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IHG Europe flash sale, save at least 30%!
IHG has just extended its More to See promotion, but changed the format slightly this time.
- Valid for hotels in the UK and Europe
- Book by 14 October
- Stay by 11 April 2021
- Save at least 30% off Best Flexible Rate
- Minimum 3 days advance booking
- Refundable up to 14 days in advance
Compared to the previous edition, there is no longer three-night minimum stay required, which is good news.
The rate plan doesn’t appear to have a special name – it’s just shown as the regular advance purchase rate:
Here are some (good) rates that I’ve found:
- Crowne Plaza London – City £78
- Crowne Plaza London – Kensington £69
- Hotel Indigo London – Kensington £65
- InterContinental London O2 £117
- Hotel Indigo Edinburgh £67
- Kimpton Clocktower Hotel Manchester £79
- Crowne Plaza Manchester City Centre £44
- InterContinental Berlin €88
- Hotel Indigo Berlin – Ku’damm €59
- Crowne Plaza Frankfurt Congress Hotel €45
- Crowne Plaza Rome – St. Peter’s €88
- Hotel Indigo Milan – Corso Monforte €114
Beware that full payment is taken at the time of booking (although it may not be the case in practice), and two weeks’ notice for cancellation isn’t really generous. Due to the current IHG waiver though, you are free to cancel your booking as long as the stay is before 30 September, and hopefully it gets extended.
Great Accor fast track offer – Up to 10 bonus night credits after one stay
After withdrawing all its free status offers, Accor has been very stingy and there’s almost no way to fast track to Platinum status (still some for Gold and Silver). While Hilton, Marriott and Hyatt etc. are all offering fast track or status match opportunities, Accor doesn’t seem to care.
It seems though that Accor has finally opened up its gate. As you can see on this page, you will earn a certain number of bonus night credits after booking and staying once by the end of this year.
Note that it must be a new booking made after registration. Classic, Silver and Gold members earn 5, 7 and 10 bonus night credits respectively. There’s no incentive for Platinum members.
There’s a catch though – this is a targeted offer intended for Flight Centre Travel Group clients. However the terms and conditions make no suggestion that you must book via them to trigger the offer, so there is a chance that it may work for every one.
After clicking Subscribe Now, I received a success message and a confirmation email.
If you have any plan of staying at an Accor hotel by the end of this year, it’s a no brainer to sign up even if it may not work in the end. Night credits collected this year also count towards status in the next year.
IHG new double points promotion
IHG has launches its new global promotion, which is a bit boring.
The promotion’s page is here and you can register via this link.
- Valid for stays between 1 October and 15 December
- You earn double points on each stay
- Chase IHG credit card holders earn 10,000 bonus points after first (paid) stay
Compared to the previous round, where you could earn up to quadruple points, this new promotion is not very exciting. Personally I think it’s not as good as the ones from Marriott, Hilton or Hyatt either.
Unfortunately IHG seems to have forgotten about its affiliated credit cards outside North America – I don’t understand why they wouldn’t just offer the bonus to all IHG credit card members?
Marriott buy points 50% bonus sale
Marriott’s last round of points sale finished two months ago, but obviously they didn’t intend to let us wait long – the new round has just started.
- You get 50% bonus for purchases of 2,000 points or more
- The annual purchase limit has also increased to 150,000 points
- The promotion runs until 22 October
Under this promotion, you pay $83.33 for every 10,000 points, which is roughly £64.8.
50% bonus is Marriott’s second best offer, and it’s not difficult to avail at this price. However, given how frequently the sale is running now, I wouldn’t recommend buying without imminent use.
For maximising your Marriott points’ value, please refer to my following posts:
Marriott UK & Europe PointSavers Hotel List
Similar to the Pointbreaks promotion that IHG used to run, Marriott also has a regular promotion named PointSavers which offers discount on award night redemption.
Ascott launches status match promotion
Ascott is a serviced apartment group based in Singapore. We wrote about their generous buy points promotion a while ago (already ended), and then the status match opportunity to Amex Platinum membership. They have just started a wider status match promotion, which makes becoming elite even easier.
The offer’s page is here. You need to have status with Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG or Accor, and at least one stay with that programme in the last 18 months. Applications are processed within 10 business days, and once approved the status is valid for a year.
A reminder of the benefits:
Ascott Gold
- 30% off birthday voucher
- Welcome gift or drink
- Early check-in & late check-out
- Free airport transfer in the Middle East
- Room upgrade in Europe (subject to availability)
Ascott Platinum
- 40% off birthday voucher
- Welcome gift or drink
- Early check-in & late check-out
- Free airport transfer in the Middle East
- Free breakfast in Europe
- Room upgrade worldwide (subject to availability)
For stays in Europe, Platinum members get free breakfast at the minimum which is not bad. Other benefits like room upgrade are subject to availability, unless your experiences say otherwise I wouldn’t have high expectations.
My Review of JW Marriott Ankara
There aren’t many destinations welcoming UK tourists at the moment, and for most of them you have to self-isolate after returning. Considering this, Turkey is probably the best choice, or at least for me.
(more…)Preferred Hotels offer: Elite status after one stay
Preferred Hotels is a soft hotel alliance, similar to Leading Hotels of the World and Small Luxury Hotels. Some very well-known hotels in London are part of this group, for example Royal Lancaster London and the Beaumont Hotel.
