Jul 8, 2013, 11:43 am
Last edit by: FLYGVA
Recent discussion (After January 01, 2016) could be found in this thread.
Most important points to consider for a valid BRG:
1. The comparison website MUST bill in the same currency as the hotel .
2. The cancellation terms must be equal or better, than the terms by the hotels.
3. The Website needs to provide INSTANT confirmation.
4. The room names should match, but if you can demonstrate, that the room is comparable, it will also work with discrepancies in the name.
5. The price difference has to be more than either USD 1 or 1% (whichever is higher).
5.b In regards to hotels located in australia and New Zealand the price difference must be greater than 3% .
Hotels for which you will get reimbursed:
(Note: There have been significant problems with getting full reimbursements from IHG, especially for reimbursements in other currencies than USD)
IC Istanbul ( BRG claim from the 17.05.2013/ "Technical Difficulties")
IC Frankfurt ( BRG claim from the 20.08.2013/ "Technical Difficulties")
Link to the Terms and Conditions : https://www.ihg.com/hotels/us/en/cus...rms-conditions
Most important points to consider for a valid BRG:
1. The comparison website MUST bill in the same currency as the hotel .
2. The cancellation terms must be equal or better, than the terms by the hotels.
3. The Website needs to provide INSTANT confirmation.
4. The room names should match, but if you can demonstrate, that the room is comparable, it will also work with discrepancies in the name.
5. The price difference has to be more than either USD 1 or 1% (whichever is higher).
5.b In regards to hotels located in australia and New Zealand the price difference must be greater than 3% .
Hotels for which you will get reimbursed:
(Note: There have been significant problems with getting full reimbursements from IHG, especially for reimbursements in other currencies than USD)
IC Istanbul ( BRG claim from the 17.05.2013/ "Technical Difficulties")
IC Frankfurt ( BRG claim from the 20.08.2013/ "Technical Difficulties")
Link to the Terms and Conditions : https://www.ihg.com/hotels/us/en/cus...rms-conditions
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Dec 17, 2012, 9:21 am
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Dec 17, 2012, 9:50 am
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Dec 17, 2012, 10:08 am
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Dec 17, 2012, 12:01 pm
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Dec 17, 2012, 6:26 pm
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A perfectly round city that has two points 50 miles apart would need to have a total area of 1964 square miles. In comparison, New York City is 469 square miles, of which 166 square miles are water, but we'll be generous and ignore that for now. For a city with the area of New York City to have two points that are 50 miles apart, it would need to be roughly 5 times long as it is wide on average (approximately 50 miles by 10 miles).
And of course this is all assuming that there are two hotels at the places in that city that are the farthest apart.
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Dec 17, 2012, 7:22 pm
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All of the other cities listed have roughly the same area as NYC, with the exception of Moscow and Beijing. Moscow, which has roughly 2x the area as NYC would be extremely unlikely, since being 2x the area means that it is maybe 50 miles wide at some point. Just for kicks, I checked and the farthest hotels are 27.6 km apart, driving.
Beijing was promising since the municipality has a total area of over 6,000 square miles, but I'm guessing most of that is sparsely populated. All of the hotels are near the airport or the city center, so the farthest hotels are only about 33 km apart.
So I pose this as a challenge: Can anyone find two IHG hotels in the same city that are > 50 miles apart? Part two of the challenge would be to BRG both of them
Beijing was promising since the municipality has a total area of over 6,000 square miles, but I'm guessing most of that is sparsely populated. All of the hotels are near the airport or the city center, so the farthest hotels are only about 33 km apart.
So I pose this as a challenge: Can anyone find two IHG hotels in the same city that are > 50 miles apart? Part two of the challenge would be to BRG both of them
Dec 17, 2012, 10:37 pm
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All of the other cities listed have roughly the same area as NYC, with the exception of Moscow and Beijing. Moscow, which has roughly 2x the area as NYC would be extremely unlikely, since being 2x the area means that it is maybe 50 miles wide at some point. Just for kicks, I checked and the farthest hotels are 27.6 km apart, driving.
