Lie Flat seats. High Speed Trains. 5 star hotels. We did it for a few hundred bucks. When you can use points to fly in comfort…the world suddenly becomes within reach. Even for a weekend. This is the main...
How I used hotel status to hopefully get airport lounge access until March 2019
Updated: According to data from DOC this appears to be working for everyone with an IHG account. It was my initial impression you needed some sort of status to match, but that doesn’t appear to be the case. Will...
Flash Sale – Buy 2 Get 1 with Kimpton ( an IHG luxury brand )
IHG hits us with more good news. ICYMI, IHG brought back full value of, the now retired, IHG Rewards Select Annual Night certs extending their life until May 1, 2019. Now, they’re giving us a truly world class promo:...
IHG Free night uncapped til 2019
This is a fantastic development. The net was all aflutter when news broke that IHG would be devaluing their annual night certificate which had been valid at ANY property to properties list at 40k or below. Honestly, the 40k...
IHG PointBreaks is bookable. Check out the list 5k-15k/night
IHG recently revamped their PointBreaks promotion system. It used to be that any “PointBreaks” hotel could be redeemed for just 5k points. Sounds incred, right? I mean 5k points can be purchased for $25-35 so who doesn’t want to...
80% bonus when you buy IHG points
IHG is running another promotion whereby you can purchase IHG points with an 80% bonus. They’ve also increased the amount you can buy in a year to 100k, meaning you could get 180k bonus points for $1000. If you...
Register for the new IHG Accelerate promotion
IHG has been hit with a deluge of negativity surrounding the devaluation of their credit card annual night certificate. Honestly, whether you get the old IHG card, or the new premium, IHG Premier, the annual night cert is well...
Review: Intercontinental Hong Kong
The Intercontinental Hong Kong was opened in 1980 as The Regent Hong Kong. Then in 2001, it was acquired and rebranded as an Intercontinental and served as one of the single best uses of the now devalued IHG anniversary...
30+ hotels that are excellent IHG credit card award certificate redemption options. POST DEVAL
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....
Review: Intercontinental Shanghai Ruijin – under 40k IHG points a night
A quiet refuge in the heart of the Shanghai’s French Quarter The Intercontinental Shanghai Ruijin is centrally located in the French Quarter along Ruijin Er Road near fine shopping, restaurants, and offers an up and coming bar scene. It...
