{"id":8340,"date":"2020-08-31T15:24:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T14:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=8340"},"modified":"2020-08-31T15:24:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T14:24:18","slug":"you-can-force-open-ihg-reward-availability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2020\/08\/31\/you-can-force-open-ihg-reward-availability\/","title":{"rendered":"You can force open IHG reward availability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Being able to redeem “free” nights using points is one of the best benefits of hotel loyalty programmes. Most hotel groups abide by the Last Room Availability<\/em> principle, i.e. standard rooms are always available for redemption as long as they are not fully booked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

IHG is less generous though, as hotels are only obliged to offer a small percentage of rooms for redemption, so it’s not unusual to see them block reward availability on popular dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To understand this problem, you need to know how much money hotels actually get for your reward stays. Under most circumstances, they only get a small sum, depending on their annual Average Daily Rate<\/em> (ADR):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In fact, if you’ve ever inspected your bill after reward stays, you’d have noticed a cost associated with your stay:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to the chart above, this hotel’s ADR falls under the $150 – $250 range, which is about right for Kimpton Edinburgh<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the occupancy rate is very high – near 100% – though, IHG pays the ADR instead which is much higher than the standard compensation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, there are different considerations when answering the question whether to make rooms available for point stays:<\/p>\n\n\n\n