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Another quarter, another Accelerate. Answers to some Frequently Asked Questions below:
For newcomers to IHG promotions, note that Holiday Inn Express and Holiday Inn (including Holiday Inn Resorts) are two different brand categories for these things. If your dashboard says 'stay at a Holiday Inn Express' as one of the tasks and you stay at a Holiday Inn, it will NOT credit for the Holiday Inn Express task. (and vice versa)
An award stay only counts toward a task that specifically requires an award stay and will not count toward other tasks and night requirements for the purposes of the promotion. (Award stays do count toward general elite qualification, but that's outside this promotion)
At IHG, points + cash stays are simply points stays where you bought some of the points at the time of the reservation. Once you finish the reservation, a points + cash stay shows as a points stay. Thus points + cash stays only count for tasks where they are specified, and not other tasks.
Doing a points + cash booking and then cancelling it does NOT trigger a 'buy points' task completion. A 'buy points' task is a points transaction that is processed through points.com
The 'pay with your IHG credit card' task has typically been very slow to post. If it does within about two weeks of completing a stay, that's relatively quick, and it will often be several weeks beyond that, depending on when your statement closing date is and how IHG's system sweep is timed.
Some offers require booking within the promotion period in addition to staying during the promotion period.
Registration & dashboard link:
https://www.ihg.com/content/us/en/offers/q3accelerate2017
For newcomers to IHG promotions, note that Holiday Inn Express and Holiday Inn (including Holiday Inn Resorts) are two different brand categories for these things. If your dashboard says 'stay at a Holiday Inn Express' as one of the tasks and you stay at a Holiday Inn, it will NOT credit for the Holiday Inn Express task. (and vice versa)
An award stay only counts toward a task that specifically requires an award stay and will not count toward other tasks and night requirements for the purposes of the promotion. (Award stays do count toward general elite qualification, but that's outside this promotion)
At IHG, points + cash stays are simply points stays where you bought some of the points at the time of the reservation. Once you finish the reservation, a points + cash stay shows as a points stay. Thus points + cash stays only count for tasks where they are specified, and not other tasks.
Doing a points + cash booking and then cancelling it does NOT trigger a 'buy points' task completion. A 'buy points' task is a points transaction that is processed through points.com
The 'pay with your IHG credit card' task has typically been very slow to post. If it does within about two weeks of completing a stay, that's relatively quick, and it will often be several weeks beyond that, depending on when your statement closing date is and how IHG's system sweep is timed.
Some offers require booking within the promotion period in addition to staying during the promotion period.
Registration & dashboard link:
https://www.ihg.com/content/us/en/offers/q3accelerate2017
IHG Accelerate Q3 2017 (1st September to 31st December)
#62
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: VPS
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It probably won't trigger both. A 'buy points' task completes when you go through points.com on the transaction (I've actually accidentally triggered it by doing an airline point transfer into IHG on that site; did go back and buy 1K points after that to stay kosher) ; AFAIK, you don't go through points.com for a points + cash stay.
#63
#64
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Somewhere in Europe
Posts: 3,362
It probably won't trigger both. A 'buy points' task completes when you go through points.com on the transaction (I've actually accidentally triggered it by doing an airline point transfer into IHG on that site; did go back and buy 1K points after that to stay kosher) ; AFAIK, you don't go through points.com for a points + cash stay.
The ihg website asks for the card details and it's processed on there.
A line then shows on your account with "Points and cash" and a deposit for the number of points you've paid for and then the next line shows a deduction for the full amount for the reward night.
I'll be surprised if it satisfies a buy Points offer going by the way it processed.
#66
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 2
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My Offers 1,500 Stay Once, Get 1,500 bonus points Thank you for being a loyal IHG Rewards Club member. Stay once and earn 1,500 bonus points. 6,000 Stay More, Earn More Get closer to the rewards you want when you stay 4 night(s) and earn 6,000 bonus points. 8,000 Be The Readiest Stay at 2 Holiday Inn Express hotel(s) and earn 8,000 bonus points. 6,600 Earn More, Faster Earn 6,600 bonus points when you book 1 Bonus Points Package stay(s) and get to your next reward faster. 2,000 Apply for the IHG Rewards Club Select Credit Card Apply here for the IHG Rewards Club Select Credit Card and earn 2,000 bonus points. 15,900 Your Achievement Bonus Complete 4 of the 5 offers and earn (an additional) 15,900 bonus points. 3,000 Big Apple Bonus Stay 2 or more nights at participating IHG hotels in New York City and earn 3,000 bonus points. 2,500 September Bonus Offer Stay once in September and get 2,500 bonus points.
#67
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Austin, Texas
Programs: Airline nobody. Sad!
