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If you’re a fan of IHG One Rewards and want to either juice up your points balance or pick up a bundle of free night certificates, now could be the time to give these cards some serious consideration.
The Offers & Key Card Details
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140k points ⓘ Affiliate Earn 140,000 Bonus Points after spending $3,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening$99 Annual Fee This card is subject to Chase's 5/24 rule (click here for details). Recent better offer: Five 60K free night certificates after $4K spend in 3 months (expired 9/4/24) Earning rate: 10X IHG ✦ 5X travel, dining, and gas stations ✦ 3X on all other purchases Card Info: Mastercard World Elite issued by Chase. This card has no foreign currency conversion fees. Big spend bonus: 10K bonus points + $100 statement credit after you spend $20K in a calendar year + make one additional purchase ✦ Diamond status after $40K in purchases + one additional purchase in a calendar year Noteworthy perks: Anniversary free night e-certificate good at IHG properties up to 40K points per night ✦ Ability to add an unlimited number of points to a free night certificate to book a higher-level hotel ✦ Fourth night free on award stays ✦ 20% discount on points purchases ✦ Platinum elite status ✦ Up to $50 in United TravelBank cash per year (must register your card with your United account) |
| Card Offer and Details |
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140K points ⓘ Affiliate Earn 1400K points after $4K spend within the first 3 months.$99 Annual Fee This card is expected to be subject to Chase's 5/24 rule (click here for details). Recent better offer: 200K after $9k spend in 6 months (expired 11/9/24) Earning rate: 10X IHG ✦ 5X travel, gas stations, restaurants and dining, social media and search engine advertising, office supply stores ✦ 3X on all other purchases Card Info: Mastercard World Elite issued by Chase. This card has no foreign currency conversion fees. Big spend bonus: 10K bonus points + $100 statement credit after you spend $20K in a cardmember year + make one additional purchase. ✦ Diamond status after $40K in purchases + one additional purchase in a calendar year ✦ Free night certificate (up to 40K points) after $60K in purchases + one additional purchase in a calendar year Noteworthy perks: Anniversary free night e-certificate good at IHG properties up to 40K points per night ✦ Ability to add an unlimited number of points to a free night certificate to book a higher-level hotel ✦ Fourth night free on award stays ✦ 20% discount on points purchases ✦ Platinum elite status ✦ Up to $50 in United TravelBank cash per year (must register your card with your United account) |
Quick Thoughts
It’s nice to see the return of free night certificates on the consumer card. Those can certainly provide a great return on spend if you’re able to use them all for maximum value. Keep in mind that unlike the card’s annual free night certificate, you can not top off the 60K free night certificates with additional points, which somewhat limits their utility. Still, there’s no doubt that each one could easily save you a couple hundred bucks or more.
The business card offer is featuring what is now the best offer we’ve ever seen on that card. While the “maximum” value appears to be less than the free night certificates awarded by the consumer card, keep in mind that points are far more flexible — you can use them for more nights at properties that cost fewer points or for a couple of nights at a truly top-tier property and you’re not under the pressure of looming expiration. That might make the business card more appealing for some, though it really depends on your use case.
Keep in mind that either card will get you the 4th night free on award stays and both of them come with United Travel Bank credit. The annual free night certificate alone could justify keeping one of these cards year after year. If you’re going to want one of them long-term, getting it while the offers are elevated could certainly make sense.
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What’s the chances of this being available via referral? Or can I refer and call to likely get matched?
Any idea if there’s an expiration on these offers or are these just get them while ya can?
the up to 60,000 5 nights has been extremely disappointing for me. Can’t find anything on the upper level hotels for a couple nights even if they are available to book via points
Multiple dp on DOC same thing- that an IGH being available for less than 60K points doesn’t necessarily mean that it can be booked with the personal card certs. That by itself would frustrate me so much that it’s not for me.
Do the hotels have to be booked 1 year from the issue of the certificates or 1 year from the date of booking?
Able to share/transfer IHG points?
If you make a business account, yes. They have an article/guide on how to do it.
We have two legitimate businesses and already have the business card. Any data points on getting another business card?
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