IHG brings back its generous Accelerate hotel promotion for the summer
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IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc loyalty scheme, has announced its Summer 2016 promotion – IHG Accelerate. Yes, it is repeating the Autumn and Spring offer!
To be honest, IHG is the only major hotel chain offering a global promotion this Summer which offer genuine value. Everyone has their own personal target but, for most of us, the challenge is pretty straightforward.
Here are the headline details:
IHG Accelerate (Version 3) covers stays from 1st June to 31st August
All hotels are participating
Your bonus is personalised – you need to log in here to discover yours
This was my target for 55,000 points maximum, comprising:
- 6,000 points on my next stay
- 5,000 points for a stay in June
- 10,000 points for staying five nights
- 3,500 points for booking three stays via the IHG app
- 6,400 points for booking 2 x 2-night weekend stays
- 2,000 points for booking a Bonus Points Package
- 1,000 points for purchasing IHG Rewards Club points
- 21,100 points for completing five of the six targets above, excluding the June bonus
This isn’t bad. Let’s ignore the ‘two weekend stays of two nights’ one as I doubt I will do that.
I will receive 48,600 bonus points – plus the base points – for completing five nights, as long as those nights involve at least three stays (booked on the app) and one is for a Bonus Points Package. This is worth – assuming 0.4p per point of value – £200 of free future stays.
I could earn 13,000 bonus points from just one stay, as long as it is in June and is a Bonus Points Package. I will do my best to hit that if nothing else.
My wife got an even easier one for 55,000 points:
- 5,000 points on her next stay
- 5,000 points for a stay in June
- 10,000 points for staying five nights
- 4,800 points for booking two stays via the IHG app
- 3,000 points for booking a Bonus Points Package
- 27,200 points for completing three of the four targets above excluding the June bonus
All she needs to do is book two one-night stays via the app as she can skip the ‘five nights’ one. Job done, 45,000 points banked! That is £180 of bonus points, plus base points, which should be possible fairly cheaply.
Note: if you have a target saying that you must spend $x on food and drink, be aware that this is EXCLUDING VAT. Ensure you spend ‘x + 20%’ and then add on a bit more because IHG will probably use a duff exchange rate!
Conclusion
As long as your target is sensible, this is highly likely to be the most generous hotel promotion you are likely to see this Summer.
Log in to the Accelerate website here and see what your target is.
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