{"id":9713,"date":"2021-04-02T09:29:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T08:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=9713"},"modified":"2021-04-02T09:29:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T08:29:49","slug":"ihg-redemption-price-shooting-up-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2021\/04\/02\/ihg-redemption-price-shooting-up-crazy\/","title":{"rendered":"IHG Redemption Price Shooting Up Crazy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IHG rolled up dynamic pricing for award redemptions globally last year, and the reception has been generally very positive &#8211; until now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It appears that award nights in some UK hotels have just shot up over night. For a Saturday night in August, this is what you are looking to pay in points or in Pound Sterling:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/intercontinental-park-lane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">InterContinental London Park Lane<\/a> 100,000 points \/ \u00a3362.57<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/hotel-indigo-leicester-square\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Hotel Indigo London Leicester Square<\/a> 90,000 points \/ \u00a3357<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/crowne-plaza-kings-cross\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Crowne Plaza Kings Cross<\/a> 44,000 points \/ \u00a3115<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/holiday-inn-oxford-circus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Holiday Inn Oxford Circus<\/a> 52,000 points \/ \u00a3129<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/hix-southwark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Holiday Inn Express London Southwark<\/a> 43,000 points \/ \u00a3125<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/hotel-indigo-liverpool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Hotel Indigo Liverpool<\/a> 42,000 points \/ \u00a3117<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/holiday-inn-brighton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Holiday Inn Brighton<\/a> 60,000 points \/ \u00a3262<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/kimpton-edinburgh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Kimpton Edinburgh Charlotte Square<\/a> 85,000 points \/ \u00a3446<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/ihg-london-devaluation.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/ihg-london-devaluation.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9716\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/ihg-london-devaluation.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/ihg-london-devaluation-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/ihg-london-devaluation-768x543.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some hotels on the list still pertain to the $50 \/ 10,000 points rule, although the cap is obviously non-existent &#8211; The max. redemption price was capped at 70,000 with very few exceptions. While others are charging totally extortionate amount of points &#8211; at Crowne Plaza Kings Cross you are only getting $36 value per 10,000 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just to be clear, not all hotels are seeing the sharp increase yet, and there&#8217;s sometimes inconsistency for the same hotel on different dates. For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/intercontinental-edinburgh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">InterContinental Edinburgh<\/a> wants 55,000 points for a Friday night but 85,000 points for the next day, whereas cash prices are almost identical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m not sure what IHG is trying to do here. Now that there&#8217;s no award chart anymore, they can basically devalue their program without any prior notice. I haven&#8217;t seen the trend in any other country yet, so maybe they are just running on a trial and see how people respond?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you live in the UK, I&#8217;d suggest you to lock in some award nights right now while prices are still reasonable, as they might skyrocket very soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IHG rolled up dynamic pricing for award redemptions globally last year, and the reception has been generally very positive &#8211; until now. 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