IHG promotion: double points and accelerator (Sep 16 - Dec 31 [extended from Dec 16])
#211
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Long Beach, CA
Programs: AA PLTPRO, HH Diamond, IHG Plat, Marriott Plat, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 3,559
Thanks for confirming - I have a bunch of upcoming travel, but not enough to fully satisfy the 2nd Night task and earn 15K points from that one. Based on the feedback, I've cancelled stays where I was going out of my way to stay at IHG properties instead of my usual Hiltons.
I wonder if it's just the usually poorly conceived and/or worded IHG promo, or something more nefarious on their part
I wonder if it's just the usually poorly conceived and/or worded IHG promo, or something more nefarious on their part
#212
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: SNA/LAX
Programs: Hertz PC, Hilton DMD, IHG Spire Amb, Bonvoy Titanium Elite & WoH Globalist
Posts: 8,076
Thanks for confirming - I have a bunch of upcoming travel, but not enough to fully satisfy the 2nd Night task and earn 15K points from that one. Based on the feedback, I've cancelled stays where I was going out of my way to stay at IHG properties instead of my usual Hiltons.
I wonder if it's just the usually poorly conceived and/or worded IHG promo, or something more nefarious on their part
I wonder if it's just the usually poorly conceived and/or worded IHG promo, or something more nefarious on their part
Again, not worth it if you doing mattress run!
#213
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Cheshire
Programs: HH Diamond, IHG Diamond Am Elite, Best Western Gold, Marriott Bonvoy Gold, Radisson Rewards Gold
Posts: 1,712
I don’t have any kind of achievement bonus, which suits me because I always miss out on it, because they insist on targeting me with two night weekend stays.
So I will just complete two tasks;
Stay at 4 brands for 35,200
Stay at 3 Holiday Inns for 9,600
Anything extra in double points along the way I’ll take, but after I’ve completed those two I’m done.
I’d rather earn double Hilton Points all day long, rather than double IHG Points.
So that’s exactly what I’ll be doing, anything else will probably go in the direction of Marriott/ SPG unless I absolutely have to use IHG.
I’m awash with IHG Points and have resorted to converting into Amazon vouchers to use up.
Every time I try and book an IHG redemption I get “No reward nights available”,
if there is availability I know I’m going to get hit with a charge for breakfast for 2 people, which I don’t get at Hilton!
So I will just complete two tasks;
Stay at 4 brands for 35,200
Stay at 3 Holiday Inns for 9,600
Anything extra in double points along the way I’ll take, but after I’ve completed those two I’m done.
I’d rather earn double Hilton Points all day long, rather than double IHG Points.
So that’s exactly what I’ll be doing, anything else will probably go in the direction of Marriott/ SPG unless I absolutely have to use IHG.
I’m awash with IHG Points and have resorted to converting into Amazon vouchers to use up.
Every time I try and book an IHG redemption I get “No reward nights available”,
if there is availability I know I’m going to get hit with a charge for breakfast for 2 people, which I don’t get at Hilton!
#214
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Italy/Germany
Programs: AA EXP, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 151
#215
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: SNA/LAX
Programs: Hertz PC, Hilton DMD, IHG Spire Amb, Bonvoy Titanium Elite & WoH Globalist
Posts: 8,076
15,000 Double Your Stay Earn double points on every stay, starting with your second stay, up to 15,000 bonus points. 14% In Progress BOOK NOW
16,000 Discover Our Brands Stay at 2 brands and get 16,000 bonus points. Completed
12,000 Saturday Stays Bonus Stay 2 weekend(s), including a Saturday night and another night, and earn 12,000 bonus points. Completed
6,600 Earn More, Faster Earn 6,600 bonus points when you book 2 Bonus Points Package stay(s) and get to your next reward faster. Completed
34,600 Your Achievement Bonus Complete 4 of the 4 offers and earn (an additional) 34,600 bonus points. 75% In Progress BOOK NOW
16,000 Discover Our Brands Stay at 2 brands and get 16,000 bonus points. Completed
12,000 Saturday Stays Bonus Stay 2 weekend(s), including a Saturday night and another night, and earn 12,000 bonus points. Completed
6,600 Earn More, Faster Earn 6,600 bonus points when you book 2 Bonus Points Package stay(s) and get to your next reward faster. Completed
34,600 Your Achievement Bonus Complete 4 of the 4 offers and earn (an additional) 34,600 bonus points. 75% In Progress BOOK NOW
#216
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Somewhere in Europe
Posts: 3,362
I don’t have any kind of achievement bonus, which suits me because I always miss out on it, because they insist on targeting me with two night weekend stays.
