‘Secret’ IHG weekend sale – save 50% on regular rates this Winter

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IHG, owner of Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, HI Express, Indigo, InterContinental and other brands, has launched a ‘partners’ 50% off sale for hotels in the UK and Europe.

You need to have a Mastercard to take part in this promotion.

At the moment, I cannot find the official Mastercard landing page for 2015. Here is the version from 2014 and the link on that page works OK for booking. Mastercard is still an IHG ‘discount partner’ as you can see here in 2015 for a promotion that is ongoing. Here is a version of the 2015 offer aimed at RICS members.

You should be able to use these rates by writing Mastercard on the paper voucher (more on that below).

Here are the rules:

You must book by 21st December

You must stay between 15th December and 29th February

You must stay for at last two nights

You must book at least five nights in advance

Most hotels will only allow this rate on weekends but the rules say that some allow weekday stays

You must print off the standard IHG partner voucher as found on the RICS version of the offer, but write in Mastercard and present it at check-in

Taking the Crowne Plaza London Kensington as an example, as I am there on Friday for an event, the rate under this promotion for 15-17 January is £87 per night (or £117 for a room with club lounge access). The cheapest rate on the standard IHG booking page is £126 per night or £169 for a club room – the sale price is almost 33% cheaper than the already discounted ‘Advance Purchase’ rate.

Until I find the 2015 booking site, you can book via this 2014 Mastercard page – the rates do not show on the standard IHG website. Note that, because these rates are discounted so highly, you should assume that you will NOT earn IHG Rewards Club points and that stays will NOT count towards the current Accelerate promotion. Given the size of the saving, I can live with that.

IHG Rewards update – December 2021:

Get bonus points: You can earn up to triple IHG Rewards base points with IHG’s new Autumn promotion. It runs from 1st October to 31st December. You can register here and our full article on the offer is here.

New to IHG Rewards? Read our overview of IHG Rewards here and our article on points expiry rules here. Our article on ‘What are IHG Rewards points worth?’ is here.

Buy points: If you need additional IHG Rewards points, you can buy them here.

You will get a 100% bonus when you buy IHG Rewards points by 4th January 2022. Click here to buy or learn more.

Want to earn more hotel points? Click here to see our complete list of promotions from IHG and the other major hotel chains or use the ‘Hotel Offers’ link in the menu bar at the top of the page.

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K says:

25 Nov25 November 09:18

http://www.cnet.com/news/customers-at-sheraton-westin-other-hotels-hit-by-data-stealing-hack-attack/

If you stayed at a SPG/Westin in US/CAN your card data may be compromised
Andy says:

25 Nov25 November 11:01

Do you need to pay with a MasterCard, or can I use my IHG Visa?
- Rob says:
  
  25 Nov25 November 12:03
  
  It goes through with whatever you use. I doubt anyone minds.
Steve says:

25 Nov25 November 14:16

I must be doing something wrong but when I click the link through to the search a booking page and put the same dates in as your example, it still shows £126, not £87. There is no difference from searching from the link or the standard route. Is anyone else getting the same problem?
- CV3V says:
  
  25 Nov25 November 15:16
  
  Min 2 night stay. Are your dates within the promo period? Works ok for me.
  - Steve says:
    
    25 Nov25 November 15:22
    
    Exactly the same 15th-17th January. 2 night stay. Doing it on the iPhone if that is any different. Can’t get to do it on pc at the moment, so can’t check.
    - CV3V says:
      
      25 Nov25 November 16:53
      
      just tested those dates and works fine. Those hotels which are available in the promo highlighted in yellow. CP Kensington at 87 per night.
      - Steve says:
        
        25 Nov25 November 17:05
        
        Yeh there are no hotels in yellow when I do it. I’ll check on PC when home, may be a safari thing. Yours says £87 mine says £126, assuming we are doing exactly the same, clicking the link going to the search screen entering London, Jan 15, Jan 17, best available, find hotels. Oh well you can’t win em all.
      - Steve says:
        
        25 Nov25 November 19:03
        
        Okay so update, doesn’t work on iPhone6s or colleagues 6s plus, but works fine on my iPad.
- Danny says:
  
  25 Nov25 November 15:16
  
  Same here… The partner rate is not shown
Claus says:

25 Nov25 November 16:26

Only a few hotels show the Rate – could be sold our or not participating.
Waribai says:

25 Nov25 November 17:07

Slightly OT. Regarding the Emirates status match. I have just been sent an email with a form asking me to indicate my past/future travel plans over the past/future 12 months.
How will they check the veracity of my information?
- Rob says:
  
  25 Nov25 November 17:13
  
  They won’t! They may ask for a BA statement showing past travel but obviously not future stuff.
- CV3V says:
  
  25 Nov25 November 20:53
  
  They don’t, and they didn’t ask me for a statement. But they will assess your status match on whether the future flights you intend to do would be enough to earn Gold/Plat status. So, you need to be planning enough flights for the year ahead…
- Waribai says:
  
  25 Nov25 November 22:27
  
  Thanks! Looking at it closely, it seems that furutre flights just need to be intentions rather than actual bookings!
  - Fenny says:
    
    25 Nov25 November 23:44
    
    I’m intending to fly to Australia/NZ several times in the next 12 months for research and to meet relatives. Unfortunately, neither my bank balance nor my boss will allow it!
Imran says:

25 Nov25 November 20:59

Good availability in early January in London – e.g. Kensington Forum HI £67.57 a night and CP Kensington is £82; HI Wembley £45
GraemeC says:

26 Nov26 November 09:04

Has the link to the 2014 booking page been killed, getting page not found ….
- Rob says:
  
  26 Nov26 November 09:11
  
  Interesting. Doesn’t matter, you can use the 2015 RICS link. No-one from IHG has been on the phone to shout at me for running this, nor have they rescinded my invite for the IHG event I am on tomorrow!
Sam says:

27 Nov27 November 18:36

Apologies for the slight bump..

Anybody know if Ambassador benefits will be honoured with this rate?

50% Off Winter Rate through the RICS landing page is bringing up some very good prices for IC Vienna in January.
- Rob says:
  
  27 Nov27 November 18:50
  
  Should be. Not getting points has nothing to do with not getting benefits.