Check your IHG Milestone Rewards if you did a mattress run

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• Phillip says:

  12 Jan12 January 05:18

  I had a stay on the 30th, checking out 31st December and although posting date was January 1st it was correctly counted in 2022.

  • BJ says:

    12 Jan12 January 05:48

    +1, I had 3 stays 26-31/12 and all 3 posted correctly including 30-31 stay. Perhaps the problem is with stays overlapping the new year.

    • Tariq says:

      12 Jan12 January 13:18

      I stayed 31/12 to 02/01 and the two nights have posted in 2023. Works for me as I didn’t have many nights in 2022 with IHG.

• BJ says:

  12 Jan12 January 05:45

  “chose a suite upgrade award, which is good for up to five nights on a 2023 stay.”

  If I understand the suite upgrade rules correctly then this is a little misleading as I believe they’re valid for 12 months from date of selection which can be up to 90 days after hitting the milestone. Thus, they could be valid through end of March 2024 if not triggered until 31/12/22 and selected 90 days later. Similarly, if a 20 night milestone award is triggered and claimed on 21 January 2023 then it will be valid only until 21 January 2024.

  • Rob says:

    12 Jan12 January 06:57

    Correct, yes.

• G says:

  12 Jan12 January 11:28

  I will have 38 nights by the end of this year, if I mattress runned and got to 40 nights – How long do I have to select the choice benefit for lounge access (i.e. if I got to 40 nights on 20 December, could I wait until 1 Jan 2024 to select lounge access – guaranteeing it for effectively two years?

  • BJ says:

    12 Jan12 January 11:46

    90 days to select any so yes, I think if you select early 24 then lounge access is through end of 25. If you’re certain you need no more njghts and are prepared to mattress run this early in the year then today only you will find a useful deal on one of the sites we don’t mention here.

• Paul says:

  12 Jan12 January 11:47

  By the way, I signed up to the ambassador programme and I’m wondering if I stay a Friday and Saturday night then the Saturday counts as the free weekend night right?

  Will two days still post to my IHG rewards account? In other words will I still get the 20,000 bonus which was advertised?

  • Rob says:

    12 Jan12 January 13:31

    Sat would be free, yes.

    May or not count as 2 elite nights BUT the small print of the 20k confirms that it will trigger that IIRC.

    • Paul says:

      13 Jan13 January 01:46

      Thanks Rob, that made me smile!

  • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:

    12 Jan12 January 14:51

    When I used my AMB last March it did come through as 2 qualifying nights.

    It even counted as part of their complicated 2/3/4 qualifying points bonus they ran early in the year.

    And then it counted as part of the milestone rewards scheme nights as well.

• SammyJ says:

  12 Jan12 January 11:54

  I’m really confused as I got an email from them yesterday telling me congratulations, I can now select a milestone award (20 nts). I didn’t stay 20 by 31/12, and looking now it says I have 17 to go for the first milestone. Do they just make it up as they go along?!

  • SammyJ says:

    12 Jan12 January 11:57

    Furthermore it says I have until 14/4 to select this milestone, which counting back 90 days means that my stays this week have earned it. I’ve done 5nts this week, 2 of which were points bookings, and one was a free AMB weekend nt.

• Zed says:

  12 Jan12 January 12:22

  I looked on SeatSpy for LHR-LAX and it came up with off-peak business in February at 62,500 Avios each way, total – 125k.

  When I go to ba.com, the total price is 180k plus £450 taxes.

  Anything I am doing wrong?

  • MattB says:

    12 Jan12 January 14:18

    no, you can chance the mix of avios/cash if you have a newer voucher

    • Zed says:

      12 Jan12 January 15:05

      I’m not using a voucher. But shouldn’t it be 125k avios just as listed on SeatSpy? All off-peak flights are 125k return, but don’t show on BA as less than 180k.

      • Rob says:

        12 Jan12 January 15:15

        As long as you’ve earned 1 Avios in the last 12 months, you should get the cascade of pricing options under ‘More Pricing Options’ including the ‘old’ price shown on SeatSpy, yes.

• Aston100 says:

  12 Jan12 January 12:33

  February seems an odd time to visit LA.

  • The Savage Squirrel says:

    12 Jan12 January 13:06

    Useful if you’re flying over to collect your Grammy, I suppose.

    • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:

      12 Jan12 January 14:55

      I’m not sure many Grammy nominees will be flying using avios!

      It’ll be a cash fare bought via their management / record company and partly written off as a business expense.

  • RG says:

    12 Jan12 January 14:38

    I thought it only rained 5 days a year in LA 😂😂😂

    • TGLoyalty says:

      13 Jan13 January 00:40

      Then I was there for those only 5 days in 2108 🤦🏽‍♂️

      • TGLoyalty says:

        13 Jan13 January 00:40

        2018 fat thumbs

• yonasl says:

  12 Jan12 January 14:52

  Before you book anything in LA … Check hotel prices and expect to pay $18 for a glass of wine and $24 for breakfast at Denny’s

  • Qrfan says:

    12 Jan12 January 20:26

    The intersection of people who can afford £850 +100k avios and can’t afford breakfast at Denny’s would be an interesting group for an opinion survey.

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