Comments on: Understanding the value of IHG points (and ways to save the most money on your next stay)

By: Charles C

Charles C — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 12:28:26 +0000

In reply to Juanita F.. IHG just started adjusting points needed to match hotel availability. For example, Kimpton nights are usually 50-60k points, but now due to the poor travel environment, I can find top Kimpton hotels for 25-32K.

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 01 May 2020 00:56:04 +0000

In reply to Harry K. First try getting someone to explain this too that can help, you can't Second I spoke to a senior manager at corporate at best he didn't care at all. Worse he was arrogant, zero accountability

By: Kie

Kie — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 14:20:33 +0000

IHG points are worthless after signup bonus. The annual certificate is worthless too, 40K points hotel stay only give top value in Asia. One can’t use the annual certificate at proper hotels in U.S., Europe or Canada.

By: JD

JD — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 22:22:49 +0000

In reply to Barry. That brings up an important point. Buy paying and considering the points earned on a paid stay. The calculation need to be adjusted. Yep your paying x amount and you get x points in return so your point per $ or $ per point differs from the normal calc always referred to in these articles

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 05:20:29 +0000

In reply to Juanita F..

MAKES ME WONDER IF I SHOULD GO BACK TO HILTON OR MARRIOTT…. I agree very frustrating your dollar can go further then a “LOYALTY to a BRAND”

IHG needs to fix this ASAP

By: Juanita F.

Juanita F. — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 17:33:16 +0000

Are other hotel loyalty rewards similar to IHG by allowing inconsistent points vs. rate ratio? Many IHG hotels require a set amount of points no matter how much the rate. An example is the Holiday Inn Resort Pensacola Beach: Sep 13-14 room rate $185 or 50,000 points or Dec 17-18 room rate $75 or 50,000. This hotel uses 50,000 no matter what the rate or date and the owner has several IHG properties in the area doing the same thing.

I would think IHG would enforce a balanced ratio: higher rate – higher points, lower rate – lower points to maintain its point system integrity. If a room is $200 a night then the points required to stay there should be based on the rate for that night (example: $200 = 30,000 points or $100 = 20,000 points). As a long time IHG member, since it was Priority Club in the early 1990s, I don’t remember the point system being this unregulated.

By: Harry K

Harry K — Mon, 13 May 2019 03:11:23 +0000

I recently tried to book a room at the Holiday Inn Express Grand Canyon, and even though they had standard rooms available, I was unable to use points, or points and cash toward a room. It was pay for it, or forget about it. Maybe I’m not totally understanding the “No Blackout Dates” deal, but I was under the impression that if a standard room was available, I could book with IHG points…

By: Andrew Wan

Andrew Wan — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 18:58:32 +0000

In reply to Barry. Thanks for sharing Barry. Sounds like you’ve got the value worked out really well!

By: Andrew Wan

Andrew Wan — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 18:57:41 +0000

In reply to Darla. Hi Darla! It would need to be booked as a standard award stay, so unfortunately that would not work. Good thinking though!

By: Kalboz

Kalboz — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 18:10:01 +0000

In reply to Darla. More like you pay for 3 in pints and get 4 nights PLUS your 5th free night for a total of 5 nights.