Bits: 100% bonus on IHG points is back (again), our backpack competition winners

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• Graham Walsh says:

  8 Dec8 December 06:22

  I noticed the IHG bonus points last night. I had booked the HI T5 using 15k points as I was flying out early today from LHR. I tried to cancel the booking as work were going to pay for the hotel. Couldn’t cancel so thought I’d expense some points. £71 via my Supercard for 8k + 8k bonus. Web rate was £79 so a few quid saving. Shame I had to use my wife’s account as I’ve maxed out mine already this year.

• barney says:

  8 Dec8 December 07:22

  @IHG: Possible to combine two points bkgs from two accs (both are travelling and staying in same room)?

• Louise says:

  8 Dec8 December 08:09

  We both bought from earlier promotions, seems to be we have bought the max allowed for the year. Any way around this?

  Need them for a hotel over new year in NYC to go with the recent BA Club / Avios sale!

  • Rob says:

    8 Dec8 December 09:22

    You could, very quietly, open another IHG account – this is strictly against the rules, though, so you’d need to ensure all personal info (including the credit card you use) is different to your existing account.

    Or, alternatively, open an account for a real person and book for them with you down as 2nd guest.

    Perhaps a better inbetween option would be to open an account using your middle name and book with that, telling the hotel that you are generally known by that name.

    Or – even easier – do the ‘cash and points and cancel’ trick which I outlined in my original article on the sale at the bottom. You can do this via your account.

    Check reward availability for NYE first …..

    • Louise says:

      8 Dec8 December 10:42

      Thank you very much!

  • CV3V says:

    8 Dec8 December 10:39

    Just to stress, IHG have a good track record at spotting duplicate accounts and closing them down. Easiest and safest way as Rob suggests is cash and points trick.

    • xcalx says:

      8 Dec8 December 14:32

      Yes a friend had his account closed because he used the same CC to book stays on 2 accounts in his name, he had used the middle initial but IHG swooped and closed the second account.

      • Danksy says:

        8 Dec8 December 22:21

        I regularly book and pay for stays on either my wife’s or mine IHG account using the same Card number… I would be very annoyed if they accused me of doing anything dishonest! I also wonder whether IHG are breaking the data protection act by not using credit card details for the purposes it was intended?

        • Liz says:

          8 Dec8 December 23:18

          I was thinking the same thing – I use the same IHG credit card to book from both mine and my husbands account and bought points on both accounts too.

• xcalx says:

  8 Dec8 December 08:32

  Did the winner of the 100,000 avios ever come forward?

• Liz says:

  8 Dec8 December 09:30

  OT: Just had my bonus 3000 + 3000 points post to my BAEC from the recent Heathrow rewards articles. Bought some perfume for birthday presents to hit the £100 spend on a new account and got the 100% bonus. Thanks Raffles!

  • Danksy says:

    8 Dec8 December 12:46

    My ‘friend’ is going to LHR at the weekend and will do the same 😀

• goran says:

  8 Dec8 December 13:43

  Hi Liz,
  How long before 3000 bonus reached your Heathrow rewards account? I am flyting on 18/12 and planning to spend £100 and than hopefully transfer points to BAEC before 31/12. Thanks Goran

  • Liz says:

    8 Dec8 December 13:56

    I purchased on 2nd Dec got home late on the 4th – checked my account on the 5th and the bonus 3000 were there and dated 2nd Dec. I transferred to my BAEC account yesterday using the 100% bonus link and the points were in my account this morning. I wish all points would post this quick! You will have plenty of time.

    • goran says:

      8 Dec8 December 14:01

      Many thanks Liz, best regards Goran

    • PlaneSimple says:

      8 Dec8 December 15:55

      Do you think I would be pushing it travelling out on 29th early AM, making £100 purchases and hoping to do the 3000 100% bonus before 31st deadline?!

      • Liz says:

        8 Dec8 December 16:23

        I’m sure the Rewards points were in my account the next day – I just didn’t look till I got home. They seem to post very quickly so I would give it a go. Just remember to log in the next day.

        • Felix Flyer says:

          8 Dec8 December 17:06

          OT reply. Wondered if a £100 iTunes gift card in Dixon would net 100 points? Saw them there last week but didn’t have my new card and flying again Thursday. Could make an additional small purchase of something that would get points just to make sure they swipe my card.

        • Felix Flyer says:

          10 Dec10 December 22:23

          Of interest to those trying to spend £100 on heathrow rewards to get the 3000 points. WHSmith in T5 did have 3rd party giftcards (toyrus and starbucks etc) behind the counter tonight. Not sure if they’ll work but you never know. I bought an itunes giftcard at Dixons and hopeful I will get the bonus as another cashier scanned my card in with an oral value of £100 whilst I was paying at another till.

• JamesW says:

  8 Dec8 December 15:38

  If you got 40,000 points (£200 worth of hotels if used the most efficient way (taken from a HFP article)) for taking out an IHG Platinum Visa then if you also purchase 120,000 points in the current 100% bonus promo for ~£450 you’d be getting £800 worth of hotel stays for ~£550 (including the £99 credit card fee).

  Not a bad deal really if you usually book into the high end hotels.
  I’ve no idea what cash price 32 nights at one or some of the PointsBreaks hotels has ? But I expect they cost more than £18 per night in cash !!!!
  (160,000 points / 5,000 points = 32 nights…..£550 / 32 = £18.)

• PlaneSimple says:

  8 Dec8 December 15:57

  Rob, have you emailed out yet? I’m a Chris H but wondering if I am not ‘the one’?! 🙂

  • DavidM says:

    8 Dec8 December 17:15

    I’m a David M and wondering the same thing!

  • Rob says:

    8 Dec8 December 17:37

    No, you’re not – sorry! (That goes for both of you!)

    Both winners notified and have replied to me.

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