IHG Rewards Club doesn’t have a traditional category-based award chart. While IHG hotels have year-round award prices, they don’t belong to a specific category. Instead the cost of an award night is typically tied to what brand a hotel belongs to, and…
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 loyal programs want to generate incremental…
With 2018 now behind us, I thought it would be interesting to reflect on what status I've earned in the past year with both airlines and hotels. I love miles and points every bit as much as I did a decade ago. What has changed for me over the years is…
I have a lot of credit cards -- 24 at this point, to be exact -- and for the most part I'm really happy with my credit card portfolio. For a while there were a lot of credit cards that I really wanted, though since October I've picked up five cards,…
IHG sure takes an odd approach to loyalty: IHG Rewards Club is IHG’s primary loyalty program, but it doesn’t actually offer competitive elite benefits, and those few elite benefits it does offer aren’t valid at InterContinental hotels…
A couple of weeks ago IHG launched an awesome promo (details below), where you could earn 5,000 bonus IHG Rewards Club points for posting a picture on Instagram or Twitter. The bonus points from this promotion are now posting, which is pretty awesome.…
Update: This is just a reminder that today is the last day to buy IHG Rewards Club points with up to a 100% bonus. It sure feels like just about every loyalty program is offering a bonus on purchased points right now. IHG Rewards Club has just rolled…
I recently wrote a post about the hotel credit cards that offer free night certificates, either as an annual benefit, or as a reward for reaching certain spend thresholds. In many cases these anniversary free night certificates can more than justify…
IHG has just released their new PointBreaks list, so if you might be interested in making a booking, check out the list now (especially as IHG didn't release a preview list this time around, so all of these hotels come as a surprise). At the beginning…
IHG initially announced that they were purchasing Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants back in 2014, but up until this year the brands continued to operate separately. Earlier this year the Kimpton Karma Rewards program was integrated into the IHG Rewards Club…
I had quite a long daytime layover in Singapore, as I was arriving in Singapore at around 7AM and departing shortly after midnight. Since I was up all night on most of these flights I decided to get a day room at a hotel so I could rest up. Singapore…
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…
For the past few weeks, IHG has been offering a bonus on the purchase of points. If you're interested but have been holding off, this is your last chance -- this bonus ends today, October 31, 2018. With this offer, members can receive up to a 100% bonus…
Often we see the major global hotel chains adopt some positive policies due to social pressure. For example, just recently we’ve seen a lot of companies adopt policies banning plastic straws. A few years ago, IHG adopted a “sustainable seafood…
Since the beginning of August, the IHG® Rewards Club Premier Credit Card has been offering an increased welcome bonus. The card was first launched in April, so to see an even better bonus so quickly is great. Tomorrow is the last day where the IHG Premier…
IHG has just released their new PointBreaks list, so if you might be interested in making a booking, check out the list now (especially as IHG didn't release a preview list this time around, so all of these hotels come as a surprise). At the beginning…
In early April, Chase made some major changes to their IHG credit card portfolio. They stopped accepting applications for the old IHG Rewards Club Select Credit Card, and instead started accepting applications for the all new IHG® Rewards Club Premier…
For those of you not familiar with Amex Offers, it’s a program available through most Amex cards, where different cards are eligible for different savings and bonus offers. In many cases the offers can be huge, and more than offset the annual fee on…
For those of you not familiar with Amex Offers, it’s a program available through most Amex cards, where different cards are eligible for different savings and bonus offers. In many cases the offers can be huge, and more than offset the annual fee on…
Since mid-July, IHG Rewards Club has been offering a mystery bonus on purchased points. If you've been considering this deal, the clock is ticking, as the promotion ends on Wednesday, August 22, 2018, so you have just a few days remaining to take advantage…
We recently saw Chase refresh two of their popular hotel credit cards -- The World of Hyatt Credit Card and the IHG® Rewards Club Premier Credit Card -- and there's a lot of overlap between them. You're potentially eligible for both of these cards, though…
