IHG One Rewards 2Q 2024 promotion announced – register now
After a few fallow months, IHG has finally unveiled a new global promotion and this one is set to run for two months in the second quarter of 2024. Like quite a few recent promotions that we've seen, this one isn't going to get many people excited, but if there's any chance that you're going to be booking with IHG anyway, you should register now and pick up a few bonus points along the way.
The IHG European spring sale is now live (up to 20% off)
The IHG spring sale (for bookings at the chain's participating European properties) is now live and runs through to 5 March for stays into 2025. The sale is in two parts. For most IHG properties the sale is offering IHG One Rewards members up to 20% off a property's best flexible rate, while the Iberostar Beachfront Resorts have their own deal with savings of up to 15%.
This is the new IHG One Rewards Diamond fast track offer (targeted)
IHG One Rewards is targeting select members for its latest fast track to top-tier elite status promotion which is running through 24 March 2024. The promotion requires targeted members to stay just 8 nights at any of IHG's properties around the world before the promotion's end date, and that will then earn them top-tier Diamond elite status.
Ending today: Buy up to 300,000 IHG points at 0.5 cents each
Over the past few days, IHG has been running a points sale in which IHG One Rewards members can buy up to 300,000 points at a cost of just 0.5 cents per point. Today, however, is the last day of the sale so if you still need to top up your account, time is running out.
Ultimate Rewards is offering a 60% bonus on transfers to IHG
Chase has started the month with a new promotion for those of us with Ultimate Rewards points and in it, it's offering anyone transferring points across to IHG One Rewards a 60% bonus. On the face of things, a 60% bonus probably sounds pretty good, but as I'll show below, this is a bonus that most people should be ignoring.
IHG is back with another points sale – buy up to 300,000 points at...
IHG has launched a new short-term points sale in which its allowing IHG One Rewards members to buy up to 300,000 points at a cost of just 0.5 cents per point. The sale runs for the next eight days so while there's no immediate need to rush if you need to top up and account, don't wait too long and forget!
The hotel points game is alive and well, you just have to play harder
At the risk of sounding old, I'm going to say that the miles & points game was a lot easier 15 years ago. Back then, most travel loyalty programs still had fixed award charts, international flight upgrades weren't rarer than unicorns, hotels didn't (usually) play games with elite benefits, and 'Bonvoy' wasn't a verb.
IHG promotion: Get 15% off award bookings (co-branded cardholders + select elites)
IHG has launched a very nice deal in which it's offering a 15% discount on select award stays completed by 22 February 2023. For the first few days, this promotion is only open to anyone who holds one or more IHG One Rewards credit cards, but it will also open up to IHG One Rewards members with Diamond and Platinum elite status in three days' time.
IHG brings back its very best points sale (buy up to 500,000 points)
On exactly the same day as last year, IHG One Rewards has brought back the very best version of its points sale in which it's possible to buy up to 500,000 points at just 0.5 cents each. This sale may be targeted so it's possible that not everyone reading this will have access to the deal that's discussed below.
Ends today: Buy 300,000 IHG One Rewards Points at 0.5 cents each
The current IHG points sale has been running since the beginning of last week and it has been allowing IHG One Rewards members to buy up to 300,000 points at a cost of just 0.5 cents per point. Today, however, is the last day of this sale so if you can make economical use of this offer, you don't have much longer to stock up on some points.
Buy 300,000 IHG One Rewards Points at 0.5 cents each
IHG is back with yet another one of its points sales so, for the next few days, IHG One Rewards members can buy up to 300,000 points at a cost of just 0.5 cents per point. These sales may not be as lucrative as they once were but this is one of IHG's better sales and with a bit of work, someone looking to make an IHG booking should be able to use this sale to save some cash.
Get at least 25% off IHG’s best flexible rates in its latest Europe &...
Registration for the IHG One Rewards end of year promotion opened yesterday, and now the IHG has announced a sale event for stays made at its European portfolio properties between now and the end of May next year. This latest sale (for Europe and the UK) is now live and offering savings on bookings made by 16 October.
