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New IHG offer: 10K points for two stays
IHG has brought back its reactivation offer for members who haven’t stayed with them for a while, and you may want to try your luck.
You can sign up to the offer here. Stay twice within 60 days of registration and you’ll earn 5,000 bonus points each time. They must be paid stays.
Note that it’s a targeted offer, so not everyone is eligible. I was able to enrol when it came around last time, but could no more 🙁
Complimentary access to gym, swimming pool and beach at GHA hotels, even when you are not staying!
GHA Discovery launched its new program in 2021, and discontinued the much beloved Local Experiences award. It’s replaced with a new feature called Local Offers, which isn’t as exciting but caters to a wider audience.
You could view the Local Offers page here (login required). What’s peculiar about it is you don’t need to stay at the hotel – so say if you are just interested in dining in the restaurant of one specific GHA hotel, it’s worth checking if there are any exclusive discounts.
Most of the offers are discounts for dining, massage or experiences. However there’s a special category filter for Complimentary Access, and as the name suggests it shows hotels that offer you free access to their facilities.
Some of the offers may be tier-specific, so if you have don’t have Titanium status you may not see them. The terms are also very different – some are one-time use only, some are limited to two uses per month, and some are unlimited.
Here are some examples, which I think are of interest:
Netherlands
- nhow Amsterdam RAI, gym access
- nhow Rotterdam, gym and sauna access
- NH Atlanta Rotterdam, gym and sauna access
Lithuania
- Grand Hotel Kempinski Vilnius, private hotel tour
UAE
- Anantara The Palm Dubai Resort, free private coffee session
- Nikki Beach Resort & Spa Dubai, pool and beach access
Qatar
- Kempinski Residences and Suites Doha, pool access
Seychelles
- JA Enchanted Waterfront, pool access with boat transfer
- JA Enchanted Island Resort, pool access with boat transfer
Singapore
- Parkroyal Collection Marina Bay, pool and gym access
China
- Marco Polo Xiamen, kids club
- Marco Polo Lingnan Tiandi, Foshan, pool access with parking
- Anantara Guiyang Resort, gym access
You need to use the provided form to pre-book, and I’d recommend confirm with the hotel beforehand as they might not be familiar with this new feature.
Many of these perks are quite handy if you happen to be visiting the city, or live nearby – although I’m not sure beach club access on a private Maldives island is useful to anyone except the staying guests!
Marriott Q1 promotion: 1,000 points per night and double elite night credit
Following IHG, Marriott has unveiled its first global promotion of year 2023.
You can register to the offer here.
- Register by April 7th
- Stay between February 7th and April 23rd
- Earn 1,000 bonus points and one additional elite night credit for every paid night stayed
Certain brands such as Marriott Executive Apartments and Homes & Villas are excluded. The offer is great if you are aiming for elite status this year – the offer period covers 75 days, so reaching Platinum or Titanium status is quite doable.
2023 Tier Last Call – Stay once to maintain your Hilton Diamond / Gold status (live)
Hilton quietly released their 2023 Tier Last Call promotion one week ago, which makes it super easy to maintain your Hilton status for another year. I’m still waiting for more details to come through, but in the meantime it’s worth sharing what I already know.
First of all, the offer is by-invitation only. It was made crystal clear at the beginning that only residents of Greater China could participate (based on your account address on 01/01/2023), however such wording no longer appears on the official FAQ.
I’m not sure if the eligibility criterion has changed, but it’s possible. I changed my account address to China last year, hoping that there might be special extension policies for their residents, but then changed it back to the UK in December thinking that all dust had settled. When I learned of the news last week I changed it back to China again (!!), which should have been too late per the original terms.
However, I can see the promotion in My Offers now:
Which means that they’ve automatically enrolled me, yay!
Eligible members need to stay once, twice or three times by March 31 to maintain their Diamond or Gold status through Feb 2024. The registration links are as follows:
- One stay to maintain Gold
- Two stays to maintain Gold
- Three stays to maintain Gold
- One stay to maintain Diamond
- Two stays to maintain Diamond
- Three stays to maintain Diamond
In theory the more you have stayed in 2022, the less you need to stay in this challenge. An email has just sent out clarifying how many nights are required from each individual:
Remember that you have until March 31st to complete the challenge, and reward nights should count.
IHG Q1 offer: 2,000 points for every two nights
IHG has an ongoing targeted offer until the end of January. Just as expected, a global promotion will follow suit in February.
The promotion page isn’t live yet, but you can already sign up via this page. The offer details are:
- Stay between February 9th and April 14th
- Earn 2,000 bonus points for every two nights
- The nightly rate need to exceed $30
It is a bit… boring, especially when compared to the extremely rewarding offer they had at the end of last year. Don’t forget to sign up however, if you have any paid stays with IHG coming up.
IHG Q1 offer: 3,000 points for every two nights
IHG has revealed their Q1 offer (possibly targeted), and you can register now.
- Stay between January 1 and February 8
- Earn 3,000 bonus points for every two eligible nights
- Valid three times (i.e. maximum 9,000 bonus points)
As usual, an eligible night is a paid night that costs at least $30 booked via official IHG channels.
I received this offer via email, and the wording suggests it might be targeted. Anyway, don’t expect another global promotion from IHG until February 8.
IHG offering 3,000 birthday bonus points
I just celebrated my birthday in a quarantine hotel, for which I received a lot of spam commercial emails as usual. If I remember correctly, last year IHG offered me 1,000 straight points, but they are adding a twist this year.
I received an email inviting me to sign up to their birthday offer:
Once enrolled, I need to complete a paid weekend stay to earn 3,000 bonus points. A weekend stay is defined as a stay of minimum two nights, and at least one night is on Thursday, Friday or Saturday.
If your birthday just passed or is around the corner, try signing up to the offer here. It appears that many members that should be eligible failed to go through though, so I guess IHG still needs to sort out their IT.
Hilton Q1 promotion: double points & 1k new brand bonus
Hilton is the first one to reveal their 2023 Q1 promotion, and you can sign up here.
- Stay between January 1 and April 30
- Earn double points on all eligible stays
- Earn an additional 1,000 points for each brand you stay with
Note how the brand bonus is different to Marriott’s promotion: if you stay with 5 brands during the promotion period, you will earn 5,000 bonus points instead of 4,000.
Existing bookings count. If your check-in date if before January 1 but your check-out date is before April 30, you are still eligible for the bonus.