{"id":17280,"date":"2023-11-18T13:18:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T13:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=17280"},"modified":"2023-11-18T13:18:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T13:18:31","slug":"buy-ihg-points-to-maintain-your-diamond-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2023\/11\/18\/buy-ihg-points-to-maintain-your-diamond-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy IHG points to maintain your Diamond status"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IHG tightened its web this year by closing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2023\/09\/16\/party-over-ihg-ambassador-diamond-renewal-bug-may-have-been-fixed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Party over? IHG Ambassador \/ Diamond renewal bug may have been fixed\">the Ambassador-Diamond loophole<\/a>. They have however added a few initiatives, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2023\/10\/15\/ihg-targeted-offers-5-nights-to-diamond-and-double-night-credit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"IHG targeted offers: 5 nights to Diamond and double night credit\">double elite qualifying nights<\/a> to help certain members requalify for their Diamond status faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They have now launched a new and quite unique promotion, named <em>Lock in Diamond Status<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/ihg-lock-in-diamond.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"226\" src=\"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/ihg-lock-in-diamond.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/ihg-lock-in-diamond.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/ihg-lock-in-diamond-300x136.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are targeted you should have received an email. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/points-ihg-eqp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">log in here<\/a> to see if you have an offer. My Diamond status is already through 2024 and I couldn&#8217;t even log in on that page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In short you are invited to buy points &#8211; these points are elite qualifying so can help you retain your Diamond status, and they are also redeemable as normal on hotel stays etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can buy increments of 10,000 points. The most prevalent offer looks like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>10,000 points \u2013 $300<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>20,000 points \u2013 $550<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>50,000 points \u2013 $850<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>120,000 points \u2013 $1,800<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One reader however has got a much cheaper deal:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/ihg-lock-in-diamond-example.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"867\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/ihg-lock-in-diamond-example.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/ihg-lock-in-diamond-example.png 400w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/ihg-lock-in-diamond-example-138x300.png 138w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the top end, you pay $1,200 for 120,000 points (which usually costs $600), and that guarantees Diamond status for the next year. If you have an IHG credit card you are entitled to 20% discount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The offer may make sense to some, although I don&#8217;t think that many people qualify through points, as 120,000 base points can be quite a lot compared to 70 nights, and the latter also gives you milestone rewards including lounge access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IHG tightened its web this year by closing the Ambassador-Diamond loophole. They have however added a few initiatives, such as double elite qualifying nights to help&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[117,116],"class_list":["post-17280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihg","tag-fast-status","tag-points-sale"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17280"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17285,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17280\/revisions\/17285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}