u/KCzech24

I'm looking at getting the new Select card on top of my current Premier card. However, I'm mostly doing this to get the 200k points welcome offer and I could definitely see myself canceling this card in future years especially if the flight credit gets removed, but want to test its value out.

The wording in the terms reads, "Earn 200,000 bonus points after you spend $5,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.* Plus, earn 10,000 bonus points after you add an authorized user to your account in the first 3 months from account opening.*

This product is available to you if you do not have this card and have not received a new Cardmember bonus for this card in the past 24 months"

From this, it seems that if you hold the Premier card (even if opened in the last two years) you can still get the welcome offer on the Select card. The language in the terms of the Premier and no AF card use "family" language but the Select card uses "this card' instead.

Is my reading of this correct that the welcome offer is available to current owners of another card in the IHG family? Or should I not expect to receive the offer if I were to apply?

3 of us from MN are planning to visit RMNP for the first time for a 5 day stretch in mid-July. Curious to hear anyone's thoughts on this potential itinerary for our stay here! For reference, we have one moderate-high experience hiker, one moderate hiker, and one moderate-low hiker but were planning on sticking together the whole time. Would definitely love to know if this plan may be more daunting than we're making it out to be or if there's any recommendations for alternative hikes!

Day 1: Get acclimated to the elevation and avoid much hiking. Plan on doing Trail Ridge Road and then setting up camp. Could maybe add more here like a short lake loop in the area, but don't want to plan too much.

Day 2: Do the Nymph, Dream, Haiyaha, Loch, Sky loop. From what I've read this is a slightly easier lower elevation area for if we're still acclimating. Could this potentially be too long though for day 2?

Day 3: Do the 1 way trip from Cub Lake trailhead up to Odessa Lake and down to Bear Lake. Then catch a shuttle back up to Moraine Campground where we'll be staying. Is it better to start at Fern Lake Trailhead over Cub Lake trailhead?

Day 4: We're planning on catching a concert at Red Rocks the night of Day 3 so will likely not be interested in any early morning hiking this day. Plan to use this more as a rest day and maybe go explore Estes park area and rent a kayak on the water.

Day 5: Want to do one summit while we're here and debating between Hallett's Peak and Twin Sisters. Any recommendations between the two? Hallett's may be easier to access since we're staying on the shuttle loop but Twin Sisters would let us see a new area of the park.

Other potential options would be Black Lake, Chasm Lake, more Estes Park trails or perhaps some shorter loops like Bear Lake, Sprague lake, and Lily Lake.

Thanks for the input!