REGISTER NOW: IHG launches new 4x bonus points hotel promo ON TOP OF ‘Accelerate’

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• Aston100 says:

  24 Oct24 October 20:17

  Just saw this myself.
  Fortunately I’ve got a few stays already booked in the next few weeks.
  Pity that my longest and most expensive stay is next week, for which I will only be getting an extra 1000 points.

  Still, something extra for doing nothing more than clicking a button to register is very welcome.

  • Harry says:

    24 Oct24 October 20:24

    I can’t work out which is better – Hilton X3 or IHG X4!!

    • Crafty says:

      24 Oct24 October 20:30

      Hilton X3. Likely to come out with similar total points, but less downside risk if you fall short of making 4 stays.

      • Rob says:

        24 Oct24 October 20:31

        You need the Hilton credit card to get x3 though, otherwise x2.

  • Jon says:

    24 Oct24 October 20:27

    Do you reckon existing bookings (made before registering)will count?

    • Rob says:

      24 Oct24 October 20:32

      Yes, doesn’t say otherwise.

      • Jon says:

        24 Oct24 October 20:42

        Yes, but this IHG….

      • memesweeper says:

        24 Oct24 October 21:01

        My regular accelerate points aren’t even posting. I’ve therefore got little confidence these new bonuses will. I’ve complained about accelerate to IHG twice. They’ve ‘fixed’ it by posting points manually. I won’t complain a third time. I will assume I won’t get the points and make my booking decisions accordingly. Hilton Honors, in my experience, ‘just work’.

      • ChrisC says:

        25 Oct25 October 03:37

        But the link states

        “Register and book your stay by 15th December …”

        So I read that as new bookings only

        • Rob says:

          25 Oct25 October 06:27

          I accept you could read it that way. However, you can also read it a different way!

          I think the wording would be more specific, eg ‘book between 24 October and 15 December’, if it was restricted.

          Importantly, we also know from previous promos that whilst IHG can track the date of app bookings, it doesn’t seem able to track the date of standard bookings.

        • Lyn says:

          25 Oct25 October 07:41

          I read it the same way as Rob does, Hopefully the 1,000 points for the first stay will post with the stay itself, like some of the accelerate targets, and we’ll know very soon.

        • Lady London says:

          25 Oct25 October 11:18

          Historically with IHG existing bookings have counted. Everything was based on stay date. With Hilton it seems to be usually checkout date. With Accor booking date always seems to have to be new booking only.

          Often Accor also has a latest date for that new booking that is far, too far ahead of stay date. Thismeans I often don’t bother with Accor as it seems they don’t understand that business stays often can only be booked near to stay date.

          The above seems to be how these 3 work – but always check ts and c’s of any new promotion just in case.

    • Erik says:

      28 Oct28 October 04:30

      I personally called IHG, and they told me that they need to be NEW reservations after you have registered into this promotions. I had to cancel all my previous reservations and do them all over again.

      • Rob says:

        28 Oct28 October 05:26

        Never believe the call centre …. if it isn’t in the promo rules then it shouldn’t apply.

        Here is Flyertalk quote from a social media reply from IHG: “I’m glad to inform you as well that reservations made prior to registering on the said offer will still be counted as long as the stay dates is beyond the promotions time-frame.”

        and

        “I received the promo email on Wednesday evening whilst at a Holiday Inn on a 1-night stay booked a week earlier. Registered as soon as I received email and the 1000 points posted yesterday with the stay points as part of the hotels posting. I checkout from a Crowne Plaza today which will be my second stay after registration (stay booked last month) and will update but it looks to me like once you register all stays count regardless of when booked.”

        and

        ” I’ve now had two stays from a recent holiday in Japan post under the offer – and I only registered the day I checked out from the last hotel.”

