All the Ways to Earn IHG One Rewards Points

Earn IHG Points with Hotels Stays

You can earn IHG One Rewards points when you stay at a participating IHG hotel. For most hotels, you will earn 10 points per dollar spent on the room rate and charges to your room. Taxes and other fees are excluded from earning points.

A few exceptions to this rule are stays at:

• Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites:  5 points per dollar.
• Venetian Resort Las Vegas and the Palazzo at the Venetian Resort: 2,000 points per stay.
• IHG Army Hotels: 3 points per dollar.
• IHG Branded Residence: 2.5 points per dollar (excluding voco Residences).

IHG Elite members also receive a bonus on hotel stays: Silver Elite (20%), Gold Elite (40%), Platinum Elite (60%), and Diamond Elite (100%).

Here is a calculator to help you calculate how many points you would earn from a hotel stay.

Earn Milestone Bonuses

IHG rewards elite members with Milestone Rewards for members who earn elite status via hotel nights rather than automatically from IHG credit cards.

Milestone Rewards offers special perks for every 10 nights, including the option to choose 5,000 to 20,000 extra points, food and beverage rewards, lounge memberships, and suite upgrades.

Earn IHG Points with Credit Cards

Another great way to earn IHG One Rewards points is with an IHG credit card:

IHG One Rewards Premier Credit Card

• Bonus: Earn 5 Free Nights after you spending $5,000 in the first 3 months and each night is valued at up to 60,000 points.
• Earning Points: 10 points per dollar spent at hotels participating in IHG One Rewards; 5 points per dollar spent on other travel purchases, at gas stations and on dining at restaurants (including takeout and eligible delivery services); 3 points per dollar spent on other purchases.

IHG One Rewards Premier Business Credit Card

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• Earning Points: 10 points per dollar spent at hotels participating in IHG One Rewards; 5 points per dollar spent on other travel purchases, on dining at restaurants (including takeout and eligible delivery services), on social media and search engine advertising, at office supply stores and at gas stations; 3 points per dollar spent on other purchases.

IHG One Rewards Traveler Credit Card

• Bonus: Earn 120,000 Bonus Points after spending $2,000 on purchases within the first 3 months.
• Earning Points: 5x points at hotels participating in IHG One Rewards; 3x points on dining, utilities, select streaming, at gas stations; 2x points on all other purchases.

Transfer Credit Card Rewards to IHG

You can transfer points at a 1 to 1 ratio from both Chase Ultimate Rewards and Bilt Rewards. However, I generally don’t recommend it since those programs offer more valuable airline and hotel partners.

Earn IHG Points by Dining

The IHG One Rewards Dine and Earn program allows you to link your credit or debit card and earn up to 8 points per dollar spent at over 30,000 restaurants nationwide.

You can also earn 150 points at most restaurants when you book a restaurant reservation via OpenTable on the IHG Restaurant Portal.

Earn IHG Points on Meetings and Events

Another way to earn IHG points is via the IHG Business Rewards program, which allows you to earn points on meetings, events, or a wedding at participating IHG properties.

You will earn 3 points per dollar on meeting and event costs, guest rooms booked for others, conference room costs, food and beverage for the event or meeting, and all-inclusive meeting packages.

Earn IHG Points with Travel Partners

IHG partners with several other travel partners, allowing you to earn extra points:

• Hertz: 1,500 IHG points per rental, plus 500 points per car rental day for elite members and 125 points per rental day for non-elite members.
• Dollar: 125 IHG points per car rental day.
• Thrifty: 125 IHG points per car rental day.
• