Feb 16, 2016, 7:59 pm
Last edit by: philemer
This thread is now archived.
Continue the discussion here: HERE
Prior thread: Pre-2016 discussions archived HERE.
Similar thread on IHG Forum here: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-ihg-rewards-club-intercontinental-ambassador/1232030-annual-free-night-cert-ihg-rewards-club-visa-mastercard-23.html Currently, the IHG credit card is NOT subject to Chase's 5/24 restriction.
IMPORTANT NOTE: As of April 2018, a new IHG card is being released. There are changes, including a limit to the value of the annual free night certificate (40,000 point vs. any hotel).
Ongoing discussion can be found here, in the IHG forum.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/inte...valuation.html
Existing card members can use "any hotel" certificates that were issued/will be issued prior to April 30th. Any Anniversary Night issued BEFORE May 1, 2018 is still valid at any IHG hotel worldwide.
Certificates issued AFTER May 1 will be under the new T & C's.
From Chase:
Here’s what’s changing
Currently, we award this Anniversary Free Night each year after your anniversary date, and it is redeemable at any IHG property. Going forward, Anniversary Free Nights issued after May 1, 2018, will be redeemable at eligible IHG hotels with a redemption value up to and including 40,000 points.
Here is the list of IHG hotels that will NO LONGER be available for certificate redemption: https://www.ihg.com/content/us/en/deals/partner-offers/anniversary-free-night?_PMID=99634986&cm_mmc=CJ-_-4453693-_-7718223-_-www.ihg.com%2Fcontent&glat=AFFI&setPMCookies=true& url=https://www.ihg.com/content/us/en/deals/partner-offers/anniversary-free-night
Current public offers, as of 9/1/17
All offers have the following terms/benefits:
Q. Where can I learn more about the annual free-night certificate associated with this card? How long are the certificates good for? Are the certificates revoked if you cancel your Chase card?
A. See Annual Free Night Cert from IHG (Rewards Club) Visa / Mastercard.
Q. Once I meet the $1000 (or $2000) spending requirement, how soon will I receive my bonus points?
Q. Can I apply for this card and earn the bonus after doing so previously?
A. For answers to these and other questions, see the wiki and related discussion in the master discussion thread Applying for Chase Credit Cards, 2017 onward
Q. Will the signup bonus count toward Spire Elite status?
A. No
Continue the discussion here: HERE
Prior thread: Pre-2016 discussions archived HERE.
Similar thread on IHG Forum here: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-ihg-rewards-club-intercontinental-ambassador/1232030-annual-free-night-cert-ihg-rewards-club-visa-mastercard-23.html Currently, the IHG credit card is NOT subject to Chase's 5/24 restriction.
IMPORTANT NOTE: As of April 2018, a new IHG card is being released. There are changes, including a limit to the value of the annual free night certificate (40,000 point vs. any hotel).
Ongoing discussion can be found here, in the IHG forum.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/inte...valuation.html
Existing card members can use "any hotel" certificates that were issued/will be issued prior to April 30th. Any Anniversary Night issued BEFORE May 1, 2018 is still valid at any IHG hotel worldwide.
Certificates issued AFTER May 1 will be under the new T & C's.
From Chase:
Update: We’re changing the Anniversary Free Night on your IHG Rewards Club Select Credit Card
On May 1, 2018, we’re changing the Anniversary Free Night benefit associated with your IHG Rewards Club Select Credit Card.Here’s what’s changing
Currently, we award this Anniversary Free Night each year after your anniversary date, and it is redeemable at any IHG property. Going forward, Anniversary Free Nights issued after May 1, 2018, will be redeemable at eligible IHG hotels with a redemption value up to and including 40,000 points.
Here is the list of IHG hotels that will NO LONGER be available for certificate redemption: https://www.ihg.com/content/us/en/deals/partner-offers/anniversary-free-night?_PMID=99634986&cm_mmc=CJ-_-4453693-_-7718223-_-www.ihg.com%2Fcontent&glat=AFFI&setPMCookies=true& url=https://www.ihg.com/content/us/en/deals/partner-offers/anniversary-free-night
Current public offers, as of 9/1/17
- 60k + 5K AU After spending $1,000 on purchases (landing page; application) (Still live on April 2, 2018 with the $49 renewal fee)
- 60K + 5K AU After spending $1,000 on purchases (landing page; application) (Dead)
- Signup bonus earned after $1,000/$2000 spend in first 3 months
- Starting on the first anniversary of account opening, a free night every year at any [effective with Anniversary Certs issued on 01 May 2018, redeemable only at properties 40,000 points and under] IHG hotel. (Cert may be redeemed online.)
