Limited Time IHG Premier Card Offer: 125,000-Points!

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is one of my favorite hotel chains, as they own both EVEN Hotels and Hotel Indigo, two of my favorite brands. Check out my rave review of EVEN Hotels Time Square South.

The IHG Rewards Club Premier card is currently offering a VERY HIGH increased bonus of 125,000 points (normally 80,000 points) after a $3,000 minimum spend in 3 months.

In 2018, IHG announced two new IHG credit cards from Chase. I especially LOVE the IHG Premier card, which offers HEFTY benefits for a VERY low annual fee!

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IHG Rewards Club Premier Card

Bonus: 125,000 IHG^® Rewards Club bonus points after spending $2,000 in the first three months

Bonus End Date: No end date given, but it’s described as “limited time” (usually high offers like this don’t hang around long!)

Annual Fee: $89

• 40X points TOTAL on purchases at IHG hotels for the first 12 months (that’s A LOT of points!!)
  • 25X points for first 12 months, then 10X points thereafter +
  • 10X points for being an IHG Rewards Club member +
  • 5X points for holding Platinum Elite Status (a benefit of holding this card)
• 4X points on all other purchases for the first 12 months; thereafter, 2X points on purchases at gas stations, grocery stores and restaurants and 1X points on purchases everywhere else
• Anniversary free night
• Fourth reward night free on point redemptions of four or more nights
• Automatic Platinum Elite IHG^® Rewards Club member status
• Global Entry/TSA Pre-Check credit up to $100 every four years
• No foreign transaction fees
• Earn 10,000 IHG^® Rewards Club bonus points with a $20,000 spend and 1 additional purchase by anniversary date
• 20% discount on points purchases

Learn more about this card.

You can also opt for the lower annual fee IHG Rewards Club Traveler Card, which does NOT currently have an increased bonus offer upon approval and offers fewer benefits.

IHG^® Rewards Club Traveler Card

Bonus: 60,000 IHG^® Rewards Club bonus points after spending $2,000 in the first three months

Annual Fee: $29

Benefits:

• 15X points per $1 spent at IHG hotels
  • 10X points for being an IHG Rewards Club member +
  • 5X points for holding this card
• 2X points per $1 spent on purchases at gas stations, grocery stores and restaurants
• 1X point per $1 spent on all other purchases
• Earn Gold Elite IHG^® Rewards Club Member Status with $10,000 spend in a calendar year
• Fourth reward night free on point redemptions of four or more nights
• 20% discount on points purchases
• No foreign transaction fees

Remember, that Chase will not approve you for any cards if you’ve been approved for FIVE cards of any type within the last 24 months. If earning the Southwest Companion Pass (which lets one person fly free with you for up to two years) is a goal, I recommend securing any Southwest cards you want first, along with Chase Sapphire Preferred (read my review) before choosing a hotel credit card.

Here is my recommended travel credit card plan.

Why I Like IHG Rewards

I really like the IHG Rewards program, as it has some unique FREE benefits for all members like earning DOUBLE points on gas expenditures when you hold one of these cards, earning points when you make reservations through Open Table and a free Kindle single download.

Thanks again for using the links in this post for any card reviews or applications!