REGISTER NOW: IHG Rewards launches a new double points hotel bonus for Spring

UPDATE – APRIL 2024:  This article is now out of date, but don’t worry.  We produce a monthly summary of the top hotel bonus point offers – please click HERE or use the ‘Hotel Offers’ menu above.

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IHG Rewards has launched a new promotion letting you earn double points on your stays this Spring.

You need to register here.

IHG Rewards is the loyalty scheme covering InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza and Hotel Indigo among other brands.

How does IHG’s new ‘2x’ promotion work?

This is how it goes:

• You must register in advance via this link

• You earn 2 x base points on every stay during the promotional period after registration

• The bonus points ARE elite qualifying and count towards status

• Existing bookings count

• You must complete your stays between 1st February and 31st March

Existing bookings DO count so there is no need to rebook anything.  Only one room per stay counts towards the offer, so if you are booking multiple rooms you should put each in a different name.

How many points will I earn?

The standard earning rate in IHG Rewards is 10 points per US$1 (73p) excluding taxes.  I value an IHG Rewards point at 0.4p although you can often do better, which means your base return is 4p per 73p spent, ie 5.5%.

Under this offer, a member with no IHG status would receive 11.0% back in points.  This isn’t bad, of course, but we’ve seen better.

Of course, most HfP readers will have some sort of IHG Rewards status.  This comes with a status bonus (applies to base points only):

• 10% bonus for Gold Elite
• 50% bonus for Platinum Elite
• 100% bonus for Spire Elite

This means that a Spire Elite member will be earning 30 points per $1.  This is 12p of points for every 73p spent ex-VAT, or a return of 16.4%.

Conclusion

Hotel promotions are thin on the ground at the moment, with only Hilton from the ‘big three’ running a major promotion, worth 2,500 bonus points per stay.

As the Hilton bonus is fixed, this new IHG offer will work out better for longer, expensive stays. If you only need a cheap property for one night, you’d get a better return at a Hampton by Hilton (2,500 bonus points) than an IHG Rewards hotel.

That said, you can’t argue that this IHG Rewards promotion has a lot of things going for it:

• all cash stays count
• you don’t need to rebook existing stays
• you get the bonus from your first stay after registration

Click here to register for IHG’s double points promotion.  It kicks in for stays from 1st February.

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IHG One Rewards update – April 2024:

Get bonus points: IHG One Rewards is offering 2,000 bonus points for every two cash nights you stay (not necessarily consecutive) between 1st April and 31st May 2024. You can read our full article here and you can register here.

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.