Get a great points deal at the new Crowne Plaza Sydney Darling Harbour hotel

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If you’re heading down to Sydney this year, here is a good hotel deal to consider.

In mid April, a new Crowne Plaza hotel is opening – Crowne Plaza Sydney Darling Harbour.

I don’t know anything about Sydney so I can’t comment on the location, which is apparently in the CBD near the Convention Centre. However, I can comment on the value! As a redemption, Crowne Plaza Sydney Darling Harbour is currently just 30,000 IHG Rewards Club points per night.

Cash rates are around A$400 (£210) per night, so you are getting a far better deal than my usual 0.4p per point.

It is also worth noting that the Holiday Inn Darling Harbour is 40,000 points per night but noticeably cheaper than the Crowne Plaza for cash. There is nothing surprising about this, though, as IHG will often use discounted redemption rates to push business towards brand new hotels.

The hotel website is here if you want to take a look. The official opening date is 15th April but history shows that you should have a back-up plan if you are planning to stay within 2-3 weeks of the stated opening date of any hotel …..

PS. If you missed it, take a look at our recent article on 10 good reasons to get the FREE IHG Rewards Club Mastercard credit card.

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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STJ says:

11 Jan11 January 16:10

OT. How quick does a 2 4 1 voucher post in BA account? I have spent the £10000 today and have flights I want to book
- Anna says:
  
  11 Jan11 January 16:15
  
  Usually within a couple of days of the spend crediting, which may be delayed slightly at the weekend.
  - STJ says:
    
    11 Jan11 January 16:22
    
    Ahh, thank you. Hopefully availability still there
Anon says:

11 Jan11 January 16:14

OT Amex: Is self-referral working again?
- Peter K says:
  
  11 Jan11 January 17:48
  
  It’s more about whether Amex banning people who have done it will spread from the USA to here.
  - Mark1980 says:
    
    11 Jan11 January 21:11
    
    Ive been away for a while. Is self referring not allowed now?!
    - Shoestring says:
      
      11 Jan11 January 21:15
      
      there was a big purge in USA & Amex closed down offending accounts – not yet done the same in UK
tom1 says:

11 Jan11 January 18:02

o/t New York Hiltons

Seems there are about 20 Hiltons around Times Square of various guises.
Having read about 300 trip advisor reviews, I’m still none the wiser if any are consistently better than others.
Homewood suites seems to get good reviews, but 70k per night vs 40-50k, don’t think it’s worth it for me.
Any recommendations please?
- marcw says:
  
  11 Jan11 January 19:41
  
  Depending when you are travelling, you may consider paying cash
- Peter K says:
  
  11 Jan11 January 21:53
  
  It depends on a few things like…do you get breakfast from status? If not then the free breakfast & kitchen in homewood suites would be useful (though not many supermarket stores in Manhatten). Same for lunch/dinner. On the flip side, homewood suites breakfast was very basic when I last used them so if you are gold/diamond then you may get more from elsewhere.
  
  Do you get lounge access from being diamond? If no lounge then you lose that.
  - Tom1 says:
    
    11 Jan11 January 22:17
    
    Yes – should have expanded.
    Gold so free breakfast wherever.
    However a lot of the reviews say even breakfast for gold is limited choice – I.e, water or tea or coffee or juice. One cooked item and one pastry.
    
    The other reviews I’ve read also suggest some hotels are charging destination taxes even on redemptions.
    
    So I guess I was really asking if anyone has suggestions of a Hilton that might give an upgrade for gold, has good breakfast, and doesn’t charge destination fees for reward nights!
    Not too much to ask?!
    - Rob says:
      
      12 Jan12 January 00:16
      
      No Hilton hotels charge resort fees on redemptions.
      - Tom1 says:
        
        12 Jan12 January 10:31
        
        Reading lots of tripadvisor reports, they do if they can get away with it.
      - Tom1 says:
        
        12 Jan12 January 11:05
        
        Actually Rob, is it written down anywhere? Would be handy to have.
      - Rob says:
        
        12 Jan12 January 11:16
        
        I think it is in the full rules, yes.
      - Tom1 says:
        
        12 Jan12 January 14:42
        
        Found it :-
        
        “At hotels with resort fees, members on reward stays booked using all Points, or using a Promotional free night reward (e.g., issued by credit card partners, etc.) will not pay resort fees.”
        
        Interestingly doesn’t mention points + money, which I thought also counted.
        
        Under Reward Redemption, clause 18
        https://hiltonhonors3.hilton.com/en/terms/index.html
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