Beijing was promising since the municipality has a total area of over 6,000 square miles, but I'm guessing most of that is sparsely populated. All of the hotels are near the airport or the city center, so the farthest hotels are only about 33 km apart.
So I pose this as a challenge: Can anyone find two IHG hotels in the same city that are > 50 miles apart? Part two of the challenge would be to BRG both of them
Beijing was promising since the municipality has a total area of over 6,000 square miles, but I'm guessing most of that is sparsely populated. All of the hotels are near the airport or the city center, so the farthest hotels are only about 33 km apart.
So I pose this as a challenge: Can anyone find two IHG hotels in the same city that are > 50 miles apart? Part two of the challenge would be to BRG both of them
Dec 17, 2012, 10:54 pm
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I actually doubt that any city has hotels > 50 miles apart. I'd be very surprised if any city had hotels that are even ~40 miles apart. 30 is pushing it, but probably possible.
Dec 17, 2012, 11:22 pm
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Wha??
How can they charge you for a no-show if your one and only night at the hotel was already comped?
Thanks for clearing that up...
Dec 17, 2012, 11:23 pm
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Has IHG become a little more relaxed than a few months ago about approving BRGs?
Dec 19, 2012, 1:59 am
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Has just been denied on the basis that under IHG flexible rate the credit card is not charged, and on another website the card is charged at the time of the booking.
So, they can basically deny any claim now since all the websites charge your card first, and only them being the chain operator can allow not to charge the card for a flexible rate.
That's quite deceiving and false advertisement, don't you think?
So, they can basically deny any claim now since all the websites charge your card first, and only them being the chain operator can allow not to charge the card for a flexible rate.
That's quite deceiving and false advertisement, don't you think?
Dec 19, 2012, 5:03 am
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I'm pretty sure Shanghai has two Crowne Plaza more than 50 miles apart. Quiet a few Crowne Plazas in Shanghai out in the middle of no where.
E.g. Crowne Plaza Shanghai Harbour City, Crowne Plaza Shanghai Xiayang Lake.
According to IHG Harbour City is already 52 miles away from Hongqiao airport. So there should be a few options in Shanghai.
E.g. Crowne Plaza Shanghai Harbour City, Crowne Plaza Shanghai Xiayang Lake.
According to IHG Harbour City is already 52 miles away from Hongqiao airport. So there should be a few options in Shanghai.
Dec 19, 2012, 6:27 am
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I'm pretty sure Shanghai has two Crowne Plaza more than 50 miles apart. Quiet a few Crowne Plazas in Shanghai out in the middle of no where.
E.g. Crowne Plaza Shanghai Harbour City, Crowne Plaza Shanghai Xiayang Lake.
According to IHG Harbour City is already 52 miles away from Hongqiao airport. So there should be a few options in Shanghai.
E.g. Crowne Plaza Shanghai Harbour City, Crowne Plaza Shanghai Xiayang Lake.
According to IHG Harbour City is already 52 miles away from Hongqiao airport. So there should be a few options in Shanghai.
Dec 19, 2012, 9:00 am
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I'm pretty sure Shanghai has two Crowne Plaza more than 50 miles apart. Quiet a few Crowne Plazas in Shanghai out in the middle of no where.
E.g. Crowne Plaza Shanghai Harbour City, Crowne Plaza Shanghai Xiayang Lake.
According to IHG Harbour City is already 52 miles away from Hongqiao airport. So there should be a few options in Shanghai.
E.g. Crowne Plaza Shanghai Harbour City, Crowne Plaza Shanghai Xiayang Lake.
According to IHG Harbour City is already 52 miles away from Hongqiao airport. So there should be a few options in Shanghai.
Dec 19, 2012, 12:55 pm
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