Apr 12, 2018, 8:50 pm
Last edit by: beachmouse
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)
For a task that says 'Stay X number of times at a Holiday Inn Express' (or Holiday Inn, Intercontinental, etc.) each stay must be at a different property for it to fully credit rather than staying at the same property multiple times.
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)
'Redeem points' award nights only count for the 'redeem points' task and no other tasks. (example- an award night does not count toward 'Stay X number of nights')
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/q2accelerate2018
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)
For a task that says 'Stay X number of times at a Holiday Inn Express' (or Holiday Inn, Intercontinental, etc.) each stay must be at a different property for it to fully credit rather than staying at the same property multiple times.
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)
'Redeem points' award nights only count for the 'redeem points' task and no other tasks. (example- an award night does not count toward 'Stay X number of nights')
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/q2accelerate2018
Accelerate 1 May 2018 - 31 July 2018
May 31, 2018, 5:44 am
#181
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Just to make sure: I have 7 tasks + stay once in May thing, then there's the complete 6 out of 7 tasks bonus. I won't be doing any stay in May (as today is the last day), and that one doesn't count into the complete 6 out 7 tasks bonus?
TIA!
TIA!
May 31, 2018, 10:49 am
#182
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By this weekend I expect to complete most of my tasks for the promo and cinch the bonus. I'll have a stay that meets my nights target and the "Book 2 stays with the app" target. The one target I won't have hit is "Stay at 2 Holiday Inns". I'll have stayed at one. I may make a point of staying at second HI later in June or July to hit that target as it's worth about 8,400 bonus points.
Who else is done or nearly done with the promo?
Who else is done or nearly done with the promo?
Jun 1, 2018, 12:35 am
#183
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Correct. The "May Bonus Offer" does not count as one of the 6/7 tasks you must complete for the Achievement Bonus.
Jun 1, 2018, 1:36 am
#184
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Jun 1, 2018, 11:50 am
#185
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Jun 3, 2018, 12:26 pm
#187
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My challenges include "stay one weekend...". I had a stay from Sunday till Saturday, and somehow that ticked off that challenge.
Jun 6, 2018, 12:41 am
#188
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not for me....had my last stay over a week ago & its now been a week since my stay posted....but no accelerate points yet & all my tasks still show as incomplete....
Jun 6, 2018, 8:55 am
#190
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So far everything related to stays and redemptions has been updated on the dashboard, and the points have posted, right away.
However, I did have a credit card statement close on Monday (that included spend on IHG hotels) and the points transferred to my account yesterday morning, but so far the dashboard activity for charging a stay to my IHG card has not been updated.
However, I did have a credit card statement close on Monday (that included spend on IHG hotels) and the points transferred to my account yesterday morning, but so far the dashboard activity for charging a stay to my IHG card has not been updated.
Jun 6, 2018, 2:59 pm
#191
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Jun 7, 2018, 7:50 am
#193
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Jun 9, 2018, 9:42 am
#195
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