So I will just complete two tasks;
Stay at 4 brands for 35,200
Stay at 3 Holiday Inns for 9,600
Anything extra in double points along the way I’ll take, but after I’ve completed those two I’m done.
I’d rather earn double Hilton Points all day long, rather than double IHG Points.
So that’s exactly what I’ll be doing, anything else will probably go in the direction of Marriott/ SPG unless I absolutely have to use IHG.
I’m awash with IHG Points and have resorted to converting into Amazon vouchers to use up.
Every time I try and book an IHG redemption I get “No reward nights available”,
if there is availability I know I’m going to get hit with a charge for breakfast for 2 people, which I don’t get at Hilton!
So I will just complete two tasks;
Stay at 4 brands for 35,200
Stay at 3 Holiday Inns for 9,600
Anything extra in double points along the way I’ll take, but after I’ve completed those two I’m done.
I’d rather earn double Hilton Points all day long, rather than double IHG Points.
So that’s exactly what I’ll be doing, anything else will probably go in the direction of Marriott/ SPG unless I absolutely have to use IHG.
I’m awash with IHG Points and have resorted to converting into Amazon vouchers to use up.
Every time I try and book an IHG redemption I get “No reward nights available”,
if there is availability I know I’m going to get hit with a charge for breakfast for 2 people, which I don’t get at Hilton!
#217
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Cheshire
Programs: HH Diamond, IHG Diamond Am Elite, Best Western Gold, Marriott Bonvoy Gold, Radisson Rewards Gold
Posts: 1,712
Yes, I imagine next time the brand requirement will increase again for me, we’ll see.
i just wish they’d stop targeting me for paid 2 night weekend stays, I’m really unlikely to ever do that!
i’d hope that by reducing my participation the targets would also reduce!
i just wish they’d stop targeting me for paid 2 night weekend stays, I’m really unlikely to ever do that!
i’d hope that by reducing my participation the targets would also reduce!
#218
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 1,884
Funny thing about this one.... I have moved most of my stays to Hilton over the last 2 years, but I still use IHG properties where they make sense for me geographically. This week I had a trip to a customer in Kentucky, and the nearest Hilton property was about 12 miles away. There is a HIX a mile or so away, and a Staybridge about 1/4 mile.
My promo is really simple this time - just two things. Stay at 3 brands, and the "Double points up to 15k" one. I would normally go with the HIX, but I already have an HI and an HIX stay during the promotion. So I booked the Staybridge, for about 2/3 the cost of the HIX.
So because of the promo, I am going to spend less money with IHG *and* earn almost 29k bonus points for completing the task. I'm sure that makes sense to somebody, somewhere....
My promo is really simple this time - just two things. Stay at 3 brands, and the "Double points up to 15k" one. I would normally go with the HIX, but I already have an HI and an HIX stay during the promotion. So I booked the Staybridge, for about 2/3 the cost of the HIX.
So because of the promo, I am going to spend less money with IHG *and* earn almost 29k bonus points for completing the task. I'm sure that makes sense to somebody, somewhere....
#219
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Join Date: Sep 2017
Programs: M&S, Radisson
Posts: 758
You can't have a promo that perfectly targets every use case. You could make promo rules more complex so that there are fewer customers who may exploit it. But even than, the seller is setting up a promo under limited information (-> IHG didn't know you were going to book them anyhow) so some buyers may get a windfall profit out of the promo.
In other words, there's really nothing to see here. It just like sending customers who haven't booked for a while a $20 rebate coupon. Some customers which would have booked anyhow at the non-rebated price now can apply the coupon and receive a $20 windfall profit. However, that's okay, if the coupon incentivizes enough customers who wouldn't have booked without the rebate to make a booking.
Besides, there's also a longer-term marketing perspective to this. IHG wants you to try out several of their brands. It hopes you end up liking some of them, so that you keep booking those brands even if there is no promo running.
