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Old Oct 21, 2013, 10:05 pm
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Per the PC T&C

Points for Elite Status – For purposes of determining Elite status, IHG® Rewards Club points are classified as either Qualifying Points or Non-Qualifying Points. Points earned from Qualifying Rates paid for hotel stays, spend on IHG® Rewards Club credit cards, select partner activity, IHG® Rewards Club Bonus Points Packages, and Qualified Spend through IHG® Business Rewards are considered Qualifying Points and are counted towards Elite status. A Qualifying Rate includes the following: non-discounted rate, standard corporate rate, worldwide sales negotiated rate, national/regional/local government rate and specified leisure rates as confirmed by the IHG reservation system. All other point earning transactions, including points earned from IHG® promotions, Elite status bonuses, activation bonuses or select promotions offered through IHG® Rewards Club credit cards, select partner promotions, point vouchers, point purchases, point transfers, and point deposits, will be considered Non-Qualifying Points and will not be counted towards Elite status.
For any IHG property, including the ones listed below, it's a good idea to check the IHG app for additional bonus point packages. For whatever reason, the IHG website does not always include all points packages that can be found in the app.

Arizona
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : Oro Valley - Tucson North (10,000 points)
California
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites : Anaheim - Fullerton (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites : Anaheim (1 Blk/Disneyland) (11,000 points) [Currently Gone]
Holiday Inn : Anaheim - Resort Area (10,000 points) [Currently Gone]
Holiday Inn Express : Calexico (10,000 points, 2 night min.)
Holiday Inn Express : Colton - Riverside North (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn : Los Angeles - Intl Airport (10,000 points & BF for 2)
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : Los Angeles Airport Hawthorne (11,000 points)
Holiday Inn : Oakland - Airport (10,000 points per stay)
Holiday Inn Express : Oceanside (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn : Oceanside Camp Pendleton Area (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn : Ontario Airport (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : San Diego - Escondido (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express : San Diego - Encinitas - Cardiff Beach Area (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express : San Diego - La Mesa (Sdsu Area) (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn : San Diego - Mission Valley (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn : San Francisco - Civic Center (10,000 points) [Currently Gone]
Holiday Inn : Santa Ana - Orange Co. Arpt (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : Simi Valley (10,000 points per night)
Colorado
Staybridge Suites : Denver International Airport (10,000 points - not elite qualifying)
District Of Columbia
InterContinental : The Willard Washington D.C. (10,000 points)
Florida
Hotel Indigo : Ft Myers Dtwn River District (10,000 points, 2 night min.)
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : Inverness (10,000 points, 2 night min.)
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : Silver Springs - Ocala (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express: Largo-Clearwater FL (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express: Clearwater East/Icot Ctr, Clearwater FL (10,000 points)
Crowne Plaza : South Beach - Z Ocean Hotel (10,000 points, 2 night min.)
Illinois.
Crowne Plaza : Chicago Magnificent Mile (10,000 points, 2 night min.)
Crowne Plaza : Lombard Downer's Grove (10,000 points, 2 night min.)
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites : Chicago - Midway Airport (10,000 points) [Currently Gone]
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : Chicago O'Hare (10,000 points) [Currently Gone]
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : Chicago - Midway Airport (10,000 points)[Currently Gone]
Holiday Inn Express : Chicago - Magnificent Mile (10,000 points) [Currently Gone]
Holiday Inn Express : Chicago NW - Arlington Heights (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express : Rolling Mdws - Schaumburg Area (10,000 points) [Currently Gone]
Holiday Inn Express : Chicago - Schaumburg (10,000 points) [Currently Gone]
Minnesota
Crowne Plaza Suites : Msp Airport - Mall Of America (10,000 points)
Crowne Plaza : St. Paul - Riverfront (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn : Minneapolis Airport SE - Eagan (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : St. Paul - Woodbury (10,000 points per night)
Montana
Holiday Inn : Bozeman (10,000 points)
Nevada
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : Henderson (10,000 points, 2 night min.)
New York
Hotel Indigo : Brooklyn (10,000 points or 25,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express : New York - Manhattan West Side (10,000 points, 2 night min.)
Even Hotel : New York - Times Square South (10,000 points, 2 night min.)
Oregon
Crowne Plaza : Portland - Lake Oswego (10,000 points)
Pennsylvania
Holiday Inn Express & Suites : Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Airport (10,000 points)
South Dakota
Holiday Inn : Rapid City - Rushmore Plaza (10,000 points)
Texas
Holiday Inn : Dallas - Richardson (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : Plano East (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : Dallas - North Tollway (N Plano) (10,000 points, 2 night min., first avails Dec)
Crowne Plaza : Houston River Oaks (10,000 points)
Crowne Plaza : Houston - Near Sugarland (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn : San Antonio - Dtwn (Market Sq) (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites: San Antonio - Northwest (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express : San Antonio - Airport (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : San Antonio Rivercenter Area (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : San Antonio NW Near Sea world (10,000 points)
Virginia
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites : Alexandria - Historic District (10,000 points)
Washington
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : Seattle - Sea-Tac Airport (10,000 points)
Holiday Inn Express & Suites : Sequim (10,000 points)
Wisconsin
Crowne Plaza : Milwaukee Airport (10,000 points, 2 night min.)
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites : Milwaukee Airport (10,000 points) [Currently Gone]
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites : Milwaukee Airport (10,000 points)

