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Old Mar 21, 2014, 2:19 pm
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Old Mar 21, 2014, 3:10 pm
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100% for me
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Old Mar 21, 2014, 3:11 pm
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Originally Posted by usually sat at the back
So 120,000 points for $690 - think that's around 0.36 pence per point
Not worth it if you have any sort of balance.

Best case scenario that is 12 nights in a 10K points per night hotel. So you pay about $57.50 a night.
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Old Mar 21, 2014, 3:42 pm
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I got offered 100% and I just assumed that everybody got offered the same thing. It does feel like quite a good deal, though. Are there any thresholds which if you cross it becomes a less interesting deal? I remember last year, when a 50% bonus was offered for purchases, that there was a threshold somewhere around the purchase of 26,000 points where it made no sense to buy 26,000 but a lot of sense to buy 25,000, or maybe vice versa.
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Old Mar 21, 2014, 4:14 pm
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Mine S*CKS, 25%.
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Old Mar 21, 2014, 4:26 pm
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"Have too many points, so still not worth buying points for me."

So how many is too many? At what point would you buy?
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Old Mar 21, 2014, 4:34 pm
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Using IHG credit card to buy these
If I used my IHG credit card, would I get the 5 pt x $1 bonus? If so, that would be a 3,450 bonus on the purchase of 60K points.
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Old Mar 21, 2014, 4:57 pm
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I got 25%.
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Old Mar 21, 2014, 5:24 pm
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My bonus points changed from 25% to 50% this morning.
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Old Mar 21, 2014, 5:28 pm
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I got 50%.
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Old Mar 21, 2014, 6:20 pm
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My wife got 25%, I got 50% - both with similar low point balances & CC holders - I had 2 paid stays last year and a few award stays, my wife had 1 award stay.

So I guess it's pretty conclusive evidence. I'm twice as good as my wife.
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Old Mar 21, 2014, 6:43 pm
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Originally Posted by Lack
Got 50%. Even at 100% bonus thats close to 6 cents per point, not interested.
You need to move the decimal point 1 place to the left.

Its 0.575c per point.
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Old Mar 21, 2014, 6:47 pm
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Both myself and the missus got 25%.

I would have maxed out if they offered 75 or 100% - i.e. the bonuses where it comes out below the 0.7 cents you can always buy points at...
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Old Mar 21, 2014, 7:15 pm
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Got the 50% deal. Not going to buy at this rate.
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Old Mar 21, 2014, 7:18 pm
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100% more here. With all the posts from those from the UK, I wasn't sure if this was going to be a promo in the USA, too. Email came in at 1:32 PM PDT.
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