Is this the most IHG points we’ve ever been able to buy?

I can’t remember having seen IHG offering members the chance to purchase more than 500,000 points in a single sale before, so that leaves me wondering if the current IHG points sale (in which members can buy up to 600,000 points) is the biggest points sale IHG has run. I’m not sure.

I’ll go over the numbers and the merits of this sale a little later in this post but first, here are the basics of the offer together with the headline terms and conditions.

The sale

• Buy 1,000 – 4,000 points and get no bonus
• Buy 5,000 points or more and get a 100% bonus

It couldn’t look more simple, but you need to be a little careful and I’ll show why after I’ve got the key terms out of the way.

Key terms

• This Offer is available to IHG One Rewards members for qualifying purchases of IHG One Rewards points made by 11:59 PM ET on 6 June 2026.
• In order to qualify for this 100% Bonus Offer a member must make a minimum purchase of 5,000 points per transaction.
• During the Offer Period, members may purchase a maximum of up to 300,000 points but the number of points a member can purchase will depend on how many points the member had already purchased during the same calendar year. For example, if a member had previously purchased 50,000 points in 2026, then the member could only purchase up to a maximum of 250,000 points during the Offer Period and would be eligible to receive the applicable percentage of additional bonus points under this Offer based only on the amount of points purchased during the Offer Period.
• Purchased points, as well as any bonus points awarded under this Offer, do not count towards IHG One Rewards Elite status.
• This is an exclusive, non-transferable offer for intended recipients only and may not be forwarded.
• Offer is subject to change and cannot be combined with any other offer.
• Purchased points are not refundable and are applicable toward all rewards available through the IHG One Rewards program.
• Please allow up to 72 hours for points to post and appear in the recipient’s account.

Full terms and conditions can be found on the sale page

The numbers

There are two variables in this sale – the bonus and the cost per point, and they’re not related, so just because there’s a 100% bonus on offer doesn’t mean that you should ignore the cost per point.

Here’s why:

Someone buying the minimum number of points required to trigger the 100% bonus would pay $67.50 for a total of 10,000 points.

This works out to a cost per point of 0.675 cents.

Someone buying the maximum allowable points in this sale would pay $3,000 and would net 600,000 points courtesy of the 100% bonus:

600,000 points at a cost of $3,000 works out to a cost per point of 0.500 cents, so it matters how many points you choose to buy even though most purchases will trigger a 100% bonus.

Also, be aware that there continues to be an odd anomaly that IHG Rewards likes to throw into all of its points sales whereby you can buy 26,000 points for less than it costs to buy 23,000 points.

You can also buy 27,000 points for less than it costs to buy 24,000 points, and you can buy 28,000 points for less than it costs to buy 25,000 points.

It looks strange, but this comes about because IHG sets a higher cost per point for purchases of 25,000 points or less. The 100% bonus is independent of this cost/point.

To get the best value out of this promotion you need to buy at least 26,000 IHG Rewards points.

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Should you buy points?

As usual, my one fundamental rule about buying miles and points comes into play here, so no one should be buying points in this sale without a solid plan in place for how they’re going to use them.

Having now said that, it’s important to point out that at 0.5 cents/point, this sale can offer great deals at some of the more expensive properties in the IHG portfolio. A room costing 65,000-75,000 points per night will effectively cost you $325-$375 per night (including taxes) if you use points purchased in this sale, and that can sometimes represent a good saving on the cash rate that’s being offered on the same date(s).

Better yet and despite all the devaluations we’ve seen down the years, it’s still sometimes possible to book some high-end properties with fewer points than were needed before IHG introduced dynamic pricing:

Just be sure to check that the cash price for the same night isn’t also very low – that would make an award booking uneconomic.

It can get better

In further good news, the deals can get even better if you have the right credit card.

The IHG One Rewards Premier Credit Card offers cardholders a 4th night free on all award bookings so, if you hold this card and buy enough points to book 4 nights (or enough points to top up your account so you can book 4 nights), the value you’d be getting would be even better.

Using the example of the InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile from above, a 4-night stay could cost the holder of an IHG One Rewards Premier Credit Card just 78,000 points which, at 0.5 cents per point, is a cash cost of just $390 including taxes – that’s a very good deal.

It’s also worth keeping in mind that anyone holding an Anniversary Free Night Certificate that comes as one of the benefits of the IHG One Rewards Premier Credit Card can add points to the value of their certificate (currently capped at 40,000 points) to allow them to redeem it at more expensive properties.

For certificate holders without a significant IHG Rewards balance, cheap points purchased in sales such as this one may offer an easy path to getting more value out of their certificates.

Bottom line

I always offer the same advice for promotions like this:

• Find out the cost of a night at the properties you would like to visit (at the time of year you would like to travel)
• Compare that cost to the cost of an award night paid for with points purchased in this sale.

Just by doing those two simple things you’ll know just how good an idea it may be to buy points in this sale, just don’t forget that the sale ends tomorrow.

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