While I do enjoy writing comprehensive "Best Use" posts where I dig in and look for deals, I also love data... This post is more of the second.
My "Data-Driven" posts are posts from unique data we've gathered.
Recently, I got curious what a database would look like with every IHG hotel's lowest rate and points price. Then I could divide the cash price by the points price and get the highest ROI hotels. I did that, and this post is about my findings.
I'll give the hotels with the highest rewards values overall, per category, show a map with...
Read moreI like the timing on this as it follows my How To Earn IHG Points With IHG's Promos. This post has a list of the cheapest ~200 IHG hotels, map of the cheapest 1,000+ hotels, the best of the cheapest hotels, etc...
This is part of a bigger project and post. I already have the points price for every hotel of the major chains, and in finding the cheapest cash rates for each hotel, then I can give an objective / data-driven answer to the most valuable redemptions.
On the other side of the coin, I'm...
Read moreThere is simply no greater ROI in terms of earning free nights than these IHG promotions. In fact, we did 3 stays in Austin (where we live) last month (and I'll explain why we did that at the end).
Carrie, my wife, has a 56,000 bonus for 3 paid stays and my dad has an 80,000 bonus for 3 paid stays (/5 nights).
However, I see why there are grumblings, because not every account I've checked has an amazing promotion...
Let me explain why I still love these promotions and how to best complete them.
(Also, check your IHG Accelerate...
Read moreUpdated: April 17, 2019
Here is the IHG Rewards Complete Map of all their hotels by category, fully updated.
This now means all of our maps are fully updated and you can view all of them here on the Resource's page: Hotel Complete Maps.
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