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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.

New Priority Club 40,000 point credit card link available

I have finally found an official working link that offers 40,000 Priority Club points when signing up for the Priority Club Black Visa card. The link is here. It was circulated with some Priority Club .....

I have finally found an official working link that offers 40,000 Priority Club points when signing up for the .....

by Rob Burgess21 comments

Indigo Earls Court offering Junior Suites for 25,000 Priority Club points

A quick heads up – in advance of the devaluation / realignment of Priority Club properties on January 18th. The new Hotel Indigo – Priority Club’s attempt at funky boutique hotels .....

A quick heads up – in advance of the devaluation / realignment of Priority Club properties on January .....

by Rob Burgess3 comments

Interesting Priority Club promo for, ahem, ‘new’ members

Priority Club, the Holiday Inn / Holiday Inn Express / Crowne Plaza etc, loyalty scheme has launched this UK promotion for new members. Join up, and you get a £25 John Lewis voucher (also spendable .....

Priority Club, the Holiday Inn / Holiday Inn Express / Crowne Plaza etc, loyalty scheme has launched this UK .....

by Rob Burgess3 comments

5,000 Priority Club bonus points at European InterContinental’s

Attached to my InterContinental Ambassador statement this month, alongside the warning of the massive devaluation of the reward chart on the 18th, was an interesting InterContinental deal. Up to April .....

Attached to my InterContinental Ambassador statement this month, alongside the warning of the massive .....

by Rob Burgess2 comments

Two London Priority Club properties still just 15,000 points per night

I wrote an article yesterday about the special opening offer for Priority Club points at the InterContinental in Marseille. Closer to home, it is worth noting that two brand new Holiday Inn’s in .....

I wrote an article yesterday about the special opening offer for Priority Club points at the InterContinental .....

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Fancy a discounted break in Marseille?

InterContinental is launching a brand new five-star hotel in Marseille in on May 1st. It looks very impressive, being a conversion of a historic building overlooking the port. The reason I mention .....

InterContinental is launching a brand new five-star hotel in Marseille in on May 1st. It looks very .....

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Priority Club tears up its reward chart and starts again

In what is easily the biggest piece of loyalty news so far this year, Priority Club (the InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Indigo, Holiday Inn etc) loyalty programme is ripping up its reward structure .....

In what is easily the biggest piece of loyalty news so far this year, Priority Club (the InterContinental, .....

by Rob Burgess7 comments

Priority Club bonus codes for Quarter 1 start today

My round-up of Spring hotel promotions has so far taken in Marriott, Starwood and Hilton. Priority Club, the Holiday Inn / Crowne Plaza / InterContinental loyalty scheme, has also now released its new .....

My round-up of Spring hotel promotions has so far taken in Marriott, Starwood and Hilton. Priority Club, the .....

by Rob Burgess12 comments

Further to my Priority Club post yesterday ….

Yesterday I ran an article on changes to the Priority Club loyalty programme for 2013. Here is a further update.  During yesterday, I redeemed a 15,000 Priority Club points voucher that I received .....

Yesterday I ran an article on changes to the Priority Club loyalty programme for 2013. Here is a further .....

by Rob Burgess7 comments

What is Priority Club playing at?

Today, as you’ve probably noticed, is January 1st.  Happy New Year to you! It is also the day that Priority Club (the loyalty scheme for Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc) makes a .....

Today, as you’ve probably noticed, is January 1st.  Happy New Year to you! It is also the day that .....

by Rob Burgess8 comments

What do we expect from the loyalty market in 2013?

Yesterday I looked at some of the highlights from the miles and points world in 2012. Today, it is worth looking ahead a little to 2013. Avios In general, the last couple of years have seen the .....

Yesterday I looked at some of the highlights from the miles and points world in 2012. Today, it is worth .....

by Rob Burgess18 comments

The best miles and points deals we saw in 2012

So, the end of 2012 is here. And, overall, it has been a good one for the miles and points collector. The stand-out deal, without a doubt, was the Lloyds TSB Avios credit card promotion. There has .....

So, the end of 2012 is here. And, overall, it has been a good one for the miles and points collector. The .....

by Rob Burgess8 comments

Which credit card should I use to pay for our holiday?

As you read this I should be sitting on a beach in the Middle East.  Last week, though, I was having a debate with myself about how to pay the hotel bill! It’s not that I can’t afford .....

As you read this I should be sitting on a beach in the Middle East.  Last week, though, I was having a debate .....

by Rob Burgess12 comments

My thoughts on the ‘25% bonus Avios for hotel transfers’ promo

If you are a British Airways Executive Club member, you will have been emailed this offer. Convert points from major hotel schemes to Avios by 13th January and get a 25 per cent bonus. If you collect .....

If you are a British Airways Executive Club member, you will have been emailed this offer. Convert points from .....

by Rob Burgess3 comments