In other words, there's really nothing to see here. It just like sending customers who haven't booked for a while a $20 rebate coupon. Some customers which would have booked anyhow at the non-rebated price now can apply the coupon and receive a $20 windfall profit. However, that's okay, if the coupon incentivizes enough customers who wouldn't have booked without the rebate to make a booking.
Besides, there's also a longer-term marketing perspective to this. IHG wants you to try out several of their brands. It hopes you end up liking some of them, so that you keep booking those brands even if there is no promo running.
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#220
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Princeton, NJ; Lviv Ukraine
Programs: UA 3.6MM, AF/KL Lifetime Plat, BA Gold, AA 1MM, IC Spire RA, Kimpton IC, Marriott Plat, et alia
Posts: 2,732
I may be wrong about this but seems like the targets and points for these "other" offers differ from person to person, so it would make sense that these are queued up for future..
#221
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: UK
Programs: Bonvoy Gold, AA Plat, Volare Premier, VS Silver, National Emerald Elite, Hertz President Circle
Posts: 2,526
I checked this thread as I also have the dbl pts up to 15k and need 4/4 for the bonus. I have clocked 2 stays for 3 nights in total and it's showing 20% in my case with the bonus triggered once for about 3500 pts. Do we have official word from IHG that they meant to collect the full 15k to complete the task? Very poor wording in this case; I simply understood that the double pts had to be triggered and not the the max amount had to have been collected.
#222
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 1,884
I checked this thread as I also have the dbl pts up to 15k and need 4/4 for the bonus. I have clocked 2 stays for 3 nights in total and it's showing 20% in my case with the bonus triggered once for about 3500 pts. Do we have official word from IHG that they meant to collect the full 15k to complete the task? Very poor wording in this case; I simply understood that the double pts had to be triggered and not the the max amount had to have been collected.
#223
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: UK
Programs: Bonvoy Gold, AA Plat, Volare Premier, VS Silver, National Emerald Elite, Hertz President Circle
Posts: 2,526
I'm curious - do you have a "complete all tasks" bonus? If so, it would seem logical that you would need to collect the whole 15k (maybe 'logical' is a strong word, but logical in context). In my case, I don't have a bonus like that. My only items are "stay in 3 brands for 28.8k" and "double points up to 15k", so my max would be 43,800 points I will hit my 3 brands as soon as my current stay posts, but I don't know if I will have enough other stays this year to get all of the double points.
Edited: yes, I have a complete all task bonus. It's 4/4 so needs to include that one.
#224
Join Date: Dec 2009
Programs: United 1K, Frontier 100K, Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond/ Ambassador/ Milestoner
Posts: 568
One nice thing about this challenge is that the stays seem to be posting pretty quickly.
I had about 7500 bonus points from last week and my 15,000 bonus point task is showing 50% completed. So, that sure smells like you will need all 15,000 points for the task to complete.
So, I have another 7500 points and another weekend stay to go. Already hotel hopped to get my '5 different brands' and easily did the '2 app bookings'. That will be my '4 of 4'.
I should get about 180,000 points from all that, plus 15,000 spire elite points, plus 15,000 ihg credit card points, if I can get this done.
I had about 7500 bonus points from last week and my 15,000 bonus point task is showing 50% completed. So, that sure smells like you will need all 15,000 points for the task to complete.
So, I have another 7500 points and another weekend stay to go. Already hotel hopped to get my '5 different brands' and easily did the '2 app bookings'. That will be my '4 of 4'.
I should get about 180,000 points from all that, plus 15,000 spire elite points, plus 15,000 ihg credit card points, if I can get this done.
#225
Join Date: Aug 2011
Programs: Hilton Honors Diamond, IHG Spire, Marriott Titanium, Wyndham Diamond, Caesar's Diamond
Posts: 536
If it is like previous promotions, I believe the "hidden" offers will get unlocked once the primary offer is completed (the doubling up to 15K) or perhaps when the "complete X of Y offers" is triggered -- and then you get additional offers, one by one.
I may be wrong about this but seems like the targets and points for these "other" offers differ from person to person, so it would make sense that these are queued up for future..
I may be wrong about this but seems like the targets and points for these "other" offers differ from person to person, so it would make sense that these are queued up for future..