New IHG promotion: get 10% off points & cash redemptions in the UK and Ireland

IHG Rewards Club has launched a new promotion for ‘points and cash’ reward bookings in the UK and Ireland.

If you book before 27th July, IHG Rewards Club members can save 10% on the cash part of a points & cash redemption.

“Points & cash” redemptions let you, as the name suggests, book a redemption room with a mix of points and cash.  It is the ideal solution for any IHG Rewards Club member who finds that they do not have enough points for the room they want to book.

You can redeem as few as 5,000 points with a cash payment on top.  Importantly, the cash option is VERY good value on a ‘pence per point’ basis.  You may even want to use ‘points and cash’ even if you do have enough points in your account, because it is good value and allows you to preserve some points for a future redemption.

Here is some example pricing.  A reward night at the Crowne Plaza in Belfast would usually cost:

25,000 points or

20,000 points plus £37 or

15,000 points plus £60 or

10,000 points plus £82

Even without this special offer, you will see that this is a decent deal.  If you take the 10,000 points option then you are technically ‘buying’ 15,000 points for £82, which is just 0.55p per point.

During this 10% off promotion, it is an even better deal.   You can book the room above for 10,000 points plus £74, a saving of £8.  This means you are “paying” 0.5p per point. Compared to buying the points at full price from IHG this works out a lot cheaper unless there is a “buy points” offer running.

Here are the rules:

Members need to be logged in to see the special rates when booking a points redemption

The offer is only valid on stays in the UK and Ireland

You must book by 27th July for stays until 30th September

If you cancel a “points and cash” redemption, you do not get the cash refunded.  Instead, the points equivalent of the full redemption is put back into your account.  Going back to our Belfast example, if you book the Crowne Plaza for 10,000 IHG Rewards Club points plus £74, and later cancel, you will receive back 25,000 points and no cash.

The special booking page for this offer is here.

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IHG One Rewards update – March 2025:

Get bonus points: IHG is offering double base points on cash stays until 31st March 2025. This kicks in from your second cash stay during the offer period. Read more in our article here and click here to register.

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.

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.