You should still get the bonus points, so long as concurrent registrations are accepted by the system--

Dang, I just discover the Free Night promo excludes Japan! We have a total of 6 nights booked in Japan so far, and might need 2 more ... But they do not qualify for this promo! :(

Yes, there are some irritating drawbacks such as the inability to switch between promos or no base/elite points (one still gets night credits per Art.13), but the free nights are redeemable an useful 3 months longer than Starwood's, and not only on weekends, making them more valuable IMHO.

The 4 free nights could be worth up to 160K points, so to make the double points option worthwhile one would have to spend ~$5K (PC Plat at non-IC hotel) or 16 nights at an I-C (RA) in a 2 month span, if my math is correct, rather high figures.

In my case I also have an ill-timed trip to Asia starting in Japan that makes this promo nearly unusable; I may have to settle for Hilton's triple BMI miles instead.

The link seems not working now.
www.getafreenight.com
www.priorityclub.com/bookfreenights

They've never been working. They will work at some point between now and the promo begin.

This link, however, did work but now does not, at least for me:
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/pc/...ing/promo.html

Are we sure we can redeem the free nights at IC?

The best free night promo IMO, is Hyatt's Faster Free Night, that they have been doing this almost twice a year for several years, with a brief interruption in recent past. T&Cs are very clear. You can redeem FFN at all Park Hyatts - some of them, such as the Tokyo, Sydney and Paris locations, are among the bests. There is no limit on how many free nights you can earn with Hyatt's FFN. The current one has ended the earning period. News are, they will have the 2nd round in Sept.

I think, especially excluding all Japan properties, the only way to get to "more than 4,000" is to include at least some ICs:
http://www.ihgplc.com/files/pdf/fact...t_a_glance.pdf

Further perusal of the proposed T&C's reveals (Art.9b) which would indicate there are at least some participating IC's.

Also, I noticed that since stays in non-participating countries are excluded, one should get normal earnings in Japan even having signed up for the promo, a reasonable compromise.

Yes, Hyatt's FFN's are very good indeed, and I am working on meeting my HH and PC quotas before the next round of FFN's starts :)

Well, are Freinds and Family rates eligible to earn these free nights? ;)


For one who does not stay at IHC hotels much at all, this promotion is intriguing as I could really care less about points in the program.

However, beyond the potential restricitons on use and capacity controls, please review the use it or lose it after booking conditions of this promotion, as well!

I'm a little mystified by those suggesting that 4 free nights is worse than unlimited double points. Assuming that there is reasonable availability (OK, that's a big assumption, but it's premature to assume otherwise) 4 nights should be worth ~100k points. To get 100k bonus on double base points would require $10k worth of stays.

I understand that there are some who may not be able to use a free night during the redemption period, but with the forgoing assumption, for most people the buy 2 get one free hamay be the most lucrative promo ever (which may justfy some cynicism on availability).

I think it depends on personal circumstances. My concern is the lack of point earning opportunities during the promotional period - given you can't register for both promotions, if you have a large number of stays the double points could be better.

It's all about availability. The biggest risk is that by the time we know how much (or how little) availability exists, it will be impossible to switch back to points.

Availability is the worry for me as well - not just for this promo, but will the inventory for the free nights be the same as the one for normal reward stays? I have lots of PC points that I was intending to burn for stays in the second half of the year, and don't want to find that there is no weekend availability in popular destinations because of the free nights promo.

As well as the availability issue, my reading of the T&Cs is that you won't earn base or bonus points - so for a $1000 spend on double points as a plat, I would actually earn 25,000 points (10000 base, 5000 plat bonus and 10000 double points). It looks like bonus miles (promos, stay x nights, etc) won't be affected though. If availability was unlimited, and all hotels participate, the I think the free nights would be a no-brainer, but I'll wait and see what actually appears.

I also wonder whether stays will count as qualifying nights (at 0 points) towards plat or RA qualification?

"So if you register for this promo, you forgo the Stay X get Y pts promo for the 2nd Quarter, as well as those ongoing, good for 90 days promos bonus points?"

Is it just me or am i wrong reading it that the bonus points they will give include these sort of promotional points. therefore you would forfeit the standard stay points (at an IC not that big a deal) but might still be eligible for the others signed up for?

In that case it would be worth it for me - although would be a lot easier to tell if all the promos showed up in my offers!

"If the free nights are not redeemable in overseas ICs, "

Do we know this to be the case??