Yes, IC branded hotels usually charge 30,000 points for reward nights, lower branded hotels such as Holiday Inn run between 15 g and 25 g.
I usualy travel on company business, I can only pay with the company Visa, unfortunately!
Originally Posted by John Galt
It's very possible to get 350,000 points/year with 150 stays:
10 points/$ spent, plus 25% plat bonus = 12.5 pts/$ Spent;
plus: 3 points/$ spent if you pay with your MR Visa = 15.5 points/$ Spent
Times: 150 Nights
Times: $144.09/night cost = 335,000 points
Plus: 15,000 points for signing up with MR Visa = 350,000.
IOW, if you pay more than $144.09/night, you'll make 350,000.
This assumes no "Extra bonus miles" promos, like the 25K promotion they ran last year where you got 5K miles up to 5X every third stay, when paid for with your AMEX. Obviously, this promo would replace the 3 bonus miles w/ MR Visa in the analysis above, so YMMV.
Can you guess what I do for a living?!?!?
Also: was my analysis correct that Intercontinentals charge 30K points/night stay?