Save up to 30% in IHG’s European hotel flash sale

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If you need to lock in any IHG hotels for stays before 5th September, you should take a look at the latest IHG flash sale.

The headline discount is up to 30% off the Best Available Rate. This is available exclusively to IHG Rewards members, so it’s a good time to sign up to the programme if you are one of the six HfP readers who has not already done 🙂 Non-members receive a smaller discount of 20%.

These Flash Sale offers are available at hotels across the IHG portfolio, including Kimpton, InterContinental, Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn.

There isn’t much small print to worry about:

It is available for stays between 26th March and 5th September 2021
You must book by 1st March
Only European hotels are included

All bookings are on ‘book now, pay later’ rates. This means that the sale is better value than usual.

When IHG usually has a sale, it discounts from the refundable rate even though sale rates are usually not refundable. You were not getting the full saving, because non-refundable rates are always a bit cheaper than refundable ones. In this case, as the sales rates ARE cancellable, it is a ‘proper’ saving.

Don’t forget to register for the current IHG promotion

These sale rates will qualify for the current IHG Rewards promotion, although due to current restrictions few readers will be able to take advantage.

You receive 2,000 bonus points for every two nights you stay by 31st March. These nights do NOT need to be consecutive.

Importantly, the 2,000 bonus points are treated as base points and so will count towards status for 2022.

You can register for the offer here using promo code 42050.

The flash sale booking page is here. Remember that you need to book by 1st March.

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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ChrisC says:

26 Feb26 February 05:16

Excellent.

Just saved myself €100 by cancelling and rebooking a weekend in Amsterdam in August that was already a BNPL so this is a saving of around 10% over that.
Dubious says:

26 Feb26 February 06:40

hmm, the IHG landing page says
” for stays at participating IHG® branded hotels in Europe between 26 March 2021 and 5 September 2021″

whereas further up the page there is a link to some terms and conditions which say:
“for stays at participating IHG® branded hotels in the UK and Europe between 26 March 2021 and 5 September 2021”

Looks like the latter might be an error though given the URL
mark2 says:

26 Feb26 February 06:59

Since UK is in Europe what is the difference?
- mark2 says:
  
  26 Feb26 February 07:14
  
  reply to post above by Dubious.
  - Dubious says:
    
    26 Feb26 February 08:37
    
    Thought it might help show that more hotels are available than the article indicated. Initial dummy searches suggested the promo applied the UK hotels too but doing some more searches for later dates seems to indicate UK hotels are indeed excluded.
Anna says:

26 Feb26 February 08:17

Nice not looking any cheaper for August – and the IC Cannes seems to have fallen off the list altogether! It will be interesting to see which countries ignore Angela Merkel and open up for tourism regardless this summer.
- Jonathan says:
  
  26 Feb26 February 08:52
  
  I think the IC Cannes is closed for refurbishment for a long time .Well into 2022
- ChrisBCN says:
  
  26 Feb26 February 09:13
  
  Bizarre comment, it’s down to individual countries to open their borders
  - Anna says:
    
    26 Feb26 February 10:02
    
    It’s not bizarre if you inform yourself before commenting – according to MSN news:
    
    “It is understood the bloc may not lift travel restrictions until it has administered jabs to at least 70 percent of all adults, a target it hopes to reach by September 21.
    
    EU leaders are expected to agree to hold further talks on the issue in the coming months.
    
    “The epidemiological situation remains serious, and the new variants pose additional challenges,” a draft joint statement reads.
    
    “We must therefore uphold tight restrictions while stepping up efforts to accelerate the provisions of vaccines.”
    - ChrisBCN says:
      
      26 Feb26 February 10:28
      
      You should also inform yourself – countries have different border rules right now, Google it.
    - ChrisBCN says:
      
      26 Feb26 February 10:36
      
      I’ll even help you out with a link detailing differing rules in differing countries… https://www.euronews.com/travel/2021/01/25/what-s-the-latest-on-european-travel-restrictions
      - Blair says:
        
        26 Feb26 February 12:07
        
        Gosh Chris, steady on. Anna is a celebrated contributor here; we all know what she meant.
      - Anna says:
        
