How to do an IHG Rewards Club redemption for 200 points to hit an Accelerate target

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• Neil says:

  2 May2 May 05:16

  I read this waking up in a (much better than expected) Holiday Inn Express in Paris. One of my targets chalked off already.

• Nick says:

  2 May2 May 05:58

  There are a few e-Magazine titles available for 0 points. I went for “All Paddlesports Buyers Guide” which has a single issue for 0 points. I don’t know if this’ll actually work as a “redemption” to get the Accelerate bonus of 1,000 IHG Reward points, but I’ve got plenty of time to do another redemption if it doesn’t credit.in the next few weeks.

  • Rob says:

    2 May2 May 07:06

    I saw those but assumed it wouldn’t work ….

    • Nick says:

      2 May2 May 07:26

      I’ll let you know Rob. I have subsequently received an email from IHG Rewards thanking me for my “redemption”, so it’ll be interesting to see if it does.

      • J says:

        2 May2 May 10:23

        Thanks for the tip I have tried that too.

    • Alex Metcalfe says:

      2 May2 May 08:01

      Worked for me last time round

  • testpie says:

    2 May2 May 09:04

    Did this myself and worked like a treat – 1k points for 0 point eMagazine Redemption.

• Genghis says:

  2 May2 May 06:48

  Probably the one of the simplest methods but I rebooked a points stay yesterday and the 1k bonus posted straight away.

  I also looked at rebooking a weekend cash stay but price difference was over $200. No thanks.

  • Liz says:

    2 May2 May 07:40

    I looked at changing our 2 stays in Alice Springs in a couple of weeks time before and after our camping trip. The first night was more expensive and the 2 nights after the trip were fully booked. So I have lost out on several thousand points there. Also staying at the HIX in SIN next week but can’t change my booking to the HI on points break as I got my family to book in to the same hotel as us. Not doing so well here! ????

• thehornets says:

  2 May2 May 07:08

  Rob,
  Here’s one for 150 points:

  Reward Type: eBook
  Title: Hayek, Mill and the Liberal Tradition

  I haven’t got round to reading it yet….

  • Andy says:

    2 May2 May 07:58

    I did that one as well!
    Might be a bit dry but worth it for the points 😉

• Anna says:

  2 May2 May 07:26

  No bits but hotel related – Hilton. I am starting to wonder if Hilton are deliberately hiking their prices since they announced that status benefits won’t be awarded for third party bookings. I recently booked 4 nights in Rome through BA holidays at substantially less than the price Hilton wanted, but this isn’t restricted to holiday packages. For a 10 night hotel-only booking at the Hilton Northolme Seychelles, BA is quoting £1000 less than Hilton, and includes breakfast. It does look as though Hilton might be hoping that members will be so set on getting their status benefits that they won’t bother doing price comparisons any more but just book direct. When I see anomalies like this I do wonder what actual value status offers now!

  • Genghis says:

    2 May2 May 07:46

    When was this announcement? I thought this has always been the case?
    Never tried it and it has mixed reviews but BRG?

    • Anna says:

      2 May2 May 07:48

      I thought that it had only been introduced in the last couple of years and that some hotels had been using their discretion in any case but had recently “tightened up”. I’ve only just got status so may be mistaken!

• Anonymous says:

  2 May2 May 07:59

  Does a points break redemption trigger the bonus?

  • johnny_c-l says:

    2 May2 May 08:25

    Has done in the past.

• John says:

  2 May2 May 08:27

  Last time I booked a points stay, received the bonus before staying, then cancelled the stay. So no need to bother with “digital downloads” IMO.

• Concerto says:

  2 May2 May 08:28

  It sure does. That’s how I did this task last time. And even though I ended up canceling the Pointsbreak I didn’t lose the points.

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