IHG Rewards Club has launched new Your Choice-promotion for travelers from select corporations that can earn Platinum status or triple points between May 15 – August 15, 2018.
Platinum status requires five stays or members can elect to earn triple points instead. Members in either case will earn 2,000 bonus points for each Kimpton stay.
You can access this offer on IHG’s website here.
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Here are the options:
Conclusion
Interesting that IHG Rewards Club has started to run these separate promotion for select business travelers that can earn these bonys points in addition to the Accelerate promotion. I have no access to the info what corporations actually qualify.
Here are the terms and conditions of this promotion:
The Your Choice Offer allows full time employees of an Eligible Company to choose between a status and points offer for earning. The offer is valid for stays May 15, 2018 – August 15, 2018 (“Offer Period”) which are booked through ihg.com or Eligible Company booking tool. Members must register for IHG Rewards Club to participate in the offer. The two offers are mutually exclusive – members cannot register to earn both triple points and Elite Status offers. Once a member is registered for one offer, they cannot un-register. Below are the terms for each offer.
I. Your Choice – Elite Status
All full time employees of an Eligible Company, who register in advance and stay at any IHG hotel between May 15, 2018 and August 15, 2018 (“Offer Period”) which are booked through ihg.com or Eligible Company booking tool will earn Gold Elite status after two (2) qualifying stays and Platinum Elite status after five (5) qualifying stays during the B2B Earn Elite Status Faster offer, plus 2,000 bonus points for each qualified stay at Kimpton® Hotels (“Offer”). A Stay is defined as one night or consecutive nights at the same hotel, regardless of frequency of check-in/check-out. Eligible Company employees must be legal residents in a country in the Americas and must book their stay using the corresponding IHG corporate travel booking codes through the Eligible Company corporate booking tool or book direct at ihg.com . Eligible Company employees are eligible to receive the Offer, up to five qualifying stays to earn maximum Platinum Elite status and the 2,000 bonus points once per stay at Kimpton® Hotels. Status upgrades and points are awarded pursuant to the IHG Rewards Club membership terms and conditions found at ihgrewardsclub.com.
Only employees of selected companies are eligible for this offer. Please check with your travel program if you are unsure.
The Offer is valid on reservations consumed during the Offer Period. Reservations consumed prior to registration or outside the Offer Period will not be eligible for the Offer. This Offer is available for each new booking/Stay during the Offer Period.
Offer status upgrade will be awarded into each member’s IHG Rewards Club account within six weeks of completed stays and following Eligible Company employee verification. Once a Member receives status upgrade during this Offer, the Member may keep such status through the 2019 calendar year after which the status must be earned for the 2020 calendar year and beyond in accordance with the IHG® Rewards Club Membership Terms and Conditions. Bonus points will be deposited in will be deposited in June 2018 for all completed and qualified May 2018 Stays; in July 2018 for all completed and qualified June 2018 Stays; in August 2018 for all completed and qualified July 2018 Stays; in September 2018 for all completed and qualified August 2018 Stays and following Eligible Company employee verification.
Bookings must be made through designated corporate booking tool or direct at ihg.com. Bookings made through on line travel agencies or other reservations sites will not be included in this Offer. For an overview on IHG® Rewards Club Membership Terms and Conditions, click here. For questions on the offer, please email B2BEarnEliteStatusFaster@ihg.com.
II. Your Choice – Triple Points
All full time employees of an Eligible Company, who register in advance and stay at any IHG hotel between May 15, 2018 and August 15, 2018 (“Offer Period”) which are booked through ihg.com or Eligible Company booking tool will earn triple points on each stay up to 35,000 points total (“Offer”). Eligible Company employees will earn triple points, plus an additional 2,000 bonus points for each qualified stay at Kimpton® Hotels. The additional 2,000 points per at Kimpton® Hotels stay will not count toward the 35,000 max triple point earnings. A Stay is defined as one night or consecutive nights at the same hotel, regardless of frequency of check-in/check-out. Eligible Company employees must be legal residents in a country in the Americas Region and must book their stay using the corresponding IHG corporate travel booking codes through the Eligible Company corporate booking tool or book direct at ihg.com. Eligible Company employees are eligible to receive the Offer, up to 35,000 points maximum, as well as the additional 2,000 bonus points once per stay at Kimpton® Hotels. Points are awarded pursuant to the IHG Rewards Club membership terms and conditions found at ihgrewardsclub.com.
Only employees of selected companies are eligible for this offer. Please check with your travel program if you are unsure.
The Offer is valid on reservations consumed during the Offer Period. Reservations consumed prior to registration or outside the Offer Period will not be eligible for the Offer. This Offer is available for each new booking/stay during the Offer Period.
Offer points will be awarded into each member’s IHG Rewards Club account within six weeks of completed stays and following Eligible Company employee verification. Bonus points will be deposited in June 2018 for all completed and qualified May 2018 Stays; in July 2018 for all completed and qualified June 2018 Stays; in August 2018 for all completed and qualified July 2018 Stays; in September 2018 for all completed and qualified August 2018 Stays and following Eligible Company employee verification.
Bookings must be made through designated corporate booking tool or direct at ihg.com. Bookings made through on line travel agencies or other reservations sites will not be included in this Offer. For an overview on IHG® Rewards Club Membership Terms and Conditions, click here. For questions on the offer, please email B2BEarnEliteStatusFaster@ihg.com.
I can register successfully but we don’t even have a corporate rate/deal with IHG… meaning I won’t be able to get triple points since we don’t have a corporate booking portal.
I don’t think that “corporate booking portal” was required. You merely needed to book a negotiated rate.