Originally Posted by
Kremmen
No joy there!
* e-rewards' IHG payout level is poor, but 1/4 that is ridiculous.
* Within e-rewards, IHG is about the worst value there is. Redeem for something more valuable and the hourly rate for OCI becomes around 1/8 the e-rewards rate.
* IHG earnings from e-rewards count as elite qualifying. OCI doesn't.
Hence, my followup post about my initial enthusiasm shrinking.
But for me, I've been locked out of e-rewards(Countless emails, country error code, profile doesn't fit, etc) for a couple years now so 5 points is still better than zero.