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Old Oct 21, 2013, 10:05 pm
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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 Aug 31, 2018, 2:48 pm
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Only slightly OT; Which have the 5K option ?
personally looking to find good options in EU and UK.

Might do a few mattress runs if I can get a minimum of 5K extra points (towards status) per stay.
Anyone found any especially economical options :-)
Cheers.
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Old Sep 1, 2018, 6:29 am
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Originally Posted by Sisyphus1carus
Only slightly OT; Which have the 5K option ?
personally looking to find good options in EU and UK.

Might do a few mattress runs if I can get a minimum of 5K extra points (towards status) per stay.
Anyone found any especially economical options :-)
Cheers.
IC Warsaw and HI Heathrow
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Old Sep 7, 2018, 4:27 am
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I can't seem to find any more 5k BP packages in central/western Europe. I've looked at dozens, if not hundreds of properties in Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Belgium, and England.

Any pointers? Recently ITT, somebody suggested HI Heathrow and IC Warsaw, but the packages seem gone for those. Some of my other go-to properties for 5k BP packages such as the IC Berlin also don't offer them at the moment.
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Old Sep 7, 2018, 9:57 am
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Originally Posted by 1flyer
I can't seem to find any more 5k BP packages in central/western Europe. I've looked at dozens, if not hundreds of properties in Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Belgium, and England.

Any pointers? Recently ITT, somebody suggested HI Heathrow and IC Warsaw, but the packages seem gone for those. Some of my other go-to properties for 5k BP packages such as the IC Berlin also don't offer them at the moment.
I have just checked the IC Warsaw, works on the app, but you have to select 1.000 points package and then agree to buy more points at the last step of booking.
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Old Sep 8, 2018, 4:52 am
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Originally Posted by 1flyer
I can't seem to find any more 5k BP packages in central/western Europe. I've looked at dozens, if not hundreds of properties in Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Belgium, and England.

Any pointers? Recently ITT, somebody suggested HI Heathrow and IC Warsaw, but the packages seem gone for those. Some of my other go-to properties for 5k BP packages such as the IC Berlin also don't offer them at the moment.
Almost all IC and Indigo in Europe now offers 5000 Per NIGHT package when you book on APP. Almost all HI and HIX now only offer a maximum of 3000 per NIGHT package. Occasionally you see 4K package but seems to be random.

The step to book 5K per Night is to choose your ideal IC or Indigo, then click on Member Only Best Flexible Rate. The screen will then ask you whether you want to add breakfasts, you decline by click on No Thanks. Then you will be offered the choice of 1K per night, 2K per night, 4K per night or 5K per night. You make your own choice. And that is that simple.
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Old Oct 9, 2018, 1:30 am
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HIX Klamath Falls OR. (near Crater Lake)



https://www.klamathfallsholidayinnex...m/specials.php
10,000 BONUS PACKAGE

Earn 10,000 bonus Rewards Club points for your stay when you book the 10,000 Bonus Point Package. Book our 10k Bonus Points package now, which is an instant upgrade to Gold Elite status, and save! Non-members are eligible to book package as well once enrolled into the program, which is free of charge.
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Old Oct 9, 2018, 1:41 am
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Guys, I need your advice in regarding to the bonus packages once again.

Can you confirm that the 5k bonus point packages are now gone for all of Europe? In the app, you used to be able to select 5k packages for most ICs, CPs and Indigos. Now I can only get 3k packages for them just like for all the other IHG brands...
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Old Oct 9, 2018, 1:20 pm
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Originally Posted by 1flyer
Guys, I need your advice in regarding to the bonus packages once again.

Can you confirm that the 5k bonus point packages are now gone for all of Europe? In the app, you used to be able to select 5k packages for most ICs, CPs and Indigos. Now I can only get 3k packages for them just like for all the other IHG brands...
I am struggling with the same. It seems this is the new standard.
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Old Oct 10, 2018, 8:18 am
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4I just booked a stay at IC Warsaw with a 5k points per night bonus package. Like @dimon84 said: it works only on the app, but you have to select 1.000 points package and then agree to buy more points at the last step of booking.

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Old Oct 13, 2018, 9:18 am
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I know there were some warnings, but paid extra for a 10K package at the DIA Staybridge. Sure enough it posted as non-elite qualifying. Can we start to keep track of these in the wiki? I went ahead and updated it for this one.

Hotel manager is trying to help me out to get it to post as elite-qualifying but doesn't know what to do.
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Old Oct 14, 2018, 3:14 am
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From the IHG website:
Earn up to 5,000 bonus point on your next trip

As an IHG® Rewards Club member, you already earn points each time you stay at any hotel across IHG's family of brands. Why not earn even more points?

When you book an IHG® Rewards Club Bonus Points Package, you can earn up to 5,000 bonus points on your stay at a participating hotel. That means you'll earn Reward Nights even faster & you'll have more points in your account to redeem for gift cards, electronics & digital downloads.

Don't forget, the bonus points you earn from a Bonus Points Packages count toward earning & maintaining Elite status.
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Old Oct 14, 2018, 4:15 am
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Originally Posted by bworrell
I know there were some warnings, but paid extra for a 10K package at the DIA Staybridge. Sure enough it posted as non-elite qualifying. Can we start to keep track of these in the wiki? I went ahead and updated it for this one.

Hotel manager is trying to help me out to get it to post as elite-qualifying but doesn't know what to do.
it will not be made into EQPs,

The individual hotel itself is organising and offering that 10k bonus stay points offer outside of the the IHG official 1-5k EQP bous pt offerings
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Old Oct 14, 2018, 3:26 pm
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Found another one. Added to Wiki.

HIE Pittsburgh Airport 10K

I'm going to contact them and see if it will be elite qualifying. If not, I'll switch to the 5K package.
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Old Oct 14, 2018, 4:45 pm
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Originally Posted by Carel1
From the IHG website:
Earn up to 5,000 bonus point on your next trip

As an IHG® Rewards Club member, you already earn points each time you stay at any hotel across IHG's family of brands. Why not earn even more points?

When you book an IHG® Rewards Club Bonus Points Package, you can earn up to 5,000 bonus points on your stay at a participating hotel. That means you'll earn Reward Nights even faster & you'll have more points in your account to redeem for gift cards, electronics & digital downloads.

Don't forget, the bonus points you earn from a Bonus Points Packages count toward earning & maintaining Elite status.
I know... and section 43 of the Terms & Conditions clearly show that bonus points packages are elite qualifying, but as we've found out that some hotels seem to be doing it outside of the IHG rewards program. This doesn't mention anything about more than 5K packages:
https://www.ihg.com/content/us/en/cu...mber-tc#levels
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Old Oct 14, 2018, 11:41 pm
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Originally Posted by bworrell
Found another one. Added to Wiki.

HIE Pittsburgh Airport 10K

I'm going to contact them and see if it will be elite qualifying. If not, I'll switch to the 5K package.
You can usually tell when you look at the total point earnings, whether the bonus point packages are elite qualifying.
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