New IHG Rewards Club Promotion: ‘Free Nights Faster’

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Flyertalk poster chongcao recently shared a link to IHG Reward Club’s upcoming global promotion – this time called “Free Nights Faster”.

Registration is now live, but note that the promotion doesn’t actually start until 15th January 2019. Basically, the promo is just another version of IHG’s (sometimes excellent) personalised promotions, which offer different amounts of bonus points for completing various types of stays / booking particular rates / etc.

“Earn at least 40,000 bonus points to use toward free nights

As an IHG Rewards Club member you can earn at least 40,000 bonus points by staying at any of our 5,500+ hotels around the world from January 15 to April 15. Register now, before March 15, to start earning toward free nights today.

It’s that simple.”

As you can see, the promotion runs from 15th January to 15th April, so there’s plenty of time to take advantage. It should also stack nicely with IHG’s generous free nights offer for stays at new UK properties.

Bottom line

If you can hold off on booking IHG hotels until you’ve registered for the the promo and worked out the best way to hit your targets, I’d recommend doing so. These promos can be very lucrative, but do make sure to read the small print, as the challenges can be quite specific in terms of booking a particular rate etc.

Is your offer any good this time?

Comments

  1. Gtellez says

    Very disappointing mine, even worst than the last time:
    1. Double points up to 40k
    2. 2k for one stay in February

    • Craig Sowerby says

      Same here. It’s as if IHG know that I will either ignore the targets or game them to complete them with the bare minimum of nights.

      Shame… because I have some hotel stays in Q1 where my only option is IHG…

  2. James says

    Free Nights. Faster

    ihg-rewards-club-mb1-2019-reward-nights-ice-ihgrc-gben-hero-cb1-lvp-mvp-1920×380
    Free nights. Faster. It’s that simple.

    About Free Nights

    earn 56,200 total bonus points when you complete your offers.

    Points Earned
    0 of 56,200 points
    Completed Offers
    0 of 6
    Days Left
    70
    Earn 56,200 total bonus points.
    Complete all of your Free Nights. Faster offers and earn total bonus points.

    My Offers
    Points Offer
    14,000 Stay More, Earn More
    Get closer to the rewards you want when you stay 7 night(s) and earn 14,000 bonus points. Terms
    BOOK NOW
    22,400 Discover Our Brands
    Stay at 4 brands and get 22,400 bonus points. Terms
    BOOK NOW
    5,600 Stay at Holiday Inn®
    Stay at 2 Holiday Inn® hotel(s)—including Holiday Inn Resort® and Holiday Inn Club Vacations®—and earn 5,600 bonus points. Terms
    BOOK NOW
    5,600 Saturday Stays Bonus
    Stay 2 weekend(s), including a Saturday night and another night, and earn 5,600 bonus points. Terms
    BOOK NOW
    6,600 Earn More, Faster
    Earn 6,600 bonus points when you book 3 Bonus Points Package stay(s) and get to your next reward faster. Terms
    BOOK NOW
    2,000 February Bonus Offer
    Stay once in February and get 2,000 bonus points. Terms
    BOOK NOW

    • Joe Deeney says

      Hi John – sorry, when I said targeted I should have been clearer. What I meant was that different people will get different offers, but everyone should get something (assuming this one works in the same way as all the other IHG promos over the last couple of years).

      • john browell says

        OK, that makes sense, thanks. So for other people who have already had theirs, was it via email or via the IHG account ?

        • Joe Deeney says

          No worries! Looks like registration went live overnight, so if you click through the links now and sign into your IHG account you should be able to see your offer. (I’ll update the post now)

  3. john says

    Mine appears to be a lot simpler than James. The Feb bonus offer might already be sorted; I have 2 cheap stays booked already for the other “new properties challenge” but not sure if those would count as they were booked before I registered. However the terms only say you have to register in advance to participate; that means I could not do a Feb stay and subsequently register for the promotion. They don’t say that any Feb stays booked before registering will not count.

    Points Value Offer Description
    40,000 Double Your Stay
    Earn double points on every stay, starting with your second stay, up to 40,000 bonus points. Terms
    2,000 February Bonus Offer
    Stay once in February and get 2,000 bonus points. Terms

  4. Pascal says

    I got a great one, possibly because I didn’t have any stay for 3 months and they want me back!

    Earn 98,400 total bonus points.
    Complete all of your Free Nights. Faster offers and earn total bonus points.

    My Offers
    Points Value Offer Description Status
    19,200 Discover Our Brands
    Stay at 3 brands and get 19,200 bonus points. Terms

    11,200 Stay at InterContinental® Hotels
    Stay at 2 InterContinental® hotel(s) and earn 11,200 bonus points. Terms

    5,600 Saturday Stays Bonus
    Stay 2 weekend(s), including a Saturday night and another night, and earn 5,600 bonus points. Terms

    6,600 Earn More, Faster
    Earn 6,600 bonus points when you book 2 Bonus Points Package stay(s) and get to your next reward faster. Terms

    5,600 Corporate Account Bonus
    Stay 4 time(s) using your corporate rate and earn 5,600 bonus points. Stays booked through your corporate portal count toward the promotion. Terms

    48,200 Your Achievement Bonus
    Complete 5 of the 6 offers and earn (an additional) 48,200 bonus points. Terms

    2,000 February Bonus Offer
    Stay once in February and get 2,000 bonus points. Terms

  5. Ian Perry says

    Pretty useless ones for me here.

    * Get closer to the rewards you want when you stay 4 night(s) and earn 8,000 bonus points
    * Stay 2 weekend(s), including a Saturday night and another night, and earn 5,600 bonus points
    * Stay at 3 IHG® hotel(s) and earn 8,400 bonus points
    * Earn 6,600 bonus points when you book 2 Bonus Points Package stay(s) and get to your next reward faster

    * Complete 4 of the 4 offers and earn (an additional) 14,300 bonus points

    I clocked up 4 nights (1 reward) with IHG in 2018, and the promise of all this effort for 40,000 points is unlikely to change that for 2019.

  6. Graeme Taylor says

    I’ll probably need to book a pair of bonus point packages to meet my (otherwise generous) target – but those seem hard to find and poor value compared to lower-earning rates. Any tips on finding these cheaply?

  7. Richard Talbot says

    mine are awful this time around – yet i did become spire last year.
    7,200 3 stays in holiday inn
    10,400 5 w/end stays (to include a Saturday plus one other night)
    6,600 3 bonus package stays
    5,200 5 corporate stays
    14,700 achievement bonus.

    I doubt i will get the bonus this time around – to book a bonus package you have to pay the flexible rate. sometimes that can be £20 more plus the extra £5 for the 1,000 points – its not worth it.

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