It seems Prioirty Club is having a ball with the free nights you can redeem with according to https://secure.priorityclub.com/hotels/us/en/global/offers/freehotelnight. From 18th January 2013, a new price banding is coming out: (Click to enlarge) Or for those textual inclined: Band 1 - 10,000 Band 2 - 15,000 Band 3 - 20,000 Band 4 … [Read more...]
Holiday Inn £20.12 UK sale now on
For those who like the ICHG rooms on the cheap, ICHG is throwing away hotel rooms at £20.12 a pop. The full list is at: http://www.priorityclub.com/hotels/us/en/global/offers/celebrate_2012/hotels, with a mixture of Holiday Inns, a few Crowne Plaza's and a singular Hotel Ingido. Booking is at http://www.priorityclub.com/hotels/us/en/global/offers/celebrate_2012 and is … [Read more...]
A call centre that beats BMI for incompetence. Step forward… ICHG.
Yes, you read right. I've found a call centre that has managed to mess things up *MORE* than BMI ever could (btw, I'm in FULL rant mood). Who is it today? Step forward InterContinental Hotels Group and your Ambassador programme. Those of you who have hung around GhettoIFE.com a bit will remember I was swayed with a Suite Upgrade when I did Toronto in Multi-Modal Mayhem, … [Read more...]
LOLCats are uninpressed at ICHG…
It's amazing. News of ICHG's changes have reached the land of LOLCats. And they're asking a question. WHY???? Sadly, I doubt kittehs understand the idea of "enhancing" things to kingdom come. They seem mostly concerned with cheezeburgers or other noms. Me? I have plans with my ICGH points. Put it like this. I've dumped 150,000 points in 2 days... … [Read more...]
Priority Club introduces a 50k redemption tier
InterContinental Priority Club is re-jigging it's award chart, with the introduction of a 50K (50,000) points redemption stay on some InterContinental Hotel properties. Additionally, it seems that Crown Plaza has a 35,000 point redemption charge for some properties Data - Priorityclub.com - Click the image to enlarge Addtional notes from others … [Read more...]
Credit Cards in the UK – Hotels
Ok, last up in our review of Travel Credit Cards in the UK - Hotel Credit Cards. And I'll be blunt - this is not a competitive sector at all. There are 3 (yes, THREE) Hotel Credit Cards we're going to look at, issued by two issuers. The big thing with all these cards is this: you'll only extract best value from them if you're brand loyal only to that hotel. Those of us who … [Read more...]