points N places

Discover Corinthia with 20% off, breakfast included
21 Jan

Not yet experienced the luxury and service of a Corinthia Hotel?

Even if you have, you can (re)discover the pleasures of its boutique luxury properties for a limited time with up to 20% off the usual rate with breakfast included !

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Urgent! Anantara Limited Time Offer Of Luxury Stays with 40% off + breakfast included
21 Jan

Anantara Hotels & Resorts (advertiser) has a limited time promotion where you can book a stay with up to 40% off the usual rate with breakfast included.

You must stay by 21 December (lots of time) but must book within the next 2 days !

Take a look at Anantara's loyalty program GHA Discovery, to see what other benefits you may be able to gain.

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Iberostar Last-minute Offer | 20% off at a sunny resort, but be quick!
20 Jan

Miss out on booking your escape to the sun?

Iberostar is offering a discount of 20% for stays at its All-inclusive resort on Spain's Playa de la Barossa.

Iberostar Royal Andalus in Cádiz has easy beach access and is family-friendly. It also offers adults only pool areas and 2 golf courses of 18 holes each.

Something for everybody to get "some sun on their bones".

All you need to do is add the code CADIZIB20 into your booking.

You'll need to hurry - bookings and stays must be completed by 31 January.

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IHG Rewards to get big changes | Initial Details
20 Jan

A few hours go, IHG announced that it will be making several changes to its loyalty program - IHG Rewards Club.

The first to be shared relates to a new tier and bonus point earning structure:

• a new Silver Tier is being introduced. Qualification is 10 nights (only). Tier bonus will be 20%.
• Gold Tier will have higher qualification requirements -  20 nights or 40,000 points (currently 7 nights or 7,000 points) The biggest increase, but tier bonus will increase from 10% to 40%
• Platinum Tier will have higher qualification requirements -  40 nights or 60,000 points (currently 30 nights or 30,000 points). Tier bonus will increase from 50% to 60%. 
• The top Elite Tier will have much higher qualification requirements -  70 nights or 120,000 points (currently 55 nights or 55,000 points)
• Renaming of the ‘Spire Elite’ tier to ‘Diamond Elite’ - tier bonus to remain at 100%.

So far, no changes to be made to the Ambassador or Royal Ambassador programs. 

All members’ statuses have been extended through February 2023. To requalify, you will need to satisfy the requirements under the new tier structure which goes live from March 2022.

Note that due to Covid-19 there are currently reduced earning requirements in place, which will remain until the changes go live on March 1, 2022 – these are as follows:

• Gold Elite qualification by earning 7,000 points or staying seven nights
• Platinum Elite qualification by earning 30,000 points or staying 30 nights
• Spire Elite (soon to be known as Diamond) qualification by earning 55,000 points or staying 55 nights

One concession is that all stays from January 1, 2022 will count toward your new status when it goes live.

So, consider some of the current IHG promotions to help you get status before the criteria change in March. A 7 night stay somewhere before 1 March could be enough to qualify for Gold tier.

We will cover this program in greater detail once further details on the changes to the program are released. 

Initial reaction - subject to seeing what additional benefits will be included at the various status tiers, this looks like a less attractive development. The lowest elite tier now has a minimum number of nights rerquirement only (points/spending won't get you there) and the bar has been lifted significantly for qualification at higher tiers.
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