IHG Accelerate 2016 (1 Jan -30 April)

[mhen]

IHG are repeating the Accelerate promotion. Log in to see your offers.

https://www.ihg.com/content/us/en/offers/q1accelerate16/registration

 

[mhen]

My offers:

Complete all of your Accelerate 2016 offers and earn 116,600 total bonus points.

5,000 January Bonus Offer
Stay once in January and get 5,000 bonus points.

5,000 Stay Once Get 5,000
Thank you for choosing IHG. We'd like to see you again soon. 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.

19,200 Authentic Experiences
Live the InterContinental® life when you stay at 2 InterContinental® hotel(s) and earn 19,200 bonus points.

19,200 Globetrotter Bonus
Earn 19,200 bonus points for staying at 2 IHG hotel(s) outside of your country of residence. You’ll earn for one hotel stay per country.

19,200 Globetrotter Bonus
Earn 19,200 bonus points for staying at 2 IHG hotel(s) outside Greater China (including mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau & Taiwan).

5,000 Renew Your Ambassador Membership
Earn 5,000 points when you renew your Ambassador Membership.

34,000 Your Achievement Bonus
Complete 5 of the 6 offers above and earn (an additional) 34,000 bonus points (excluding the January Bonus Offer).

The two globetrotter bonuses are strange as initially I thought I could earn both for staying at two IHG hotels (in different countries) outside Australia and Greater China but the terms of the "outside Greater China" offer say "Must be an IHG® Rewards Club member with residence in Greater China and must register your member number in advance to participate in this Offer ("Registration")."

 

[andye]

Mine are:
5,000 January Bonus Offer
Stay once in January and get 5,000 bonus points.

5,000 Stay Once Get 5,000
Thank you for choosing IHG. We'd like to see you again soon. Stay once and earn 5,000 bonus points.

12,000 Stay More, Earn More
Get closer to the rewards you want when you stay 6 night(s) and earn 12,000 bonus points.

3,200 Travel with the IHG App
Book 2 stays with the IHG App and earn 3200 bonus points

4,000 A bonus weekend stay
Stay with us for a weekend and earn 4,000 bonus points. Friday & Saturday or Saturday and Sunday

4,000 Stay a little longer
Earn 4,00 bonus points when you book a single stay of 4 or more consecutive nights

4,000 Member exclusive rate bonus
Book 2 stays with the Member exclusive rate (35% off) and earn 4,000 bonus points

1,500 Eat, drink and earn
Spend $160 on food or beverages at IHG hotels and earn 1,500 bonus points

18,300 Your achievement bonus
Complete 6 of the 7 offers and earn an additional 18,300 bonus points (excluding the January bonus offer)



I had already booked a stay at IC Sanctuary Cove which will tick off four of the offers-likely to be a better Accelerate for me than last time

 

[eric2011]

5,000 Renew Your Ambassador Membership
Earn 5,000 points when you renew your Ambassador Membership.

Just my cough luck, I renewed my membership 2 days ago, early as its not due until Feb but I had some spare cask so thought I would do it early


These are my offers

My Offers

Points Value	Offer Description	Status
5,000	January Bonus Offer Stay once in January and get 5,000 bonus points. Terms
5,000	Stay Once Get 5,000 Thank you for choosing IHG. We'd like to see you again soon. Stay once and earn 5,000 bonus points. Terms
30,000	Stay More, Earn More Get closer to the rewards you want when you stay 15 night(s) and earn 30,000 bonus points. Terms
13,200	You’re On Your Way Get a great start by staying at 3 Crowne Plaza® hotel(s) and earn 13,200 bonus points. Terms
10,000	A Luxurious Weekend Stay at an (1) InterContinental® hotel for the weekend and earn 10,000 bonus points. A Friday and Saturday or Saturday and Sunday-night stay required. Terms
5,000	Renew Your Ambassador Membership Earn 5,000 points when you renew your Ambassador Membership. Terms
17,000	Your Achievement Bonus Complete 4 of the 5 offers above and earn (an additional) 17,000 bonus points (excluding the January Bonus Offer).

 

[serfty]

The last offer (4th Qtr 2015) for me was to earn 43K - I earned 0.

They have upped the ante - now 58K - I expect to earn 0.

 

[Rick93]

Did anybody else notice on their 'My Offers Status', that they extended the previous promotion by several weeks ....

I saw it last week. It showed, I still had another 53 days to achieve etc.

Just went back today .... of course .... IT'S GONE !!!

Damn .... ( would have made all my requirements in that 'adjusted' timeframe ).

 

[Major]

My offers are for 55K...I am staying at a HI in Feb and expect to earn 1K

 

[basso]

Did anybody else notice on their 'My Offers Status', that they extended the previous promotion by several weeks ....

Err, no they didn't. All the tasks still had completion dates of 31 Dec.

 

[Rick93]

Yeah, one reference stated that ...

but then, the little 'round circle' that has the number of days left to achieve your target .... this showed 53 days left around the 3rd. January 2016.

I thought - 'you beauty' .... then as I say, I returned to the site later, and it was gone ( adjusted back to the new promo ).

It has been known in the past, for 'temporary errors' to have occurred. This was one, I suppose ...

 

[celetrum]

This is my offers


[h=3]Get going, get ahead[/h]earn 41,000 total bonus points when you complete your offers.

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[h=3]Earn 41,000 total bonus points.[/h]Complete all of your Accelerate 2016 offers and earn 41,000 total bonus points.


