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Earn up to 71k IHG points with just 3 stays.

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Targeted offer

IHG is running a targeted offer whereby you can earn a total of 71k bonus points. It runs the entire year, from now until December 31, 2018, and is really quite easy to complete. 3 stays are needed, and if those stays happen to be at Intercontinental hotels, you’ll earn a bonus 10k. Registering will earn you 1k points, and then your first stay will net you 10k points. Complete stays 2 and 3, and you’ll earn another 30k, and if any of those 3 stays happen to be at an Intercontinental…that’s where you’ll earn another 10k per stay. Total potential point haul? 71k points, which just happens to be enough for a free night ANYWHERE in the world. I mean, this is an insane deal. If you value IHG points at just half a cent, you’re earning back $350, or over a $100 a booking.

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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card


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The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is a great starter card that earns Premium Ultimate Rewards that can be transferred into over a dozen partners many of which are US based including Hyatt, Southwest, United, IHG, and Marriott.

Welcome Offer

60k Points after $4k spend in 3 months

Annual Fee

$95

Points Earned

Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards

  • 60k points after $4k spend in 3 months
    • Worth $750 in Chase Travel℠ and way more if you maximize transfer partners
  • 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
  • 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
  • 3x on select streaming services
  • 3x on online grocery purchases
    • (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
  • $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
    • The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
  • 2x on all other travel
  • 10% Anniversary Bonus
    • Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
  • Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
  • Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
  • Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
  • No foreign transaction fees
  • Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
    • Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
  • Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2024
  • $95 Annual Fee

We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.

Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.

Main Cast: 

Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.

Supporting Cast:

Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on. 

The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.

If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex℠and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners

Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.

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3 Comments

  • eponymous coward February 23, 2018

    You left a rather important detail out from the original post

    “All stays need to be booked in Asia Pacific, Middle East Africa, excluding China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan”

    That changes the “quite easy to complete” part, no?

    I’m going to be charitable and assume you weren’t being deliberately misleading in order to get hits.

    😉

    • eponymous coward February 23, 2018

      Also, if your account isn’t based in EMEA, you might not be able to register.

    • Miles February 23, 2018

      peep that big screen cap…

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