Tomorrow, May 1st, 300 hotels in the IHG Rewards Club loyalty scheme (which covers Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc) go up in points cost.
If you think that you may need a room in one of the impacted cities at any point in the next 12 months, you may want to head over to ihg.com and lock down a room.
Remember …..
IHG Rewards Club redemptions can be cancelled online
You get all your points back – instantly
There is therefore NO RISK in booking rooms on spec
The full list of properties going up in the price – and the 150 hotels coming down in price – can be found here on the IHG website. Clicking on the phrase ‘approximately 450 hotels’ opens a PDF.
Here is a summary of ALL the UK hotels going up plus a sample of the international ones (InterContinental only) in major cities:
London:
Holiday Inn Wembley up from 10,000 to 20,000 (review)
Holiday Inn Stratford (Westfield) up from 25,000 to 35,000 (review)
Holiday Inn Brent Cross up from 20,000 to 30,000
Holiday Inn Express Wimbledon South up from 15,000 to 25,000
Holiday Inn Commercial Road up from 20,000 to 30,000
Holiday Inn Express Hammersmith up from 30,000 to 35,000
Regions:
Holiday Inn Bristol City Centre up from 20,000 to 30,000
Holiday Inn Express Bristol North up from 15,000 to 25,000
Holiday Inn Express Liverpool Hoylake up from 10,000 to 15,000
Holiday Inn Milton Keynes up from 20,000 to 30,000
Holiday Inn Stoke on Trent up from 15,000 to 20,000
Holiday Inn Plymouth up from 20,000 to 25,000
Holiday Inn Express Slough up from 15,000 to 25,000
Holiday Inn Express Windsor up from 10,000 to 20,000
Three Glasgow hotels go up by 10,000 points per night
Selected InterContinental properties internationally:
InterContinental Hong Kong up from 45,000 to 50,000
InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam up from 40,000 to 50,000
InterContinental Dubai Festival City up from 45,000 to 50,000
InterContinental Melbourne The Rialto up from 40,000 to 50,000
InterContinental ANA Tokyo up from 45,000 to 50,000
InterContinental Presidente Resort Cancun up from 25,000 to 30,000
InterContinental Presidente Resort Cozumel up from 30,000 to 40,000
InterContinental Hangzhou up from 25,000 to 30,000
InterContinental Hua Hin Resort up from 25,000 to 35,000
InterContinental Samui Baan Taling Ngam Resort up from 25,000 to 35,000
InterContinental San Francisco up from 45,000 to 50,000
InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile up from 45,000 to 50,000
InterContinental Boston up from 45,000 to 50,000
InterContinental Danang Resort up from 25,000 to 35,000
If you want to book any of these properties, please head over to ihg.com TODAY! Full details of all of the IHG Rewards Club changes, including the changes to status levels on July 1st, can be found on their site here.
(Want to earn more hotel points? To see our complete list of promotions from the major chains, click here to visit our ‘Hotel Promos’ page or use the link in the menu bar at the top of the page.)
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Raffles your guide to finding the PDF with the full list isn’t easy I will can’t find that phrase after clicking on the link! Any chance of rephrasing ?
Here you go: http://www.ihg.com/content/dam/etc/media_library/branded/6c/en/gb/pdf/rc-requirement_changes.pdf
There are only three hyperlinked phrases on the page though!
I was also scratching my head with finding the list as I was trying to access it from my iPhone. It does not take you to the correct page on the phone and I had to click it on my laptop.
I wanted to book one of the Thailand intercontinentals for next Easter, but they don’t have a single reward night open for any date in the next 12 months, so no chance you’d be able to book one of those.
Not sure if they’ve closed of all inventory until after the increase, or whether they just never have any.
Any thoughts of a lack of a non-American promotion this period? I have not even had the stay X get Y email.
After having unrealistic targets in the last 3 big promotions, this is yet more disappointment with this chain. Marriott is getting the benefit.
You don’t need to have got the email to register for the stay x, get y offer. Loyalty Lobby has a number of different offers, depending on how many nights you think you might be staying. Go there and see which one is best for you.
Have to point out that reward stays have the same cancellation policy with the BFR. In the rare cases where hotels are extremely busy, reward stays are made non-cancellable too. It can happen so it pays to double check before you book.
The HI Wembley is totally blacked out after July 9th, with only a small amount of availability unto then.
Very odd. I have 3 nights there next week for a friend.
On Wenesday I got the next bank holiday ok except for one night, and yesterday I booked a three night stay next April without difficulty.
How long have folks been waiting for setyoursights challenge points to post? I have done all mine a week ago and they havd not posted with the stay credit. In past promotions I often got thd challenge points at same time as the stays posted or very soon after. Cause for alarm or should I leave ig another week before posting missing points request?
Hmmm….I’ve just booked the IC HK and been charged the “old” rate.
Thanks for the heads up, just saved 5,000 points!
Weirdly, some of the increases have not gone through yet it seems.
Anyone have an insight into when the next Pointsbreak will launch? – Must be due soon ?