Of course, you can always use
your IHG free award certificate at a Holiday Inn, and it will still offset the $ 49 annual fee.
Not exact matches
Unsurprisingly, affiliate bloggers tend to resolve that problem in the following way: not only should you apply for
IHG's co-branded credit card, you should also convince your significant other to apply for the card, so you can take advantage of the cards» overlapping annual
free night
awards to book up to 4 consecutive
free nights (Frequent Miler ably demonstrates this sleight of hand here).
In addition to booking
award flights, you can also book
free hotel nights by transferring points to
IHG Rewards Club, Marriott Rewards, Ritz - Carlton Rewards and World of Hyatt.
We had booked an
award stay, using
free night certificates from our
IHG Rewards MasterCard — a great use of the
free night during the very expensive New Years Eve!
Specifically, the card
awards one
free night per year at any
IHG property.
The ability to buy points with a 20 % discount could be useful but I don't think I'd get as much use out of the 4th night
free on
award stays as I'd like to — my
IHG stays tend to be 2 - 3 nights in length and a 4th night would, ordinarily, be more than I needed... I'd be staying somewhere for the sake of staying.
The 4th night
free on
award stays would be a very nice bonus to have and, if you can use this at one of the better
IHG properties, it would save you 70,000 every time you used it — that's a value of $ 280.
This would leave Joanna 7,000 points short of an
award night at a top
IHG hotel (bad news) but would be enough to boost her existing
IHG rewards balance high enough to give her another
free night (excellent news)....
When you book an
IHG Rewards Points & Cash
award you are technically buying the extra points you need to get a «
free night».
While the
IHG award chart isn't the best, the addition of a 4th night
free on
award stays could definitely make it more competitive.
As most of us probably know, these
free night
awards are usually limited to standard
awards although we've seen suites (not quite presidential suites) become available recently for many different programs, including
IHG.
Here's what's changing Currently, we
award this Anniversary
Free Night each year after your anniversary date, and it is redeemable at any
IHG property.
Other Chase cards you can apply for at the same time include the Chase Freedom (15K for spending $ 500 +2.5 K for adding an additional user for a limited time only plus 5 - 10 points per dollar spent in rotating categories), Chase British Airways (Up to 100K signup bonus for a limited time only), the Chase United Explorer (30K signup plus another 5K points for adding a
free additional user on the consumer card / 50K signup points on the business card, plus get
free luggage,
free primary car rental insurance including in the US and Israel, expanded saver and standard
award ticket availability, priority boarding, and more), the Chase
IHG (with 60K signup points and a
free night every subsequent year upon renewal), the Chase Marriott (with 50K signup points and a
free night every subsequent year upon renewal), the Chase Slate (with zero balance transfer fees, 0 % APR on purchase and balance transfers for 18 months, and
free FICO scores), the Chase Ink Plus (60K signup points plus up to 5 points per dollar spent), and the Chase Ink Cash (20K signup points plus up to 5 points per dollar spent).
IHG Rewards points can be used for
free hotel nights starting at 5,000 points per night, so 675k points could book 135
award nights.
I received a letter dated March 30, 2018, from Chase that stated that my
free night
award is still redeemable at any
IHG property worldwide.
You can book a
free night with the certificate as long as there is
award night availability — you can easily check on the
IHG Rewards Club website or call 877-318-5890 to redeem your
free night.
I have an older
IHG card and received my annual «Anniversary
Free Night»
award in January, 2018.
Tomorrow,
IHG Rewards is launching a launching a 50 % off
IHG Rewards Club Reward Nights flash sale for the The Venetian and The Palazzo, which is an InterContinental Alliance Resort located in Las Vegas on the Strip, meaning that
free night
awards will now be 25,000 points per night.
PointBreaks are reduced
award redemptions at
IHG hotels (Intercontinental, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn, etc.) that require just 5,000 Rewards Club points for a
free night, and change every few months.
Via the fall
IHG Accelerate promo that runs from September 1 — December 31, 2015, those that are new to
IHG can earn one
free award night at any
IHG property worldwide with just two eligible stays.