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 '''If you pay with your IHG  Premier credit card, you’ll earn an additional 10 points per dollar'''. Unless you highly value premium-cabin award tickets, this is a better reward rate than you’ll get from any other card. The discontinued IHG card and the IHG Traveler card only earn an additional 5 points per dollar, which is better than you can get from a general-purpose credit card, but not as good as the cards that offer the best rewards for travel spending. {{Link|Travel Spending}}.
-Small businesses can earn an extra 3 points per dollar through IHG's Business Rewards program. This is on top of the points you'd normally earn. [//www.ihg.com/hotels/us/en/businessrewards/home IHG Business Rewards Program].
+<li>'''Small businesses can earn an extra 3 points per dollar through IHG's Business Rewards program'''. This is on top of the points you'd normally earn. [//www.ihg.com/hotels/us/en/businessrewards/home IHG Business Rewards Program].</li>
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	'''If you pay with your IHG Premier credit card, you’ll earn an additional 10 points per dollar'''. Unless you highly value premium-cabin award tickets, this is a better reward rate than you’ll get from any other card. The discontinued IHG card and the IHG Traveler card only earn an additional 5 points per dollar, which is better than you can get from a general-purpose credit card, but not as good as the cards that offer the best rewards for travel spending. {{Link\|Travel Spending}}.		'''If you pay with your IHG Premier credit card, you’ll earn an additional 10 points per dollar'''. Unless you highly value premium-cabin award tickets, this is a better reward rate than you’ll get from any other card. The discontinued IHG card and the IHG Traveler card only earn an additional 5 points per dollar, which is better than you can get from a general-purpose credit card, but not as good as the cards that offer the best rewards for travel spending. {{Link\|Travel Spending}}.
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		+	Small businesses can earn an extra 3 points per dollar through IHG's Business Rewards program. This is on top of the points you'd normally earn. [//www.ihg.com/hotels/us/en/businessrewards/home IHG Business Rewards Program].

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-<li>IHG points are worth about {{Value|IHG}} cents each. {{Link|Hotel Point Values}}</li>
+<li>IHG points are worth about {{Value|IHG}} cents each. {{Link|Hotel Point Values}}.</li>
 <li>The award costs for each hotel varies on a day to day basis, based on demand. Unlike other programs there aren't fixed off-peak, standard, and peak rates. Instead, the point costs varies more widely.</li>
-<li>It is possible to acquire IHG points, whenever you need them, at a cost as low as .575 cents per point. No matter how many IHG points you currently have, you can always make an award booking, whenever you find an IHG hotel that is less expensive with points than with cash. IHG also runs frequent point purchase promotions, where you can sometimes buy points for even less.</li>
+<li>It is possible to acquire IHG points, whenever you need them, at a cost as low as .575 cents per point. No matter how many IHG points you currently have, you can always make an award booking (whenever you find an IHG hotel that is less expensive with points than with cash). IHG also runs frequent point purchase promotions, where you can sometimes buy points for even less.</li>
-<li>The IHG credit card provides a free hotel certificate benefit every year, that can be used at their mid-range hotels. Most people can get more value from the certificate, than the cost of the card's annual fee ($89).</li>
+<li>The IHG Credit Card provides a free hotel certificate every year, which can be used at their mid-range hotels. It is easy to get more value from the certificate, than the cost of the card's annual fee ($89).</li>
 <li>Like most other hotel programs, you can earn enough points for several free nights from the signup bonuses on IHG’s credit cards. You can earn the signup bonuses from both versions of the card, assuming you have available 5/24 slots.</li>
-<li>IHG runs a lot of different reward promotions, and you can sometimes take advantage of multiple promotions on a single stay, to earn a lot of bonus points.</li>
+<li>IHG runs a lot of different reward promotions, and you can sometimes take advantage of multiple promotions on a single stay, earning a lot of bonus points.</li>
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-'''The IHG Premier card has a normal signup bonus of 80,000 points''' ($2,000 minimum spending requirement). You can earn an additional 5,000 points if you add an authorized user in the first three months Having the card gives you automatic Platinum status and a free night certificate ever year. You also get a 20% rebate when you use the card to purchase points and your fourth night free on award reservations. $89 annual fee.
+'''The IHG Premier card has a typical signup bonus of 80-140,000 points'''. You can usually earn an additional 5,000 points if you add an authorized user in the first three months. Provides automatic Platinum status, which doesn't entitle you to much in the way of benefits. You'll receive a free night certificate ever year you renew the card. You also get a 20% rebate when you use the card to purchase points and your fourth night free on award reservations. $89 annual fee.
-'''The IHG Traveler card has a normal signup bonus of 60,000 points''' ($2,000 minimum spending requirement). Its annual fee is only $29, but it doesn't come with the free night certificate, automatic Platinum status, or higher reward earning rate. It is primarily interesting only has a way to earn a second IHG signup bonus.
+'''The no-annual-fee IHG Traveler card has a typical signup bonus of 60-100,000 points'''. Its doesn't come with the free night certificate, automatic Platinum status, or higher reward earning rate. Due to Chase 5/24 rule, it usually isn't even a good prospect for a good signup bonus.
-'''The IHG Premier card earns higher rewards for spending at IHG than any other card'''. 10x IHG points are worth about {{Value|IHG|10}} cents per dollar. The only reason to use another card is if you highly value premium-cabin frequent flyer tickets, and want to stock up on transferable reward points. The discontinued version of the IHG Card and the IHG Traveler card only earn 5x points, which is better than what you'd earn with a general-purpose reward card, but not as good as you can earn with one of the cards that offers the highest rewards on travel spending. {{Link|Travel Spending}}.
+'''The IHG Premier card earns higher rewards for spending at IHG than any other card'''. 10x IHG points are worth about {{Value|IHG|10}} cents per dollar. The only reason to use another card is if you highly value premium-cabin frequent flyer tickets and want to stock up on transferable reward points. The discontinued version of the IHG Card and the IHG Traveler card only earn 5x points, which is better than what you'd earn with a general-purpose reward card, but not as good as you can earn with one of the cards that offers the highest rewards on travel spending. {{Link|Travel Spending}}.
 '''It is not worthwhile to use any of these cards for other purchases'''. The IHG cards earn 2x points at gas stations, grocery stores and restaurants, but that is worth less than the reward rate on a good general-purpose card.

