100% bonus on buying points for IHG Elites

[aaronjames000]

Did you receive the 100% bonus?

My mystery bonus was 50% so I can purchase 60,000 IHG points + 30,000 bonus IHG points for USD690 via this promotion. I can get those same 90,000 IHG points by booking 9 reward nights and and paying USD70 for each 10,000 IHG points and then cancel the reward booking and the points credit back to your account. I am not convinced people are doing this that often but then again I would not be surprised.

So for me this promotion is not worth it.

If you received the 100% bonus and you need the points then purchasing them via this promotion is worth it.

I'm a little slow catching on... so you book a reward night which normally costs say 45k points, for 35k points + $70.... and when you cancel the booking they just refund the full 45k points. This is genius!

 

[markis10]

I'm a little slow catching on... so you book a reward night which normally costs say 45k points, for 35k points + $70.... and when you cancel the booking they just refund the full 45k points. This is genius!

Thats it, if you keep 5K in your account you can generate points as required.

It was covered in the Gazette in February

http://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/40-for-a-night-in-a-4-or-5-star-hotel/

 

[JohnK]

I'm a little slow catching on... so you book a reward night which normally costs say 45k points, for 35k points + $70.... and when you cancel the booking they just refund the full 45k points. This is genius!

It is that simple.

My only concern would be whether this would trigger any alarm bells at IHG if you kept doing this often enough but they probably wouldn't care as they are selling points albeit a little cheaper than the Points website.

 

[burmans]

It is that simple.

My only concern would be whether this would trigger any alarm bells at IHG if you kept doing this often enough but they probably wouldn't care as they are selling points albeit a little cheaper than the Points website.

This has been around for years now and hardly a secret given every second blogger talks about it so you have to figure IHG dont really hate it that much!

 

[aaronjames000]

This has been around for years now and hardly a secret given every second blogger talks about it

It seems I have been living under a rock!