Old Aug 8, 2017, 12:23 pm
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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
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IHG Accelerate Q3 2017 (1st September to 31st December)

Old Aug 12, 2017, 9:23 am
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Thank you for being a loyal IHG® Rewards Club member. Stay once and earn 2,000 bonus points. Terms

10,000 Stay More, Earn More
Get closer to the rewards you want when you stay 5 night(s) and earn 10,000 bonus points. Terms

5,600 Be The Readiest™
Stay at 2 Holiday Inn Express® hotel(s) and earn 5,600 bonus points. Terms

2,400 Stay for Less and Earn
Earn 2,400 bonus points when you book 1 stay(s) using Points & Cash. We’ll reward you with bonus points when you use a combination of Points & Cash, allowing you to stretch your Reward Nights even farther. Terms

1,500 Spend on your IHG® Rewards Club Credit Card
Book and pay for one stay with your IHG® Rewards Club Credit Card and earn bonus points. Terms

1,000 Earn When You Redeem
You earned your points, now use them! Redeem your points for anything, from a digital download to a Reward Night, and you’ll earn 1,000 bonus points.

17,500 Your Achievement Bonus
Complete 5 of the 6 offers and earn (an additional) 17,500 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. Terms

3,000 September Bonus Offer
Stay once in September and get 3,000 bonus points.

46,000 Total points

Not bad. I should be able to net about 40,000 from this.
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Old Aug 12, 2017, 3:12 pm
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I remember a previous Accelerate said "booked and completed between x and y" (aka you cannot book until the accelerate actually starts)

but this time it only says "completed between x and y"

Number of bonus points listed above will be awarded after your Qualifying Stay at any IHG brand hotels, which must be completed between 1 September 2017 and 31 December 2017 (both dates inclusive) at InterContinental®, Crowne,....
did they change it?


some other parts can be confusing

when you purchase a qualified night Stay with your IHG® Rewards Club Credit Card between 1 September 2017 and 31 December 2017 (both dates inclusive)

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Old Aug 12, 2017, 4:26 pm
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2,000 Stay once
10,000 Stay more (5 nights)
12,600 Stay 2 CPs
25,000 Bonus for 3 out of 3 offers
5,000 September bonus (1 stay)
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Old Aug 12, 2017, 10:15 pm
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(Original post at: http://www.thealphalion.com/register...a-2000-points/)

The previous two Accelerate promotions had a link for extra 2000 points by signing up using the following link:
http://ihgrewardsclub.com/extra2000

The link still redirects to Q2 Accelerate but I'm waiting for it to update to the Q3 accelerate before signing up for the extra 2000 points, since in the past I've always signed up too early.

Does anyone know if I sign up for Q3 Accelerate in October, will I have a "October bonus offer" instead of "September bonus offer"? Not intending to stay in Sept.
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Old Aug 15, 2017, 9:03 am
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IHG Accelerate Q3 2017 (September 1st to December 31st)

https://www.ihg.com/content/gb/en/of...accelerate2017

Some new twists among my offers, such as:

Stay at Holiday Inn®
Stay at 2 Holiday Inn® hotel(s)—including Holiday Inn Resort® and Holiday Inn Club Vacations®—and earn 5,600 bonus points.

Big Apple Bonus
Stay 2 or more nights at participating IHG® hotels in New York City and earn 4,000 bonus points

Eat, Drink and Earn
Spend $39 on food or beverages at IHG hotels and earn 600 bonus points.


Of late my offers were more biased towards 'globetrotter' and such. These enticements appear to reflect one-off activities I had in 2016, not before, not after.
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Old Aug 15, 2017, 9:19 am
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One of my offers was

Stay at Holiday Inn Express®
Stay at 0 Holiday Inn Express® hotel(s) and earn 0 bonus points.

Think I can manage that one!
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Old Aug 15, 2017, 9:21 am
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My offers are different this time, although some of them are very generous and some less so.

However I have stuff like
- Stay once in September - 2,500
- Stay once - 1,500
- Weekend Stay - 8,000

However there is also stuff like:
Stay 10 nights - 16,000
Stay at 5 differnent HIX - 18,000
Stay using Corp Rate - 4.000

Good thing about those first 4 is I can tick them off in one stay in September if it's a weekend, very easy 12k.
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Old Aug 15, 2017, 11:44 am
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Originally Posted by OtleyFlyer
One of my offers was

Stay at Holiday Inn Express®
Stay at 0 Holiday Inn Express® hotel(s) and earn 0 bonus points.

Think I can manage that one!
I had that one as well in the email they sent me with my offers
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Old Aug 15, 2017, 1:00 pm
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So am I interpreting this part of my Q3 Accelerate offers correctly...

5,600 Change Your View®
Stay at 2 Holiday Inn® hotel(s)—including Holiday Inn Resort® and Holiday Inn Club Vacations®—and earn 5,600 bonus points.


