24,490 Priority Club Points For A Four-Night Stay

One of the most useful tips for earning bonus Priority Club points is that their promotions are stackable - and Priority Club seems to always have a ton of promotions running concurrently. In addition, while some of these promotions appear to be targeted towards certain members, anyone can register for them. And that brings me to my stay last month at the Holiday Inn Express in Lompoc, CA. Lompoc is a fairly small city, and the only two major hotels nearby are the Embassy Suites and the Holiday Inn Express. I decided to go with the latter since I'm much more active with Priority Club than with Hilton HHonors.

After booking the stay, my first course of action was to go to the Priority Club Insider website, which is an awesome resource for all things Priority Club. From there, I registered for every promotion I could find that hadn't yet expired. Here are the offers I registered for:

• Up to 20,000 points: Earn 1,000 points per night, up to 20,000 points total. This was Priority Club's worldwide summer promotion (already expired on 9/3/2012).
• Stay 3 nights earn 5,000 points: Stay 3 nights during the promotion period and earn 5,000 points. There are also other versions of this promotion, including stay 7 nights earn 10,000 points, and stay 15 nights earn 15,000 points. Be aware that you can only register for one of these, so choose wisely (expires 9/30/2012).
• Next stay bonus: Earn 3,000 points on your next stay (within 90 days of registering).
• Next stay bonus: Earn 1,500 points on your next stay (within 90 days of registering).
• Welcome back bonus: Earn 1,500 points on your next stay (within 90 days of registering).
• Anniversary bonus offer: Earn 1,000 points for every stay during the promotion period (within 90 days of registering).
• Elite member next stay bonus: Earn 3,000 points on your next stay (within 90 days of registering). There may be another elite member next stay bonus that can be stacked with this one as well. It is also for 3,000 points on your next stay (within 90 days of registering).
• Weekend stay bonus: Earn 5,000 points on your next weekend stay (Friday and Saturday, or Saturday and Sunday).

Of course, not every promotion you register for will be a success. Out of all the offers above, I had about two thirds of them post to my account after completing my stay, which is not bad at all! In total, I earned 24,490 Priority Club points for my four-night stay, which is enough for a free night at many of the IHG Hotels worldwide. The best advice is to keep checking the Priority Club Insider website for new promotions, then stack on as many as you can!