Reply To: Important changes to your IHG One Rewards Premium Credit Card – closing

[PeteM]

WillPS wrote:

JDB wrote:

dst87 wrote:

I wonder if this means IHG will be looking (or may already have found?) a new UK credit card partner? 🤔

If they had already found a new partner, usually one would expect that to be announced at the same time and accounts transferred to the new provider with new terms to give that new firm a starting customer base. Not impossible of course, but makes it less likely there’s an immediate replacement.

What you are describing has literally never happened with an affinity arrangement ending in the UK, to my knowledge.

None of the MBNA affinity cards transferred anywhere; even the Virgin Atlantic ones (the new Virgin Money ones had recently become available when MBNA pulled the plug).

Didn’t happen with the IHG Barclaycard either, nor the JLP cards, nor the Post Office cards…

The normal course of action is one or a mixture of:
a) cards are replaced by a non-affinity product, e.g. Costco Amex replaced by Amex Plat Cashback
b) end date is advised and after that cards are closed
c) customers are pointed to new affinity card and asked to reapply

Wash your mouth, @JDB is never wrong 🤣