These is a high rewards rate, even taking into consideration the lower
redemption value of Club Carlson rewards points.
Not exact matches
The IHG Hotels Rewards
Club has a number
of redemption options with varying
values.
Ten per cent
of the
value of the Pro
Club redemption is donated to the designated parent c
Club redemption is donated to the designated parent
clubclub.
Reading this chart is simple: if you're redeeming 70,000 Gold Points for one night at a Category 7
Club Carlson property, your imputed
redemption value is $ 308, since that's the
value of the Barclaycard Arrival miles you could have earned with the same $ 14,000 in manufactured spend.
And because British Airways Executive
Club offers some great
redemption opportunities on its own metal and with oneworld carriers, you don't need to be a frequent British Airways customer to get a lot
of value out
of the card.
I
value Virgin Flying
Club Miles somewhere around 0.60 p / 0.9 c each so both
of the
redemptions I've set out above are good
value for me.
Even better, the Executive
Club offers you the option to stretch the
value of your miles further with multiple Avios + Money
redemption options for any itinerary.
They butchered the benefits offered by the Prestige card by removing Admirals
Club access, reducing points
redemption values, and eliminated the 3 free rounds
of golf benefit.
In my case, after spending a lot more nights with Accor Hotels and achieving Platinum in Accor's LeClub, my offer for 2017 is great: A single night stay in January paid with my IHG Rewards
Club MaterCard and a point
redemption will net me 31,000 points, a
value of $ 186!
But train
redemptions usually offer the best
value per point, you should be able to do 2 cents a point (meaning you triple the
value of those Priority
Club points) with Amtrak
redemptions.
Generally, using points for anything other than hotel stays isn't the best
value, but I know some people get
value out out
of their IHG points by redeeming them for items form the IHG Rewards
Club redemption catalog.
Click hereopens overlay for complete terms and conditions
of the IHG ® Rewards
Club program, including all
redemption values, or refer to ihgrewardsclub.comopens overlay.