- 5 points per $ spent at IHG hotels
- 2 points per $ spent on gas, groceries and dining
- 1 point per $ on everything else
- 10% points rebate on any redemptions. ("Please allow 4 to 6 weeks after Reward Night stay for rebated points to be deposited into your account")
- No fee 1st year, then $49.
- No foreign transaction fees.
- IHG Platinum status for as long as you hold the card.
A. See Annual Free Night Cert from IHG (Rewards Club) Visa / Mastercard.
Q. Once I meet the $1000 (or $2000) spending requirement, how soon will I receive my bonus points?
Q. Can I apply for this card and earn the bonus after doing so previously?
A. For answers to these and other questions, see the wiki and related discussion in the master discussion thread Applying for Chase Credit Cards, 2017 onward
Q. Will the signup bonus count toward Spire Elite status?
A. No
IHG Rewards MasterCard [now 60,000 pts]
Jul 31, 2017, 6:24 am
#451
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: NJ (EWR) - USA
Programs: UA Silver - IHG Spire AMB - Hilton Gold - Choice Hotels Platinum - Hertz Gold FiveStar
Posts: 396
They do not. Only "Qualifying" stays count towards elite status. This is why the extra points packages really help you along because you can literally double or more your qualifying points on each stay.
Jul 31, 2017, 2:35 pm
#452
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: New York
Programs: SQ Silver, Hilton Gold, IHG Spire RA
Posts: 71
Points from credit card spend DOES count towards Elite Status, signup bonus does not however. From my account:
Elite Qualifying Points Earned: 2,720 of 75,000 for Spire Elite
Description Total Earned Elite Qualifying Points
RC DINING 440 pts. 0 pts.
IHG REWARDS CLUB CREDIT CARD 2X BNS PTS 1,482 pts. 1,482 pts.
IHG REWARDS CLUB CREDIT CARD BASE PTS 1,238 pts. 1,238 pts.
Elite Qualifying Points Earned: 2,720 of 75,000 for Spire Elite
Description Total Earned Elite Qualifying Points
RC DINING 440 pts. 0 pts.
IHG REWARDS CLUB CREDIT CARD 2X BNS PTS 1,482 pts. 1,482 pts.
IHG REWARDS CLUB CREDIT CARD BASE PTS 1,238 pts. 1,238 pts.
Jul 31, 2017, 3:10 pm
#453
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Atlanta, GA
Programs: AA PLT, AS 75K, DL DM, HY Globalist, HH Diamond, MC/RZ/SW Platinum, AB/UA Silver, WN CP
Posts: 1,122
Any recent DPs on when the opening bonus actually posts? I completed min spend on 05.19. The $100 credit posted on 05.18. The 5k AU bonus posted on 07.15. But the 60k (now confirmed via SM to be 80k for my account) is still nowhere to be found. Normally everything from Chase posts very quickly, so I presume the holdup is on the IHG side. When I asked them before, I was told to wait several months. 
Jul 31, 2017, 11:24 pm
#454
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: SJC/SFO
Programs: WN A+ CP, UA 1MM/*A Gold, Mar LT Tit, IHG Plat, HH Dia
Posts: 6,285
Standard for Chase is that the bonus posts with the next statement. Occasionally if you meet the spending requirement within the last few days of a statement period the bonus will post with the next statement after that.
Jul 31, 2017, 11:32 pm
#455
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Atlanta, GA
Programs: AA PLT, AS 75K, DL DM, HY Globalist, HH Diamond, MC/RZ/SW Platinum, AB/UA Silver, WN CP
Posts: 1,122
I've had two statements close since meeting the spend. It's odd that I got the AU bonus (and points for the spend itself) but nothing else. I'll SM if it still hasn't happened a bit after the next statement closes.