Canada
Holiday Inn : Toronto Downtown Centre (10,000 points, 2 night min.)
InterContinental : Toronto Yorkville (10,000 points)
Jamaica
Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort : Montego Bay All-Inclusive (10,000 points, 5 night min.) [Currently Gone]
Singapore
Crowne Plaza Changi Airport (4,000 points per stay)
Thailand
InterContinental : Hua Hin Resort (10,000 points, 2 night min.) [Currently Gone]
InterContinental : Samui Baan Taling Ngam Resort (10,000 points, 2 night min.) [Currently Gone]

China
Crowne Plaza, Beijing Zhongguancun (5000 per stay)
Crowne Plaza, Beijing Lido (5000 Bonus Points per stay & Breakfast)
InterContinental Beijing Financial Street (5000 Bonus Points per stay & Breakfast)
Crowne Plaza, Century Park Shanghai (5000 Bonus Points per stay & Breakfast)
Indigo, Shanghai On The Bund (Add 5000 Bonus Points per stay)
Crowne Plaza, Foshan (5000 Bonus Points per stay)
Crowne Plaza, Guangzhou City Centre (5000 Bonus Points per stay)
HI Guangzhou Airport Zone, (4000 w Breakfast)
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Old Oct 29, 2015, 12:49 pm
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25k Point Night

Just wanted to chime in and say a "Thank You" for the thread. Just booked a 25k Point night at the Indigo in Downtown Brooklyn for $208, tax included. Here's hoping I won't need to track anyone down to get everything to post!

It seems like the 25k rate is only available via the hotel's website or the app (which seems to be acting a bit wonky these days) .

EDIT: I realize that dates would probably be helpful in case anyone wants to have a go. I booked the week of Thanksgiving for a single night.

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Old Oct 29, 2015, 1:00 pm
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Originally Posted by BKlyn12
Just wanted to chime in and say a "Thank You" for the thread. Just booked a 25k Point night at the Indigo in Downtown Brooklyn for $208 all in. Here's hoping I won't need to track anyone down to get everything to post!

It seems like the 25k rate is only available via the hotel's website or the app (which seems to be acting a bit wonky these days) .

Please let us know how it goes! Will these points be elite-qualifying?
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Old Oct 29, 2015, 1:27 pm
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Please let us know how it goes! Will these points be elite-qualifying?
Please don't take this as gospel as I am fairly inexperienced, but from the T & C for the rewards program (and from previous bonus point stays) the answer is yes. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for sure!
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Old Oct 29, 2015, 1:42 pm
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I can see it there for the dates that I want, exactly as you say on the Indigo website. It really seems a good deal! It basically works out at about 95 dollars more for the 25k points, plus it offers free cancellation up to 24h before. Considering cancelling an award (points) reservation to take advantage of this...

EDIT. Thanks, just booked a room at the 25K rate for USD179. Works out at about 80 dollars more for the 25K that night. I reckon that's a great deal!

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Old Oct 29, 2015, 3:11 pm
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Amazing. Please post if the points qualify for status, even if I doubt...
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Old Oct 29, 2015, 3:16 pm
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Originally Posted by FFlash
Amazing. Please post if the points qualify for status, even if I doubt...
Why wouldn't they? Bonus points as part of a room rate qualify for status.
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Old Oct 29, 2015, 3:22 pm
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Originally Posted by chrism20
If the stay has posted to your IHG account already and the points are wrong you should be able to go ahead and do a missing points.

If the system says that it's too early to do a missing points I would just do a concern message instead.
Thank you. I emailed them this morning and will report back when I get the points. Hopefully they add them correctly to reflect EQP.
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Old Oct 29, 2015, 3:23 pm
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Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer
Why wouldn't they? Bonus points as part of a room rate qualify for status.
If the points post correctly they will count for your status.

