Three cherry blossom nights with five stacked offers
- Paid
- $2,752.52 for 3 nights in peak cherry blossom season; 11,369 UR points at 1.65 cents brought it to $2,564.93, and the $300 annual travel credit, the $250 Edit and $250 IHG credits, and a $100 Chase Offers credit took off another $900
- Points
- Earned 8x on the $1,764.93 not covered by credits, or 14,120 UR; nothing was earned on the part covered by the travel, Edit and IHG credits, but the $100 Chase Offer still earned points. Since Edit bookings count for IHG points, they expected 32,770 with the Platinum status from the card
- Booked
- IHG's own prices for the same dates were $2,581 non-refundable without breakfast, $2,671 non-refundable with breakfast and $2,864 refundable with breakfast, so the Edit came in $111 under the closest match and added the $100 credit
- Breakfast
- Included for two each day; the hotel charges about $44 per adult and $16 for young children, and quoted 2,783 JPY a night for each child aged 6 to 12
- Before arrival
- Before booking they emailed the hotel about their two children; it confirmed under-13s stay free in existing beds, offers one free extra bed only in twin or suite rooms, and would apply IHG Platinum benefits to the Edit booking
- Watch out
- The $100 Chase Offers credit took over a week to post, the slowest of all the credits
Their take: They found it a beautiful hotel in a great spot with a very good breakfast buffet, and by their own math the stacked credits made it a better deal than booking with IHG directly.
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