Registration for the IHG One Rewards end-of-year promotion is open
Like all of the 4Q promotions that we've seen so far, this one isn't going to get anyone particulalry excited, but if there is any chance that you may make one or more IHG stays before the end of the year, you should probably register now.
IHG promotion: Get 15% off all award bookings (initially just for co-branded cardholders)
IHG is currently running a very nice promotion in which it's offering a 15% discount on select award stays completed by 26 October 2023. For the time being, this promotion is only open to anyone who holds one or more IHG One Rewards credit cards, but as with similar promotions in the past, this offer should open up to all IHG One Rewards members in the next few days.
This Chase free night certificate “glitch” is annoying
Free night certificates that come as a credit card benefit are mostly pretty simple to use, but things aren't always as straightforward as they should be. I, for example, have recently had an incredibly annoying time trying to redeem one particular certificate and as a quick web search has revealed that I'm far from alone, I thought that I'd flag the issue so that anyone reading this knows what can go wrong and how I eventually got around the problem I faced.
Pick your IHG summer 2023 promotion & register from today
IHG One Rewards has announced its plans for its 2023 summer promotion and because coming up with new ideas can be hard, it has decided not to waste any time on innovation and, instead, has simply rebooted the promotion that it ran between September and December last year.
Booking IHG reward nights? Beware the hidden junk fees!
When you make an award booking with Hilton or Hyatt you don't have to worry about resort/destination/amenity fees because those chains waive their junk fees on award bookings. You don't even have to hold elite status with Hilton or Hyatt to avoid these fees because everyone gets junk fees waived when booking awards with these guys. Sadly, the same is not true of award bookings with IHG or Marriott.
IHG credit card holders get 20% off select award bookings (for a limited time)
IHG has brought back a promotion that we've seen it run at least twice in the past in which it's offering a 20% discount on select award bookings to holders of its co-branded credit cards.
IHG adds two more deals to its Cyber sale
As promised last week, IHG has added to its existing Cyber sale (see here) and opened up two new offers for members of the IHG One Rewards program. Both offers are only around for a limited time (one of them ends tomorrow) but both will have uses in their own ways.
IHG has pulled it’s incredible Diamond elite status promotion (it’s now wait-and-see time)
Yesterday, I wrote about an incredible promotion in which IHG One Rewards was giving away top-tier Diamond elite status through the end of the year to anyone who wanted it. Unsurprisingly, less than 24 hours later the promotion appears to have been pulled.
[Expired] Incredible deal: Get instant IHG Diamond status (and a chance to keep it...
Wow. IHG has released a fantastic promotion in which it's giving its One Rewards members instant top-tier Diamond status through the end of the year and a chance to keep that status through the end of next year with stays made by 31 December 2022.
IHG One Rewards finally reveals its year-end promotion (register now)
We've known what year-end promotions Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt are offering for some time so I was starting to wonder if IHG had forgotten that a promotion was due or if was so overwhelmed by the recent hack that it had given up on the idea of a promotion altogether. Well, apparently IHG hasn't forgotten and it hasn't given up as today saw it launch its "Pick Your PayOff" promotion that will run through the end of 2022.
Want hotel elite status? IHG’s promotion could be the answer
IHG has overhauled what was previously a mostly useless loyalty program (IHG Rewards) and turned it into a program that's better and more interesting (IHG One Rewards). As part of the big refresh and with a view to getting more people interested in what its loyalty program has to offer, IHG is currently offering a very easy path to mid-tier and top-tier status which is worth looking into.
The excellent IHG award sale ends tomorrow
For the past couple of weeks, IHG Rewards has been running an excellent award sale in which it has been offering targeted members and holders of its co-branded credit cards a 20% discount on select award stays. This offer ends tomorrow so if you’ve been targeted but have not made your bookings yet, you’re running out of time to make the most of this deal.
Can everyone now get 20% off select IHG Rewards awards? (for a limited time)
Last week, IHG Rewards brought back an excellent sale which sees the cost of awards reduced by 20% for stays of up to 3 nights commencing no later than 25 May. At the launch, the sale was only open to holders of select IHG Rewards co-branded credit cards but we were promised that it would be opened up to all IHG Rewards members within a few days.
