Originally Posted by
Boogie711
My priority isn't 'necessarily' upgrades, but I would like to earn some free nights in decent properties for trips when I'm on my own dime. The expedited checkin is nice, too. My travel patterns are fairly international.
Is IHG the right program for me, or should I look at SPG / Hilton / Marriott? At the moment I'm rather agnostic.
Absolutely. My priority is free nights as well, and you cannot beat the 10K points a night at some IHG properties. And much better redemption rates overall that other programs. Jumped ship from Hilton (which was the best before their devaluation) last year and I am not looking back. SPG has ridiculously bad redemption rate.