IHG Promo Codes

gilapoin21

Level 2 Member
What do you guys think of stacking promo codes?
I heard more and more people get their accounts closed and points confiscated.
 

Josh F

Level 2 Member
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I've done it previously (last year) and hadn't run into any issues. However, there's a lot of recent talk about people having their accounts closed for using promotion codes they were NOT targeted for. I stopped doing it probably about 5 months ago... hoping they aren't going back that far... I'm not doing it anymore. I have too many points (that I plan on using this year) to risk it...
 

TeamZissou

Level 2 Member
I'll throw my experience out there. Been an IHG member for 10 years or so, but very little activity. I had one unqualified stay last year but my most recent points-earning stay was in 2011.

I recently switched companies and my current one lists IHG as their preferred hotel chain. I had to travel for work last week and dutifully loaded up all the promo codes I could before booking a 5 night stay. My points have now posted from the stay and I received a modest 17,114 points. Checking the details on the stay, there were 5 other promo codes I signed up for and show in the account that did not register as completed. Also interesting is that three of the offers that did not credit show a status of 0% while the other two show no percentage at all.

I can't comment on whether this behavior is normal for times past or not. But I'd much rather them not give me points for offers I wasn't targeted for than close my account!
 

Fishing4Deals

Level 2 Member
My account was locked down for entering various promo codes even though I never booked a stay. After calling, they unlocked my account but warned they would shut me down if I used unauthorized promo codes in the future.
 

Brett Albertson

Level 2 Member
It must be something new. In November 2013 I had a one night stay at a Holiday Inn that netted me 13,000 points from stacking 12 or 15 promos.
 

Mountain Trader

Level 2 Member
Quite a few reports of IHG shutdowns for this, even cases where stacking was done a year or more ago. I'm staying away from this, at least for now.
 
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