New targeted IHG promotion: Earn up to 50,000 bonus points
IHG is on a roll! Not only is it currently offering a very nice discount on select awards bookings but it has also now unveiled a targeted promotion in which members can earn up to 50,000 bonus points for stays made in the upcoming weeks.
ENDING TOMORROW – Select IHG credit card holders get 20% off award bookings
For the past few weeks, IHG has been running a promotion for targeted holders of its Chase-issued credit cards in which it has been offering 20% off the cost of all awards. Sadly, the promotion is set to end tomorrow, February 8th, so there's only a little time left to make the most of what can be an excellent deal.
Earn 5x points at IHG properties worldwide (2 days only!)
IHG's promised "biggest member event" appears to be here with the hotelier boosting its current 4Q promotion to offer customers 5 times the usual number of base points per dollar on bookings made in the next two days.
IHG has now extended the validity of select free night certificates
At the beginning of the month, IHG Rewards sent out emails to its members to let them know that the expiration dates of some free night certificates would be extended and if my account is anything to go by, it looks like those expiration extensions have now been processed.
Odd: Are IHG free night certificates a little better than I thought?
I have an IHG free night certificate that's expiring at the end of the year and as I was performing a few random searches to see what I could and couldn't book with it last night, I stumbled across something that I'm pretty sure I've never seen before - the free night certificates can sometimes be more useful than points.
IHG will extend more statuses & expiration dates of select free night certificates
Almost a week after the news quietly first appeared on its website, IHG Rewards has now started sending out emails to members to let them know that their elite status will be extended through February 2023. The emails also contain further good news so we now also know that select free night certificates will have their expiration dates extended and that two other IHG elite status programs will be extending select elite statuses.
Forget better benefits, IHG thinks customers want more ways to use their points
Accenture recently published a mini-interview with the CEO of IHG Hotels & Resorts, Keith Barr, and while most of the short video doesn't directly relate to the miles and points world, a 40-second segment within it gives us a brief insight into what IHG thinks it needs to do to keep customers engaged with its loyalty program.
IHG Rewards extends elite statuses through January 2023
It was the last week of April 2020 when IHG announced that it would offer elite status extensions through January 2022 and now that Hilton (in September) and Marriott (yesterday) have both announced that members of their loyalty programs will continue to enjoy their elite statuses into 2023, IHG has followed suit.
Another IHG Mess – The Promotion You Were Targeted For May Not Be Valid
Earlier this month, a significant number of IHG Rewards members had a message dropped into their accounts informing them that they could earn 10,000 bonus points for every 10 nights they consume at IHG properties in 2021. Well, there's a very good chance that if you saw that message in your account it was there in error and you weren't really targeted for that promotion at all.
Avoid, Avoid, Avoid – Don’t Buy IHG Rewards Points In The Latest Sale
This is nothing more than a rehash of the article that I usually post whenever IHG Rewards comes up with a sale that offers anything but a 100% bonus, so it's going to be one of the shorter posts that I write this year. All I really want this post to achieve is to make newcomers to the miles & points hobby aware that the current IHG Rewards Club points sale isn't very good and to let them know that we're definitely going to see better sales than this one in months ahead.
Some Six Senses Resorts Are Now Bookable With IHG Rewards Points
IHG announced the purchase of Six Senses Hotels Resorts for $300m in February 2019 and IHG Rewards members shave been waiting patiently ever since to be given a chance to use their points to book these luxurious properties. Now, that wait is over (at least in part) because 6 of the Six Senses properties are now showing award night availability on IHG's website.
IHG Promotion: Earn 10,000 Points Every 10 Nights (And A Bonus 20,000 Points Too)
Right now, most (possibly all) IHG Rewards Club members are eligible for a promotion that will see them earn a bonus of 10,000 points for every 10 nights they spend at IHG properties in 2021, but the chances are that they have no idea that this promotion is in progress.
