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.
News in brief: British Airways offering a free Nice-Monaco helicopter transfer I think I’ve only ever been in a helicopter twice, and one of those times was to transfer from Nice Airport to .....
News in brief: British Airways offering a free Nice-Monaco helicopter transfer I think I’ve only ever .....
17 Mar 201517 March 2015 • 42 comments
After a break in February – because there was nothing new to write about – it is time for the return of our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK .....
After a break in February – because there was nothing new to write about – it is time for the .....
15 Mar 201515 March 2015 • 45 comments
Most frequent flyer schemes allow you to pay to transfer miles to a friend. It is usually a terrible deal. The price is often only modestly cheaper than buying miles outright but .....
Most frequent flyer schemes allow you to pay to transfer miles to a friend. It is usually a terrible .....
11 Mar 201511 March 2015 • 17 comments
I have slotted this in as an additional article for the benefit of anyone who only reads the site in the evenings and would otherwise miss this. Between 4pm today and 4pm on Wednesday, IHG Rewards .....
I have slotted this in as an additional article for the benefit of anyone who only reads the site in the .....
10 Mar 201510 March 2015 • 23 comments
Hilton HHonors became the last major international hotel group this week to announce that it will begin offering free wi-fi to all guests. Well, almost all guests …. From August, wi-fi in all .....
Hilton HHonors became the last major international hotel group this week to announce that it will begin .....
4 Mar 20154 March 2015 • 18 comments
In an article yesterday I shared a preview of the new list of IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks deals. We now have the full list courtesy of IHG providing them to a handful of US frequent flyer sites. .....
In an article yesterday I shared a preview of the new list of IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks deals. We now .....
25 Feb 201525 February 2015 • 60 comments
Yesterday, IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) released a sample of the new list of PointBreaks redemptions. Without question, PointBreaks are the .....
Yesterday, IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) released a .....
24 Feb 201524 February 2015 • 37 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 does .....
20 Feb 201520 February 2015 • 77 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. .....
19 Feb 201519 February 2015 • 65 comments
Last year the IHG hotel group, parent of Holiday Inn, InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn Express etc, launched a generous promotion code for its UK and selected European properties to .....
Last year the IHG hotel group, parent of Holiday Inn, InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn Express etc, .....
28 Jan 201528 January 2015 • 18 comments
The current IHG Rewards Club (Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc) promotion is called ‘Set Your Sights’. I wrote a full explanation here. It runs until 30th April and .....
The current IHG Rewards Club (Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc) promotion is called ‘Set .....
21 Jan 201521 January 2015 • 39 comments
IHG – owner of Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc – has brought back the 48-hour Flash Sale that it originally ran earlier in November. Booking is now .....
IHG – owner of Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc – has brought .....
16 Jan 201516 January 2015 • 64 comments
It is time for our monthly round up of what is new, what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. What’s new? Not much, to be honest. I was .....
It is time for our monthly round up of what is new, what is coming and what is going in the world of UK .....
11 Jan 201511 January 2015 • 60 comments
A quick heads up that IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn / Holiday Inn Express / Crowne Plaza / InterContinental etc hotel group, is running its third and final ‘flash sale’ next week. It .....
A quick heads up that IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn / Holiday Inn Express / Crowne Plaza / .....
10 Jan 201510 January 2015 • 49 comments
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