Originally Posted by
Red259
I never had an IHG card. I'm looking to pick up one chase card at the moment and trying to decide between an IHG card and United Explorer card. The signup bonus for the united card is looking pretty good. Is the current offer on the ihg card of 125k an offer that comes around fairly often?
Seems like it's been at or above 120k for most of the past year or so. I believe there was a 140k offer at one point.
Originally Posted by
serpens
If I recall correctly, an IHG Rewards Club member gets 10 points per dollar for the hotel bill (probably excluding taxes, but I'm not sure), 50% bonus (5 points per dollar) for Platinum status (which is conferred by the credit card), and 10 points per dollar for using the credit card for IHG spend. In other words, the extra 15 points per dollar is not a sign-up bonus nor limited to one year; it is standard operating procedure for having the card.
In addition to all of those categories above, Chase did have a sign-up offer on that card at some point last year for an additional 15x for spend at IHG hotels in the 1st year only.
Originally Posted by
Explore
I obtained the IHG Premier card last October, with a 125K points bonus and 15 extra points per dollar for IHG stays for a year (total of 25 points per dollar for credit card spend during that period).
Since two-thirds of the year was shot by the pandemic, is there any chance of getting that extra 15 points per dollar extended into 2021? And who do I call, Chase or IHG? Each seems to want to push this onto the other.
Unfortunately, I wouldn't expect them to extend it now, especially since you have a few more months to take advantage of the additional 15x (in theory, at least).
However, I'd definitely mention that if you call Chase to ask for some sort of retention offer when your annual fee comes due, even though they are typically stingy when it comes to offers.