r/ihghotelsresorts

IHG Select:
$99 AF
10% rebate on using points
50,000pt FNC

VS

IHG One Premier:
$150 AF
50,000pt FNC
$100 credit on flights booked(not sure if I get a second credit w\ ihg business card)
$100 food and bev in ihg hotel($25 per quarter)
4th night free booking with points(already have this with ihg business card)
$10 monthly door dash non food credit
$10 monthly instacart credit

I also have the IHG business card(now w/ $200 AF). I will probably fly with my wife only once or twice a year and usually book 3-6 nights with an IHG brand hotel per year. I am thinking of getting rid of the select card and reapplying for the premier. What do you guys think?

With the coming of IHG premier select, I thought to have a thread on discussion of the three premium hotel cards. I will start with the following.

Brilliant is the easiest to maintain and the most expensive among the three. At $650 AF, it gives $25 monthly food credits, PP lounge access and a FNC at maximum 85k pts. It worked out to be $350 for being Platinum membership, one premium FNC and PP access. There is no spending requirements to get these benefits.

Hilton Aspire needs some work to get the $400 resort credits, but it carries solid value. At $550, it gives two $200 resort credits and one FNC without cap for standard room booking. It worked out to be $150 (minimum) for being diamond membership and one premium FNC. The resort credits have limitations so their use is not guaranteed from year to year. If one spends $30k in a year, they get another FNC, then one more for another $30k in spending. However, one needs another card in order to get PP access.

Now the IHG Select! At $350, it’s the cheapest premium card among them. It gives $200 flight credits and $75 quarterly hotel food credits and a FNC capped at 60k pts. It worked out to be less than $150 for a FNC. But it only gives Diamond status after $25k in spending. At this point one also gets 20k bonus points for spending over $15k. This card becomes the most rewarding card at $25k spending before using the annual FNC.
Also, it is a Mastercard. However, IHG has the smallest footing among the three, and you need another card for PP access.

My fiancé and I will be traveling to London this May and have been looking for places to stay, mostly at Hotel Indigo's since they seem like a nice mix of budget friendly and nicer hotels. Has anyone stayed at the Hotel Indigo London K West in Shepherd’s Bush? How was the location and is it relatively close to Tube access? We will be doing all the usual sightseeing so we just want to be able to get around easily while also having a nice room to come back to. I’d love to hear from anyone who has stayed at the hotel—what was your experience like, and what did you like or dislike about it?

Hi All, I’ve looked at my status progress and it looks by the end of the year I’ll be missing around 6 nights from reaching diamond status

I’ll be in SEA later this year and I’m thinking whether I should do a mattress run at roughly 60€/night to reach it, but not sure whether that’s really worth it and if I’m missing any obvious benefit besides the 100% bonus points?

I’m currently platinum ambassador and generally tend to stay in ICs with some Indigos / Kimptons / Crowne Plazas thrown into the mix depending on the destination

I’m also based in Europe, so I can’t apply and get any of those nice CCs that you guys in the US get :(

Some more questions, do they actually care if I check in and don’t stay the nights?

Does anyone know of any cheap IHG hotels where I can do digital check in / check out? Or is it not really a thing ? I somehow remember reading a thread about someone doing a “remote mattress run” with Hiltons(I think) in China while being in the US

What is happening with IHG Holiday Inn Express properties? During my cross country trip from west coast to east coast I have stayed at several properties and I can verify first hand there is significant variations in property maintenance standards, customer service and overall property management. To clarify I checked reviews on Expedia, and Trip Advisor before booking on stated "4.7 out of 5" and the other identified the property as "excellent". The property website states it is "award winning" I think it's time to give up on Holiday Inn Express.

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?

Have held premier for a while. My renewal coincidentally was 2 days after the announcement (IIRC I still pay the old $100 rate for this year). Question is - do I get either of the following for 2026?

• 15 elite night credits
• 100 off 250 on airline expenses

BENEFITS

IHG Select(old) $99 AF:
50,000pt FNC
10% point rebate

IHG Rewards Business $200 AF:
50,000pt FNC
4th night free with points
$100 flight credit
$25 food certificate per quarter
15 elite nights per year

IHG One Premier select $350 AF:
60,000pt FNC
4th night free with points(redundant)
$200 flight credit
$75 food certificate per quarter
20 elite nights per year

If my wife and I only fly once or twice a year, and stay in an IHG hotel for 3-10 nights. Is it a good idea to have all three cards with total of $650 AF? I have never gotten 20 elite nights to get a free confirmable suite upgrade. How hard and what are the chances of getting these suite upgrades?

Nowhere on my reservation or in the booking process is this disclosed so I booked for 42 days only to be told at check in I need to leave after 26 days and then book more days for the remainder of my stay. When I asked why I can book a 42 days stay when the hotel policy prevents them, they said so the 30 day discount is available. Text support is of course just being a broken record. But people make travel plans based on their reservation.

There is a review from 2 years ago mentioning the same issue so it’s not a glitch or new policy.

Important since it seems to be missed:

I have to check out on day 26, be gone for a minimum of 24 Hours, and then check back in.