LAST DAY to get a 100% bonus buying IHG Rewards Club hotel points

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IHG Rewards Club has been running a 100% ‘buy points’ bonus for the last few weeks, which is as generous as you ever see. It ends TODAY, Monday 15th.

There are two extra tweaks which make this better than similar deals:

IHG has increased the maximum number of points you can buy to a whopping 500,000 points (ie 250,000 plus the 250,000 bonus).

There is no taper – as long as buy at least 3,000 points, you receive the full 100% bonus. In the past we have seen high minimum thresholds to receive a 100% bonus.

The page to buy points is here.

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With a 100% bonus, you would be able to buy up to 500,000 IHG points for (at current exchange rates for $2,500) £1,951.

I usually value IHG Rewards Club points at 0.4p. This is exactly what you are paying for them here, so from that point of view you shouldn’t lose money.

The skill is to use them at hotels where you can get substantially more than 0.4p per point of value. The new InterContinental Maldives, for example, is 100,000 points for an Overwater Pool Villa or – looking at next February – $1,100 inc taxes for cash, per night. This is a 50%+ saving given that 100,000 points will cost you $500. Availability is tricky to find here in peak season, however.

More importantly, IHG’s recent move to variable points pricing in many countries has created some great bargains. You can read more about IHG Rewards Club variable points pricing in our articles here for Europe and here, for London.

It is VERY easy to get more than 0.4p per point at the moment – I found UK and European hotels where you could get double that, so buying points would effectively halve the cost of your stay.

You can buy points via this link. The 100% bonus ends tonight, Monday.

IHG Rewards update – December 2021:

Get bonus points: You can earn up to triple IHG Rewards base points with IHG’s new Autumn promotion. It runs from 1st October to 31st December. You can register here and our full article on the offer is here.

New to IHG Rewards? Read our overview of IHG Rewards here and our article on points expiry rules here. Our article on ‘What are IHG Rewards points worth?’ is here.

Buy points: If you need additional IHG Rewards points, you can buy them here.

You will get a 100% bonus when you buy IHG Rewards points by 4th January 2022. Click here to buy or learn more.

Want to earn more hotel points? Click here to see our complete list of promotions from IHG and the other major hotel chains or use the ‘Hotel Offers’ link in the menu bar at the top of the page.

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Sam says:

15 Jun15 June 09:31

Just saved £20 on an existing Melia Sevilla booking by buying points, now to have a look and see if there is money to be saved (or better hotels to be booked) in Madrid and Barcelona.

Thanks
- marcw says:
  
  15 Jun15 June 10:10
  
  You can only use the offer for A booking (=1 booking!)
  - Sam says:
    
    15 Jun15 June 10:27
    
    New account for the wife, but thanks for the heads up anyway.
    - marcw says:
      
      15 Jun15 June 10:56
      
      That’s indeed posible.
Sav says:

15 Jun15 June 09:42

Hi all,

IHG Points advice please. I’m a bit late to this and looking to buy some points today, but can someone offer advice as which is the best card to use please?

Do I:

1. Use my IHG card via Curve (and if so will I still get the spend points for using the IHG Card).
2. Just use my IHG card (and hopefully get double spend points)
3. Use my Platinum Amex do benefit from the double spend points.
4. Use my Halifax Clarity to negate the FX fees.
5. Any other ways

Thanks in advance
- jamie says:
  
  15 Jun15 June 10:19
  
  Isn’t Curve fx free? That seems the best way to me with underlying IHG Black
  
  Amex decent option but fx fees trump double points
  - Doug M says:
    
    15 Jun15 June 11:33
    
    Freeish, more so weekdays than weekends.
- Genghis says:
  
  15 Jun15 June 10:54
  
  Calculate your overall position for each method per £1
  
  1) 0.8p net
  2) 0.8p – 3p = -2.2p net (processed by points.com so I don’t think get for IHG and per terms for IHG card not “outside the UK” so no double points; mute point really anyway given 3% cost).
  3) 2p – 3p = -1p net
  4) flat
  5) Depends which cards you have.
  
  I’d do 1.
  - Sav says:
    
    15 Jun15 June 10:58
    
    Thanks that’s very helpful.
  - Genghis says:
    
    15 Jun15 June 11:05
    
    “moot”
Liz says:

15 Jun15 June 12:37

Does anyone know what happens if you cancel a current melia points booking? How long are the points valid for? Bought these in an offer a few months ago. Thanks!
- Rob says:
  
  15 Jun15 June 14:11
  
  A year. Any activity extends them so simply paying 5 Euro to buy 1000 gets you another year.
  - TGLoyalty says:
    
    15 Jun15 June 21:07
    
    Recently had to do that as I earned 23k points from a stay last year so thought it was worth keeping alive.
    
    1000 points Posted immediately and expiry extended a year.
- Sean says:
  
  15 Jun15 June 14:16
  
  back to original validity unless other movements on account
Charlieface says:

15 Jun15 June 14:22

Is the “cash & points then cancel” trick not the same price anyway?
Fritz the cat says:

15 Jun15 June 15:10

Just got 2000 points i signed up with the BA promotional link but cannot see the other 2000 points in the my offer psge-;(
Baji Nahid says:

15 Jun15 June 15:38

I always book the cheapest fares and they always let me check in my massive hand baggage in for free at checkin if you ask nicely.
Adrian says:

15 Jun15 June 16:16

Re IHG points, as an ambassador you can choose 20% rebate on points bookings as one of the renewal options, this coupled with zero taxes makes the use of points at IHG a good deal, imo especially as taxes/fees can be up to 20% all told in some countries therefore i think they are worth slightly more than Rob’s valuation (not much, but a little).
- Genghis says:
  
  15 Jun15 June 17:02
  
  AMB renewal now offers a 20% rebate option? Was always 10%.
  - Sundar says:
    
    15 Jun15 June 18:38
    
    What is this 20% new thing ? Happy to hear more…
  - Adrian says:
    
    15 Jun15 June 23:16
    
    Sorry Genghis, my mistake, it is 10%
mutley says:

15 Jun15 June 19:06

IHG 100% points deal has been extended until June 20th
- Rob says:
  
  15 Jun15 June 19:57
  
  Doh!
  - AndyGWP says:
    
    15 Jun15 June 22:17
    
    Excellent! I’d dithered too long on this one and still not committed. Can go bed now 😆