        • Anthony says:

          30 Oct30 October 10:52

          I can also vouch that existing bookings are fine. This promo was launched as I was on my way to a Holiday Inn. I registered about 1 hour before checking in. Points have posted with the stay 🙂

          Shame this isnt the case for other hotel chain/flight promos

      • Stefan Bard says:

        8 Nov8 November 11:47

        I got the bonus points on a stay a made months ago but stayed after I registered. So far everything is posting to account no issues.

  • BJ says:

    24 Oct24 October 22:08

    I have not read the terms but I would be very surprised if existing bookings count.

• Marcw says:

  24 Oct24 October 20:53

  It’s probably a softening of the market, unrelated to Accelerate.

  • Lady London says:

    25 Oct25 October 13:14

    You are probably right Marcw as we are beginning to see more offers this season from other hotel chains too. However it does no harm for us to let IHG know that their offers are not competitive.

    In fact many Spires and Platinums reported they received p***-poor Accelerate offers last 2 seasons from IHG. Those are your best customers, IHG. Many of those were so annoyed that they removed stays from IHG to other brands. So what was IHG thinking? Now the market has softened so IHG lost that opportunity.

    I expect the other chains to produce better offers soon too.

• Czechoslovakia says:

  24 Oct24 October 21:21

  Only this morning, cancelled a Hilton reward booking in New York to take advantage of the Kimpton sale. Kimpton also running double elite bonus points offer. So I wonder, being as my third stay under this new promo, will I get three times my double elite points….? Plus this stay will trigger my 16800 point discover our brands bonus. Assuming IHG IT can keep up, that is.

  • Lyn says:

    25 Oct25 October 07:46

    It would be really unusual these days to get double, or triple / quadruple, elite points. My guess is the bonus points won’t be elite,

• Fenny says:

  24 Oct24 October 21:23

  Well, given that IHG’s IT systems are so rubbish they won’t let me register for the latest Accelerate, I’m not holding my breath.

• pommy ray says:

  24 Oct24 October 21:24

  fourth stay and beyond get the 4x:

  On your fourth Stay and all future stays during the campaign period, you will be awarded quadruple points up to 200,000 points.

  but booking must be over 30 dollars!

• Chuck says:

  24 Oct24 October 21:53

  Thanks Rob, agree, my Accelerate offer was poor, then it changed to an even worse set of targets, really weird marketing strategy from IHG.

• Sarah says:

  24 Oct24 October 21:56

  I’m confused now! Need to book a HI which costs £113 per night.
  Only accelerate offer which will work with this stay is use points and cash and get 4,500 points. (20,000 points plus £55. Will that work with this offer or it will it not count as a reward night? Not sure if I’ll have any other bookings by end Jan. Would I be best to book with points/cash or cash only?

  • Sarah says:

    24 Oct24 October 22:24

    Sorry it’s 10,000 plus £55 or 20,000 points only. Think I’ll go with the points/cash option.

    • Lady London says:

      25 Oct25 October 11:23

      Points and cash bookings are generally excluded from qualifying on IHG promotions. Unless you have a specific target for s points and cash booking.

    • Lady London says:

      25 Oct25 October 11:26

      They are valuing 10,000 points at £58. So defo go points and cash unless you can foresee having a higher value use for 10k points.

      • Lady London says:

        25 Oct25 October 11:28

        Oops plus you will get 4500 back on Accelerate. So £58 for 10000 it’s is actually £58 for 6500 net points in your case.

        • Lady London says:

          25 Oct25 October 13:16

          *or even £58 for 5,500 points value that you are receiving net. Corrected that calculation!

• Phil C says:

  24 Oct24 October 23:02

  Is anyone else not seeing any accelerate bonus points being added yet? I only have the up to 40k bonus points offer but am still at 0 of 40k points despite having 8 stays or so since the promo start. IHG said points will only be credited from the second stay which I already knew.

  • memesweeper says:

    25 Oct25 October 05:21

    See my comment above – I had to complain. *none* of my points for numerous stays have posted.

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