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When IHG first rolled out confirmable suite upgrades they were only applicable on certain cash rates ( most pre-paid rates were excluded). I just hit 20 stays for the year and my account allowed me to choose my 20 night Milestone Reward. There isn’t really any doubt that I’m choosing the Suite Upgrade especially because upon reading the terms and conditions, it’s applicable on rewards stays. BYAH!
This makes the confirmable suite upgrades earned as Milestone Rewards, which are a choice at just 20 nights, a lot more desirable. Apparently this will become doable online at some point, according to LL, but you can apply them when phoning in. I look forward to doing this next year and teaming it with my Diamond Status.
1 Confirmable Suite upgrade information: Confirmed up to 14 days in advance for up to 5 nights
One thing to keep in mind is that these things expire 365 days after you select one. For me, I will wait until the last minute to give myself as much time as possible to take advantage of it…note it doesn’t expire until 02/29/24, so if I select it on the 28th I’d have until 2/28/25 to use it. This is a much, much better choice, in my opinion than anything else.
- Choice upon completing 20 Qualifying Nights
- Good up to 5 consecutive nights
- Confirmable 14 days to 24 hours prior to check In
- Expire after 365 days
It’s always nice to have a living room like this one at the Intercontinental Chicago Miracle Mile
Here are the IHG One Rewards Milestone Rewards
I have highlighted the ones I would choose at each level.
The Terms and Conditions of the Suite Upgrade – using on a reward night
A few things to keep in mind:
- In the 3rd term you can see that Rewards Night is listed – BOOM!
- You cannot use it with an IHG Ambassador Free Weekend Night
- If you upgrade to a CLUB room…you don’t get club access, pressing, etc. That is a big deal.
- There are some property exclusions
- No Six Senses
- No Holiday Inn Vacation Club
- No Mr and Mrs Smth…but they already left IHG so that doesn’t really apply anymore.
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 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, 2027.
- $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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