Earn 2K points every 2 nights – invitation only

[BA Flyer IHG Stayer]

Just had an email re this. It was in my spam folder so take this as an advisory to check.

“Get 2,000 points every 2 nights when you stay between 1 February and 31 March 2024.”

Usual IHG T&Cs apply

Says it’s invitation only but sometimes everyone gets an invitation the party.

If no email it may appear when logged onto your account on website / app.

[davefl]

There’s an 8K for 4 nights going around as well, but I only got the 2K one.

[freckles]

I had the 8k for every 4 nights offer.

[acewoking]

Not that exclusive – every member of my family got the same offer – from Platinum right down to Club

[dahokolomoki]

Same got the 2k offer. Would have preferred the 8k for 4nts offer!

[Super Secret Stuff]

I got the 2k offer, which to be fair fits my staying habits better but annoying as it’s less points overall

[Froggee]

I got that and apparently they are also welcoming me back to business travel with a make two (paid) stays, get 12,000 bonus points. No plans though I’m afraid.

[Lady London]

I’ve been ignoring these.

A miserable 2,000 points says to me they’re not even trying.
Particularly at this time of year, getting a better cash rate – that will be worth considerably more than 2,000 points in these days of dynamic pricing – is also easy were my travel to pick up significantly.

It’s weird as the last few rounds of IHG and Hilton bonus offers seem to be at these levels. So historically low. The only people I see really likely to benefit are corporate travellers staying multiple nights per week. Then enough benefit to be bothered might accumulate.

So if these low bonus promotions are aimed at corporate travellers then that works. But for the rest of us the value of 2,000 points these days is often easily bettered elsewhere.

[davefl]

They don’t have to try, occupancy levels are high, rates are high.

I usually compare 3 chains for every location for a mid/low range stay. Marriott have priced themselves out of my market, Hilton are typically slightly cheaper for Hamptons etc, and IHG are usually the cheapest of the 3 for HIX etc. I’m planning a 49 night US trip and honestly I can’t justify even IHG when they’re $30-40 higher than an independent. Compared Chicago for June and IHG rates started at $350, and I got another chain in a better location than any of their properties for less than $240. Looked at Vegas and those three are $100/night higher than staying somewhere independent.

I’ve let my Ambassador lapse but will renew to maintain platinum later in the year to take advantage of a free night and a suite night award for somewhere decent.

But at the moment none of the promotions are persuading me to switch stays to IHG or any of the others when all I want is a clean bed and a shower. If Marriot do their daft 40k for 5 nights promotion again I’ll consider it.

[Blair Waldorf Salad]

Diamond Ambassador here and got the 8K for 4 nights. Running concurrently with the Appy Days free night voucher offer for 5 nights in (parts of) Asia.

[BJ]

Thanks @BA Flyer, found the 8k variant in my spam folder.

I suspect the variant most get depends on stay history and/or previous registrations, not status.

@LL, sorry about that, I know the feeling as I never ever get such offers from Bonvoy. Oddly I get emails about their most exclusive hotels and locations every other day despite never staying at them.

[Julia]

Lady London wrote:

So if these low bonus promotions are aimed at corporate travellers then that works. But for the rest of us the value of 2,000 points these days is often easily bettered elsewhere.

I think IHG is currently the only loyalty scheme who aggressively chases those on long term reservations, and it is most welcome. We are going to move our February Marriott reservation in Portugal over to IHG. And if Iberostar hadn’t got that silly ‘no refunds’ clause we’d have booked through to the end of March.