Aug 1, 2017, 1:30 pm
#456
Join Date: Nov 2010
Programs: IHG Platinum
Posts: 1,066
Approved for 1st IHG card in Aug 2014. Third annual fee coming up in Sep 2017.
I have read that once the award night posts in the IHG account, it will not be retracted even if card is closed afterwards. If I book an award night and later need to cancel it, I assume it will still go back to the account despite my card already closed?
I have read that once the award night posts in the IHG account, it will not be retracted even if card is closed afterwards. If I book an award night and later need to cancel it, I assume it will still go back to the account despite my card already closed?
Aug 1, 2017, 8:19 pm
#457
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: SJC/SFO
Programs: WN A+ CP, UA 1MM/*A Gold, Mar LT Tit, IHG Plat, HH Dia
Posts: 6,285
BTW, you did meet the spend after adjusting for returns and not counting interest charges and account fees, correct?
Aug 4, 2017, 12:37 pm
#458
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Intermountain West
Programs: Too many to list
Posts: 12,086
100K offer--probably targeted
My wife received a 100K pt offer via snail mail today. Not sure if it is targeted or not. Go to www.ihgrewardsclub.com/100koffer and then sign into your acct. Then click on "Offers". Her offer is good through 8/31/17. YMMV of course.
Aug 4, 2017, 2:41 pm
#459
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,763
My wife received a 100K pt offer via snail mail today. Not sure if it is targeted or not. Go to www.ihgrewardsclub.com/100koffer and then sign into your acct. Then click on "Offers". Her offer is good through 8/31/17. YMMV of course.
He would be down to 3/24 after Aug so he wants to get other restrictive Chase card such as the CSP or the personal UA and Marriott first before taking the IHG card.
Pretty much certain that if you are an elite and currently dont have the IHG card you would get the 100K offer shows up.
There is also another offer popped up at the bottom of one screen, that is 50K + $100 statement credit.
Aug 8, 2017, 12:49 pm
#460
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 543
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Aug 8, 2017, 1:28 pm
#461
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Atlanta, GA
Programs: AA PLT, AS 75K, DL DM, HY Globalist, HH Diamond, MC/RZ/SW Platinum, AB/UA Silver, WN CP
Posts: 1,122
I'm in the same boat. Did your welcome bonus actually show up on your Chase statement? I see the welcome bonus points on the Chase statement (along with monthly spend and AU bonus), but the welcome bonus has not shown up in my IHG account -- just the monthly spend and AU bonus.
Aug 9, 2017, 10:43 am
#462
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 37
I was approved for the 80k offer about a month ago and just Secure Messaged Chase and asked them to match the 100k offer and they said they would! I am in no hurry to meet the spend, but will probably get to it in the next couple of weeks. No brainer for this card.
Aug 9, 2017, 12:25 pm
#463
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: New York
Programs: SQ Silver, Hilton Gold, IHG Spire RA
Posts: 71
So I signed up for the following (now gone) deal:
Spend $2K, get 80K points and 10p/$ for spend at IHG hotels.
If I SM and ask for them to match to the 100K offer, will I loose the 10p/$ at IHG?
Spend $2K, get 80K points and 10p/$ for spend at IHG hotels.
If I SM and ask for them to match to the 100K offer, will I loose the 10p/$ at IHG?
Aug 14, 2017, 7:30 pm
#464
Join Date: Jan 2013
Programs: Hyatt Glb, MR Plat
Posts: 2,577
Anybody still able to pull up the 80k + $50 credit after $1k spend offer?
Aug 15, 2017, 7:17 pm
#465
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: MN, USA
Posts: 246
Although his situation was somewhat different, he was approved for the 60k offer in mid-June and met the $1k spend by early July - then he went back to Chase in mid-July and they matched up to the then-publicly available 80k offer. Possibly they will match a better offer only once, but that is not the reason they're giving for the denial (he even attached his 100k mail offer) - they're basically saying that his account doesn't have that offer (which makes absolutely no sense anyway since it's a new cardholder offer, not something that current cardholders would even have access to). I know 80k is nothing to sneeze at, but the 100k would be nice since he's already met the $2k min spend too.