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IHG Rewards Club has announced the details of its next chain-wide promotion, and it’s surprisingly weak!

For stays between 1 October and 15 December 2020, members will earn DOUBLE points for their paid stays at IHG hotels worldwide.

The second element of the promotion is NOT going to apply to nearly all readers. Although the promotion appears to offer 10,000 points for using your IHG Rewards Club co-branded credit card, the terms and conditions make clear that this only applies to the CHASE credit card (i.e. cards issued in America). Using the UK card issued by Creation is not going to qualify you for this 10k bonus…

Registration is required. You can do that by clicking here.

Because IHG Rewards Club members earn 10 base points per US dollar spent (pre-tax), this promotion will mean that you can earn 20 points per dollar. This is roughly an extra 5% of rebate. Very yawn-inducing…

Bottom line

With some really appealing autumn 2020 offers from Hilton Honors and World of Hyatt, I’m surprised to see such a weak offering from IHG Rewards Club. Perhaps they have just decided to give up on the rest of 2020 and are testing whether weak promotions make any difference to occupancy levels…