Can You Redeem IHG Free Night Certificate At Kimptons?

How quickly after approval do you get the status? I have a stay coming up and want to make sure I have status for it to maximize the points I earn.

You can also redeem it at the Kimpton De Witt in Amsterdam, which was their first international location (well, it's a renovated Crowne Plaza). I did, saving me about 200 euros. Not a lot of availability though. Not sure if you can use the free night at their new Cayman Islands resort.

@lucky just a question i ve achieved my spending for certificate but since its my first year got no clue how tge certificate is retrieved??do they send it??electronic??does it appear on my IHG account.

Good post, and good news. But, I just looked on ihg.com at DC for some dates in April when I'm going to be there and want to redeem my free nights, and while there are paid rooms at DC's several Kimptons, reward nights are unavailable. Vs. the several Holiday Inns and IC's and the like, which are almost all available for points, cash, or points & cash. Glitch, bad luck, or are Kimptons allowed to black out reward nights?

@ Mo -- It's electronic and will appear in your account. You receive your first certificate on your first account anniversary, roughly 12 months after you opened the card. See this post for info on where the certificate appears in your account:
https://onemileatatime.com/ihg-card-free-night/

@ Marsh -- In my experience it usually posts within a few days of approval.

I redeemed my cert for a free night at the DeWitt Amsterdam for an upcoming stay in May.

@asdf, unfortunately, IHG reward nights are actually subject to capacity controls, unlike most of the other big programs (though some properties at the other programs will play games with award availability). Not sure what the minimum availability requirements set by IHG for their properties is.

@asdf - the Kimpton's showing reward availability has looked glitchy on the IHG site for a week or two. If you search for a reward night, it'll say the hotel is not available. But if you keep clicking through on the cash price, the reward night availability will often show up as an option. Very annoying and it's only been on Kimpton's that I've seen this happening as I've been looking at options for a few upcoming trips.

I currently have this card. Is it possible to get a second card, for a second annual bonus. Maybe a second application, or thru a product conversion?

I'm staying at the Kimpton Hotel Monaco in Pittsburgh this coming weekend on my free night reward certificate. I had no troubles booking it and am looking forward to my first experience with the Kimpton brand.

@asdf, DWT - I think it's something other than capacity controls. I too have been trying to book a Kimpton on points, and not a single Kimpton in DC is available on points. I put in other dates, other cities ,and haven't been able to find a single Kimpton for any date in the coming year that's available on points. There's a flyertalk thread where others report having the same problem. I haven't been successful in clicking through to the page with all the rates and finding a points rate - am I doing it wrong? I tweeted IHG and Kimpton and DM'd my info, but they haven't gotten back to me.

Lucky - what do you think? Is it an IT glitch, or are they deliberately blocking points redemptions at Kimptons? Or is it possibly Kimptons are popular enough that they literally all got booked up?

Glad I'm not the only one having a problem. The thing that makes me think it's either a glitch or intentional, vs. just demand, is that while the Kimptons in DC are nice, they are not _so much_ nicer or more well located than the several Holiday Inns that they would all be booked solid when none of the HI's are.

The Willard IC is also sold out for one of my nights - which I can understand - but, again, it's only one night of three while all the Kimptons for all my nights show unavailable. The new IC in the weird SW location is fully available.

@asdf - I think the new IHG booking interface is partly to blame. You used to be able to see the days free nights/a certain rate were available on a calendar (blue if available, gray if not, or something like that), but that calendar doesn't seem to be working. Griping evident on this Flyertalk thread: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-ihg-rewards-club-intercontinental-ambassador/1879224-new-ihg-web-booking-interface-pissing-me-off-10.html

Just stayed at the Kimpton Everly in Hollywood, CA. Used it as a stay-cation. I just stayed there in the Fall when they first opened with my pup--and we both loved it. Can't beat the location!
I was upgraded at checkin so the night had a value of about $375.
Certainly worth my $49 "investment."

Kimptons are great, but the annoying thing is the daily facility fee that I've been charged at every Kimpton I've stayed at. $15-$21 a day for free coffee/tea and digital access to newspapers is lame (though sometimes there is a happy hour drink included as well).

Staying at the Kimpton in Sedona on a July Friday using my annual free cert.

Very disappointing of capacity controlled as Kimpton free night certificates could be used as long as there was availability.

Able to successfully get a room at the Kimpton Muse in NYC using my anniversary free night.

used free night at Hotel Monaco Portland, and have another res coming up at Kimpton Riverplace in Portland with points. So far so good...