25,000 bonus point package (+$79)
Dec 19, 2017, 8:10 am
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25,000 bonus point package (+$79)
Holy cow never saw this before. Going to end the year at 65K elite points so was looking for a few 5k bonus point packages.
Holiday Inn Express Boston - Cambridge
$89 cheapest rate , $169 25K bonus points. Even without elite points that is 5 pointbreak nights @ $15.80 a night.
what is the likelihood those points will automatically post as elite qualifying, if not will customer service manually make them elite?
Holiday Inn Express Boston - Cambridge
$89 cheapest rate , $169 25K bonus points. Even without elite points that is 5 pointbreak nights @ $15.80 a night.
what is the likelihood those points will automatically post as elite qualifying, if not will customer service manually make them elite?
Dec 19, 2017, 10:46 am
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It's been my impression that bonus points offered by a specific property, rather than ones indicated as an IHG-specific item (1K/5K), are generally not elite-qualifying.
Dec 19, 2017, 7:31 pm
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Holy cow never saw this before. Going to end the year at 65K elite points so was looking for a few 5k bonus point packages.
Holiday Inn Express Boston - Cambridge
$89 cheapest rate , $169 25K bonus points. Even without elite points that is 5 pointbreak nights @ $15.80 a night.
what is the likelihood those points will automatically post as elite qualifying, if not will customer service manually make them elite?
Holiday Inn Express Boston - Cambridge
$89 cheapest rate , $169 25K bonus points. Even without elite points that is 5 pointbreak nights @ $15.80 a night.
what is the likelihood those points will automatically post as elite qualifying, if not will customer service manually make them elite?
25k hotel bonus will not post initially as EQPs , and IHG CS desk will not change to EQPs either.
EQP Bonuses are in range 1-5k only, so yes looks like you need 2x separate nights with 5k bonus points or spend us$500++ per night on your rooms. If you stay 2x consec nights you are not meant to get the 5k (x2) , as it is 5k per stay (independent of checkin/checkout attempts)
Dec 19, 2017, 8:19 pm
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Holy cow never saw this before. Going to end the year at 65K elite points so was looking for a few 5k bonus point packages.
Holiday Inn Express Boston - Cambridge
$89 cheapest rate , $169 25K bonus points. Even without elite points that is 5 pointbreak nights @ $15.80 a night.
what is the likelihood those points will automatically post as elite qualifying, if not will customer service manually make them elite?
Holiday Inn Express Boston - Cambridge
$89 cheapest rate , $169 25K bonus points. Even without elite points that is 5 pointbreak nights @ $15.80 a night.
what is the likelihood those points will automatically post as elite qualifying, if not will customer service manually make them elite?
Dec 20, 2017, 1:01 am
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No not EQP pts, as an hotel offering. Historically some hotels offered 10k bonus (10k bonus was never offered by IHG themselves) and incorrectly managed to post as EQPs, which IHG have now prevented happening going forwards.
25k hotel bonus will not post initially as EQPs , and IHG CS desk will not change to EQPs either.
EQP Bonuses are in range 1-5k only, so yes looks like you need 2x separate nights with 5k bonus points or spend us$500++ per night on your rooms. If you stay 2x consec nights you are not meant to get the 5k (x2) , as it is 5k per stay (independent of checkin/checkout attempts)
25k hotel bonus will not post initially as EQPs , and IHG CS desk will not change to EQPs either.
EQP Bonuses are in range 1-5k only, so yes looks like you need 2x separate nights with 5k bonus points or spend us$500++ per night on your rooms. If you stay 2x consec nights you are not meant to get the 5k (x2) , as it is 5k per stay (independent of checkin/checkout attempts)
I would go online to IHG and chat with them and ask. I just looked online and it says 25K BONUS PTS PER NT. I don't know what the NT stands for!
But Scubbccr I may be reading your post incorrectly but are you saying the 10,000 bonus point options some hotels offer to pay more to get aren't qualifying points? I have been staying at a hotel that offers the 10,000 points per night and they are qualifying. I got Spire in a month only doing 7 stays!
Dec 20, 2017, 1:43 am
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I would go online to IHG and chat with them and ask. I just looked online and it says 25K BONUS PTS PER NT. I don't know what the NT stands for!
But Scubbccr I may be reading your post incorrectly but are you saying the 10,000 bonus point options some hotels offer to pay more to get aren't qualifying points? I have been staying at a hotel that offers the 10,000 points per night and they are qualifying. I got Spire in a month only doing 7 stays!
But Scubbccr I may be reading your post incorrectly but are you saying the 10,000 bonus point options some hotels offer to pay more to get aren't qualifying points? I have been staying at a hotel that offers the 10,000 points per night and they are qualifying. I got Spire in a month only doing 7 stays!
You are not suppose to get 10K bonus points as EQP as per terms and condition. But we do have reports occasionally (very rare but it did happen) that some unidentified property had magical 10K Bonus Points which became EQP.
Dec 20, 2017, 2:28 pm
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Holy cow never saw this before. Going to end the year at 65K elite points so was looking for a few 5k bonus point packages.
Holiday Inn Express Boston - Cambridge
$89 cheapest rate , $169 25K bonus points. Even without elite points that is 5 pointbreak nights @ $15.80 a night.
what is the likelihood those points will automatically post as elite qualifying, if not will customer service manually make them elite?
Holiday Inn Express Boston - Cambridge
$89 cheapest rate , $169 25K bonus points. Even without elite points that is 5 pointbreak nights @ $15.80 a night.
what is the likelihood those points will automatically post as elite qualifying, if not will customer service manually make them elite?
Dec 21, 2017, 12:22 am
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I have asked many different representatives through the online chat numerous times if these 10,000 points count toward elite qualifying and they say yes they do each time!