IHG Rewards Is Extending The Expiration Date Of Some Free Night Certificates
Back in December, IHG left it as late as it possibly could before extending the expiration date of all the free night certificates that were due to expire at the end of 2020. Now, IHG has confirmed that it is extending the expiration date of yet more free night certificates.
IHG Rewards makes earning elite status a lot easier
For 2021, we've seen Hilton take significant steps to make earning elite status easier, we've seen Hyatt make earning top-tier status easier than it has ever been before, and we've recently even seen Marriott making Bonvoy status relatively simple to earn, so it was only a matter of time before IHG followed along and that's exactly what has now happened.
Is IHG About To Extend Expiring Free Night Certificates?
If you're about to burn an IHG Rewards Club free night certificate that's set to expire in a few weeks' time it may be worth holding off for a few more days as help may be around the corner. Katie Genter has reported that despite IHG's obvious reluctance to extend expiring certificates for a second time, the hotelier may be about to have a change of heart.
Get A 30% Bonus When You Transfer Select Hotel Points To Avios
It appears to be the season for 30% Avios bonuses. First we have Chase offering a 30% bonus on Ultimate Rewards Point transfers to various Avios-issuing airlines and now we have British Airways offering a 30% bonus on transfers from IHG Rewards Club and Radisson Rewards. But is this promotion any good?
Will IHG Now Charge 100,000 Points/Night For Select Basic Rooms?
IHG has now added 400 Mr & Mrs Smith properties to its booking engine and as of late yesterday, most of these properties are now available for cash or award bookings. Since these properties were added, I've been searching the IHG site to see if I could find any particular sweet spots or great-value award redemptions and while I haven't noticed any notable good deals, I have noticed a point of concern.
Warning: Avoid The New IHG Points Sale – It’s Terrible
This isn't going to be a long post as the headline pretty much says it all. Anyone who needs to top up an IHG Rewards account should almost certainly avoid the new sale that has just launched (unless you happen to need the points right now) because, as IHG points sales go, this one is terrible.
Register For IHG’s “Unlimited Double Points” Promotion (+ Bonus For IHG Credit Card Holders)
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How To Redeem An IHG Free Night Certificate In 6 Simple Steps [2020 Edition]
There are two IHG Rewards credit cards which offer cardholders a free night stay at any IHG property costing up to 40,000 points per night – the IHG Rewards Club Premier Credit Card and IHG Rewards Club Select credit card (not open to new applicants) – and this is a quick step-by-step guide to redeeming the IHG free night certificate once it’s loaded to your account.
Is Everyone Having Issues With The IHG Website? (Cannot Make Bookings)
Yesterday I wrote about the good news that some Chase IHG Free Night Certificates are still able to book any property in the world and, although I'd only gone through the booking process as far as the final "book reservation" button, everything looked in order and no errors occurred. The same cannot be said when just tried to complete a couple of reservations.
Some IHG Chase Free Night Certificates Can Still Book Any IHG Property Worldwide
In mid-April, IHG confirmed that all existing free nights certificates earned via Chase credit cards would see their expiration date extended by 6 months but, when the certificates started appearing in member accounts, the few remaining certificates that would have worked at any IHG property in the world before their original expiration date could no longer book any property costing over 40,000 points. I tested this for myself.
IHG Rewards: Earn up to 4x points on stays [Worldwide]
Back in the middle of June, IHG Rewards launched a new promotion in which it offered between double and quadruple points on stays made by 8 September 2020. At the time, a major downside to the promotion was the fact that it was only open to members based in the US but, now that IHG has remembered it has members elsewhere too, the promotion is now open to all.
This Is Why I Like IHG’s New Variable Pricing Awards
I'm not exactly one of IHG biggest fans nor am I a fan of award pricing that's based on the cash price of a booking, so I've been more than a little surprised to find that I actually quite like IHG's new dynamic price awards. IHG's variable pricing may not work for everyone but, for me and for quite a few other people, it looks like it may actually improve the value we get out of IHG Rewards and, just as importantly, out of the free night certificates issued by IHG co-branded credit cards.
