Preferred Hotels is currently offering members of its iPrefer loyalty program 250 bonus points when signing up for both email and text alerts. While that’s not a huge reward, it should help keep your existing points from expiring due to inactivity.
The Deal
- Earn 250 bonus iPrefer points when signing up for email and text alerts from Preferred Hotels.
- Direct link to offer.
Key Terms
- Expiry date unknown.
Quick Thoughts
250 points are worth ~$1.25, so you may well not find it worthwhile making the effort to both sign up to get the points and then unsubscribe once they’ve been earned. However, earning these points should extend the expiry date of any existing iPrefer points that you have which might make the juice worth the squeeze.
I’m not 100% certain that it will extend the life of your points though. In the FAQs of the iPrefer program it says the following:
Do points expire?
Yes, points will expire after 24 months of membership inactivity. Activity is defined as an eligible stay or reward points redemption. You will forfeit your current balance when your points expire and you will be downgraded to the appropriate tier based on your new points balance.
That wording makes me a little cautious because it says that eligible activity is defined as an eligible stay or a points redemption. Earning 250 points for signing up for email and text alerts is neither. However, I believe that transferring points to Preferred Hotels (such as from Citi) does extend the life of your points, so it feels safe to assume that the 250 points earned from this promotion will do the same.
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