Terms State: Stays at Holiday Inn Resorts®, Holiday Inn Select and the Holiday Inn Club Vacations® properties count as Stays at the Holiday Inn® brand.

Meaning staying at two different hotels of the "Holiday Inn Only" brand including Holiday Inn Resorts/Vacations - but EXCLUDING Holiday Inn Express correct?
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Old Aug 15, 2017, 1:09 pm
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Originally Posted by Tony300S
So am I interpreting this part of my Q3 Accelerate offers correctly...

5,600 Change Your View®
Stay at 2 Holiday Inn® hotel(s)—including Holiday Inn Resort® and Holiday Inn Club Vacations®—and earn 5,600 bonus points.


Terms State: Stays at Holiday Inn Resorts®, Holiday Inn Select and the Holiday Inn Club Vacations® properties count as Stays at the Holiday Inn® brand.

Meaning staying at two different hotels of the "Holiday Inn Only" brand including Holiday Inn Resorts/Vacations - but EXCLUDING Holiday Inn Express correct?
correct, Holiday Inn Express is seperate. There's also promos that go "Stay at 2 different Holiday Inn Express" that ONLY count Express.
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Old Aug 15, 2017, 2:12 pm
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My offer showed up today and this is what I received:

2000 Stay once get 2000 points
1500 Spend on IHG Rewards Credit Card – Book and pay for one stay
60000 Stay More. Stay 30 nights and earn 60000 bonus points
1000 Earn when you redeem points for anything
4000 A bonus weekend stay. Stay any weekend and earn 4000 points
4000 Your ACHIEVEMENT BONUS for completing 4 of 5 tasks (NOT MUCH OF AN ACHIEVEMENT BONUS)

3000 Stay 2 or more nights in NYC
5000 Stay once in September and get 5000 points
500 Registration bonus

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Old Aug 15, 2017, 5:31 pm
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My offer:

1) 2,000 Stay Once, Get 2,000 bonus points

2) 10,000 Stay More, Earn More Get closer to the rewards you want when you stay 5 night(s) and earn

3) 2,400 Stay for Less and Earn Earn 2,400 bonus points when you book 1 stay(s) using Points & Cash.

4) 1,500 Spend on your IHG® Rewards Club Credit Card Book and pay for one stay with your IHG® Rewards Club Credit Card and earn bonus points.

5) 24,100 Your Achievement Bonus Complete 3 of the 4 offers and earn (an additional) 24,100 bonus points.

6) 3,000 Big Apple Bonus Stay 2 or more nights at participating IHG® hotels in New York City and earn

7) 3,000 September Bonus Offer Stay once in September and get 3,000 bonus points.

My question is this:
I have a paid stay in Sept and November. Will this satisfy 3 of 4 to get bonus (1 + 4 + 7)) or are 1 and 7 the same thing?
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Old Aug 15, 2017, 6:40 pm
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Originally Posted by Paulchili
My offer:

1) 2,000 Stay Once, Get 2,000 bonus points

2) 10,000 Stay More, Earn More Get closer to the rewards you want when you stay 5 night(s) and earn

3) 2,400 Stay for Less and Earn Earn 2,400 bonus points when you book 1 stay(s) using Points & Cash.

4) 1,500 Spend on your IHG® Rewards Club Credit Card Book and pay for one stay with your IHG® Rewards Club Credit Card and earn bonus points.

5) 24,100 Your Achievement Bonus Complete 3 of the 4 offers and earn (an additional) 24,100 bonus points.

6) 3,000 Big Apple Bonus Stay 2 or more nights at participating IHG® hotels in New York City and earn

7) 3,000 September Bonus Offer Stay once in September and get 3,000 bonus points.

My question is this:
I have a paid stay in Sept and November. Will this satisfy 3 of 4 to get bonus (1 + 4 + 7)) or are 1 and 7 the same thing?
TIA
Only numbers 1-4 are the qualifying activity for the bonus. Also check the terms of those to see if the stay needs to be booked AND consumed during the period.

Task 5 is the bonus and 6 & 7 are further incidental boni unrelated to 5.
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Old Aug 15, 2017, 8:12 pm
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What wording should I look for in the offer rules to see if a stay must be booked between September 1 and December 31?

I've read through them all very closely, but I need to book a September 2 stay and would rather do that now if it'll count towards my offers.
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Old Aug 15, 2017, 9:14 pm
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Originally Posted by DAB_Flyer
What wording should I look for in the offer rules to see if a stay must be booked between September 1 and December 31?

I've read through them all very closely, but I need to book a September 2 stay and would rather do that now if it'll count towards my offers.
I don't have any tasks that require booking within the period, they all state, "which must be completed between 1 September 2017 and 31 December 2017."

If you were to have condition that the stay must be booked during that period as well it would state so within the same phrase, something along the line of 'booked and completed between.....'
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