Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
IHG Rewards is the loyalty scheme for IHG hotels, which includes these brands: avid, Candlewood Suites, Crowne Plaza, EVEN, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Hotel Indigo, HUALUXE, InterContinental, Kimpton, Regent, Six Senses, Staybridge Suites and voco.
Our main two-part introduction to IHG Rewards is here and you can learn more about the program on ihg.com here.
Check out our ‘Hotel Offers’ page here to see what bonus point offers are currently running.
More information on how you can earn more IHG Rewards points with the IHG credit card is here.
If you need to top up your account, you can buy IHG Rewards points here.
For the last six months or so, Head for Points has been running a ‘world exclusive’ (seriously!) promotion with IHG Rewards Club. Head for Points readers have received DOUBLE IHG Rewards .....
For the last six months or so, Head for Points has been running a ‘world exclusive’ (seriously!) .....
28 Dec 201628 December 2016 • 27 comments
IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc loyalty scheme, has launched a website for its Spring 2017 promotion – IHG Accelerate. Yes, .....
IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc loyalty scheme, has launched .....
10 Dec 201610 December 2016 • 140 comments
News in brief: British Airways New York Christmas deal BA Holidays has launched two excellent deals if you want to get away for Christmas or New Year: Club World flights + 3 nights in a hotel from .....
News in brief: British Airways New York Christmas deal BA Holidays has launched two excellent deals if you .....
2 Dec 20162 December 2016 • 53 comments
If you are a member of IHG Rewards Club, you probably received a slightly odd email from them on Saturday morning. Entitled ‘Member booking update’ it said this: We’ve made a change. .....
If you are a member of IHG Rewards Club, you probably received a slightly odd email from them on Saturday .....
21 Nov 201621 November 2016 • 36 comments
Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes. What is far rarer is for a frequent flyer scheme to let you transfer your points INTO a hotel .....
Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes. .....
10 Nov 201610 November 2016 • 42 comments
Last Monday was the renewal date for my InterContinental Ambassador membership. I was happy to hand over $200 for another year of membership and I thought I would explain why. InterContinental, .....
Last Monday was the renewal date for my InterContinental Ambassador membership. I was happy to hand over .....
8 Nov 20168 November 2016 • 75 comments
This is my review of the IHG Rewards Club Premium Mastercard credit card. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are worth .....
This is my review of the IHG Rewards Club Premium Mastercard credit card. It is part of my series of .....
4 Nov 20164 November 2016 • 56 comments
This is my review of the IHG Rewards Club Mastercard credit card. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are worth .....
This is my review of the IHG Rewards Club Mastercard credit card. It is part of my series of articles looking .....
4 Nov 20164 November 2016 • 12 comments
Just a reminder that, as I originally wrote on Saturday, the latest batch of IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) PointBreaks redemptions will be .....
Just a reminder that, as I originally wrote on Saturday, the latest batch of IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday .....
31 Oct 201631 October 2016 • 11 comments
Yesterday, IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) released a “preview” of the new list of PointBreaks redemptions. These rooms are a .....
Yesterday, IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) released a .....
29 Oct 201629 October 2016 • 29 comments
Valuing miles and points is a thankless task. I wrote this long piece on valuing Avios points but all it does is show you how complex it can be. I also tend to throw out valuations of hotel points .....
Valuing miles and points is a thankless task. I wrote this long piece on valuing Avios points but all it .....
26 Oct 201626 October 2016 • 83 comments
18 months ago I ran this post on ‘What is your credit card ‘end game’ strategy?‘. This was fundamentally about which cards you should, long term, end up keeping in your .....
18 months ago I ran this post on ‘What is your credit card ‘end game’ strategy?‘. .....
24 Oct 201624 October 2016 • 194 comments
Because most frequent traveller currencies can either be converted into a different one, or can be earned by converting something else, there are always odd opportunities that get thrown up. Sometimes .....
Because most frequent traveller currencies can either be converted into a different one, or can be earned by .....
24 Oct 201624 October 2016 • 23 comments
Travelling Connect is a nifty mileage earning opportunity for – primarily – the travelling business person who uses their phone heavily outside the UK. It is, if nothing else, genius in .....
Travelling Connect is a nifty mileage earning opportunity for – primarily – the travelling .....
22 Oct 201622 October 2016 • 30 comments
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