30+ hotels that are excellent IHG credit card award certificate redemption options. POST DEVAL

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Let’s have a real look at some of the redemption options that still exist

I’m not saying that the slash to the annual night certificate was handled properly, or even close, but let’s look at this glass half full. There are still a lot of hotels around the world that are under 40k points a night. We all kinda knew that this day would come sooner or late, and here’s the thing: people still love their Hyatt card primarily because, for a $75 annual fee, it gives you a free night at Category 4 hotels each year.

The new IHG card will give you a free night at most hotels 40k and under, a 4th night free when booking with points, plus 20% off point purchases.  There are some other benefits too, but those are most attractive to me. I think there is plenty of opportunity out to capitalize on the perks of this card, and at $89 Annual Fee, there are plenty of hotels you can redeem your anniversary night at that will give you great value. I put a list together of many Intercontinentals, and the best airport hotel in the world: the Crowne Plaza Singapore.

This is by no means an extensive list, but rather, to get the juices flowing, and prove the world isn’t ending. So let’s have a legitimate discussion about the value of the free night cert apart from how the devaluation was handled. I think there are plenty of reasons to keep the IHG Rewards Select if you have it ( we don’t know what’s happening quite yet), or consider the new version.

USA

Intercontinental Buckhead Atlanta

Intercontinental Kansas City at the Plaza

Intercontinental Milwaukee

Intercontinental Minneapolis

Intercontinental Cleveland Clinic

Intercontinental Cleveland Clinic Suites

Hotel Indigo Austin Downtown

 

Europe

Intercontinental Budapest

Intercontinental Lisbon

Intercontinental Athens

Intercontinental Madrid

 

Asia

Intercontinental Shanghai

Intercontinental Bali

Intercontinental Bangkok

Intercontinental Hanoi Westlake

Intercontinental Saigon

Intercontinental Phu Quoc

Intercontinental Seoul Grand Parnas

Intercontinental Pattaya

Crown Plaza Singapore

 

 

South Pacific

Intercontinental Fiji

Intercontinental Wellington

 

Africa

Intercontinental O.R. Tambo

Intercontinental Sandton Towers

Intercontinental Nairobi

Intercontinental Mauritius

 

 

Mexico/Central/South America

Intercontinental Sao Paolo

Intercontinental Santiago

Intercontinental Buenos Aires

Intercontinental Presidente Cancun

Intercontinental Miramar Panama City