No Accelerate promo for Q3
Aug 27, 2018, 3:23 am
#1
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Join Date: Mar 2017
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No Accelerate promo for Q3
As August draws to a close, are we getting a new Accelerate promo starting 1 September? If not, I guess I might as well book my upcoming stays elsewhere...
Aug 27, 2018, 3:37 am
#2
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Central Scotland
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There never is, normally they launch another one in late September, which lasts until 31 December
Aug 27, 2018, 4:15 am
#4
Join Date: Sep 2012
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2017 was 1st Sep - 15th Dec - https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/inte...-december.html
2016 was Sep - 31st Dec - ??? inconsistant thread names! ... each person creating the thread ie accelerate, 3Q, Q3 etc
2015 was 1st Sep - 31st Dec - https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/inte...on-2015-a.html
Aug 27, 2018, 8:18 am
#5
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Cleveland, OH USA
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I would guess that with the promotion " Up to 5Kpoint from second stay and up to 30%off" running until September 16th that we will not see a new offer until then. Then the new offer probably will run through the end of the year.
Aug 27, 2018, 9:39 am
#6
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 5,596
Being as that is a USA only promotion, the rest of the world are rapidly moving stays away from IHG. I am only staying in IC's at the moment so I renew my RA. The rest has gone to other chains.
Aug 27, 2018, 10:24 am
#7
Join Date: Feb 2012
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The promotions are apparently not quarterly. I mistakenly assumed this too. Many blogs write them up as "Q2 / Q4" etc promotion, but that's inaccurate
Doctor of Credit has a good writeup on it
https://www.doctorofcredit.com/is-ih...r-for-q3-2018/
I'd hope to see something by September 1st
Doctor of Credit has a good writeup on it
https://www.doctorofcredit.com/is-ih...r-for-q3-2018/
I'd hope to see something by September 1st
Aug 27, 2018, 10:36 am
#8
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 5,596
The promotions are apparently not quarterly. I mistakenly assumed this too. Many blogs write them up as "Q2 / Q4" etc promotion, but that's inaccurate
Doctor of Credit has a good writeup on it
https://www.doctorofcredit.com/is-ih...r-for-q3-2018/
I'd hope to see something by September 1st
Doctor of Credit has a good writeup on it
https://www.doctorofcredit.com/is-ih...r-for-q3-2018/
I'd hope to see something by September 1st
Aug 27, 2018, 11:36 am
#9
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The last one has this web address:
www.ihg.com/content/us/en/offers/q2accelerate2018
Aug 27, 2018, 1:42 pm
#10
Join Date: Jan 2007
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The main promotion has mainly been in thirds rather than quarters for a good few years now.
It's worth remembering that IHG have form for starting and finishing promotions on random dates as opposed to the first or last day of a month so if there is to be a promotion it may not necessarily start on September 1st.
Over the last four years one has started on September 4th (2014) and another September 6th (2016) and IIRC one of those also wasn't announced until two days before.
It's worth remembering that IHG have form for starting and finishing promotions on random dates as opposed to the first or last day of a month so if there is to be a promotion it may not necessarily start on September 1st.
Over the last four years one has started on September 4th (2014) and another September 6th (2016) and IIRC one of those also wasn't announced until two days before.
Aug 27, 2018, 4:31 pm
#11
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The main promotion has mainly been in thirds rather than quarters for a good few years now.
It's worth remembering that IHG have form for starting and finishing promotions on random dates as opposed to the first or last day of a month so if there is to be a promotion it may not necessarily start on September 1st.
Over the last four years one has started on September 4th (2014) and another September 6th (2016) and IIRC one of those also wasn't announced until two days before.
It's worth remembering that IHG have form for starting and finishing promotions on random dates as opposed to the first or last day of a month so if there is to be a promotion it may not necessarily start on September 1st.
Over the last four years one has started on September 4th (2014) and another September 6th (2016) and IIRC one of those also wasn't announced until two days before.
However Q2 lasted three months, not four.
Whenever someone says "never", they're usually wrong, as others have mentioned.
Aug 27, 2018, 9:15 pm
#12
Join Date: Aug 2017
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I certainly hope one starts up in September. I just blew through a crap ton of points. I'm also holding off on renewing ambassador.
Aug 27, 2018, 11:29 pm
#13
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 575
As someone that stays in 4 hotels a week, this USA based 2,000 bonus points per stay almost equals the accelerate for me! For people that stay a lot the accelerate are almost impossible to reach sometimes! For this 2,000 extra bonus points I may be getting close to 30,000 bonus points for this stay! Really no different between this and accelerate for me!
Aug 28, 2018, 8:47 am
#14
Join Date: Aug 2017
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As someone that stays in 4 hotels a week, this USA based 2,000 bonus points per stay almost equals the accelerate for me! For people that stay a lot the accelerate are almost impossible to reach sometimes! For this 2,000 extra bonus points I may be getting close to 30,000 bonus points for this stay! Really no different between this and accelerate for me!
Aug 30, 2018, 11:48 pm
#15
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Gold Country, California
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Didn't envision having anything to contribute because I'm of the mindset that it will happen when it happens. That is until today when I received an email about the 20-30% end of summer savings. Book by Sept. 16, nonrefundable. Surprised to find this to be a really good deal for a property I'm staying at in October. Will be annoyed if one of the Accelerate tasks requires booking within the dates of Accelerate (assuming there is an Accelerate). Does anyone know on these 20-30% deals if there's a limited number of rooms or if the rate exists as long as available rooms exist?