alc

MOD: I did a quick search and found another thread that is sort-of related to the 10% points rebate, but discussion within seem to be different than my question. Therefore, I started a new thread. Please merge it if you think it should belong to that thread instead.

I hardly stay at IC hotels these days and thought I will not even renew my membership at first. But today when the link to renew came up on my account, I thought to check it out. Right away, I already click the "Renew using 20,000 of your Priority Club points and receive 5,000 bonus points" option, thinking it is a cheap way to get my status for another year, in case my travel pattern changed next year. But then I read the "Renew for $200 and receive 15,000 bonus points plus a 10% points rebate on Reward Nights" option. The fine print state:

I already had my 25 nights booked for CP HK under the old rate of 25K (35K with 10K credit back) per night, hence I will get 62.5K (or may even be 87.5K ) I know I will have other reward nights between March Break and July 1st/4th, hence I could even hit the max 100K rebate.

But I do would to get some help from all of you to think thru this, here are my thoughts:

• I normally do not buy hotel points as I stay enough from work to have enough points for all my personal travel
• But it seems $200 (assumed USD) for minimum 77.5K (15K + 62.K) and with a potential 115K, it sound like a very good bargain!
• I do not stay at IC, as mentioned above, hence I am really doing this for points and not the benefits. Should I?
• For those of you that have picked this option in the past, do I have to cancel and re-book my 25 nights CP HK in order to get the 10% rebate? Or will the rebate automatically kick-in after my stay as stated in the fine print
• If I do need to cancel and re-book, my concern is the about the 250K credit will get reserve from the 10K rate difference that was credited.

Thanks in advance for all your comments/advise.

Regards.

alc

Thought to update in case others landed on this thread in the future. I end up send an email to them and they said I do need to cancel and re-book.

cactuspete

Yes, I am now being told that awards must be booked and completed after the Ambassador renewal. That is NOT what I was told by PC CSR when I renewed - I specifically asked.

Shimon

When are we suppose to see our rebate? End of the month after the stay?

essexadventurer

I have been told the same on this.

cactuspete

4-6 weeks after award stay is completed.

dbuckho

The 10% rebate is a relatively new renewal option, so not sure how many people have done it so far. I decided to go with it when I had to renew in April. Just had my first post-renewal stay and both my AMB and VISA rebates posted within 3 weeks of the stay.

mshachar

In other words you get both Visa and AMB rebates (20%) of points that you spend?

dbuckho

Yes - the visa gets 10% back and AMB with the option gets an additional 10% - for 20% total.

janvdr

Still waiting for my rebates from an award stay end of April...

htb

Was the rebate only for IC hotels or for all IHG group hotels?

HTB.

tobegold

Per the T&C, max rebate is 100K PC points per calendar year, potential to get 200K rebate if ambassador membership period is non-calendar year period. i.e. alternate between the rebate option and non-rebate option when renewing and planning your redemptions accordingly.

alc

I actually just check with the Ambassador desk, it is only 12 months period, not Jan to Dec. So, it is max 100K within the membership period.

alc

I would like to know the answer to this question too. I would think (hope) it is all hotels as during my conversation with the agent, I did say the hotel that I had booked in HK is the CP.

jackho

It should be all brands of IHG if they didn't change the rules.

I got the 10% rebate for a reward night at CP HK Causeway Bay (stayed in Jan and got points in Feb).