InterContinental Hotels Group’s Priority Club is selling points by offering up to 50% bonus on purchased points until April 30th, 2012. The good news about buying points from Priority Club is that they count towards the Priority Club Gold or Platinum status. You can get instants Platinum status by buying 40K points +20K bonus points for a total of 60K Priority Club points for $460.
There are cheaper ways to buy the points. During the Discover America sale you can buy Priority Club points at 10Kpoints for $60, if paid using American Express branded credit card.
You can buy Priority Club points for $60 per 10K year-round by doing Points & Cash redemptions and canceling the reservation afterwards. Priority Club doesn’t reverse the points transaction. What they are doing, is selling you the points and depositing them to your account, and then charging the full number of points required for the award. I have an example of this on my review of the InterContinental Fiji hotel. If you go overboard with this, they might have a look at your account, however.
I probably wouldn’t be buying these, but then I do have a Platinum/Royal Ambassador status with InterContinental Hotels Group/Priority Club. If you don’t have any points to start with and would like to get the Platinum status, this is the fastest way to do it. You can then play around with the Points & Cash redemptions to get more points if needed.
The best way to use Priority Club points are the Point Breaks hotels. I did write about the current offers last week, when the latest list was announced. These are only 5000 Priority Club points per night.
The Terms and Conditions of this offer:
Offer available for purchases made between March 30 and April 30, 2012 inclusive. Bonus points will be awarded upon completion of the transaction. Bonus points will be awarded to the recipient of the points purchase. Offer is subject to change. Offer cannot be combined with any other offer. Only purchases made online are eligible for the bonus.
Price includes all applicable fees. GST/HST will be applied to purchases by Canadian residents. Purchased Points are not refundable and are applicable toward all Priority Club® Rewards awards. Members may purchase a maximum of 50,000 points per calendar year and receive as a gift a maximum of 50,000 points per year. Please allow 24-48 hours for miles to post to appear in the recipient’s account. All other Priority Club® Rewards Terms and Conditions apply.
