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.
This is a slightly embarrassing story because, let’s be honest, I should know better. However, I am running it because some people might learn something from it. On Saturday night I had a room .....
This is a slightly embarrassing story because, let’s be honest, I should know better. However, I am .....
5 Jul 20165 July 2016 • 43 comments
I continue to get a steady stream of reader emails looking for advice on the best Visa or Mastercard miles and points card. With earning rates being cut following the EU cap on interchange fees, .....
I continue to get a steady stream of reader emails looking for advice on the best Visa or Mastercard miles and .....
4 Jul 20164 July 2016 • 108 comments
Etihad Guest has brought back its offer of a 25% bonus on points you transfer into their scheme. It is 14 months since we last saw this offer. You can find full details of this offer on the Etihad .....
Etihad Guest has brought back its offer of a 25% bonus on points you transfer into their scheme. It is 14 .....
3 Jul 20163 July 2016 • 29 comments
News in brief: Radisson launches its UK Summer Sale – with free breakfast Radisson Blu and Radisson Edwardian have launched their Summer Sale. This covers all of their properties in the UK and .....
News in brief: Radisson launches its UK Summer Sale – with free breakfast Radisson Blu and Radisson .....
30 Jun 201630 June 2016 • 24 comments
We have probably all seen signs in hotels and restaurants we have visited asking if we would be kind enough to recommend them on TripAdvisor or similar sites if we enjoyed our visit. One Head for .....
We have probably all seen signs in hotels and restaurants we have visited asking if we would be kind enough to .....
27 Jun 201627 June 2016 • 50 comments
IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn / Crowne Plaza / InterContinental etc chain, has launched a special Summer sale in conjunction with Avis. On the face of it, it is a very strong offer. You will .....
IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn / Crowne Plaza / InterContinental etc chain, has launched a special Summer .....
26 Jun 201626 June 2016 • 35 comments
Until 5th July, British Airways is offering a 35% bonus if you transfer hotel points from seven major loyalty schemes into Avios – click for my article from yesterday. Since most of the hotel .....
Until 5th July, British Airways is offering a 35% bonus if you transfer hotel points from seven major loyalty .....
22 Jun 201622 June 2016 • 78 comments
It was due a return and now it is back. I’m talking about the ‘bonus when you transfer your hotel loyalty points to British Airways Avios‘ promotion. The ba.com page for the .....
It was due a return and now it is back. I’m talking about the ‘bonus when you transfer your .....
21 Jun 201621 June 2016 • 83 comments
IHG Rewards Club – the InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza etc scheme – has brought back its ‘100% buy points bonus’ promotion. It is as generous an offer as you will .....
IHG Rewards Club – the InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza etc scheme – has brought back .....
21 Jun 201621 June 2016 • 17 comments
An InterContinental presentation mistakenly placed online shows that the company is planning changes to its Ambassador loyalty scheme for 2016. Before I come to those, I want to summarise how .....
An InterContinental presentation mistakenly placed online shows that the company is planning changes to its .....
14 Jun 201614 June 2016 • 57 comments
I wrote a few weeks ago about how the new InterContinental at the O2 had been reduced in price from 50,000 IHG Rewards Club points per night to 45,000. I thought this was rebalancing – the hotel .....
I wrote a few weeks ago about how the new InterContinental at the O2 had been reduced in price from 50,000 IHG .....
11 Jun 201611 June 2016 • 37 comments
This our review of the new InterContinental hotel in Estoril, Portugal. Being the only hotel in Estoril set right at the ocean front, this new InterContinental hotel – which opened its doors in .....
This our review of the new InterContinental hotel in Estoril, Portugal. Being the only hotel in Estoril set .....
7 Jun 20167 June 2016 • 12 comments
This is Part 2 of our review of the new InterContinental Estoril hotel in Portugal. You can read part 1 here. In part 1 of my review of the InterContinental Estoril my focus was on our room and .....
This is Part 2 of our review of the new InterContinental Estoril hotel in Portugal. You can read part 1 .....
7 Jun 20167 June 2016 • 1 comment
For most people, the current Accelerate promotion from IHG Rewards Club is likely to be the most generous hotel offer this Summer. My own personal target would get me 48,600 IHG Rewards Club points .....
For most people, the current Accelerate promotion from IHG Rewards Club is likely to be the most generous .....
5 Jun 20165 June 2016 • 7 comments
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