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 <li>'''The IHG Premier credit card automatically gives you IHG Platinum status'''. This normally requires 40 nights per year. However, regardless of how you earn it, Platinum status doesn’t get you much in the way of benefits.</li>
-<li>'''IHG rarely offers status matches or challenges'''. However, it is super easy to get from the credit card. {{Link|elite hotel status}}.</li>
+<li>'''IHG rarely offers status matches or challenges'''. Their credit card is usually your main option. {{Link|elite hotel status}}.</li>
 <li>'''You can earn status with qualifying points, rather than qualifying nights'''. For example, you can qualify for the highest-level Spire Elite status by earning 75,000 points, rather than staying for 75 nights. The normal way to earn qualifying points is with paid hotel stays. However, you can also earn qualifying points in other ways, such as spending (but not the signup bonus) on the IHG credit card.</li>
-<li>'''One of the best ways to earn qualifying points is with a "Bonus Points Package"'''. When you make a cash reservation at an IHG hotel, you are often given the option of paying a slightly higher rate, and receiving bonus points. Taking advantage of this option can allow you to quickly earn enough qualifying points to receive even IHG's highest level of status.</li>
+<li>'''You can receive qualifying points by transferring points from partner reward programs'''. While you can generate status just by transferring points to IHG, it isn't worth the "cost" of using your points in a sub-optimal way.</li>
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-|<big>'''Gold'''</big> (10 nights or 10,000 qualifying points)<br/>10% bonus points on stays, and adds the following benefits:
+|<big>'''Gold'''</big> (10 nights or 10,000 qualifying points)<br/>10% bonus points on stays and adds the following benefits:
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-|<big>'''Platinum'''</big> (40 nights or 40,000 qualifying points)<br/>50% bonus points on stays, and adds the following benefits:
+|<big>'''Platinum'''</big> (40 nights or 40,000 qualifying points)<br/>50% bonus points on stays and adds the following benefits:
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-|<big>'''Spire'''</big> (75 nights or 75,000 qualifying points)<br/>100% bonus points on stays, and adds the following benefits:
+|<big>'''Spire'''</big> (75 nights or 75,000 qualifying points)<br/>100% bonus points on stays and adds the following benefits:
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 *'''Choice of special bonus'''. When you reach Spire level, you can either gift Platinum status to a friend or receive 25,000 bonus points .

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 === InterContinental Ambassador Membership ===
-While InterContinental is part of the IHG Rewards program, it also has its own special benefit program called “InterContinental Ambassador”. While its benefits are only available for stays at the InterContinental brand, the "free weekend certificate" can be used at Kimpton and Regent Hotels (outside of China) during 2021.
+While InterContinental is part of the IHG Rewards program, it also has its own special benefit program called “InterContinental Ambassador”. While its benefits are only available for stays at the InterContinental brand, the "free weekend certificate" can be used at participating Kimpton and Regent Hotels during 2021.
 [//www.ihg.com/intercontinental/content/us/en/ambassador Ambassador website].
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 '''You don’t earn Ambassador status, you pay to join'''. It costs $200 per year. Alternatively, you can pay 40,000 IHG points, but at typical point values, using points is more expensive.
-'''The primary benefit is the second night free on a weekend stay. Every year, you get a certificate you can use for a free weekend night at an InterContinental hotel'''. However, it can only be used for the second night of a paid weekend stay at a special Ambassador Weekend rate, and expires after a year. Ambassador rate are reasonable, but not necessarily the lowest rate you can find. One of the nice things about this certificate, is that you can often book more expensive rooms, like suites, and still get the free night.
+'''The primary benefit is the second night free on a weekend stay. Every year, you get a certificate you can use for a free weekend night at an InterContinental hotel'''.  However, it can only be used for the second night of a paid weekend stay at a special Ambassador Weekend rate and expires after a year. Ambassador rate are reasonable, but not necessarily the lowest rate you can find. One of the nice things about this certificate is that you can often book more expensive rooms, like suites, and still get the free night.
-If you feel you can take advantage of this somewhat restrictive free night certificate to stay at one of the nicer Intercontinental hotels, you can get good value from a membership. If there are still a few months before your leave, there is no reason you couldn’t sign up just to take advantage of a good opportunity for a free night on an upcoming trip, and then not necessarily renew later.
+During 2021, the certificate can be used at participating Kimpton and Regent hotels.
-You also get a few minor benefits, on paid stays at InterContinental hotels. These include a minor room upgrade, 4pm late checkout, a free welcome drink and gift, free water, and a free pay TV film per visit. You’ll sometimes get these benefits on award stays as well. These benefits are not available at other IHG hotels, like Crowne Plazas or Holiday Inns.
+If you can take advantage of this somewhat restrictive free night certificate to stay at one of their nicer hotels, you can get good value from a membership. If there are still a few months before your stay, there is no reason you couldn’t sign up just to take advantage of a good opportunity for a free night on an upcoming trip and then not necessarily renew later.
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