In response to my post about IHG adding significant elite perks to their program, a reader asked if it was possible to time your Milestone Rewards so that you can get two full years of Club Lounge membership. The answer: Yes!
IHG’s new program will offer Milestone Rewards starting at 20 elite nights and then every 10 elite nights thereafter, up to 100 nights per year. The most valuable Milestone Reward selection is probably the Annual Lounge Membership which is a selection option when you reach 40 nights and again at 70 nights within a calendar year.
Once you select the Annual Lounge Membership reward, it is good for the rest of the calendar year in which it is selected and all of the following year. That’s where things get interesting…
Once you qualify for a Milestone Reward, you’ll have 90 days to select it. So, the key is to try to qualify in October or later. That way, you can wait until January 1st of the next year to select this reward. Then, you’ll have the membership for 2 years: the rest of that year and all of the next!
I reached out to our IHG contacts to make sure that this would really work. The answer was straightforward: “Yes, a member could get a lounge voucher for 2 years.”
So… when planning your IHG stays, try to complete either 40 or 70 nights no earlier than October 3rd and no later than December 31st. Then, set a reminder to yourself to select the benefit January 1st of the next year. Boom.
See also: Wow! IHG to offer real elite benefits. Watch out Marriott.
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What is this lounge you speak of. I vaguely remember hearing about it in legends before Covid BC
Lol!
Hello Greg,
May I know is that possible when I reach 40 nights and then I choice lounge access like in June 2022, and then when I reach 70 nights in October, then I choice the second lounge access pass again in January 2023?
Yes I expect that would work but if you’re pretty sure that you’ll get 40 nights next year I think you’d be better off choosing it then
Actual useful travel tip, thank you.