IHG/Prority Club Rewards is having a ”Flash Sale” on select award reservations. Award bookings on select hotels are currently 25-75% off. Reservations must be booked by 10:00 am ET this morning (Tuesday) for stays booked October 8 through November 8, 2013. All discounts are automatic, there is is no promo code needed.
Participating in this “Flash Sale” are 49 properties in the US, and 18 international locations.
Some sample hotels included in this flash sale;
- Hotel Indigo London-Tower Hill -England- (55% Off)
- Holiday Inn Toronto-International Airport -Canada- (25% Off)
- Crowne Plaza Los Angeles Harbor Hotel -CA- (50% Off)
- Holiday Inn Express Los Angeles-LAX Airport -CA- (75% Off)
- Holiday Inn Express & Suites Denver Tech Center-Englewood -CO- (50% Off)
- Holiday Inn Express N Palm Beach -FL- (50% Off)
- Holiday Inn Mt. Kisco (Westchester County) -NY- (25% Off)
- Holiday Inn Express & Suites Cleveland-Streetsboro -OH- (50% Off)
- Holiday Inn Express Middletown/Newport -RI- (75% Off)
For all participating properties, click here
Even if you do not know your exact travel plans yet, you can still take advantage of this “Flash Sale” as IHG cancellation policy allows you to cancel a reservation before 6:00 pm (local hotel time) the night before your stay with no penalty.
IHG/Priority Club brands include InterContinental Hotels, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, Candlewood Suites, Hotel Indigo, Staybridge Suites, EVENT Hotels, and Hualuxe.
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Don’t have any IHG reward points? You can transfer them from the awesome Chase Sapphire Preferred Credit Card at a 1:1 ratio. Also, you can buy points direct from IHG. Additionally, for a limited time only you can get up-to a 50% bonus on purchased IHG points. Purchasing direct (via the current promo) 5,000 reward points will cost you $54, as you’ll get a 20% bonus.
Once you have 5,000 IHG points in your account. A “method” to get additional IHG points on the cheap, is to book any cancellable 15,000 point hotel stay at any location using “cash and points” for $70+5,000 points and then simply cancelling the reward stay. The $70 that you pay is nonrefundable so when you cancel the hotel you will get back 15,000 points instead, in your account. Just make sure that when booking the room it says that there will be no charge for cancelling. With this option the points will come out to just 0.7 cents per point or just $35 for 5,000 points.
Another option, is to purchase points through the limited time up-to 50% promo. Though, depending on how many points you purchase (if you are purchasing just a few thousand) it may be more worth though to buy the points via the “method”. If you are purchasing 40,000+ points you’ll end up with 50% more and it may be more worth it (dependent on the amount) to purchase the points direct.