Nevertheless sometimes they don't post accurately. If the points are added manually afterwards they don't post aus elite qualifying.
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Old Oct 29, 2015, 3:37 pm
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IHG Properties with Bonus Point Package higher than 5,000 points

This makes me want to book a milerun to nyc / 3 separate stays in brooklyn just to upgrade my status to spire
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Old Oct 29, 2015, 4:18 pm
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Originally Posted by BorussiaMG
If the points post correctly they will count for your status.

Nevertheless sometimes they don't post accurately. If the points are added manually afterwards they don't post aus elite qualifying.
I have had missing bonus points that were manually credited count for elite status, most recently earlier this year.
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Old Oct 29, 2015, 5:03 pm
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Is there also a list for bonus packages in Europe?
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Old Oct 30, 2015, 1:41 am
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Originally Posted by BKlyn12
...It seems like the 25k rate is only available via the hotel's website or the app (which seems to be acting a bit wonky these days)...
You can find the >5K rates with this link: https://www.ihg.com/hotels/gb/en/res...roomratestitle

Quite a long URL, but I guess there are all rate codes included.
To search for another location, use the "Back to search results" link on page and change the location. (figured this out after a while and works fine for me)
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Old Oct 30, 2015, 4:27 am
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Originally Posted by TravelUnlimited
Is there also a list for bonus packages in Europe?
A bit over a year ago I checked and found the following:
1) There was no property offering 10k or more points
2) There was a long list of properties offering 2.5k
3) Below is the list offering 4k or more. But please be aware that they seem to change more often than the US properties, so this list may be outdated by now. Be so kind and report back if you find some interesting ones that still work (or new ones of course) - we might then add this to the Wiki

Continental Europe:
Intercontinental Vienna /AT; Prague /CZ; Nice /FR; Berlin , Düsseldorf, Frankfurt /DE; Kiev /UA; Madrid/ES
Crowne Plaza Heidelberg /DE; Athens /GR; Amsterdam /NL; Geneva/CH; Madrid Airport/ES
Hotel Indigo Roissy En France/FR; Madrid/ES
Holiday Inn Calais, Roissy En France/FR; Frankfurt /DE; Athens /GR; Amsterdam /NL; Lisbon /PT; Derio, Madrid /ES; Kiev /UA
Holiday Inn Express Augsburg, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Unterhaching /DE; Warsaw/PL; Oporto /PT; Alicante, Barcelona, Derio , Madrid, Granollers /ES; Izmir /TR;

UK:
Crowne Plaza Banbury , Edinburgh , Runcorn
Hotel Indigo Birmingham, Burton-on-Trent, Cannock, Kenilwoth, Redditch, Walsall
Holiday Inn Andorra, Ashford, Aylesbury, Banbury, Bedford, Buckinghamshire, Chipping, Corby, Essex, Kenilwoth, Kettering, Liverpool, London, Luton, Runcorn, Surrey, Swindon, Walsall, Warwick, Winchester, York
Holiday Inn Express Aberdeen, Ashford, Belfast, Braintree, Brighouse, Essex, Kenilwoth, Poole, Runcorn, Southbury, Surrey, Telford, Winchester

Last edited by WolfvanWeen; Oct 31, 2015 at 8:04 am Reason: Just realized that a number of Madrid and Barcelona hotels also offer 5k
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Old Oct 30, 2015, 5:28 am
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Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer
Why wouldn't they? Bonus points as part of a room rate qualify for status.
Well that's great, I should qualify for Platinum with one swipe of the cricket bat (although I've never wielded a cricket bat, despite being a Brit!).

That's a very helpful list in the post above mine.

Last edited by Concerto; Oct 30, 2015 at 5:29 am Reason: more info
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Old Oct 30, 2015, 6:08 am
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Originally Posted by WolfvanWeen
A bit over a year ago I checked and found the following:
1) There was no property offering 10k or more points
2) There was a long list of properties offering 2.5k
3) Below is the list offering 4k or more. But please be aware that they seem to change more often than the US properties, so this list may be outdated by now. Be so kind and report back if you find some interesting ones that still work (or new ones of course) - we might then add this to the Wiki

...
Thank you for that ^

2 weeks ago is was checking, and the rates were like you told 2k and 4k rates.

When I was checking today I saw that the rates have changed:

Now you can find in Europe:

1000 BONUS POINTS NT

5000 RC EMEA

I don't know if it's temporary or for a longer period of time
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