Chase IHG card missing?

[Anonymous]

I am always terrified when a financial institution i do business with informs me that they have “excited changes” for me.

[MrDisco99]

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@Anonymouswrote:

Now if you're getting a nice room on New Years Eve, Valentine's Day or other big travel dates then that's a big plus and the hotel may be losing out on another potential paying customer, but still they don't actually lose anything.

Don't know about the free night certificate (because I haven't gotten one yet) but I know they do impose blackouts on award stays.

[wasCB14]

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@MrDisco99wrote:

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@Anonymouswrote:

Now if you're getting a nice room on New Years Eve, Valentine's Day or other big travel dates then that's a big plus and the hotel may be losing out on another potential paying customer, but still they don't actually lose anything.

Don't know about the free night certificate (because I haven't gotten one yet) but I know they do impose blackouts on award stays.

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The certificate is/was pretty flexible.

I used one for NYE in Times Square (Crowne Plaza) and only booked in mid-December.

By contrast, according to a front desk clerk at the HIX in Flagstaff, AZ they only allowed 7 award rooms per night, even during the quiet summer. I don't know the total number of rooms in the hotel, but about 90 rooms are visible from the front parking lot alone.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymouswrote:
I am always terrified when a financial institution i do business with informs me that they have “excited changes” for me.

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There were "exciting changes" to the Prestige and the Subway Rewards program recently. 

I wish people would be smarter than to believe false advertising. 

[Anonymous]

Now that the anniversary night can only be redeemed at IHG hotels up to 40,000 points. Is it worth keeping/applying? What are your thoughts?

[wasCB14]

So the $49 card gets a 40k anniversary night category cap. Any word if the $89 card will have the same 40k cap?

[Anonymous]

Oh what? Sounds like they seriously gimped the card

[MAZDA3]

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@Anonymouswrote:
The new $89 card is also capped at 40k for your free night. They should really at least bump it to 50k for nearly double the AF plus it's not even waivedthe first year. Most major cities I've searched have 0 IHG hotels under 50k. (I searched San Francisco, Orlando, and New York all of which have Hyatt hotels at 15k which is their Free Night cap for a lesser $75 AF).

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What are you talking about? I just found 10 properties in Orlando at less than 40k a night. Crowne Plaza Universal Blvd is 30k/night.

[wasCB14]

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@Anonymouswrote:
Hmm I must've overlooked FL.

My main one I wanted was Holiday Inn Fisherman's Wharf in SF which is apparently a 50k redemption which is insane for a Holiday Inn. I know it's not the best IHG property but right on Fisherman's Wharf is nice for my wife and I. If they ever switch it to a 40k redemption you'll find me in possession of an IHG card

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When limited-service hotels are centrally located in expensive areas, they tend to be in a high award category.

[MrDisco99]

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@wasCB14wrote:

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@Anonymouswrote:
Hmm I must've overlooked FL.

My main one I wanted was Holiday Inn Fisherman's Wharf in SF which is apparently a 50k redemption which is insane for a Holiday Inn. I know it's not the best IHG property but right on Fisherman's Wharf is nice for my wife and I. If they ever switch it to a 40k redemption you'll find me in possession of an IHG card

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When limited-service hotels are centrally located in expensive areas, they tend to be in a high award category.

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Exactly.  San Francisco is ridiculously expensive to stay in anyway.  I wonder what the cash price is for that place.