I was starting my trip to Johannesburg from Vienna, and so I flew in the night before on the last BA flight of the day from Heathrow. Austrian Airlines operates a cab service from the airport to most parts of the City for a fixed fee. At EUR29 I thought it was good value. After…
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The great ‘Free Internet’ con trick at IHG
So, some time ago IHG, the owners of brands such as Intercontinental, Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn offered free internet to their elite members. This is the announcement on their web page: The little (1) links to text which says: May not be available in all regions. There is also a comment: Free Internet Access…
Intercontinental Hotel, Berlin – as part of IHG’s The Big Win promo.
I have stayed at the Intercontinental in Berlin before – you can read about my Club Intercontinental stay here. On this occasion as the stay was really for The Big Win promo from IHG I picked the cheapest room – a Superior Room. My guaranteed one room upgrade as an Intercontinental Ambassador member, the put…
IHG’s The Big Win for 2014 – Is Berlin the most cost effective place to complete your challenges?
If you are spending time over Christmas thinking about how to complete your IHG Big Win Challenge for Spring 2014 in a cost effective way, I am going to suggest Berlin as a possible destination. Why? Well first off the city offers a wide range of IHG Brands: 1 Intercontinental 1 Crowne Plaza 2 Holiday…
IHG Hotel points coupons .. correct web site for credits
At a few IHG hotels recently I have been offered the choice of a drink/snack or some bonus points. Typically I have taken the points and they seem to make their way to my account either by being directly credited by the hotel or by them issuing a voucher like this one: The only…
Confusion over IHG’s ‘The Big Win’ promo for 2014
As a number of people have pointed out in the comments to my last post about registration being open, there is some confusion about one element of the offer – staying at a set number of Holiday Inn’s. This is the text from the main page: It clearly says that Holiday Inn’s are required, but…
Registration for IHG’s next ‘Big Win’ promo opens – 1/1/14 – 30/4/14
Intercontinental hotels has opened registration for their first quarter’s 2014 promo. Pretty much a repeat of the one running until 31 December, the targets are personalised based on previous stay history. If you complete them all you get double the bonus points earned. My offering is: 6 Nights – 8,800 points 4 Brands – 19,200…
Some European Intercontinental hotels offering 5,000 bonus point stays
Offer runs from 1 Jan to 8 April and full Information at this link. As is often the case, the room rate changes when you select this rate. For example: BERLIN – 15 to 16 March AAA Rate – EUR125.10 Advance Saver – EUR126 Best Flexible – EUR 139 5,000 Points – EUR144 PARIS,…
2012: The year is nearly over and my status is achieved
So as we all approach 2013, I can confirm (despite United’s best efforts) that I’ve achieved status as I had hoped: United – 1K – 102,754 miles and 57 segments British Airways – Gold Hyatt – Diamond – 30 stays and 43 nights Priority Club – Platinum – with 8…
Holiday Inn Priority Club changes how you earn elite status
For several years Priority Club has been the easiest elite status to earn. Points earned from promotions counted towards the 60,000 needed to earn their top tier, as well as points earned by staying and on their credit cards. Last week, the Chinese web site was updated to indicate that from 1 January 2013 it…
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