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IHG One Rewards promo May 18 – August 31, 2022

IHG released a new unlimited double your points promo that not only doubles the IHG Rewards that can be used to redeem towards future stays, but also the points needed to elite qualification. Let’s take a look at the new promo – you need to register which you can do here

Here’s how many points you’d ordinarily earn with IHG as a member

Every single member earns between 5x and 10x points per dollar as a base rate

IHG One Rewards elite members earn the following bonuses

 

• Silver receive a 20% bonus
• Gold receive a 40% bonus or 11x
• Platinum receive a 60% bonus or 15x
• Spire receive a 100% bonus or 20x

How many points you’d earn with this current promotion – register here

The promotion is tiered and runs May 18 – August 31, 2022

• Normal points on your first night
• 2x points on nights 2 to 5
• 3x points on nights 6 to 14
• 4x points on 15+ nights
• Have an IHG credit card?
  • 3000 bonus points after 3 nights
  • another 3000 bonus points after 6 nights
• Capped at 100k total points

 

How are the bonus points calculated?

Let’s say someone will stay 20 nights during the promo period at a base rate of $100 a night. Don’t forget IHG has a status match running which could yield an instant Platinum status, and with this example = Diamond status after just 15 nights.

Someone without any status

• Night 1 – 1000 points  base
  • 1000 points
• Night 2 to 5 – 1000 points base + 1000 points Promo Bonus
  • So 2k per night or 8k total points
• Night 6 to 14 – 1000 points base + 2000 points Promo Bonus
  • So 3k per night or 27k total points
• Night 15 to 20- 1000 points base + 3000 points promo bonus
  • So 4k per night or 24k total points

Total points = 61k points

As a diamond member

If the base rate was a $100 and I stayed 20 nights I’d earn as a Diamond

• Night 1 – 1000 points  base + 1000 points for Diamond
  • 2k per night
  • 3k bonus points for having IHG Premier credit card
• Night 2 to 5 – 1000 points base + 1000 points Promo Bonus + 1000 points diamond
  • So 3k per night or 12k total points
  • 3k bonus points for having IHG Premier credit card
• Night 6 to 14 – 1000 points base + 2000 points Promo Bonus + 1000 points diamond
  • So 4k per night or 36k total points
• Night 15 to 20- 1000 points base + 3000 points promo bonus + 1000 points diamond
  • So 5k per night or 30k total points

Total haul for 20 nights would be 80k points ( plus 6k for the credit card ) and $2000 spent. If you value IHG One Rewards at 1/2 a penny, I’d be earning about 40% back on my stays at the $100 a night price point.

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What are IHG points valued at?

I’d peg them at 1/2 of one penny or $0.005 per point.

Why I would pivot stays to IHG for this offer: Two words “Six Senses”

I REALLY want to go and stay at some more of the Six Senses properties around the world and since they can often go over 100k points per night, promos like this really help!

• Six Senses Botanique (Brazil)
• Six Senses Fiji (Fiji)
• Six Senses Ibiza – coming later this year
• Six Senses Kaplankaya, Turkey
• Six Senses Laamu (Maldives)
• Six Senses Ninh Van Bay (Vietnam)
• Six Senses Uluwatu Bali (Indonesia)
• Six Senses Yao Noi (Thailand)
• Six Senses Zil Pasyon, Seychelles