Win 1 million IHG Rewards Club points!

IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn / Crowne Plaza / InterContinental scheme, has launched ‘IHG Minute Millionaire’.

This is a new competition which is only open to IHG members in the UK, Germany and Austria (rather odd choice!).

Each week until 5th July (five weeks in all) one person will win 1 million IHG Rewards Club points.  As that would let you check into the InterContinental Park Lane for 20 nights or the Amstel in Amsterdam (I reviewed the Amstel hotel last week) for 25 nights, it is pretty darn good.

This is how you play.

You need to visit the special website for the competition here.

You will be presented with images of different IHG rewards.  As well as hotel nights, there are lots of rubbish things which are very poor value for points and which I don’t talk about on this site (!).

You must put over 990,000 points worth of items in your basket within one minute. 

You are allowed two attempts per week.

The winner will be drawn at random from everyone who completes the task.  It is not based on who is the quickest or who gets nearest to 1 million points.

It is easier than it looks.  Under the first tab ‘Ready, jet set, go’ are some very expensive flight redemption options.  You can easily get to 900,000 by selecting a few of these.  You can then pick up some smaller rewards to get yourself into the 990,000 – 1,000,000 points zone.

The game does not end when you have over 990,000 points.  You need to let the clock tick down to zero – your entry is then confirmed once you have filled in your details.

The odds of winning are not huge – although better than they would otherwise be if it was not restricted to just three countries.  However, with the prize potentially worth £5,000+, it is worth a quick go.

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IHG One Rewards update – July 2025:

Get bonus points: IHG is currently running TWO global promotions. You can register for both.

Promo 1: IHG One Rewards will give you your choice of either 2,000 bonus points for every two nights or 8,000 bonus points for every four nights you stay.  The offer period is 20th May to 31st August. Click here to register and learn more.

Promo 2: IHG One Rewards is running a promotion aimed at five brands – Crowne Plaza, voco, Vignette, Candlewood and Garner.  You will earn triple base points for stays at these brands until 30th September. Click here to register and learn more.

New to IHG One Rewards?  Read our overview of IHG One Rewards here and our article on points expiry rules here. Our article on ‘What are IHG One Rewards points worth?’ is here.

Buy points: If you need additional IHG One Rewards points, you can buy them here.

IHG One Rewards is offering a 100% bonus when you buy points by 17th July 2025. Click here to buy.

Want to earn more hotel points?  Click here to see our complete list of promotions from IHG and the other major hotel chains or use the ‘Hotel Offers’ link in the menu bar at the top of the page.