Posts: 26,062
#68
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Join Date: May 2015
Location: BOS, YVR, ZRH
Programs: *G
Posts: 17,291
It must be my lucky day
I just noticed a "Stay 3+ nights, earn triple points at Holiday Inn Express" promotion between August 1st and September 30th (didn't see a thread for it, but check your accounts)
- My 6-night stay August 27-September 2nd will therefor complete ALL my Q2 Accelerate marks, two of my Q3 accelerate marks (two can be marked off with just a single stay) AND earn triple points.
I just noticed a "Stay 3+ nights, earn triple points at Holiday Inn Express" promotion between August 1st and September 30th (didn't see a thread for it, but check your accounts)
- My 6-night stay August 27-September 2nd will therefor complete ALL my Q2 Accelerate marks, two of my Q3 accelerate marks (two can be marked off with just a single stay) AND earn triple points.
#69
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Los Angeles, California
Programs: IHG Diamond Elite, Hilton Diamond, Hertz President's Circle
Posts: 3,531
It must be my lucky day
I just noticed a "Stay 3+ nights, earn triple points at Holiday Inn Express" promotion between August 1st and September 30th (didn't see a thread for it, but check your accounts)
- My 6-night stay August 27-September 2nd will therefor complete ALL my Q2 Accelerate marks, two of my Q3 accelerate marks (two can be marked off with just a single stay) AND earn triple points.
I just noticed a "Stay 3+ nights, earn triple points at Holiday Inn Express" promotion between August 1st and September 30th (didn't see a thread for it, but check your accounts)
- My 6-night stay August 27-September 2nd will therefor complete ALL my Q2 Accelerate marks, two of my Q3 accelerate marks (two can be marked off with just a single stay) AND earn triple points.
#70
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: body: A stone's throw from SFO, mind: SE Asia
Programs: Some of this 'n some of that
Posts: 17,263
It probably won't trigger both. A 'buy points' task completes when you go through points.com on the transaction (I've actually accidentally triggered it by doing an airline point transfer into IHG on that site; did go back and buy 1K points after that to stay kosher) ; AFAIK, you don't go through points.com for a points + cash stay.
I done a P&C stay last night to complete the current promo and it didn't go through points.com.
The ihg website asks for the card details and it's processed on there.
A line then shows on your account with "Points and cash" and a deposit for the number of points you've paid for and then the next line shows a deduction for the full amount for the reward night.
I'll be surprised if it satisfies a buy Points offer going by the way it processed.
The ihg website asks for the card details and it's processed on there.
A line then shows on your account with "Points and cash" and a deposit for the number of points you've paid for and then the next line shows a deduction for the full amount for the reward night.
I'll be surprised if it satisfies a buy Points offer going by the way it processed.
#71
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Cary, NC, USA - AA Plt 3mm/DL Dia 2mm, Hil/Dia Life, Bonvoy/Titanium Life, Spire
Posts: 3,261
My Q3 bonus offer:
2,000 Stay Once, Get 2,000 bonus points
30,000 Stay More, Earn More
2,500 Corporate Account Bonus
4,000 Stay a Little Longer
1,500 Spend on your IHG Rewards Club Credit Card
1,000 Earn When You Redeem
6,000 Your Achievement Bonus
3,000 Big Apple Bonus
5,000 September Bonus Offer
Total 55,000
This is about half of Q2's Accelerate offer of 109,900 total bonus points. Even though I got 11 of 11 for all the points, and I am still waiting for the August bonus of 2000 pts to post, you would think the next offer would be even higher.
In the meantime, I made Lifetime Diamond last month with Hilton! Woo Hoo! 18 years at Diamond level per the message in the presentation box.
What this means now is more time to work on Lifetime Platinum with Marriott, with IHG properties to fill in the gaps for Q3 bonus points.
-outoftown
2,000 Stay Once, Get 2,000 bonus points
30,000 Stay More, Earn More
2,500 Corporate Account Bonus
4,000 Stay a Little Longer
1,500 Spend on your IHG Rewards Club Credit Card
1,000 Earn When You Redeem
6,000 Your Achievement Bonus
3,000 Big Apple Bonus
5,000 September Bonus Offer
Total 55,000
This is about half of Q2's Accelerate offer of 109,900 total bonus points. Even though I got 11 of 11 for all the points, and I am still waiting for the August bonus of 2000 pts to post, you would think the next offer would be even higher.
In the meantime, I made Lifetime Diamond last month with Hilton! Woo Hoo! 18 years at Diamond level per the message in the presentation box.
What this means now is more time to work on Lifetime Platinum with Marriott, with IHG properties to fill in the gaps for Q3 bonus points.
-outoftown
#73
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Programs: DL PM; IHG PlatAmb; Hilton Dia; Marriott Plat; Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 7,271
#74
#75
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Somewhere in Europe
Posts: 3,362