IHG Rewards Club ‘flash sale’ returns on Friday 16th for 48 hours

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• Ian says:

  10 Jan10 January 23:31

  Darn it! Just booked three non-refundable nights in Kensington in February. Probably could have saved a fair bit with this sale.

  • Waribai says:

    11 Jan11 January 10:38

    Change the credit card on your profile to a prepaid amex and as long as you haven’t been charged yet, you might not have to pay…

• Andi Hawes says:

  12 Jan12 January 07:14

  i guess i dont need Platinum Status when i book but when i stay, to get benefits?

  • Rob says:

    12 Jan12 January 10:55

    Yes.

• Andi Hawes says:

  12 Jan12 January 09:47

  how far in advance can we book?

  • Rob says:

    12 Jan12 January 10:50

    Probably February 14th or February 16th based on the last flash sales.

    • Andi Hawes says:

      12 Jan12 January 10:52

      only a month?

      • Rob says:

        12 Jan12 January 10:58

        I honestly don’t know, the advance info I have been given by IHG doesn’t say anything else apart from the fact that 600 hotels are taking part. The bottom line is that business travel is back in full swing from late January – once everyone has settled down again after Christmas and New Year – and there is no reason for heavy discounting in what is effectively peak period up to Easter.

• Andi Hawes says:

  12 Jan12 January 11:07

  i was just in the middle of planning every stay up to Easter, possibly in a Crowne Plaza, out side Central London, for a possible £29 a night 🙁

• trickster says:

  12 Jan12 January 12:46

  Has anyone made use of the Into The Nights free nights yet?
  I’ve got until 31st Jan to decide whether to take the certificate or 25k points – I’m undecided based on hearing that the free nights are not from the same pool as reward nights.

  • julie says:

    12 Jan12 January 12:54

    I received mine on Friday and looked at Paris and Rome to use it on the first weekend in June. There seemed to be plenty of availability across the months in these 2 locations in the Inter continentals but I ended up booking the Hotel Indigo in Paris rather than the Le Grand. I have a feeling I should have booked the Le Grand but time will tell

    • trickster says:

      12 Jan12 January 12:56

      Thanks for the reply – that’s encouraging.

    • Rob says:

      12 Jan12 January 15:03

      They are virtually next door so nothing stops you popping in for a drink or look at the (astonishing) ballroom! Upside of Indigo – not that I have been in as it just opened – is that the base level rooms appear bigger. Neither hotel offers free breakfast so you’re not missing out on that.

  • Rob says:

    12 Jan12 January 15:04

    It now seems that they ARE the same pool, except that you need to use them by the end of the year whilst points never expire

    • Trickster says:

      12 Jan12 January 21:29

      Okay, that’s interesting. Thanks

  • Roger C says:

    12 Jan12 January 21:30

    I used both of mine for the IC in NYC. No problem with availability in the summer. Given the current prices they’re quoting for these dates it’s a generous promotion.

• Nick says:

  13 Jan13 January 19:00

  I used mine in Paris for the weekend the Tour de France finishes at the Avenue Marceau. Seems like a great way to spend a few days 🙂

• Gavin says:

  14 Jan14 January 08:08

  Is there any official word from IHG that these discounted rates will count towards the Set Your Sights promotion. Some people say yes and other’s no.

  • Rob says:

    14 Jan14 January 08:22

    They SEEM to be counting but you can never be sure because in some cases the discounts are not that big and so they would always have counted. It is a bit odd that the promo is ONLY for IHG Rewards Club members and they might make them non qualifying!

    I have a relative in the Holiday Inn Kensington this week on my account – if that posts (the discount is huge at £49 per night so it shouldn’t) then we can assume that they will all post. However, by the time it posts the new Flash Sale will be over …..

    • Twobfair says:

      14 Jan14 January 13:31

      So if the discount is quite small as is usually the case with the cheaper properties, they should post? That’s what has happend on previous promotions.

    • Gavin says:

      14 Jan14 January 13:34

      Thanks for the reply, so the thoughts are it depends on how heavy the discount is?

• Gavin says:

  14 Jan14 January 13:55

  What about a 55% discount?

  • Rob says:

    14 Jan14 January 14:16

    Any discount lower than 30% off Best Flexible Rate gets points – that is the general IHG rule. If a hotel was £100 Best Flex and you paid £70 in the Flash Sale you would get the points regardless.

    It is less clear if paying £49 on a £150 Best Flex rate gets points, I will find out next week.

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