Deal no longer available, view the current Accelerate offer by clicking here.
Update 02/12: Kimpton bonus is available to everybody now. It’s mentioned on the landing page of the accelerate offer found here.
Update 02/07: Some people are seeing a new offer added to their accelerate offer where you receive an additional 10,000 points for staying at any Kimpton property before April 30th. Check your account to see if you’re targeted.
The Offer
- IHG’s Accelerate promotion for Q1 of 2018 is now live. You’ll receive bonus IHG points for completing different requirements, you’ll also receive an additional bonus for completing a set number of the tasks
The Fine Print
- Valid for stays between January 1st and April 30th, 2018
Our Verdict
My offer isn’t very exciting, so this won’t change any of my booking behavior. This is a bit disappointing as I actually need to book a lot of hotels for stays during this period, but that likely just means I’ll get to end up staying at some more interesting non chain hotels instead. Feel free to share your own offers in the comments, as well as whether you’re going to go for it or not.
dude. where the fuck is this offer? looks like its still targeted. not open to all. spent 45min looking around like an idiot only to find 2 different offers:
Swing Into Spring – STAY 2+ NIGHTS & GET UP TO 25% OFF.
STAY DATES: February 21 – May 31, 2018
BOOK BY: March 11, 2018
5000 IHG Rewards Club Points – BOOK NOW AND RECEIVE 5000 IHG REWARDS CLUB BONUS POINTS PER STAY.
STAY DATES: January 10 – December 30, 2018
BOOK BY: December 30, 2018
never bothered staying at IHG because their promo shit is so wack. nothing ever works for me. i guess others just know how to work the Royal Amb Spire system and enjoy ICs.
Do rewards stays count as a stay?
for promos they never do man. sometimes cash + pts. rarely.
“Non-Qualifying Room Rates” or “Non-Qualifying Stay” include the following: net wholesale individual and group rate, certain package rates, employee discount rate, friends and family rate, crew rate, special discounted contract rates, seasonal worker/crew rate, 50% travel club discount rate, travel industry discount rate, distressed passenger rate, IHG® Rewards Club Reward Nights/Airline Hotel Reward rate, rates booked through third party web sites, complimentary hotel Stays and any other rates not defined as a Qualifying Room Rate at IHG’s sole discretion.
Doc,
I still don’t have the Kimpton offer on my Accelerate FYI
It’s open to everybody, it doesn’t show up in the offer section. If you log out you’ll see what I’m talking about.
dont think thats true. 100% certain.
How so?
I don’t see it in my offers
It’s displayed on the homepage rather than in the offers bit, hope that makes sense
Now for the real challenge: Find a Kimpton hotel where I would be willing to pay the cash price…
+1 (bingo — the little “secret” bloggers are generally loathe to mention, much less document — that IHG and Kimpton in particular have been jacking up their average rates — big time.)
Not as good as my last one. And I miss the Achievement Bonus because I misread the terms (wrong family brand for one stay 🙂
2,000 Stay Once Get 2,000 Bonus Points
Thank you for being a loyal IHG® Rewards Club member. Stay once and earn 2,000 bonus points. Terms
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. Terms
9,000 Earn More, Faster
Earn 9,000 bonus points when you book 1 Bonus Points Package stay(s) and get to your next reward faster. Terms
3,600 Big City Bonus
Stay in 1 of 6 major markets: New York, Chicago, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, Orlando or San Francisco and earn 3,600 bonus points. Terms
1,500 Spend on Your IHG® Rewards Club Credit Card
Book and pay for one stay with your IHG® Rewards Club Credit Card and earn bonus points. Terms
13,900 Your Achievement Bonus
Complete 4 of the 5 offers and earn (an additional) 13,900 bonus points.
5,000 Refer a Friend and Earn
Refer a friend to enroll into IHG Rewards Club, and receive 5,000 bonus points. The referred member must complete their first stay by April 30th.
Terrible. Stay 18 Nights nights for 34,000pts. Refer a friend in addition to friend staying w/in 60 days of referral for an additional 5,000pts. I laughed and closed the screen.
So-so offer. 50k for completing various stays (5 nights total, 2 nights at Holiday Inn, stay 1 night anywhere, do 1 cash + points stay)… I can essentially bang this all out for 5 nights.
I already have a kimpton stay set for before Apr 30 and I got the offer. 🙂
30k for 3 nights, 3 stays at Holiday Inn, one weekend stay, 2 nights using Your Rate = 4 nights minimum.
I think I got the starter offer since I’ve never used it before? I’ve had both the IHG card and rewards account for a year. It’s also the same as my current 2017 Q4 offer, which I’m on track to completing, so hopefully I’ll get a better 2018 Q2 offer because of that.