I’ve gotten some pretty terrible IHG offers from IHG’s various “Accelerate” promotions (including one that required me to stay at a hotel brand with only 2 locations).
But their new Q3 Accelerate offer is actually… kind of OK (but couldn’t they come up with a different name for it? Even the URL is bland lol).
It’s not worth moving a minor mountain for or anything, but it seems I can stay at an IHG for 2 nights in September 2016 and earn an extra 35,000 IHG points.
My IHG Accelerate offer
- Link: IHG Q3 Accelerate Promo
Here it is:
Not terrible!
So if I can:
- Stay once (5,000 points)
- In September (5,000 points)
- For 2 weekend nights (4,000 points)
- And use my Chase IHG to pay for it (1,500 points)
- I’ll unlock an achievement bonus (19,500 points)
And earn a bonus of 35,000 IHG points. That’s pretty decent.
I’ll likely have some sort of trip pop up next month. And it might be worth it to switch it over to IHG if it’s during the weekend.
Some analysis
I’m not sure if I’d mattress run for it or not. Although, there are plenty of hotels in the Dallas area with rates around ~$70 a night.
Not bad, not bad
Two nights during a weekend in September, after taxes, costs about ~$165.
$165 for 2 nights
That comes to under half a cent per point for all 35,000 IHG points.
Bout half a cent for each IHG point
Which is good, especially if I can increase their value at hotels that are typically very expensive.
This promotion is worth is if you can double your points value at an expensive hotel, like in San Francisco
Which could be a good deal for a hotel like the Holiday Inn San Francisco-Golden Gateway, which costs ~$405 a night after taxes, or 40,000 IHG points (thus doubling the value of the points earned from the Q3 Accelerate promotion).
Even if I don’t use the points right away, I know I can get good value from them down the road, like I did at the ANA Crowne Plaza in Osaka, Japan. Although I’m not expecting, well, anything extra despite having IHG Spire Elite status (their highest tier).
Bottom line
Your turn!
I’m curious to hear about your offer, as I tend to be geeky about these types of personalized offers. Here’s the link to the promotion to sign-in and check yours. Everyone’s offer may be slightly different.
Keep in mind you should sign up before you stay – IHG doesn’t credit stays after the fact.
Is yours worth mattress running or switching a stay for?
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does reward nights qualify towards accelerate stays?
Nah, only paid stays.
Won’t let me register. Every time I try I get this error, “There was a problem processing your request. Please try again after some time or contact your IHG® Rewards Club Customer Care Center for assistance.”
Strange! Did you try a different browser and still won’t work?
Try this one: https://www.ihg.com/content/us/en/offers/q3accelerate2016/dashboard
Tried in IE, Firefox, Chrome and get the error with that link too. Quite odd, but thanks for the help!
So weird. I just logged in again, works fine on my end, shows the current offer with the terms and conditions and all that. Don’t know what the error could be. :/
Having the same issue. 🙁
Try this link: https://www.ihg.com/content/us/en/offers/q3accelerate2016/dashboard
That link worked. Thanks!
Mine is similar to yours, though mine has a Holiday Inn Express requirement rather than a weekend requirement.
Total promotion is 45000, but I could stay twice and net 35k, if I stay in one of those nights in September and both nights at Holiday Inn Express hotels.
5,000 Stay Once Get 5,000
Thank you for being a loyal IHG® Rewards Club member. Stay once and earn 5,000 bonus points.
10,000 Stay More, Earn More
Get closer to the rewards you want when you stay 5 night(s) and earn 10,000 bonus points.
6,400 Stay Smart®
Stay Smart® by staying at 2 Holiday Inn Express® hotel(s) and earn 6,400 bonus points.
1,500 Spend on your IHG® Rewards Club Credit Card
Book and pay for one stay with your IHG® Rewards Club Credit Card and earn bonus points.
17,100 Your Achievement Bonus
Complete 3 of the 4 offers and earn (an additional) 17,100 bonus points.
5,000 September Bonus Offer
Stay once in September and get 5,000 bonus points.
Not bad! Looks like you could stay once at a HIE in September and do pretty well!
Worth a quick mattress run or switching a current stay for?