Originally Posted by
br2k
I certainly did not, perhaps ignorance on my part, but not "everyone".
Originally Posted by
MegatopLover
Is there any indication that having the new higher-cost Premier card will give you an expanded list of eligible hotels? For example, if you go to the Premier level card, then you can use your free night at all hotels-- essentially raising the price of the current benefit from $49 to $89?
If the new card doesn't get you an expanded list of hotels, I would not see the value proposition.
My guess is highly unlikely - by doing that it might meant more work for them to program issuing the difference of cert. And base on historical records, it would seem IHG would just standardize 1 type redemption cert across the board to save work load on their end.
Hey but then again, these are all speculations until the actual announcements are released.