I’ve written extensively about Amex Offers, where you can earn bonus points or receive statement credits for purchases with select retailers. This is an awesome opportunity to save, and collectively I get hundreds of dollars worth of value out of the…
ed Four Digit PINs Historically IHG Rewards Club has only allowed members to use four digit PINs to secure their accounts, and not longer passwords. It's one thing to give people the option of choosing four digit PINs (which is bad enough), but to not…
Shopping portals can be a great way to earn cash back for purchases you’d make anyway. While shopping portals offer bonuses for all kinds of retailers, sometimes they even offer bonuses for airlines and hotels. We even see portals sometimes offer bonuses…
In late October, IHG Rewards Club revealed the details of their current global promotion, which is incredibly lucrative. Well, the booking period for the window has just been extended (though the stay period hasn't). Let's take a look at the details.…
IHG initially announced that they were purchasing Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants back in 2014, but up until last year the brands continued to operate separately. Early last year the Kimpton Karma Rewards program was integrated into the IHG Rewards Club…
In late October, IHG rolled out their latest promotion on purchased points, which is in line with the best promotions they offer. This is a reminder that this promotion expires tomorrow, so this is your last chance to take advantage of it, if interested. …
IHG has just released their new PointBreaks list, so if you might be interested in making a booking, check out the list now. Last year IHG revamped their PointBreaks promotion. This is a promotion they’ve been offering on a quarterly basis for years,…
I'm all for loyalty programs introducing more ways for members to redeem points, even if at times the added redemption options aren't great. Well, IHG is currently piloting such a program. IHG is rolling out a new program called "Pay with Points," where…
IHG has just announced a potentially interesting new partnership, which could greatly increase their portfolio of luxury hotels. Don't get too excited yet, though, as some key details are missing. IHG has just announced a partnership with Mr. and Mrs.…
Last year IHG made some major changes to their credit card portfolio, as they introduced the IHG® Rewards Club Premier Credit Card. In the process they stopped issuing the old IHG Select Credit Card, which is a loss, but at this point we have to make…
We landed from Paris at around 10AM, and were departing the next morning at 10:30AM. We were in South Africa to go on safari, but rather than continuing to our first camp immediately, we decided to first spend a night in Johannesburg: -- Given that safari…
InterContinental has launched a potentially lucrative promotion to earn IHG Rewards Club points. This promotion is in addition to the global fall 2019 IHG promotion, as that's valid for stays at all IHG brands (while this is specific to InterContinental).…
For the past few years, most of IHG’s global hotel promotions have been customized. Everyone gets some type of offer, but different members get targeted for different versions of the offer. The logic is that hotel loyalty programs want to generate incremental…
The IHG® Rewards Club Premier Credit Card is a great hotel credit card that offers a variety of valuable benefits. There has never been a better time to get the card either, given that it currently has its best ever welcome bonus. The single benefit…
Hotel credit cards are incredibly underrated. Even if you don't spend much money on them, they can offer huge perks and sometimes even offer free nights. When you combine these two factors, a lot of these cards offer outsized value. In this post I wanted…
Last year Chase introduced the IHG® Rewards Club Premier Credit Card, which is the premium co-brand IHG credit card being issued by Chase. Best of all, a few days ago we saw the introduction of the best-ever welcome bonus on this card. With the new bonus…
Yesterday I wrote about how the IHG® Rewards Club Premier Credit Card is offering a new best-ever welcome bonus. With the new IHG Premier Card bonus you earn: 125,000 IHG Rewards Club points after spending $3,000 within three months 25x points per dollar…
Wow, this is a huge development. IHG has today announced that they'll switch entirely to bulk-size bathroom amenities by 2021. This will apply to all 17 IHG brands, ranging from InterContinental to Holiday Inn Express. IHG is one of the world's largest…
I've written about the best hotel credit cards offering free nights, either as an annual benefit, or as a reward for reaching certain spending thresholds. In many cases these anniversary free night certificates can more than justify the annual fees on…
IHG Rewards Club frequently sells points at a discount, and when they do, the lowest cost per purchased point is typically 0.5 cents. Aside from any IHG promotions on purchased points, there's often a way to indirectly purchase IHG points at a discount,…
While some hotel programs are aggressive about offering status challenges (like Hilton Honors), IHG Rewards Cub is generally pretty stingy in this regard. That's surprising, since the program isn't that rewarding, and also because they make it easy to…
