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IHG One Rewards

IHG One 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 introduction to IHG One 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.

If you need to top up your account, you can buy IHG One Rewards points here.

There is no longer an IHG UK credit card.

What is the best Mastercard or Visa credit card to get?

I get a steady stream of reader emails looking for advice on the best Visa or Mastercard credit card for earning Avios, airline miles or hotel points.   The comprehensive Head for Points reward .....

I get a steady stream of reader emails looking for advice on the best Visa or Mastercard credit card for .....

by Rob Burgess

Credit cards worth keeping, unused, just for their benefits

Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Head for Points tends to focus on the first two types but I thought it was worth another look at the four .....

Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Head for Points .....

by Rob Burgess53 comments

Get a 100% bonus when you buy IHG Rewards Club hotel points

IHG Rewards Club has launched a 100% ‘buy points’ bonus, which is as generous as you ever see.  Should you jump in? There are two extra tweaks which make this better than similar deals: .....

IHG Rewards Club has launched a 100% ‘buy points’ bonus, which is as generous as you ever see.  .....

by Rob Burgess40 comments

How to do a hotel mattress run – and what can go wrong

What is a hotel mattress run, and how do you do one? I thought I would take a look at the concept of ‘mattress runs’ today.  A ‘mattress run’ involves booking a .....

What is a hotel mattress run, and how do you do one? I thought I would take a look at the concept of .....

by Rob Burgess

Coronavirus: IHG Rewards Club scraps Advance Purchase prepaid rates

IHG has been badly lacking in its response to coronavirus. Hilton has been leading the pack by a long way, extending Hilton Honors status by a year and reversing status drops.  It also guaranteed .....

IHG has been badly lacking in its response to coronavirus. Hilton has been leading the pack by a long way, .....

by Rob Burgess73 comments

InterContinental Hong Kong hotel closes, to re-open as a Regent hotel in 2022

InterContinental Hong Kong, one of the flagship hotels in the chain, has decided to finally push the button on its top-to-bottom refurbishment.  The work has been promised, but delayed, for a while .....

InterContinental Hong Kong, one of the flagship hotels in the chain, has decided to finally push the button on .....

by Rob Burgess44 comments

Which good miles and points deals are ending today?

We have temporarily suspended our fortnightly ‘deals ending soon’ feature.  The majority of the deals were flight and hotel related and there isn’t much of that going on at the .....

We have temporarily suspended our fortnightly ‘deals ending soon’ feature.  The majority of the .....

by Rob Burgess51 comments

Review: the InterContinental Porto hotel

This is our review of the InterContinental Porto hotel. Readers with good memories (we’re talking 10th February) will remember a review of my £5 Ryanair flight to Porto.  I promised to do a .....

This is our review of the InterContinental Porto hotel. Readers with good memories (we’re talking 10th .....

by Rob Burgess35 comments

The Holiday Inn London Mayfair hotel has permanently closed

You certainly can’t file this one under hot news, because it took place immediately after New Year.  It happened totally under my radar, which is additionally embarrassing because I walk down .....

You certainly can’t file this one under hot news, because it took place immediately after New Year.  It .....

by Rob Burgess14 comments

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