[h=4]My Offers[/h]

Points Value	Offer Description	Status
5,000	January Bonus OfferStay once in January and get 5,000 bonus points. Terms
3,000	Stay Once Get 3,000Thank you for choosing IHG. We'd like to see you again soon. Stay once and earn 3,000 bonus points. Terms		BOOK NOW
9,000	Stay 6 nightsStay 6 nights and earn 9,000 bonus points. Terms		BOOK NOW
3,000	Stay 3 More NightsGet an additional 3,000 points after night 9. Terms		BOOK NOW
3,000	Stay 3 More NightsGet an additional 3,000 points after night 12. Terms		BOOK NOW
3,000	Stay 3 More NightsGet an additional 3,000 points after night 15. Terms		BOOK NOW
15,000	Stay 3 More NightsGet an additional 15,000 points after night 18. Terms		BOOK NOW

Full Campaign Terms and Conditions

 

[JohnK]

Mine goes in the too hard basket.

Complete all your offers to get 88,600 total bonus points.

5,000 Stay Once Get 5,000
Thank you for choosing IHG®. We'd like to see you again soon. Stay once and earn 5,000 bonus points.

1,000 Eat, Drink and Earn
Spend $100 on food or beverages at IHG® hotels and earn 1,000 bonus points.

18,000 Stay More, Earn More
Get closer to the rewards you want when you stay 9 night(s) and earn 18,000 bonus points.

3,200 Business Success
Book 2 stays with Business Success special rate and earn 3,200 bonus points.

8,000 Explore Greater China
Stay in any of the IHG® hotels in two of the following destinations of Greater China to earn 8,000 bonus points: Shanghai, Hong Kong, Macau, Beijing, Tianjin, Qingdao, Chengdu, Jiuzhaigou, Kunming, Lijiang, Xishuangbanna.

4,000 Stay a Little Longer
Earn 4,000 bonus points when you book a single stay of 4 or more consecutive nights.

22,400 Globetrotter Bonus
Earn 22,400 bonus points for staying at 4 IHG® hotel(s) outside of your country of residence. You’ll earn for one hotel stay per country.

5,000 January Bonus Offer
Stay once in January and get 5,000 bonus points.

22,000 Your Achievement Bonus
Complete 6 of the 7 offers above and earn (an additional) 22,000 bonus points (excluding the January Bonus Offer).

The offers are bordering on ridiculous. Last time had stay in 3 countries outside of country of residence and that was difficult enough. Now it is 4 countries. I may just stay one night for the 5,000 points.

 

[Meggsy]

A possible 93,800 for me. Some of these are ridiculous.

 

[Steady]

Well looks like I have not fared very well with my offer. Does the stay once night count towards the stay 6 nights as it does not say 'stay 6 more nights'?
[h=3]Earn 36,000 total bonus points.[/h]Complete all of your Accelerate 2016 offers and earn 36,000 total bonus points

5,000 January BonusOffer
Stay once in January and get 5,000 bonus points.

1,000
Stay Once Get1,000
Thank you for choosing IHG. We'd like to see you again soon.Stay once and earn 1,000 bonus points.

6,000 Stay 6 nights
Stay 6 nights and earn 6,000 bonus points.

3,000 Stay 3 MoreNights
Get an additional 3,000 points after night 9.

3,000 Stay 3 MoreNights
Get an additional 3,000 points after night 12.

3,000 Stay 3 MoreNights
Get an additional 3,000 points after night 15.

15,000 Stay 3 MoreNights
Get an additional 15,000 points after night 18.

 

[Meggsy]

Well looks like I have not fared very well with my offer. Does the stay once night count towards the stay 6 nights as it does not say 'stay 6 more nights'?

Yes it will. I had the same type of offers in the last promotion and the counters move up across multiple offers for 1 stay.

 

[Steady]

Yes it will. I had the same type of offers in the last promotion and the counters move up across multiple offers for 1 stay.

Thanks Meggsy.

I have only recently joined the IHG programme. During the last accelerate promotion I had 3 stays, I had to chase points for 1 of them and I am still trying to get the bonus points for that stay - is this common with IHG?

 

[Meggsy]

Thanks Meggsy.

I have only recently joined the IHG programme. During the last accelerate promotion I had 3 stays, I had to chase points for 1 of them and I am still trying to get the bonus points for that stay - is this common with IHG?

Welcome to IHG Rewards program. Sadly it is all too common. I occasionally go months in a row where everything posts as it should and then for no apparent reason multiple consecutive stays do not post and I have to chase them up. It's all good if the online missing points claim works but it gets very painful when you have to deal with them on the telephone.

 

[thatsthatmattressman]

I am kind of late to the party on this one but does anybody know if the Spend 110$ is my local currency (NON-USD$) or is it based on a USD$ spend (i.e. my food and beverage will get converted to USD$ and I must spend a total of 110$USD?

 

[andye]

I am kind of late to the party on this one but does anybody know if the Spend 110$ is my local currency (NON-USD$) or is it based on a USD$ spend (i.e. my food and beverage will get converted to USD$ and I must spend a total of 110$USD?

With IHG $ are always USD

 

[Meggsy]

I am kind of late to the party on this one but does anybody know if the Spend 110$ is my local currency (NON-USD$) or is it based on a USD$ spend (i.e. my food and beverage will get converted to USD$ and I must spend a total of 110$USD?

My current offer is recording in $AU. In the recently completed offer it also recorded my $AU spend on the progress meter in $AU. So short answer is local currency amount with no conversion.

 

[andye]

With IHG $ are always USD

Sorry if wrong info in light of Meggsy's post. Went back to check T&Cs and no clarification there