4th night free is such a great benefit! Coupled with the 100% points sale where you can buy points for 0.5cpp, it’s a very compelling value proposition! Great video Matt! IHG is a program that I’m planning on staying at more often for the reasons you mentioned.
Thanks so much Stan! Yeah I love the 4th night free benefit. I should have talked more about the ability to buy points because that's definitely an underrated perk that can make using the 4th night free benefit more feasible. Appreciate you watching!
Great video Matt! Like others are saying here, that fourth night free perk is pretty solid. I imagine I will add the Premier late next year after I do a four card sprint through mid 2025. It ties in nicely with my United strategy with that $50 credit!
Have the IHG Premier and just approved for a Business IHG card. Great cards as we are IHG people working on getting Diamond status. The points sales which we take advantage of when they offer the 100% bonus and the 4th night free. As long as IHG keeps this all without changes, we will be IHG loyalist and ignore the other hotel brands. On top of that, we update our Ambassador status every year to have a nice upgraded experience when we us Intercontinental hotels.
I got 3 I.H.g cards. 1. I.h.g $49 af cc. 2 the premier personal . Third the business version. 2023 laybor day weekend used 3 fnc to stay at Holiday inn in the Cayman islands. P2 also has $49 af cc & premier . These cards provide a lot of value for me.
The timing of this video is incredible! I've been thing about IHG but Im just unsure about the actual hotel locations. I dont see many properties...well...I guess I'm not looking hard enough. When does the high offer expire?
I'm so glad this video was useful! The high offer for 5 Free Nights on the IHG Premier ends on 9/5, so very soon! I'd definitely recommend using the location tool on IHG's website to see the feasibility of which locations you'd want to prioritize.
Personal preference and mileage may vary. I don’t really have any IHG hotels near me (that I would want to go to) where I can use the “free night” without topping off the card. I would probably just buy the points on their points sale and book the three nights on points to get the 4th free, but I have no use case to do so at the moment. Personal preference, I lean towards Hilton for more frequent stays and Hyatt for higher end stays (food and beverage credit at Hilton and no resort fees at either on nights booked with points but you pay those fees at Marriott and IHG).
Completely agree with you Ryan! Mileage definitely does vary when it comes to the CC world especially Hotel Cards. Yeah the 40k point cap for the IHG Free Night can definitely be a bit limiting so I get that. Yeah no resort fees for higher-end stays with Hilton & Hyatt are a big perk as well. Thanks for watching Ryan!
The IHG credit cards are some of the best hotel cards on the market, especially the IHG Premier and the Business card. The Premier and Business card compete very well with the Marriott Bonvoy Boundless and Business cards. With the annual free night certificate that each of these cards offers, it makes them keeper cards and a little more desirable than the Hilton Surpass card. I have had the IHG Premier card for just over two years now and it was my first hotel credit card. I got it mainly for the free night certificate and because I always had a good experience when I stayed at an IHG property. To me, I think the IHG cards are slightly better than the Marriott cards because of the Platinum Elite status that comes with the Premier, where the Marriott cards offer lower tier statuses.
Those are all great points John! I’d agree that I’d value the IHG Premier Cards higher than the Hilton Surpass as I’d rather just use one free night award each year instead of the quarterly credits on the Surpass. Additionally, the combination of high status as well makes these cards super competitive. Thanks for watching John!
When they say spend a certain amount within three months to get the points, when does that date start? Does it start from the day you are approved or from the date you activate the card? Always appreciate your videos Matt!!! ❤
Exactly haha this is too real- I should have talked more about the PTO side of things. Just way more feasible if I want to take multiple trips in a year to go for the 4th night free benefit and 5 nights in one place can be stretching it. Thanks for watching JP!
I need to start paying closer attention to IHG cards. Funny you mentioned Hyatt, I remember when there was a special with Hyatt to get the 4th night free like two years ago (it may have been specific to the Baha Mar property), anyways, it most certainly did not apply to points. I wasn’t happy about that 😒
Haha yeah, IHG's 4th night free benefit definitely makes it stand out when compared to those other Hotel Chains, and can allow for quicker trips to be more feasible! Appreciate you watching CJ!
True- but you have to pay with points to get the 4th night free. Much easier to do that via one of the IHG Cards and earning points from the welcome bonus. Thanks for watching!