        26 Feb26 February 15:39
        
        https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/25/eu-summer-holidays-uncertain-member-states-clash-coronavirus/
        
        I’m fully aware of the current situation, it’s quite obvious I am referring to the summer months.
  - ChrisBCN says:
    
    26 Feb26 February 12:17
    
    Well if you’re going to write ‘inform yourself’ to somebody you really should be aware of the facts yourself first 😂
- Michael C says:
  
  26 Feb26 February 13:14
  
  Never see good price/quality for Nice, Anna. We have a (too soon?!) reservation for first week of June: I’ve actually gone the other way and reserved for the not-so-brilliant Novotel, but at least it has a decent pool for small one, and great location near the smaller train station for Italy/Monaco.
- Harry T says:
  
  26 Feb26 February 17:30
  
  Stop trolling us all, Anna 😂 we all know the European nations are free to do what they want with borders and they did so last year! Merkel is leaving her position soon anyway.
Dubious says:

26 Feb26 February 08:34

Thought it might help show that more hotels are available than the article indicated. Initial dummy searches suggested the promo applied the UK hotels too but doing some more for later dates seems to indicate they are excluded.
- Dubious says:
  
  26 Feb26 February 08:38
  
  I hear an echo!
Aston100 says:

26 Feb26 February 10:32

UK is within Europe, but this offer seems not to apply to UK hotels.

Switzerland is also within Europe (and also not in the EU) but this offer does seem to apply to the 3 hotels I looked at in Zurich.

So what are IHG defining as Europe?
- Aston100 says:
  
  26 Feb26 February 10:35
  
  Furthermore, Ireland is part of the EU but not physically attached to the European mainland, but it seems Dublin hotels are in scope for this offer.
  
  So I am confused by what IHG seem to think constitutes Europe.
  - mark2 says:
    
    26 Feb26 February 11:40
    
    What about Iceland?
    - Aston100 says:
      
      26 Feb26 February 11:48
      
      mums go to Iceland.
  - Chrisasaurus says:
    
    26 Feb26 February 22:39
    
    Malta? Crete? Cyprus?
- Harry T says:
  
  26 Feb26 February 17:29
  
  IHG angling for a cabinet position with their ideological stance during this sale 😂
Chris K says:

26 Feb26 February 10:44

Australia takes part in the Eurovision song contest but seem to be excluded from this ‘Europe’ offer. Explain that, IHG! #outraged
- Chrisasaurus says:
  
  26 Feb26 February 22:40
  
  Well so so Australia to be fair
Harry T says:

26 Feb26 February 16:46

There are some decent rates for the Kimpton in Amsterdam.
- GERRY says:
  
  26 Feb26 February 18:18
  
  What is good rate for kimpton ?
  - ChrisC says:
    
    26 Feb26 February 20:04
    
    Depends when you want to go
    
    I’ve booked some 3-4-2 rates via Emyr for May and June which work out at approx £165 a night over 3 nights (offer runs until end June)
    
    Under this offer I’ve just (re) booked for end of August for £ 178 / night including breakfast (£170 excluding)
    
    I have bookings for October and December that are currently around £200 / night (excl breakfast)
    
    I only book ‘book now pay later’ rates. You can get nonrefundable rates for cheaper but I’m not prepared to book those at the moment. I also activly check prices and cancel and rebook if it;s worth the savings.
    - Alan says:
      
      27 Feb27 February 15:18
      
      What extras do you get from booking through Emyr.
      
      I have a couple of 3 for 2 bookings in Club rooms that could be rebooked if worth it.
      - Rob says:
        
        27 Feb27 February 15:27
        
        Emyr can get free Club access at a number of IC’s. London PL and Paris LeG included. See https://hfp2022.headforpoints.blog/2019/12/23/how-to-get-free-intercontinental-club-lounge-access/
      - ChrisC says:
        
        27 Feb27 February 15:50
        
        https://hfp2022.headforpoints.blog/2020/06/05/ihg-luxury-lifestyle-collection-benefits/
        
        Kimpton De Witt gets these benefits above but you need to book via Emyr or a similar agent. His service has always been excellent.