(DEAD) CRAZY IHG OFFER: free Diamond status until 31st December, shows instantly

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• ashic says:

  13 Oct13 October 19:17

  Seems to have been pulled. The “promotion code” is (was?) 70027, but now shows as invalid.

• BJ says:

  13 Oct13 October 19:51

  @Rui N, ok ok, maybe 100k tops 🙂

• Chris says:

  13 Oct13 October 20:43

  not working

• Swifty says:

  13 Oct13 October 21:02

  It’s been on at least 7 different Blogs today from 5am. That’s a lot of bookings for IHG before Christmas 🎄

• Manya says:

  13 Oct13 October 21:36

  I wasn’t able to upgrade but it looks like I have automatically been upgraded to platinum elite until end of this year.

  Aside from maybe any link with my Amex platinum I’m not sure why I would be deserving of the bump up in status. Not stayed in IHG hotels for over two years now.

  • The Streets says:

    14 Oct14 October 00:08

    I wouldn’t worry about it its IHG

• meta says:

  13 Oct13 October 23:42

  Yes, if you want your account shut.

• Track says:

  14 Oct14 October 00:22

  I am sure IHG were reading this chat threat because now there is a warning (not present before):

  “Successful registration does not guarantee that you will receive the points or miles offered when the offer requirements are met if you are not eligible per the offer terms and conditions.”

  This is where IHG toppled themselves. So, successful registration means nothing?

  How about successful purchase of a lottery ticket, or successful deposit into your bank account? No guarantees you get the prize even if you won (to get interest you earned as advertised by a bank).

  This is at the point where it becomes easier to see the bad faith on the part of the company doing the above.

  • Roy says:

    14 Oct14 October 04:36

    Yup, that’s how lottery tickets work. If you somehow manage to buy a lottery ticket without meeting the legal requirements (e.g. under the minimum age) and then match the winning numbers, then when you come to claim you’ll find you haven’t actually won anything because your entry is deemed invalid.

    • Track says:

      14 Oct14 October 16:52

      @Roy, Dont pick up on this. I iterated _successful purchase_
      Until about last year 16 years old was qualifying to purchase lottery tickets. Under 16 yo, you are not supposed to have a non-basic account debit card.

      Banks block gambling transactions for basic/under 16 yo accounts. And basic accounts are for those with bad credit. This is an example of at least a rule/check in place, rather than turning around saying ‘ineligible’.

  • Rui N. says:

    14 Oct14 October 06:26

    There’s plenty of instances where you wouldn’t be eligible for the prize of that lottery ticket. Same is true for that bank account – you should read what happened to people that opened a Creation card last year after having the first one closed… in general, you do indeed need to read a lot about how the world works.

    • Ian says:

      14 Oct14 October 07:26

      What did happen to the Creation people who opened another account?

      • Rui N. says:

        14 Oct14 October 08:46

        The account got closed and they didn’t get any points for their spending nor did they get the spending bonus.

        • Rui N. says:

          14 Oct14 October 09:35

          (The sign up bonus, I meant)

        • NorthernLass says:

          14 Oct14 October 09:36

          Well they couldn’t get any points if the account was closed, surely?
          But the only case I’ve ever seen is someone who kept booking points & cash rooms then cancelling to get tons of cheap points refunded.

        • Rui N. says:

          14 Oct14 October 09:45

          What are you on about NorthernLass?! This particular conversation is about Creation, not about IHG.

        • Rui N. says:

          14 Oct14 October 10:06

          To be clearer, I’m talking about the people that got their Creation IHG cards cancelled last year, and right after receiving the cancellation letter signed up for a new one. Creation ended up closing those and didn’t award any points/SUBs for the (short) time they were open.
          This was just to show Track that because you managed to open an account, doesn’t mean you’ll get anything out of it.

        • Track says:

          14 Oct14 October 16:56

          And that was exactly the actions befitting a rogue credit card operator, reneging on written contract and their own terms.

          If Creation accepted a credit card application and opened a card — it does not matter if its 2nd, 3rd or Nth card.

          Creation did not even bother to write explicitly “people who receive the opening bonus before are not eligible” — if that is what they/their rules intended.

• Scott says:

  14 Oct14 October 04:48

  I registered for this yesterday even though I’m Diamond already.
  Not sure if it will work, but nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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