Originally Posted by
brajalle
Quick question - our anniversary is in late October, what would be the optimal card opening time with the 1-night-free certificate expiration such that we can use 2 years of certificates in late Oct and/or early Nov?
There's a thread that specializes in questions about the free night certificate. Take a look at
Annual Free Night Cert from PC Visa in the IHG Rewards forum.
Briefly put, what you're doing is possible but risky. Consider opening two accounts, one for you, one for your partner, instead. Then you'll have two free nights every year to use together.