IHG reservations using points / search / fluctuations in points needed ?

[Tank]

I’ve noticed a huge variation in points needed to reserve a IHG hotel stay. Weekends , weekdays, etc, but cash (CC) amounts don’t change much.

What bothers me is with today’s cookies, and tracking us it seams like if you search a day , area, if you don’t reserve something the very next day the points needed for that reservation will increase substantially , but cash cost stays the same.

example
I searched my wife’s birthday to see what’s available for a Geneva wine stay in Sept , was going to cost 18,000 points = $90 worth of points or $160.00 if I used a CC.
She checked to make sure she was off work, two days later I went to reserve a room and now it’s 36,000 points =$180 worth yet CC use would be still $160.00.
This is a Saturday night, checked the day befor a Friday night, and it’s still 18,000 points.

Everybody wants to track us now, I believe by tracking us increasing points on days / places we search is happening now, a form of price gouging.

Anybody else notice this?

I always have about 50 reservations made in anticipation of events I want to go to. Reserving with points saves a lot of money, and can be canceled for free. So I have a lot of Experience watching this fluctuation, but just now putting 2 and 2 together with recent search gouging that might be happening.
Dave

 

[chellej]

I found that with a trip I am planning for Fairbanks over thanksgiving. I made my reservation but made it one day too long. so I tried to edit it and all the point values were higher so if I shortened the stay by one day the overall points were higher. Do you know if you check out a day early if you get the points back?

 

[pedro47]

I found that with a trip I am planning for Fairbanks over thanksgiving. I made my reservation but made it one day too long. so I tried to edit it and all the point values were higher so if I shortened the stay by one day the overall points were higher. Do you know if you check out a day early if you get the points back?

No.

 

[Tank]

I found that with a trip I am planning for Fairbanks over thanksgiving. I made my reservation but made it one day too long. so I tried to edit it and all the point values were higher so if I shortened the stay by one day the overall points were higher. Do you know if you check out a day early if you get the points back?

You have to call IHG
They can take a day off and keep the points the same for the other nights.
They are very helpful.

 

[Mongoose]

Its their new Dynamic Pricing. Based on supply and demand. Bad news for key dates/locations. Good news for non-key dates. I have seen some go up, way up and some go down. They can change dramatically between a weekday and weekend.

 

[Tank]

It’s like a rollercoaster
I was able to book a free night , 40,000 PT’s by going back and check often.
70,000 point room sold out weekend $520 a night if paying for it

 

[Mongoose]

It’s like a rollercoaster
I was able to book a free night , 40,000 PT’s by going back and check often.
70,000 point room sold out weekend $520 a night if paying for it

What really sucks about it, is they limited the Chase free nights to 40,000. You used to to prevent you only from getting IC or Kimpton. Now even an HIEX can be 49,000.