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The Offer
- IHG is offering 1,000 bonus points when you download the app
The Fine Print
- To participate in this “Download the App to Get 1K Points Offer” (the “Offer”), an individual must be an IHG One Rewards member and not previously downloaded the IHG® App.
- If a member meets these requirements and downloads the IHG App on or before December 2,2022 the member can earn 1,000 IHG One Rewards bonus points.
- This Offer is valid and applies to first time downloads only.
- The Offer can only be redeemed once, and a maximum of 1,000 bonus points can be achieved.
- The time needed for awarding points can vary with each promotion, so please allow up to six (6) weeks for bonus points to be posted to recipient’s account.
Our Verdict
Only works if you’ve never downloaded the app before.
I got 1000 points last December. I was wondering if these points will extend the expiration date for my points in my account.
What are the specific details for previously downloading the app? Does that mean you deleted the app and then downloaded it again? Does it mean downloading to a new device but using the same account? Can you download to several new devices and claim the bonus? Is the bonus only valid for one device?
I’m also wondering how they know who has downloaded the app and who hasn’t … and even if it’s possible, is their software robust enough to know?
that’s pretty easy to do. When you log in from the app or website, it sends meta data to the server. Metadata will contain things such as your IP address, browser, browser version, etc. So once you log in from the app, it would be contained in the metadata , reported and captured that you logged in from the app.
Downloaded the app, joined through the app, no points yet
“The time needed for awarding points can vary with each promotion, so please allow up to six (6) weeks for bonus points to be posted to recipient’s account”
Not seeing the offer. Dead?
Re-install 39 more times to get a free night with IHG 😛
Doesn’t “never downloaded app before” really mean “never logged in on the app before”? I guess for safety if multiple people want to earn this bonus on the same phone, we should delete the app and reinstall it for the next person.