1. Under the Program (as further described below), if you book a hotel room at an IHG branded hotel using any IHG direct channel (such as a branded website, call center or the mobile app), and within 24 hours of making your reservation you find a lower rate online for the same hotel room, number of guests, and reservation dates, and submit a qualified guarantee claim form, we’ll match the lower rate and give you 5X the IHG® One Rewards points, up to a 40,000-point maximum, for the room rate for that hotel stay.
2. IHG reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, alter, or otherwise update these Terms and Conditions, and/or to add, modify, restrict, suspend, discontinue, or cancel the Program without notice. The Terms and Conditions that are in effect at the time of your booking will determine your eligibility under the Program. Interpretation of Program Terms and Conditions shall be at the sole discretion of IHG.
3. Arbitration Agreement. To the extent permitted by applicable law, any disputes arising out of these Terms and Conditions or the offer of the Program shall be submitted for arbitration to the American Arbitration Association (AAA). You agree to be bound by the following provisions of IHG.com’s Terms of Use: Limitation of Liability, Arbitration, Limitations Period, and Waiver of Class, Mass, Collective, and Representative Claims. For purposes of this Arbitration Agreement, you agree that “Covered Claims” as referred to in the Terms of Use refers to disputes arising out of these Terms and Conditions or the offer of the Program. If you violate this Arbitration Agreement by commencing an action asserting a Covered Claim in a court of law, then the court (and not an arbitrator) shall have the authority to resolve any disputes about the interpretation, formation, existence, enforceability, validity, and scope of these Terms and Conditions, including this Arbitration Agreement, and the Waiver of Class, Mass, Collective, and Representative Claims. However, if a party complies with this Arbitration Agreement and files for arbitration without filing a complaint in a court of law, then the arbitrator shall have the authority to resolve any disputes about the interpretation of these Terms and Conditions for purposes of discovery or the merits of the underlying claim, but shall have no authority to resolve any disputes about the formation, existence, enforceability, or validity of these Terms and Conditions, including this Arbitration Agreement, and the Waiver of Class, Mass, Collective, and Representative Claims.
   
   If the Waiver of Class, Mass, Collective, and Representative Claims is found to be unenforceable, then any claim brought on a class, mass, collective, or representative action basis must be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction, and such court shall be the exclusive forum for such claims.
4. Governing Law. These Terms and Conditions and the offer of the Program shall be governed by the laws of the State of Georgia, U.S.A., and the exclusive jurisdiction for any dispute not covered by this Arbitration Agreement is federal or state court located in the State of Georgia, U.S.A.

 

How the Program Works:

5. Book. To be eligible for the Program, you must have a confirmed reservation made through an IHG direct channel, such as an IHG website, call center or the mobile app. The reservation must be booked using the “Best Available” search feature to find the lowest rate available for the chosen room type.
6. Find a Lower Rate. If you find a lower rate on an eligible, non-IHG website within 24 hours of making your reservation on the IHG direct channel, and it is more than 24 hours before the standard check-in time for the hotel where you made your reservation, tell us about it by completing and submitting the online claim form (“Claim Form”). We will verify the lower rate by comparing the rate found on the IHG website or mobile app with the rate found on the non-IHG website for the same hotel, room type, stay dates, number of guests, and cancellation policy.
7. Here are the things we’ll verify when we process your claim. The non-IHG website rate must be:
   • 7.a. In the same currency as the rate you booked through an IHG channel;
   • 7.b. Available to the general public – in other words, you are not required to sign up for any kind of membership or be part of any program, or login to a website, to obtain the rate;
   • 7.c. Available to book at the time of verification;
   • 7.d. Bookable only if you provide a form of payment to complete the booking (rates that do not require a form of payment are ineligible!); and
   • 7.e. At least 1% lower than the current, lowest rate available on the IHG website or mobile app – this accounts for any rounding errors!

The Program applies only to rates found on non-IHG websites that meet all of the above criteria.

 

8. Examples of rates that are INELIGIBLE for the Program include the following:
   • 8.a. Rates that are not available to the general public (such as negotiated rates, member or loyalty rates, group rates, corporate rates);
   • 8.b. Rates that are not visible to, or bookable by, the general public without additional requirements such as residing in a particular geography, using a login with a username/password, using a specific credit card, using a discount code/coupon, or that require approval/verification via e-mail or phone after payment is submitted;
   • 8.c. Rates on websites that don’t disclose the brand or hotel until the reservation is made;
   • 8.d. Rates on auction websites or that you book using a similar process;
   • 8.e. Package rates that include the room and other components such as transportation, car rental, entertainment, and/or non-breakfast meals;
   • 8.f. Rates on websites that allow confirmed reservations to be re-sold;
   • 8.g. Rates on websites that do not provide immediate confirmation, that do not result in an actual hotel reservation, or that do not provide the ability to make a real-time reservation;
9. File Claim: Within 24 hours of booking your reservation on an IHG direct channel, and at least 24 hours before the standard check-in time for the hotel where you booked your reservation, complete and submit the online Claim Form. Only one claim will be processed per hotel room reservation confirmation number.
10. Valid Claims. If we can verify your claim, we will adjust the rate on the reservation you booked through an IHG direct channel to the lower average nightly rate found on the non-IHG website at the time of verification, and award 5X (5 times) the IHG One Rewards points for your room rate (the “5X Points Award”), up to a 40,000-point maximum.
11. The 5X Points Award will be calculated on the room rate only, and will not include any other charges billed to your hotel room portfolio. To receive the 5X Points Award, your IHG One Rewards number must be added to your reservation before check-out at the hotel. IHG One Rewards Members with a miles earning preference will earn Points.
12. Any modifications to your reservation after a claim has been validated will prevent the benefits of the Program from applying.
13. The 5X Points Award for a valid Program claim will not exceed 40,000 points. The portion of the 5X Points Award that is above and beyond what you otherwise would have earned on the room rate for your stay, will be awarded as bonus points and will not count towards your IHG One Rewards membership tier status. The 5X Points Award will have no effect on, nor be affected by, the points you would otherwise earn for your hotel stay, pursuant to the IHG One Rewards Terms and Conditions.

 

Limitations and Exclusions

14. IHG reserves the right to reject any Program claim, and to revoke any and all Program benefits provided for current or future hotel room reservations, for reasons that include but are not limited to, the following:
    • 14.a. violation of these Terms and Conditions;
    • 14.b. misrepresentation of any information in a Claim Form, or any misuse of this Program;
    • 14.c. violation of any national, regional, or local law or regulation in connection with the use of IHG One Rewards membership privileges;
    • 14.d. transfer or resale of hotel room reservations;
    • 14.e. modification or cancellation of a reservation once a claim for that reservation has been deemed valid;
    • 14.f. commission of fraud or abuse involving any portion of this Program or the IHG One Rewards program;
    • 14.g. physical, verbal, or written abuse of hotel or IHG personnel; or
    • 14.h. action, in any other way, to the detriment of the Program; all as may be determined by IHG in its sole discretion.
15. By filing a Claim Form or accepting the benefits of a claim that is validated under the Program, you agree to release, discharge, and hold harmless IHG and its parent companies, and its and their affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers, agents, and employees from all claims or damages arising out of any use or misuse of the Program. This Release section does not apply to residents of New Jersey.

Updated on April 13, 2022