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IHG Rewards MasterCard (2016).
IHG Rewards MasterCard (2016).
IHG Rewards Visa/MC, currently 60K, possibly 80K, pts
Apr 6, 2015, 11:40 am
#2416
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 4,166
Applied for the 70k offer. SM'd Chase and they offered to match the 80k offer, but not the $50 statement credit. I'm Ok with that, the $49 AF is waived the first year, and I don't mind paying it to get the free night.
Apr 6, 2015, 8:17 pm
#2417
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: LAX
Posts: 556
applied today, did know there is 80k offer. SM chase to match the offer. hope I will get it.
Apr 7, 2015, 1:06 am
#2418
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: MSP
Programs: UR, RR, MileagePLus, Dividend Miles (R.I.P), AAdvantage, HHonors, IHG, Skymiles
Posts: 108
Applied on Mar 31st, pending approval.
Called recon line the next day and offered to move some CL from another card. He said yes and 5 minutes later I was off the phone and card was on its way! I logged into Chase tonight and the card already shows up, so I PMed about the 80k offer. I'll update when I get an answer.
fwiw, here's a pretty nifty IHG hotel locator map (by category) that Drew from travelisfree whipped up:
http://travelisfree.com/2014/08/04/c...ds-properties/
It helped me decide whether the IHG points were worth the card app or not.
Called recon line the next day and offered to move some CL from another card. He said yes and 5 minutes later I was off the phone and card was on its way! I logged into Chase tonight and the card already shows up, so I PMed about the 80k offer. I'll update when I get an answer.
fwiw, here's a pretty nifty IHG hotel locator map (by category) that Drew from travelisfree whipped up:
http://travelisfree.com/2014/08/04/c...ds-properties/
It helped me decide whether the IHG points were worth the card app or not.
Apr 7, 2015, 10:17 am
#2419
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 4,166
Applied on Mar 31st, pending approval.
Called recon line the next day and offered to move some CL from another card. He said yes and 5 minutes later I was off the phone and card was on its way! I logged into Chase tonight and the card already shows up, so I PMed about the 80k offer. I'll update when I get an answer.
fwiw, here's a pretty nifty IHG hotel locator map (by category) that Drew from travelisfree whipped up:
http://travelisfree.com/2014/08/04/c...ds-properties/
It helped me decide whether the IHG points were worth the card app or not.
Called recon line the next day and offered to move some CL from another card. He said yes and 5 minutes later I was off the phone and card was on its way! I logged into Chase tonight and the card already shows up, so I PMed about the 80k offer. I'll update when I get an answer.
fwiw, here's a pretty nifty IHG hotel locator map (by category) that Drew from travelisfree whipped up:
http://travelisfree.com/2014/08/04/c...ds-properties/
It helped me decide whether the IHG points were worth the card app or not.
Apr 7, 2015, 12:23 pm
#2420
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 3,677
www.awardmapper.com does the same thing, but it will show hotels from ALL reward programs.
Apr 7, 2015, 2:40 pm
#2421
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 4,166
Just heard back, and they confirmed both the 80k points AND the $50 statement credit after 1st purchase. If I can find PointsBreak stays it will be an incredible deal since essentially year 2 is also free with the $50 statement credit.
Apr 7, 2015, 4:43 pm
#2422
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,740
www.awardmapper.com does the same thing, but it will show hotels from ALL reward programs.
Apr 7, 2015, 6:01 pm
#2423
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 4,166
According to the Hilton website there's only one Strasbourg hotel and AwardMapper shows it for me. Do you have your sliders set to allow a 30k-50k point hotel?
Apr 8, 2015, 8:44 pm
#2426
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: MSP
Programs: UR, RR, MileagePLus, Dividend Miles (R.I.P), AAdvantage, HHonors, IHG, Skymiles
Posts: 108
UPDATE: After the card showed up in my Chase online account, and before getting it in the mail, I sent a SM to Chase requesting the 80k bonus.
36 hours later they replied and will add the additional 10k to my bonus
Superorb, I should have tried for the $50 credit as well. I hadn't seen any reports of it being granted for a while, so I didn't even try for it. Grats on your negative $1 hotel stay at any IHG property next year!
36 hours later they replied and will add the additional 10k to my bonus
Superorb, I should have tried for the $50 credit as well. I hadn't seen any reports of it being granted for a while, so I didn't even try for it. Grats on your negative $1 hotel stay at any IHG property next year!
Apr 8, 2015, 9:03 pm
#2427
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 95
UPDATE: After the card showed up in my Chase online account, and before getting it in the mail, I sent a SM to Chase requesting the 80k bonus.
36 hours later they replied and will add the additional 10k to my bonus
Superorb, I should have tried for the $50 credit as well. I hadn't seen any reports of it being granted for a while, so I didn't even try for it. Grats on your negative $1 hotel stay at any IHG property next year!
36 hours later they replied and will add the additional 10k to my bonus
Superorb, I should have tried for the $50 credit as well. I hadn't seen any reports of it being granted for a while, so I didn't even try for it. Grats on your negative $1 hotel stay at any IHG property next year!
Also, my husband also applied last month (his first time) and he used the 60K/$50 credit link. The CSR via SM they would only give me the 20K additional bonus if I took the $50 credit was charged back to my account (I had sent the SM after the credit appeared on his account)...and I gladly accepted the 20K points over $50!
Apr 9, 2015, 12:21 pm
#2428
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 4,166
UPDATE: After the card showed up in my Chase online account, and before getting it in the mail, I sent a SM to Chase requesting the 80k bonus.
36 hours later they replied and will add the additional 10k to my bonus
Superorb, I should have tried for the $50 credit as well. I hadn't seen any reports of it being granted for a while, so I didn't even try for it. Grats on your negative $1 hotel stay at any IHG property next year!
36 hours later they replied and will add the additional 10k to my bonus
Superorb, I should have tried for the $50 credit as well. I hadn't seen any reports of it being granted for a while, so I didn't even try for it. Grats on your negative $1 hotel stay at any IHG property next year!
Apr 9, 2015, 1:23 pm
#2429
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: BOS
Programs: Marriott, AAdvantage, United, Club Carlson
Posts: 1,687
Is the Visa version still available? Sounds like this is the best route to go if I want to churn?