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Chase IHG Free Night: Still WAY more availability than Reward nights at Intercontinental Thaslasso
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<p>[QUOTE="italdesign, post: 835768, member: 1720"]</p><p><img src="https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/03/Screenshot_2019-03-06-06-15-19.png" data-url="https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/03/Screenshot_2019-03-06-06-15-19.png" class="bbImage " style="" alt="" title="" /></p><p></p><p>In a <a href="https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/chase-ihg-free-night-way-more-availability-than-reward-nights/">previous post</a>, I posted the revelation that the <em>uncapped </em>anniversary free night from the Chase IHG card finds a lot more availability at <strong>Intercontinental Bora Bora Thalasso</strong> than reward/points. At the time, that property was reliably releasing 1 standard room (Emerald Overwater Bungalow) per night ~50 weeks out. They no longer do that, but they still release <strong>tons</strong> of free nights to the Chase cert that is not available to reward/points nights, including weekends. For example, here’s <strong>June 2019,</strong> during <em>peak </em>season, using the Chase cert:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/03/Screenshot_2019-03-06-06-15-19.png"><img src="https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/03/Screenshot_2019-03-06-06-15-19-138x300.png" data-url="https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/03/Screenshot_2019-03-06-06-15-19-138x300.png" class="bbImage " style="" alt="" title="" /></a></p><p></p><p>I clicked on a random date to make sure it works right up to actually booking, and it seems to.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/03/Screenshot_2019-03-06-06-15-52.png"><img src="https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/03/Screenshot_2019-03-06-06-15-52-138x300.png" data-url="https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/03/Screenshot_2019-03-06-06-15-52-138x300.png" class="bbImage " style="" alt="" title="" /></a> <a href="https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/03/Screenshot_2019-03-06-06-16-09.png"><img src="https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/03/Screenshot_2019-03-06-06-16-09-138x300.png" data-url="https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/03/Screenshot_2019-03-06-06-16-09-138x300.png" class="bbImage " style="" alt="" title="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Contrast this to the same period, using points:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/03/Screenshot_2019-03-06-06-33-04.png"><img src="https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/03/Screenshot_2019-03-06-06-33-04-138x300.png" data-url="https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/03/Screenshot_2019-03-06-06-33-04-138x300.png" class="bbImage " style="" alt="" title="" /></a></p><p></p><p>No wonder <a href="https://frequentmiler.boardingarea.com/is-the-ihg-sky-falling-my-take-on-variable-point-pricing/">Frequent Miler lamented</a> this morning that there’s only 1 reward night available in all of 2019. That’s probably true. But those with one more uncapped Chase cert can put it to great use at this most aspirational IHG property. We have 2 such certs left (from 2 different family members) and will greatly miss it when it becomes capped at 40k starting May 1, 2019. I am targeting either this property or Intercontinental Danang for our last hurrah.</p><p></p><p>There are 2 interesting notes. One, it now says there are <strong>3</strong> rooms left for the Emerald OWB. Previously I was only ever able to find 1 room, at least when searching 50 weeks out. It’s possible they released more rooms later on, but I’m not sure. If they indeed release 2 more rooms now, that’s great news. Second, I always get this error message when first searching Bora Bora:</p><p></p><p></p><p>If you just click search again, it works as expected. The first time it did worry me – did those 2 precious ICs leave the chain?? Luckily, just bad IT.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The post <a href="https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/chase-ihg-free-night-still-way-more-availability-than-reward-nights-at-intercontinental-thaslasso/">Chase IHG Free Night: Still WAY more availability than Reward nights at Intercontinental Thaslasso</a> appeared first on <a href="https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure">Points Adventure</a>.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/chase-ihg-free-night-still-way-more-availability-than-reward-nights-at-intercontinental-thaslasso/">Continue reading...</a></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="italdesign, post: 835768, member: 1720"] [IMG]https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/03/Screenshot_2019-03-06-06-15-19.png[/IMG] In a [URL='https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/chase-ihg-free-night-way-more-availability-than-reward-nights/']previous post[/URL], I posted the revelation that the [I]uncapped [/I]anniversary free night from the Chase IHG card finds a lot more availability at [B]Intercontinental Bora Bora Thalasso[/B] than reward/points. At the time, that property was reliably releasing 1 standard room (Emerald Overwater Bungalow) per night ~50 weeks out. They no longer do that, but they still release [B]tons[/B] of free nights to the Chase cert that is not available to reward/points nights, including weekends. For example, here’s [B]June 2019,[/B] during [I]peak [/I]season, using the Chase cert: [URL='https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/03/Screenshot_2019-03-06-06-15-19.png'][IMG]https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/03/Screenshot_2019-03-06-06-15-19-138x300.png[/IMG][/URL] I clicked on a random date to make sure it works right up to actually booking, and it seems to. [URL='https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/03/Screenshot_2019-03-06-06-15-52.png'][IMG]https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/03/Screenshot_2019-03-06-06-15-52-138x300.png[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/03/Screenshot_2019-03-06-06-16-09.png'][IMG]https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/03/Screenshot_2019-03-06-06-16-09-138x300.png[/IMG][/URL] Contrast this to the same period, using points: [URL='https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/03/Screenshot_2019-03-06-06-33-04.png'][IMG]https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/03/Screenshot_2019-03-06-06-33-04-138x300.png[/IMG][/URL] No wonder [URL='https://frequentmiler.boardingarea.com/is-the-ihg-sky-falling-my-take-on-variable-point-pricing/']Frequent Miler lamented[/URL] this morning that there’s only 1 reward night available in all of 2019. That’s probably true. But those with one more uncapped Chase cert can put it to great use at this most aspirational IHG property. We have 2 such certs left (from 2 different family members) and will greatly miss it when it becomes capped at 40k starting May 1, 2019. I am targeting either this property or Intercontinental Danang for our last hurrah. There are 2 interesting notes. One, it now says there are [B]3[/B] rooms left for the Emerald OWB. Previously I was only ever able to find 1 room, at least when searching 50 weeks out. It’s possible they released more rooms later on, but I’m not sure. If they indeed release 2 more rooms now, that’s great news. Second, I always get this error message when first searching Bora Bora: If you just click search again, it works as expected. The first time it did worry me – did those 2 precious ICs leave the chain?? Luckily, just bad IT. The post [URL='https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/chase-ihg-free-night-still-way-more-availability-than-reward-nights-at-intercontinental-thaslasso/']Chase IHG Free Night: Still WAY more availability than Reward nights at Intercontinental Thaslasso[/URL] appeared first on [URL='https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure']Points Adventure[/URL]. [url="https://saverocity.com/pointsadventure/chase-ihg-free-night-still-way-more-availability-than-reward-nights-at-intercontinental-thaslasso/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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