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This deal appears to have ended late September 2023
I bet you didn’t know that if you get Intercontinental Ambassador status for $200, IHG extends your status through the following calendar year!
This deal has been unofficially around for quite some time, and I had feared that it would go away after IHG completely redid their program last year. If you recall…a ton of people got IHG One Rewards Diamond status last year through a targeted challenge, and many of you are likely not going to keep it after this year. Lucky for us…it’s still available and I just took advantage of it to get my status extended through 2024. Let’s take a look.
Intercontinental Chicago is a great use of the BOGO night
What is Intercontinental Ambassador Status?
This is a status that yields of a ton of benefits while staying at IHG’s Intercontinental brand…and some benefits with Six Senses as well. You can read the FULL BREAKDOWN of Intercontinental Ambassador Status here
Intercontinental Ambassador benefits
- Joining costs either $200 or 40k points
- Renewals will usually be $200 + 15k IHG points deposited in your account, effectively $125
- Guaranteed upgrade upon arrival
- Usually the upgrade shows on the account prior to arrival
- Complimentary Weekend Night – Buy One Get One
- must be booked via their site
- often includes suites
- Enjoy a 4 pm guaranteed late check out
- Choice of refreshments on arrival, in-room welcome gift, and mineral water.
- usually comes with a nice note
- Complimentary IHG One Rewards Platinum Status
- easy way to just buy this status if you don’t have one of the IHG credit cards
- $20 bar or restaurant credit per room per stay
- this is nice if you don’t have diamond and want breakfast
- IE-Delivered Free Weekend Night
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- This is overdue and greatly appreciated.
- Extra benefits in China
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- One Breakfast for each night you stay
- 15% discount on bar and restaurant purchases
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Here was my renewal offer
Post Intercontinental Ambassador Status Renewal, my IHG status extended.
Here is a screen shot of my IHG Status immediately before renewing for another year.
And then here is my status after I renewed:
Such an easy way to extend IHG status
Will this last? Who knows. But, for now, this is a great way to extend your status another year, and if you have Diamond status, another year of free breakfast.
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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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