Holiday Inn Express 2x/3x points on 3+ night stays Aug 1-Sep 30

Holiday Inn Express stays of 3 nights or more earn triple points for Fri-Sat-Sun nights and double points for Mon-Thu nights for stays August 1 to September 30, 2017.

Promotion registration required. Only available for IHG Rewards Club members in Americas.

Members may earn a maximum 25,000 bonus points with this offer.

Example Qualifying Stay with Bonus Points Awarded:

Dates: Thursday, August 10, 2017 – Sunday, August 13, 2017

• Thursday Night Rate: $100
• Friday Night Rate: $150
• Saturday Night Rate: $150
• 3 Nights Total Rate: $400.00
• Average Daily Rate: $133.33

Total Base Points Earned on Qualifying Stay = 4,000 points. ($400 x 10 points/$1)

• Double Bonus Points Awarded for Thursday Night = 1,330 bonus points 
• Triple Bonus Points Awarded for Friday Night = 2,660 bonus points
• Triple Bonus Points Awarded for Saturday Night = 2,660 bonus points 

Total Bonus Points Awarded = 6,650 bonus points

Total Points Earned = 10,650 points.

 

Loyalty Traveler note on IHG’s weird calculation of 2x/3x points:

Example points calculation above is from IHG Rewards Club T&C. This is not the way I would have expected the math to be calculated by using an average nightly rate to determine double and triple bonus points.

The lower Thursday night rate of $100, combined with an average rate for all three nights at $133 used to calculate bonus, results in an overall lower amount for weekend night triple bonus points earned.

This is how I would have calculated earning for the room nights listed above, if there were not an IHG Rewards Club example contradicting the logical math.

• Thursday Night Rate: $100
• Friday Night Rate: $150
• Saturday Night Rate: $150
• 3 Nights Total Rate: $400.00

Total Base Points Earned on Qualifying Stay = 4,000 points. ($400 x 10 points/$1)

Double Bonus Points Awarded for Thursday Night = 1,000 bonus points 

• (Double bonus points = $100 x 10 points/$1)

Triple Bonus Points Awarded for Friday Night = 3,000 bonus points

• (Triple bonus points = $150 x 20 points/$1)

Triple Bonus Points Awarded for Saturday Night = 3,000 bonus points.

• (Triple bonus points = $150 x 20 points/$1)

Total Bonus Points Awarded = 7,000 bonus points

Total Points Earned = 11,000 points.

The overall difference in points is relatively minor when using a 3-nights average room rate at 10,650 points (IHG math) vs. 11,000 points based on each separate night’s rate (logical math).

But, if the IHG Rewards Club T&C example is the way bonus points will be calculated, then it favors a 3-night hotel stay at a Holiday Inn Express with high weekday rates and low weekend rates.

The weird IHG math will be irrelevant if your 3-night stay does not combine weekday double points and weekend triple points.