REGISTER NOW: IHG Rewards Club launches its new Accelerate hotel promotion

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• TGLoyalty says:

  1 May1 May 11:44

  Well it finally works but a bit poor tbh

  8,400 – Stay at 2 brands and get 8,400 bonus points.
  5,600 – Stay 2 weekend(s), including a Saturday night and another night
  4,500- Book 1 stay(s) using Points & Cash and earn 4,500 bonus points.
  5,600 – Stay at 2 IHG® Hotels
  12,100 – bonus for all 4 above

  18,500 for 2 x 1 night stays at two hotels of different brands – no problem

  Or whole 36,200 for 2x 2 night weekend stays at two different brands might happen over the summer

• Irons80 says:

  1 May1 May 11:46

  Oddly all I get is:
  Earn double points on every stay, starting with your second stay, up to 40,000 bonus points.

• Rob D says:

  1 May1 May 12:38

  I think IHG should call their promotion ‘Hit or Miss’. Considering it’s been running in different versions for years now, my targets make little sense. This time I have NO achievement target, which is bizarre and therefore doesn’t do anything to encourage me to stay beyond 4 nights.

• Lady London says:

  1 May1 May 14:54

  – 2 minimum 4 night stays
  – plus 1 more stay because they want stays at 3 brands,
  – plus 2 of these stays with bonus points packages – hard to find in Europe, and always overpriced for the points these days
  1 points and cash stay – this is NEVER worth it because IHG gives you a very low rate of cash off for the points.

  37,000 points total (no bonus for completion).
  Really?

  That’s about 1 and a quarter to 1 and a half nights worth of points to be earned for an absolute minimum of 9 nights. so let’s say, 15% return at absolute maximum.
  However the bonus points costing slightly more than they are worth, and the points I would have to give IHG back and get a poor cash reduction in exchange for if booking points and cash, mean actually to consider this even 1 free night would be kind for the minimum 9 nights required.

  So 10-12% value returned overall for the stays they want for 37,000..

  I could possibly do 3 stays for 20,000 if each was at a different brand. So around 6,500 per stay . Most IHG hotels I’d do the odd night in would cost 25,000 now if not in London. In London the ones I’d use have all moved up in points cost recently and to 40,000 and up). Cash prices for those, on a good day, might be £55 perhaps slightly more. so rough rough calculation for each of 3 nights, £13 or so off. I’ll have to compare with what i can get elsewhere.

  Gut feeling is I shouldn’t touch this one . . this will be the 3rd or 4th one I’ve not stayed in. I think I did 1 stay of one night, on the one before last as the IHG was, by far, the best hotel in the locality. Surely they must be getting the hint now? My targets don’t seem to improve much. I have removed the IHG app from my phone in case they are able to track how many other people’s hotels I’ve been staying in in how many different countries and think I can give them loads of nights.

  • pommy ray says:

    1 May1 May 18:36

    yes waste time with what you have got there and the effort of analysis. you expect achievement stay or even points just for doing 1 or 2 nights etc. it all seems too random so people can’t build up confidence with these so called promotions.

• Rich Thomas says:

  1 May1 May 16:44

  As a complete hotel-points newbie with the free IHG Mastercard, how do I earn points from stays? Do stays have to be booked direct through ihg.com, or can I book on a third-party website (hotels.com, say) and have the points credited? (Does this also apply to the Accelerate promos?)

  • Rob says:

    1 May1 May 16:51

    Must be direct, either with the hotel or via ihg.com. You also don’t get any status benefits if you don’t book direct.

    IHG is paying 22% commission to Expedia etc and does not want you booking there.

  • David says:

    1 May1 May 17:02

    Indeed this is an important difference between hotel loyalty schemes and airline loyalty schemes.

    With hotels, you must book on the chain’s own website to earn points and to recieve benefits.
    With airlines, you can usually book anywhere (subject to some caveats for budget airlines, etc.).

    • TGLoyalty says:

      1 May1 May 17:23

      Certain travel agents will also work and things like Amex FHR where you pay at checkout

      • Lyn says:

        1 May1 May 19:55

        Or booking through Emyr at Bon Vivant (see HfP link or article) if booking some Intercontinentals, e.g. Paris or Madrid.

• Nick says:

  1 May1 May 17:45

  Any sign of when this promotion will be fixed ? I still can’t sign up it just says I’m not eligible…..

  • Rob says:

    1 May1 May 18:08

    They are saying on social media they are working on it ….

  • Nick says:

    2 May2 May 08:42

    Mines now changed from “you are not eligible” to “we appreciate your loyalty” ….

    But still can’t register basically

    • Susan says:

      2 May2 May 10:52

      +1

• VJ says:

  1 May1 May 18:17

  Only 1 Nice and Simple here –

  Double Your Stay
  Earn double points on every stay, starting with your second stay, up to 40,000 bonus points.

  • BJ says:

    1 May1 May 19:45

    That second stay nonsense again, not good.

• What's the Point says:

  1 May1 May 18:49

  Its now fixed on my account

  Double Your Stay
  Earn double points on every stay, starting with your second stay, up to 40,000 bonus points.

  • BJ says:

    1 May1 May 19:43

    Not mine, so I guess they are working through them in batches.

    • Lyn says:

      1 May1 May 19:59

      Mine has just come through, after being ineligible up to now, so perhaps you are right about the batches.

    • Rob says:

      1 May1 May 21:39

      Got mine too ….pretty weak.

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