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The Offer
- IHG is offering members 10,000 bonus points for every ten nights completed. At 40 nights you also get a 30k bonus instead of 10k.
The Fine Print
- Must be an IHG® Rewards member and invited to participate in the Milestone Bonus offer (“Offer”). 10,000 bonus points will be deposited into your account every 10 qualifying night(s) stayed between January 1, 2021, and December 31, 2021 (“Offer Period”), at InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza®, Hotel Indigo®, Holiday Inn®, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites®, Candlewood Suites®, Kimpton® Hotels & Restaurants, EVEN®, avid™, voco™, Regent® Hotels & Resorts, Principal® Hotels, or HUALUXE™ hotels worldwide. An additional 20,000 bonus points, on top of the 10,000 bonus points, will be deposited once you stay 40 qualifying nights within the Offer Period.
- Members who are invited to participate in this Offer may also participate in other IHG point offers.
- IHG® Army Hotels, Mr & Mrs Smith properties, and Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas are excluded from this Offer.
- A Qualifying night is defined as a minimum 1-night stay booked under a Qualifying Rate, with total spend exceeding $30 per night. Qualified nights do not include any promotional qualifying night bonuses or rollover qualifying nights. If a member’s stay starts before January 1, 2021 or extends beyond December 31, 2021, member will only receive the points for nights stayed during the Offer Period. Only one room per member per Qualifying Stay will be eligible. If more than one member checks into the same room, only one member is eligible for the Offer. If a member books more than one room on the same night, they will only receive Offer points on one room and points will be based off the room with the higher average room night rate over the Offer Period. No retroactive credit will be awarded for Stays prior to enrollment. This Offer is subject to standard IHG Rewards Club Membership Terms and Conditions and earning structure, which can be obtained here. Please allow up to 4 to 6 weeks for bonus points to be posted onto your account. Any misuse of such rates is considered a fraud activity subject to IHG Rewards Club Membership terms and conditions. IHG reserves the right to remove a member’s bonus points award or cancel a member’s account if fraudulent use of the Promotion is detected. To the extent permitted by applicable law, IHG Rewards Club reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Promotion/Offer at any time with or without notice. To the extent permitted by applicable law, IHG reserves the right of final interpretation of this Offer. This exclusive Offer is valid and applies to the original recipient only. Members must make any promotional inquiries by 60 days from the end of the campaign period.
- The bonus points awarded through this Offer are not Elite status qualifying. A maximum of 380,000 bonus points can be achieved from this Offer in 2021. IHG reserves the right to recoup any points incorrectly awarded.
Our Verdict
Looks like this promotion has been running since the start of 2020, not sure why I’m only finding out about it now or if I missed it when it was covered earlier in the year. This does stack with other IHG offers, for example:
Hat tip to Traveling For Miles
Likely reason you didn’t hear about it before is because this is yet another YAWNER…. (as in why would anybody hype a non-deal like this?) a lot of work (10 nights!) for a whopping, kowabunga (as in incredibly measly) 10k points…. yet another loser for the “into the chaos” gang from Manilla. (IHG hasn’t had any “exciting” promos since Drew Macomber went awol) 🙁
Any data points on whether on-property spend counts towards that required average of $30 per night? I.e. could I book a points stay but have breakfast, restaurant, spa, etc spend and still qualify for the promo?
how could I know I am invited?
I received three direct emails from IHG for this specific promo over the last two months
I don’t see a way to register for the promo. Maybe only those targeted can enroll?
Just one more example why IHG sucks, in comparison to any other major chain. Their normal elite benefits are pathetic, and their response to COVID has seemingly been to decrease promos not increase them like every other major chain. And the fact that they still exclude award stays from these weak promos makes them even more useless.
This is why I only time I stay at an IHG property is when I have no other choice.
So…in other words, you’re outraged?
Nope, just seeing them live up to my extremely low expectations. That’s different.
“no” — just speaking truth…. another way to put this would be, “Wow, if you stay only 10 separate PAID nights with IHG, and you too will be rewarded with (by golly, shazaaam, poof!) enough points to stay at, oh, say, a generic category 1 Cambridge Suites in middle-of-nowhere Sidney, Montana. (about six hours west of the famous University of Southern North Dakota at Hoopsville)
Yes, dripping with sarcasm. (Yes, I get that DoC’s posts are unbiased, as in not conditioned by fidelity to links from credit cards or merchants…. Then again, some candid detachment/analysis would be nice too)
Personally, I think IHG, at the very base level, has much better value than any other chain, at least compared to Hilton and Marriott. Their welcome drink, which is sometimes just a can of cola, is given to even the very base members. I need to be a Hilton Gold member or a Marriott Platinum member to get a free drink.