IHG news: your Accelerate Q2 target viewable, and an interesting IHG / Avis deal

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• Kathy says:

  13 Apr13 April 08:47

  Mine are for 46,400 total: stay in May 2000, birthday bonus stay once for 2000, stay 5 nights 10000, 2 app bookings for 2,200, stay 2 weekends for 8000, stay at 2 Hix for 5600, 3600 for booking 3 bonus rate packages, 11500 for achieving 6 out of 7.

  I have no actual travel plans this quarter so although it looks achievable with 3 stays (2 weekends at HIX booked via the app on bonus point packages, one in May, plus a single night anywhere on a bonus point package) it’s not worth going out of my way for given that I don’t have any very cheap HIX near me.

• Carl says:

  13 Apr13 April 08:49

  OT: Is there any precedent for changing your tier point collection year end. I normally never earn status, but I have a business class flight to Australia coming up which straddles my tier point collection year and a business class return flight to Shanghai later in the year, so could get status if I just moved my tier point collection year end forward by a week so that all of the flights were in the same year.

  • Rob says:

    13 Apr13 April 09:29

    No. This is a sore point for a lot of people, for example me, my wife and my kids all have a different end date. We could do exactly the same trips over a year but only some of us get status.

    • mike says:

      13 Apr13 April 10:47

      agreed, this is one very major flaw in the BAEC system. A once in a lifetime ability to change your TP year, or at the very least the ability to align everyone in a HH account, would be a great enhancement. have a word Rob !

      • Stu N says:

        13 Apr13 April 14:04

        My girlfriend and I have same year ends. It wasn’t a consideration when we got together but it certainly makes life much easier.

        🙂

        • Rob says:

          13 Apr13 April 14:23

          Perhaps we could start a BAEC dating service where this is a key criteria?

      • Stu N says:

        13 Apr13 April 14:47

        Wouldn’t you risk attracting Gold diggers? ????

• Trevor Tonian says:

  13 Apr13 April 08:50

  Mine isnt exciting at all

  I got 92,000 bonus points for Q1 and my total for Q2 is nowhere near that. 16 nights for 32, 000 pop up alot for me also

• Genghis says:

  13 Apr13 April 08:51

  Do you sit in the back on a dust sheet?

• Relaxo says:

  13 Apr13 April 09:02

  OT: Marriott related. I am trying to maximize points earning from a 4 night stay at 1 Marriott property. I have used referal link to open an account for my dad (gives both of us 2K points each per stay). Also sign him up for the new member offer which will get him a free night certificate after two stays in 120 days. There is also another offer which gives 3K bonus points for any weekend stay. We just need the 1 room to share so the the plan is to book nights 1 and 3 under my dads account; nights 2 & 4 under my account so we can get Gold benefits (barring any sudden implementation of status level changes next week). So this way we both get 2 stays under our belt ( a potential 12K bonus points over the wknd). Will let them know at check-in to create separate folios but not allocate room as would prefer not to switch rooms daily. Anyone with experience foresee any problems with this strategy? Any risk of them merging all 4 nights into 1 reservation if booked under 2 different accounts?

• USATB says:

  13 Apr13 April 09:02

  Have been using points last year or so rather than earning so didn’t do much on either of last 2 accelerate rounds…. surprisingly good target this time.

  94,500 points, can be done in 5 nights for 92,500 of them……..!

  2,000 – stay once
  10,000 – 5 nights
  12,600 – 2 stays at Crowne Plaza
  9,600 – 2 stays via app
  28,800 – 2 stays Saturday night plus another night
  2,000 – get the credit card (already got so can’t do)
  27,500 – achievement bonus
  2,000 – stay in may bonus

  so 2 weekend app booked crowne plaza stays plus another night and done…

  • Colin JE says:

    13 Apr13 April 09:13

    Mine not so good (46,000 points) and I’ve got the same issue occurring. One of my targets is 2000 points if I get the IHG card. Already did last quarter. That narrows the chances of achieving 5/6 targets.
    Unless I cancel my card and reapply, or get the other card of course…

    • Ben says:

      13 Apr13 April 09:37

      can you hold the free and premium card?

      • Tony says:

        13 Apr13 April 09:47

        Yes.

    • h2d says:

      13 Apr13 April 13:52

      Previous Accelerate targets where this was the case and I already held the card I automatically received the points and the task was marked as completed, but as always YMMV

      • Daniel says:

        13 Apr13 April 15:46

        Presumably they are trying to incentivise you to get the card. Tell them you have it and I’m sure you will get the points.

      • Ben says:

        13 Apr13 April 15:49

        Thanks

• Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

  13 Apr13 April 09:08

  Finally an interesting set of offers:

  500 Download the IHG® App
  2,000 3 nights
  2,000 2 stays at Your Rate
  2,000 Stay at 3 brands
  23,500 Your Achievement Bonus (for 4/4)

  Can be done in 3 nights by the look of it.

  • HAM76 says:

    13 Apr13 April 20:46

    Same as I have this quarter and next quarter. Writing this from a Crowne Plaza to complete the three brands target for this quarter.

• r* says:

  13 Apr13 April 09:18

  Whats the lowest value points redemption for anything on IHG? Annoyingly, one of mine is to spend points.

  • Rob says:

    13 Apr13 April 09:27

    I’ve got that. Remember it is NOT 1st May yet do don’t do it now.

    You want something from the digital catalogue for peanuts. You will make a profit, don’t worry!

  • Sididdly says:

    13 Apr13 April 10:50

    I bought a digital magazine for 3 points.

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