other offers. You need 7 nights.

Ah yes, as you kindly pointed out up-thread (but I forgot). Thank you.

bzcat May 1, 2019 11:50 am

Not a great offer... 2x 4 night stay to get the bonus? My business trips usually doesn't last that long.

5,600Saturday Stays Bonus
Stay 2 weekend(s), including a Saturday night and another night, and earn 5,600 bonus points.
4,500Stay for Less and Earn
Book 1 stay(s) using Points & Cash and earn 4,500 bonus points. Points & Cash allows you to book Reward Nights with fewer points.
12,000Stay a Little Longer
Earn 12,000 bonus points when you book 2 stay(s) of 4 or more consecutive nights.
11,100Your Achievement Bonus
Complete 3 of the 3 offers and earn (an additional) 11,100 bonus points.

stillontheroad May 1, 2019 1:18 pm


Originally Posted by HHonors OUTSIDER (Post 31056243)

So that’s 60 K plus 28.8 K plus 9 K plus 48.9 K equals 146.7 K total correct? I think it’s a very high offer my total is only 118.4 K Any body have a higher total then 146.7??

Correct on the total but 12 weekend stays! That is 2/3 of the weekends in the offer period

Oxymore May 1, 2019 1:37 pm

Is anyone else still getting a message saying they are not eligible?

ElmhurstNick May 1, 2019 1:43 pm

A weak list but still worth $150 to me as I have a bunch of July/August work travel with one-day stays with a per diem cap that works well with HIX.

4 brands - 13,200
2 CP - 8400
2 2-night weekends - 3200 - not worth it
1 P&C stay - 4500 - easy enough
2 4-night stays - 12,000 - doesn't fit my travel patterns

So essentially 5 one night stays, CP, CP, HIX, HI, Candlewood, one of them P&C, for 26,100. At $0.0055/point that's just under $29/night in benefit.

The question to me is whether you can do 4 P&C and have them count as the 4 brands. If so, i'm essentially getting double return on the P&C charge. Fortunately, I'll be able to test this out pretty quickly, as I have a potential P&C stay at a CP a week from now, so I try to can triple dip.

NONFLYER May 1, 2019 1:55 pm

Not eligible due to preferences it says. Says the same if I check my progress from Q1 now. More IHG mess.

CMK10 May 1, 2019 1:59 pm

I was briefly able to see my offers on the app but now both the app and the website are showing me as ineligible again :rolleyes:

Reminds me of all the IT issues with 2014-2015's Into the Nights Promo. Glad to know IHG can still be counted on for that nostalgia.

howtofreetravel May 1, 2019 5:03 pm

I got a total of 18.8k on my offer lame and hard to do too

Points Scrounger May 1, 2019 7:09 pm


Originally Posted by Exiled in Express (Post 31056909)
I finally have tasks, well a task. Double points up to 40,000.

After 15 years of holding IHG as my primary hotel program, I opened the Hilton Amex today. Free breakfasts here I come.

Well, at least in the States, be prepared for some co-payments at restaurants.

alanslegal May 1, 2019 7:11 pm

Up to 39,100 bonus points for me,

12,000 = stay 2 brands
16,000 = stay 2 different Intercontinentals
4,500 = stay 1 cash and points booking
6,600 = book 2 x bonus points rate


Since these are stackable, I should book the following:-

1 x intercontinental A (bonus points rate)
1 x holiday inn (bonus points rate)
1 x intercontinental B
1 x holiday inn (cash and points)

Hence I should qualify for all four tasks on four nights.

sleuth May 1, 2019 9:11 pm

My bonus is for the grand total of 18,100 points. I’m going to sit this one out as i’ve sat out the last two.

chrism20 May 2, 2019 1:38 am


Originally Posted by CalItalian (Post 31056845)
IHG needs to end this never ending promotion and come up with something new. This is the worst offer I've ever had...by far.

I can't say I disagree with this, the promotion now seems to have ran its course and really needs seriously freshened up or wholesale changes.

I can't believe there is no one in the marketing department capable of coming up with something new.

Steph58 May 2, 2019 7:05 am

Would need 11 nights for my offer of 28K points. Guess sitting out last time didn’t help. Again, one of my tasks is booking corporate rate which I don’t have. Last time I called to ask why is this in my promo? They gave me some courtesy points, which were the only points earned for the last Accelerate. Working on Hilton now.

craigthemif May 2, 2019 7:27 am


Originally Posted by ElmhurstNick (Post 31057329)

The question to me is whether you can do 4 P&C and have them count as the 4 brands. If so, i'm essentially getting double return on the P&C charge. Fortunately, I'll be able to test this out pretty quickly, as I have a potential P&C stay at a CP a week from now, so I try to can triple dip.

Interested in the data point, but reward stays have historically only triggered brand targets in mistake situations. So not reliable...


Originally Posted by chrism20 (Post 31058852)
I can't say I disagree with this, the promotion now seems to have ran its course and really needs seriously freshened up or wholesale changes.

I can't believe there is no one in the marketing department capable of coming up with something new.

Ask any central banker for a high inflation country how much fun it is to try and get that inflation down.

IHG have clearly been handing out too many bonus points, but don't know how to stop doing it without crushing their revenue. Those double point promos surely got zero stays from a bunch of us...


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