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IHG Rewards

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.

Why you should book hotel rewards one night at a time

Back before Priority Club devalued their hotel reward chart earlier in 2013, I thought I’d be clever.  I knew that my parents in law would be here for a particular weekend in July, so I booked .....

Back before Priority Club devalued their hotel reward chart earlier in 2013, I thought I’d be clever.  .....

by Rob Burgess3 comments

Is the IHG Rewards Club ‘100% buy points bonus’ worth it?

On Monday, IHG Rewards Club sent the following email to a lot of its elite members: As a token of our appreciation, we’d like to extend a very special offer to our [Gold / Ambassador / .....

On Monday, IHG Rewards Club sent the following email to a lot of its elite members: As a token of our .....

by Rob Burgess18 comments

Accor announces free wi-fi at its UK hotels

Accor, parent company of Novotel, Ibis, Sofitel and Mercure amongst others, has announced that all of its UK hotels (bar three Formule 1’s) are now offering free Wi-Fi. In a move already seen .....

Accor, parent company of Novotel, Ibis, Sofitel and Mercure amongst others, has announced that all of its UK .....

by Rob Burgess2 comments

My review of InterContinental New York Times Square hotel

This is my review of the InterContinental Times Square hotel in New York. This is the penultimate part of my review of my recent US trip.  Previous articles in this series cover the Sheraton .....

This is my review of the InterContinental Times Square hotel in New York. This is the penultimate part of my .....

by Rob Burgess6 comments

My review of the InterContinental Boston hotel

This is my review of the InterContinental Boston hotel. It is a continuation of my US trip report. I have already covered the Sheraton Frankfurt Airport, the Lufthansa First Class Terminal, the .....

This is my review of the InterContinental Boston hotel. It is a continuation of my US trip report. I have .....

by Rob Burgess6 comments

What are the best Star Alliance credit cards for UK residents?

When BMI still existed, it was easier to get around the world with airline miles. BA was a core member of the oneworld alliance, and BMI was part of Star Alliance. Between them, you could redeem to .....

When BMI still existed, it was easier to get around the world with airline miles. BA was a core member of the .....

by Rob Burgess7 comments

Introducing Award Mapper, a clever new site for hotel reward bookings

As I have written numerous times before on Head for Points, just when you think that every possible ‘miles and points’ website idea has been tried, someone pops up with something .....

As I have written numerous times before on Head for Points, just when you think that every possible .....

by Rob Burgess10 comments

Earn 2,000 bonus IHG Rewards Club points for each of your next 4 stays

I posted two days ago how I earned 12,000 IHG Rewards Club points from a cheap £55 Holiday Inn Express stay in Sheffield. Just too late for me to register in time for this stay, an interesting new .....

I posted two days ago how I earned 12,000 IHG Rewards Club points from a cheap £55 Holiday Inn Express stay .....

by Rob Burgess6 comments

Win 1 million IHG Rewards Club points with Instagram

Launching Head for Points forced me to become comfortable with various bits of technology I had never bothered with before, namely Twitter, Google+ and Facebook.  (You can sign up to my feed via the .....

Launching Head for Points forced me to become comfortable with various bits of technology I had never .....

by Rob Burgess5 comments

My points bonanza from a one-off Holiday Inn Express stay

The question ‘Which is the best hotel loyalty programme?’ is a long and complex one.  The answer is usually different for each person.  However, it is generally fair to say that no-one .....

The question ‘Which is the best hotel loyalty programme?’ is a long and complex one.  The answer is .....

by Rob Burgess31 comments

Which hotel chains let me collect Avios points?

Back in June, I ran a long reference article entitled “Which Airlines Can I Use Avios Points On?“.  This was my attempt to cover all 33 airlines which let you use Avios points for their .....

Back in June, I ran a long reference article entitled “Which Airlines Can I Use Avios Points .....

by Rob Burgess13 comments

What is the best FREE Visa or Mastercard for earning miles and points?

I was thinking of making this article part of the ‘Preparing for Summer’ series.  After all, it is very common to find yourself on holiday in a small town where American Express cards .....

I was thinking of making this article part of the ‘Preparing for Summer’ series.  After all, .....

by Rob Burgess18 comments