The IHG One Rewards hotel loyalty program is offering a bonus of 100% additional points to all its members who purchase points until 31 January 2025. I’ll tell you how to take advantage of this attractive promotion.
Buying points is useful:
- to top up an insufficient points balance to qualify for a Reward Night award
- when paying for a night with points costs less than the regular hard currency rate
- to extend expiring points already in your account by 12 months (non-status members).
Points can be used at any of the 20 IHG brands: Atwell Suites, Avid, Candlewood Suites, Crowne Plaza, Even Hotels, Garner, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Holiday Inn Resort, Holiday Inn Club Vacations, Hotel Indigo, Hualuxe, Iberostar Beachfront Resorts, InterContinental, Kimpton, Regent, Six Senses, Staybridge Suites, Vignette Collection and Voco. Reward Nights must be booked on the IHG website.
IHG One Rewards usually sells its points between USD 0.0135 and USD 0.01 each (the higher the volume of points purchased, the lower the unit price per point ; the floor cost is reached from 26,000 points), up to a limit of 150,000 points per calendar year per member. Points can be purchased in increments of 1,000.
During this special limited-time offer:
- buy 5,000 points or more and be rewarded with a bonus of 100% extra points
- the annual purchase cap is increased to 200,000 points.
As a result, the cost of acquiring a point drops to USD 0.005 for blocks of 26,000 points or more and all IHG One Rewards members can receive up to 400,000 points (200,000 points purchased + 200,000 bonus points).
| Points purchased | Bonus | Total points credited | Cost per point |
|---|---|---|---|
| From 1,000 points ($13.50) to 4,000 points ($54.00) | no | 1,000 to 4,000 points | $0.0135 |
| From 5,000 points ($67.50) to 10,000 points ($135.00) | 100% | 10,000 to 20,000 points | $0.0068 |
| From 11,000 points ($126.50) to 25,000 points ($287.50) | 100% | 22,000 to 50,000 points | $0.0058 |
| From 26,000 points ($260.00) to 200,000 points ($2,000.00) | 100% | 52,000 to 400,000 points | $0.0050 |
Before buying points, even on the occasion of a sale like this one, make sure that the desired award is available and that the transaction is profitable (redemption value of the point greater than or equal to its purchase price).
Example: this room at the InterContinental New York Times Square, priced at USD 287, only costs USD 200 when the 32,000 points required to book it as a Reward Night are acquired at the lowest price of $0.005 ($160), not forgetting the $40 amenity fee which is not included in the award and will be collected on arrival, for a savings of 30%.
Room rates in US Dollars vs IHG One Rewards points
To take advantage of the promotion, go to the points purchase page on the IHG website. If you are not already logged in to your IHG One Rewards account, you will need to authenticate yourself.
Buy IHG One Rewards points with 100% bonus
Points purchased through this mechanism are not qualifying and therefore do not allow you to progress in the loyalty program’s Elite tier.
Although a 72 hours processing time is announced, points (base and bonus) are usually deposited into the IHG One Rewards account within hours of payment.
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