Expired IHG Free Night Certificates Are Reappearing (But Some Aren’t Working Correctly)
The IHG free night certificate that I get through my legacy IHG Rewards Club credit card expired earlier this month and disappeared from my account. IHG had already confirmed that certificates with 2020 expiration dates from 1 March onwards would be extended through December 2020 but it's only now that my replacement certificate has appeared online. That's the good news.
IHG Rewards Extends Elite Statuses Through January 2022
IHG Rewards was the first of the major hotel chains to announce measures to help its members earn and retain status when it lowered its elite status thresholds back in the second week of March. Since then, the loyalty program has lagged its competitors with most of its efforts but it has now finally caught up with the rest of the pack by announcing status extensions across the board.
IHG Is Confirming Free Night Certificate Extensions
Lately, I've been giving IHG and IHG Rewards a deserved hard time by pointing out how they have been doing less than their competitors in a number of areas relating to customer care and by pointing out that they only have themselves to blame if customers are less than happy with them overall...but I've finally had some positive news drop into my inbox.
How IHG Has Gone From Hero To Zero Very Quickly
It was way back on 12 March that IHG Rewards was the first major loyalty program (from the hotel or airline industry) to take measures to make it easier for its members to earn/retain status this year but that appears to have been the end of the program's interest in looking after its members and guests.
IHG Rewards elite status requirements lowered for 2020
If you're targeting IHG Rewards Club status this year and have been wondering how you're going hit the necessary targets with all the travel restrictions that are being put in place (I suspect more are on the way) there's good news for you - IHG has announced that it is reducing its elite status targets for 2020.
IHG promotion offers Platinum members up to 55 points/dollar (but I doubt anyone will...
The first IHG Rewards promotion of 2020 will start from 15 February 2020 and the headline that IHG is pushing is one that suggests that members will be able to earn "up to 4x bonus points" for stays made through 15 May...but that really doesn't tell the whole story. It's more complicated than that.
Did The IHG Rewards Club Just Get Devalued Again?
Based on recent history IHG usually uses the beginning of a new year to put through some negative changes to its loyalty program (in 2018 top-tier redemptions became more expensive and in 2019 over 570 properties became more expensive) but so far 2020 has seen IHG Rewards remained unchanged...until now.
DEAL: Get 10,000 bonus points per night at select US Kimpton properties
IHG Rewards has launched a promotion for anyone booking one or more stays at select Kimpton properties across the US in which it's offering an amazing 10,000 bonus points/night. Yes, that's 10,000 points per night and not per stay.
SALES: Buy points from IHG, Hyatt, Radisson, Marriott & Choice (includes 3 of the...
While only three of the major airlines are offering mileage sales worth considering this Black Friday, the hotel chains appear to be making more of an effort. With the exception of Hilton, all the major hotel loyalty programs are running points sales right now and most are well worth a closer look.
Ok, This Is Weird. Why Did IHG Rewards Just Give Me 20,000+ Points?
In the normal course of events I usually find myself having to chase up various loyalty programs to ensure that my accounts are credited with the miles and points I'm due, but right now I'm a little unsure as to why one hotely loyalty program has just credited my account with a nice chunk of points.
This Is An IHG Rewards Points Promotion You Should Avoid
IHG Rewards is back with another points sale almost exactly two weeks after the last sale ended. Sadly, while the last sale was a good opportunity for some to top up their IHG Rewards accounts, this is a sale that the overwhelming majority of readers should be giving a wide berth.
Ok, Now IHG Rewards Is Just Being Annoying
I have to admit that I'm not the biggest fan of IHG Rewards so I don't have particularly high expectations of the program.
I don't like the way the program offers poor elite benefits, I don't like how certain elite benefits aren't available on award bookings, and I don't like the way the program continually devalues its currency but, having said all that, I've known about these shortcomings for a while so I know how to live with them.
IHG Rewards Adds 500+ Properties To Its Portfolio In One Go!
IHG Rewards has just announced a partnership with "Mr & Mrs Smith" which will see IHG Rewards members able to earn and burn their points at over 500 new properties across the world.
