‘The Big Win’ from IHG Rewards Club returns in January

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• Wesi says:

  14 Dec14 December 14:10

  My criteria is:

  Stay a total of 18 nights and earn 13,600 points
  Stay at 4 different IHG brand and earn 12,800 points
  Book 3 stays through the Best Flexible Rate with Breakfast and earn 2,800 points.
  views.dashboard.offer.dd.copy – 20,000 points – no idea what this one is just yet !?
  Complete a simple survey and earn 100 points
  Stay 3 Saturday nights and earn 5,600 points
  Stay at 8 Holiday Inn Express® hotels and earn 9,600 points
  Complete 7 of your offers and earn 65,000 points

  Potentially 129,500 points and a planned trip to NYC more likely.

  Considering that we got a 4 weeks trip to the US booked for next month it’ll be achievable for me – even though 13 of those nights will be in a non-group hotel due to circumstances beyond our control. But does anyone know yet what the “views.dashboard.offer.dd.copy ” could be?

• Alba says:

  14 Dec14 December 15:07

  My offer is:

  8k for a total of 4 nights
  16k for 2 different brands
  16k for 2 different cities, in the UK or Europe
  8k for 2 Saturday nights
  8k for 2 Holiday Inn stays
  24k from the Big Win

  I’ll be staying in hotels for 16 nights during January alone so this seems very achievable.

• Isolde says:

  14 Dec14 December 15:40

  My offer is broadly similar to Q4:

  5 nights – 8,400 pts
  2 brands – 9,600 pts
  2 Crowne Plaza – 7,200 pts
  2 Direct Bookings – 1,900 pts
  2 City stays – 9,600
  2 Weekends – 4,800
  dashboard.offer.dd.copy – 20,000 pts (Any ideas what this is?)
  Big win complete all 7 – 27,000 pts
  TOTAL – 88,500pts

• Mark says:

  14 Dec14 December 16:10

  I’ve a typical set:
  8800 pts for 6 nights
  17600 for 3 brands
  4800 for 2 Saturdays
  1500 for using an IHG credit card to book with (I do anyway!)
  5600 for 3 (presumably different?) Holiday Inn hotels

  All fairly easy for me. But the odd one is:
  “Live the city life. Stay at 2 of the following locations below and earn 9,600 points”. The locations are:
  · Madrid: Hotel Indigo, Gran Via
  · Amsterdam:Crowne Plaza, Amsterdam South
  · Munich: Holiday Inn Express, Messe
  · Paris: InterContinental, Avenue Marceau
  And most IHG group hotels in London.
  My question is: Do you have to stay in two different CITIES, or would any 2 London hotels count??

  And I get 10000 points for doing 5 out of the above six tasks.

  • Rob says:

    14 Dec14 December 18:21

    I know someone who got it triggered last time with 2 in London. And someone who didn’t.

  • Brian says:

    14 Dec14 December 18:25

    You might also find that all or most IHG hotels in the other cities (Paris, Madrid etc) also apply – not just the ones mentioned. That’s how it was with the autumn Big Win – you should be able to check a ful list. The terms and conditions did make it clear that it was two different locations last time, but if Raffles knows somebody who had that particular task completed with 2 in London (it didn’t work for me), then that’s just another example of IHG’s computing system messing up – again – so you might be lucky!

    • Rob says:

      14 Dec14 December 20:37

      If it didn’t work for you either, I think people should assume that you DO need different cities. However, in my Mum’s case I will hit London properties early on anyway and see if that triggers it, and if not I may need to do a Reward Flight Saver to Manchester for the day!

  • Isolde says:

    15 Dec15 December 16:03

    TheT&C imply that it is different cities. butcan always hope that we get through.

    Number of bonus points or miles listed above will be rewarded after stays at required number of distinct cities from the following list of cities: London, Birmingham, Paris, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Amsterdam, Rome, Madrid and Moscow between 1 September 2013 and 31 December 2013 (both dates inclusive)

• Brian says:

  14 Dec14 December 17:38

  You do have to be a bit careful about whether it’s actually worth trying to do the Big Win. For example, the best flexible rate with breakfast is always much more expensive than the best available rate – and of course you can get stays much cheaper using the special deals (2 for 1 or 35% off). So you need to work out whether the bonus points you get are worth the extra expense. I think IHG simply want people to think – ‘Aha, bonus points – must get those!’.

  In the autumn Big Win, I booked Best Available rates every time to ensure that the stays posted, since the 35% off or 2for1 rates can be problematic, and I know that I spent a significant amount more. It was worth it in the end, but it did make the bonus points I earned worth less.

• David L says:

  14 Dec14 December 19:09

  Mine seems pretty generous, given I achieved the last Big Win:

  7 nights: 13.8k
  4 brands: 28.8k
  1 Flex w/Brek: 3k
  2 Locations: 14.4k
  2 Saturdays: 7.2k
  3 App bookings: 8.4k
  2 Crowne Plaza stays: 10.8k
  Win Big Bonus: 86.6k!!

  Grand total of 172.4k and perfectly achievable (although a lot easier if two different London hotels counts as 2 locations as mentioned before).

  • Rob says:

    14 Dec14 December 20:36

    Wow, that is a real result!

• Will says:

  14 Dec14 December 19:58

  Any clues on what “views.dashboard.offer.dd.header” might be yet?

  • Rob says:

    14 Dec14 December 20:35

    No, hope its nothing too painful!

    • Will says:

      14 Dec14 December 20:45

      5 nights 8.4k
      2 brands 9.6k
      views.dashboard.offer.dd.header 20k
      Survey 100 points
      2 Saturdays 4.8k
      Book twice on app 4.8k
      2 HIX 4.8k
      Win big (Complete all) 53k

      Worried about the views.dashboard.offer.dd.header due to value, otherwise a straight forward 105,500 points

• Mark says:

  14 Dec14 December 23:51

  I seem to have a total of 9,000 points on offer for 2 stays at 2 Crowne Plaza hotels, one of which must be best flexible rate with breakfast and at least 4 nights in total.

  I don’t think I’ll be bothering…..

  Is this random, or am being penalised for having a long standing dormant account?

  Seems rather odd.

  • Rob says:

    15 Dec15 December 08:10

    That is the worst so far, I admit!

  • Brian says:

    15 Dec15 December 09:10

    Given that the default option for new accounts gives you 31,000, I suspect that you’ve missed something. If not, then get your other half or a friend to open up a new account…

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