IHG
The credit cards of IHG, Hilton (the Reserve card) and Hyatt all give free nights, although the details are all very different. First I'll explain what those differing rules are and then I'll explain how to go online and actually use your free night.
- IHG Rewards Card ($49 annual fee is waived the first year)
- 1 free night at any hotel annual on your anniversary
- Hyatt Card ($75 annual fee is waived the first year)
- 2 free nights at any hotel for signing up
- 1 free night at hotels category 1-4 annually on your anniversary
- Hilton...
As you may know, Carrie (my wife) publishes everything we spend publicly, as well as monthly summaries, which are much easier to read. It doesn't matter if it's cash or points, we keep track of it all. It actually really helps to see the value in different programs or promotions.
And when it comes to IHG, we have plenty of data. Unbelievably we've spent 158 nights of the last 14 months in IHG hotels. Actually these numbers are from July 2, 2013 to Sept 16, 2014. Which is 14.5 months.
Over half of those nights were in InterContinental Hotels,...
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Every year on the anniversery of your IHG credit card, you get a free night certificate. What's unique about this benefit is that the annual fee is low ($49), and the "free night" has no limits. You can use it at any hotel. So you might as well use it for the nicest hotel you run across on your travels.
Really, I'm just getting excited thinking about the places I can use my "Free Nights" from the IHG Into The Nights promo. You get two free nights when completing your...
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Where I'm (hopefully) using my 2 free nights!
The new IHG Into The Nights promo was announced and I promised I would rock it, big. This is too big not to go all in as anyone can get 10,500 points AND two free nights at any hotel world wide from 3 paid nights.
Okay, I'm already going to be earning 10,500 points and two free nights on each of our accounts, so now how can I maximize this to get even more points (and cash) back?
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