You Can Now Buy 200,000 IHG Rewards Points At 0.5 Cents Each
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PROMO: IHG Accelerate (Part 2) Has Been Launched – Have You Been Targeted?
IHG Rewards has launched a second Accelerate promotion which appears to be targeted at members who were left out of the first promotion which launched back in April. The two promotions have overlapping validity dates so if you've been targeted for one you will not have been targeted for the other.
IHG Adds Three Luxury Properties To The InterContinental Alliance
InterContinental Alliance Resorts are properties that aren't actually part of the IHG portfolio (like hotels branded as InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, etc...) but which have an agreement with IHG to participate in the IHG Rewards program and, to a degree, the InterContinental Ambassador program.
You Can Now Status Match To IHG’s Top Tier Status Level (But It’s Hard...
IHG Rewards has launched a publicly available status match offer for all three of its tiers so, if you have any kind of status with another hotel loyalty program, IHG Rewards will match it for 90 days and offer you a challenge to keep your IHG status through to the end of 2020.
FLASH SALE: Buy IHG Rewards Club Points At 0.5 Cents Each
IHG Rewards has just launched a flash sale which will run for 6 days and which is offering a 100% bonus for anyone willing to buy a minimum of 25,000 points. The loyalty program has also increased the annual purchase limit by 50% to 150,000 points.
FLASH DEAL: “Buy” IHG Rewards Points From Just 0.46 Cents Each! [Targeted]
While IHG will officially sell you its Rewards Club Points at a cost starting at of 1.0 cent per point (most of the time) and while it often sells points at a cost as low as 0.5 cents each in its frequent points sales, there's also occasionally a way of "buying" points for even less....and right now there's an opportunity to do just that.
LAST DAY: Buy IHG Rewards Points From 0.556 Cents/Point
IHG Rewards has been running its current points sale since the beginning of last month but today is the last day to take advantage of the deal if it's one that makes sense for you.
IHG’s New Accelerate Promotion Is Live……But It’s Not Working Very Well!
IHG has released details of its summer 2019 Accelerate promotion which is due to start tomorrow (1 May 2019) but, at the time of writing, a large number of people (including Joanna and me) can't actually register.
IHG Is Offering An 80% Bonus On Points Purchases Through 1 May
IHG Rewards has rolled out its latest points sale in which it's offering members a chance to earn a bonus of up to 80% on points purchases made by the end of business on 1 May 2019.
Ending Tonight: Buy IHG Rewards Points At 0.5 Cents Each
Today is the final day to make the most of an IHG Flash Sale which has been running since the beginning of the week. The opportunity to buy up to 200,000 IHG Rewards points at 0.5 cents each ends at midnight Eastern Time tonight.
Flash Sale: IHG Brings Back Its 100% Bonus On Points Purchases
IHG Rewards has launched a flash sale in which it’s offering a 100% bonus on points purchases through 22 March. This is the highest bonus we’ve seen from IHG so far this year and it’s generally the best deal the loyalty program offers
Ending Tomorrow: Buy IHG Rewards Points With A 75% Bonus
IHG Rewards has been running its first points sale of the year since the last week in January and with the promotion ending tomorrow (28 February) you don't have much longer to buy points in this sale if you need to....but should you be buying points at all?
The New IHG PointBreaks List Is Live! (Book Through 31 May 2019)
IHG has now released the list of hotels and resorts which are participating in its latest PointBreaks promotion. These hotels are bookable from as little as 5,000 points per night while the more popular properties on the list cost either 10,000 or 15,000 points per night.
Save Up To 25% On IHG Reward Nights At Five Properties In New York
IHG is running a promotion in conjunction with a number of its New York properties in which it's discounting the price of an award night by 25%.
IHG Is Offering A Bonus Of Up To 75% On Purchased Points
IHG Rewards has announced its first points sale of the year and the sale comes exactly one day before the hotelier increases the cost of awards at over 570 properties worldwide.
