IHG One Rewards is currently offering a sale on award nights, which could save you quite a few points on a redemption. This promotion was initially available to those with a co-branded IHG credit card, but it has now been expanded to more IHG One Rewards elite members, so let’s cover all the details.
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Save 15% on free night award redemptions
IHG One Rewards is offering members 15% savings on award stays:
- You must book by Wednesday, October 30, 2024
- You must stay by Saturday, November 30, 2024
- This is available to those who have the IHG One Rewards Premier Credit Card (review) or IHG One Rewards Traveler Credit Card (review), as well as to non-cardmembers who have IHG Platinum or IHG Diamond status
- The offer is only available for stays of up to three nights; that’s because cardmembers get a fourth night free on award redemptions, so that’s a better value on longer stays
- The 15% discount is offered at the time of booking (you should see both the original price and discounted price listed)
- This can also be applied to Points & Cash bookings, but only the points portion is discounted
If you have any upcoming travel plans, this offer is definitely worth keeping in mind. And if you have already booked any stays during the offer period but can still rebook, that could be worth doing.
This is a generous offer that’s worth it
This offer from IHG is potentially quite lucrative:
- Since IHG One Rewards largely has dynamic award pricing, you might as well redeem when there’s a further discount on redemptions
- This is even useful for those with IHG free night certificates; they can be used for properties costing up to 40,000 points per night without a top-off, so you could redeem at more expensive properties than usual with this offer
- I’d say the major catch here is the limited travel window, as you need to stay in the next several weeks
The IHG One Rewards loyalty program has been nicely refreshed, with new perks for IHG Platinum and IHG Diamond members, plus the IHG Milestone Rewards program. When the new program was launched in the spring of 2022, we were promised that there would be occasional award sales, so this is one of those. We see these an average of around three times per year.
Bottom line
IHG One Rewards is offering a 15% discount on award stays. This is valid for bookings through October 30, 2024, and for stays through November 30, 2024. This is available to those with a co-branded IHG credit card, as well as other IHG Diamond and Platinum members. This could be a great time to make an IHG award booking with points or a free night certificate.
Do you plan on taking advantage of this IHG award discount?
I have a few bookings in Madrid and Lisbon during the period mentioned and did a quick check of pricing under this promotion. Noticed that yes indeed they are providing 15% discount, but sneakily they have increased the base price from 47,000 points to 56,000 points so in fact the discounted price is 600 points more than what it was a few days ago. Seems a bit deceptive, so watch out when using this promotion.
IHG website lists specific properties for each month of stay. E.g. a property on the list for a November promotional rate is not listed for Oct or Dec, etc.
Not sure about others, but it works for me. I just sign into the app and click on the points tab and it automatically shows the regular points rate with the discounted points rate. Not all hotels are participating though. I did random searches for November though, not October.
I see no special rates. I meet the conditions specified.
---- as ggh indicates, the stay must start on or before Nov 22.
still does not work despite meeting all conditions
this does not work
The discounted rate didn't show on the initial page for me, but once I clicked on the hotel and it showed me the various rooms, the discounted rate was there.
Thanks for the tip - I was able to rebook a November stay - much appreciated!
The ast night on which this discount applies is November 22, 2024
Not showing on my account when I attempt to reserve. IHG cardholder and reservation would meet the offer terms.