Register For IHG One Rewards’ “Pick Your Points” Promotion Summer 2026

IHG One Rewards has just opened registration for its next global promotion, which matches an offer that we saw around the same time last year. Let’s go over the details of the offer, for those with any planned upcoming stays… and be sure to register!

IHG One Rewards offering up to 2K bonus points per night

For the summer of 2026, IHG One Rewards is offering the “Pick Your Points” promotion, whereby members can register for one of two offers. They can either earn 2,000 bonus points after every two nights, or 8,000 bonus points after every four nights.

As you’d expect, there are some details to be aware of:

• Registration is required prior to your first eligible stay, and registration is final, so consider which offer you want to sign up for
• The promotion is valid for stays between May 20 and August 31, 2026
• There is no booking deadline, so nights consumed anytime during the promotion period are eligible, as long as you register in time
• All paid nights booked directly with IHG qualify for this promotion, as long as the nightly rate is at least $30 (award nights don’t qualify)
• There’s no limit to how many bonus points you can earn with this promotion, and rewards are based on cumulative nights accrued, so don’t have to be consecutive
• Bonus points will post within six weeks of an eligible stay

How lucrative is this IHG One Rewards promotion?

IHG One Rewards members ordinarily earn the following return on spending at IHG properties (for what it’s worth, I value IHG points at 0.5 cents each):

• IHG offers 10x points per dollar spent at most brands, and 5x points per dollar spent at Candlewood Suites and Staybridge Suites
• IHG members receive bonus points — Silver members receive a 20% bonus, Gold members receive a 40% bonus, Platinum members receive a 60% bonus, and Diamond members receive a 100% bonus
• If you pay with the IHG One Rewards Premier Credit Card (review) or IHG One Rewards Premier Business Credit Card (review), you earn 10x bonus points per dollar spent

With this promotion, you earn either 2,000 bonus points after every two nights, or 8,000 bonus points after every four nights, meaning you earn either 1,000 or 2,000 bonus points per night, in the right increments. Based on my valuation of IHG points, that’s like an incremental return of $5-10 per night, in the right increments. This offer is better than nothing, but hardly a reason to switch any stays to IHG.

To state the obvious, you should register for the 8,000 bonus points promotion if you plan to stay at least four nights during the promotion period, as that’s how you’ll come out ahead.

Bottom line

IHG One Rewards has opened registration for its summer 2026 promotion. With this, registered members can earn either 2,000 points every two nights, or 8,000 points every four nights. Obviously the latter promotion is more lucrative, assuming that you plan to stay at least four nights during the promotion period.

Still, at an incremental 1,000 to 2,000 bonus points per night (at most), this offers up to $5-10 per night in value, so it’s hardly a reason to switch any stays to IHG.

What do you make of IHG One Rewards’ new global promotion?