REMINDER: Last Day To Book IHG Properties At Pre-Devaluation Rates
Back on the 7th of January a sharp-eyed Flyertalker noticed that IHG had published a webpage showing that almost 700 of its properties would be changing the number of points that they charge for an award night.
Approximately 82% of these properties will be increasing the cost of an award night from tomorrow (25 January 2019) so today is your last chance to book these properties at a reduced cost.
IHG Is Devaluing Its Award Chart Again – This Is Getting Tiresome!
Over the weekend a sharp-eyed Flyertalker noticed that IHG has published a webpage showing that 696 of its properties are changing the number of points they will be charging for an award night as of 14 January.
So far there hasn't been any official announcement from IHG (as far as I'm aware) so we're left with a situation where a loyalty program is devaluing it's offering in a week's time and none of the program's members have been officially informed - stay classy IHG!
Sign Up For IHG’s First Promotion Of 2019 (A Minimum Of 40,000 Points On...
IHG has launched its first promotion of 2019 and, as with most recent IHG promotions, this one centers around tasks/challenges that can vary from individual to individual. Registration s open now and the promotion runs from 15 January to 30 April 2019.
IHG Is Now Offering A Bonus Of 80% On Points Purchases
IHG Rewards seems to be going down the same path as American Airlines in that it's rare to find a time of year where its loyalty currency isn't being offered at some kind of discount. Right now a new offer is in progress in which IHG Rewards members are being offered an 80% bonus on purchases of 5,000 points or more.
ENDING SOON: Buy IHG Rewards Points From Just 0.5 Cents Each
IHG Rewards has been running an excellent points sale since 12 November in which members have been able to buy up to 200,000 points from just 0.5 cents each. Now this deal is coming to a close so you only have a limited time left to top up your account if you're short of points for your next award night stay.
IHG PointBreaks – A Look At The Numbers & Where The Value Lies
IHG Rewards released its latest PointBreaks list yesterday afternoon (for reservations through February 2019) but, although I posted details of the full list at the time, I've only now had the time to take a proper look at what's on offer this time around.
The New IHG PointBreaks List Is Live! (Book Through 28 Feb 2019)
IHG has now released the list of hotels and resorts which are participating in its latest PointBreaks promotion. These hotels are bookable from as little as 5,000 points per night while the more popular properties on the list cost either 10,000 or 15,000 points per night.
A quick glance through the list shows 4 InterContinental properties are on offer (some aren't exactly new to PointBreaks!) - two cost 10,000 points per night and two cost 15,000 points per night and one of them could be the best deal in this list.
IHG Improves Its End Of Year Promotion In A Couple Of Ways
Since the middle of September IHG has been running a watered down version of its usual Accelerate promotion in which all IHG Rewards members can earn double points on stays (starting with their second stay) up to a variable pre-set maximum. Just recently IHG has made a couple of changes to the promotion rules and they could be good news for you.
Buy Up To 200,000 IHG Rewards Points From $0.005 Each
Today is going to be a bit of an IHG day on Traveling For Miles as I catch up with the latest offers from the chain that brings us the likes of InterContinental, Crowne Plaza and Kimpton.
First up is the latest points sale from IHG Rewards which is offering members the chance to buy up to 200,000 points from $0.005 each.
IHG’s New Promotion Is Live….And It’s Not Called “Accelerate”
The latest IHG Rewards promotion is called "Get Double Points plus more" and runs from 16 September through 16 December 2018.
The promotion appears to be the hybrid of a regular double points promo (like we often see from Hilton) and a tailored offering like we have been used to seeing with IHG's Accelerate promotions.
IHG PointBreaks Is Back – Book Now For Reservations Through 30 September
IHG has now released the list of hotels and resorts which are participating in its latest PointBreaks promotion. These hotels are bookable from as little as 5,000 points per night while the more popular properties on the list cost either 10,000 or 15,000 points per night.
IHG Mystery Bonus Promotion: Bonuses Of Up To 100% Available On Points Purchases
IHG has launched a new points sale in which IHG Rewards members are being offered a mystery bonus. Normally with these promotions you see people being targeted for bonuses ranging between 70% through to 100% but, in this instance, I've yet to hear of anyone who isn't seeing the 100% bonus....and I've seen or heard from at least 30 accounts so far.
IHG Sale & Promotion: 20-30% Off & Up To 5,000 Bonus Points Per Stay
IHG has launched its "Easy Like Summer" promotion in which it's offering a number of incentives to those ready to book travel for stays in the next 3 months (approximately). Three separate incentives are on offer covering discounts on room rates, bonus points and extra savings through IHG's fuel rewards program so there should be something here for everyone.
FLASH SALE: Buy IHG Points With A 100% Bonus
IHG Rewards has just announced a flash sale in which members can buy points with a 100% bonus. The sale sees the new maximum purchase limit (100,000 points) maintained and, in some cases, offers a good opportunity to book hotels at a nicely discounted rate.
Latest IHG PointBreaks List Is Live (Book Through 31 July)
IHG Rewards has just released the latest PointBreaks list which covers stays between 1 May 2018 and 31 July 2018 so, after a bit of teasing over the weekend, we now know which properties can be booked for 5,000, 10,000 or 15,000 points per night.
Full IHG PointBreaks List Out On Monday – Preview Here
In January IHG changed how its popular PointBreaks promotion works quite dramatically. Where once all participating properties cost 5,000 points per night now we have properties where the cost of an award night ranges from 5,000 to 15,000 points.
It was a devaluation of sorts but not one that was particularly heinous.
The PointBreaks promotion had mostly gone stale before the changes were put through as it was getting harder and harder to find any properties on the list that were worth visiting.
This Is Why You Probably Shouldn’t Buy IHG Points Right Now
IHG Rewards is currently running a points sale in which its offering an 80% bonus on purchases of 30,000 points or more and, to sweeten the pot, IHG has also increased the number of points you can buy in a calendar year.
That all sounds ok and, as I'm about to show you, I could easily make an argument that says that some of you should be buying points right away...but I'm also going to show you why I think most should stay away from this sale.
IHG Accelerate Promotion Starts Next Week – Register Now
IHG Rewards is back with another "IHG Accelerate" promotion for 2Q 2018 and with Hilton's promotion looking only ok, Marriott's latest promotion looking pretty terrible and Starwood's promotion looking even worse, this is likely to be one of the better opportunities we're given to earn hotel points over the next 3 months.
Ending Today: 100% Bonus On IHG Rewards Points
Just a quick note to remind readers that the IHG Rewards Flash sale which started a few days ago will end tonight at 11:59pm Eastern. I wrote about the sale in detail on the day it launched (follow the link for full details and thoughts) but, for those who missed that, here's a recap.
FLASH SALE: Buy IHG Points With A 100% Bonus (Some Accounts Targeted For Discounted...
IHG Rewards has just announced a flash sale in which members can buy points with a 100% bonus. There's nothing particularly unusual about this as IHG has been offering 100% bonuses on points sales with increasing frequency...but there is one oddity that IHGRewards has thrown in this time.
IHG PointBreaks List – A Closer Look To Find Some Value
IHG Rewards released full details of its first PointBreaks list of 2018 yesterday and, as well as being the first list of the year, it was also the first PointBreaks list to offer properties at three different price points.
Gone is the old list where all properties cost 5,000 points per night and, in its place, is the new list where properties cost 5,000, 10,000 or 15,000 points per night.
On the face of things this may seem like a devaluation but, as I explained yesterday, the old PointBreaks lists were so full of properties no one really wanted to visit that they were almost completely useless.
Big Changes To IHG PointsBreaks & The Latest PointBreaks List Is Live
IHG Rewards has just released the latest PointBreaks list which covers stays between 29 January and 20 April 2018 and, alongside the latest list, IHG has announced some changes to how PointBreaks will work going forward.
Bad Deal: IHG Selling Points With A Bonus Of Up To 75%
IHG Rewards has announced its first points sale since it increased the number of points needed to stay at most of the top InterContinental properties to 70,000...and you should almost certainly give this promotion a wide berth.
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