How we lost out on 26,500 IHG points
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When we traveled to Costa Rica back in September, we paid for one night of lodging at an airport hotel on an overnight layover. The intent was to use it to cheaply meet my wife’s Accelerate offer, which was conveniently easy to optimize. Or so we thought.
[Also see: Did anyone else’s IHG Accelerate offers change?]
Her IHG Accelerate offer had some typical “Stay Once” and “Spend on your IHG card” offers. It also had an “Earn More, Faster” offer where you are awarded points for booking a bonus points package. Since this was only about $5 more than the flexible rate and it would also trigger the Achievement Bonus, it was well worth a few more bucks for an extra 27,500 IHG points (6,600 for the offer, plus…
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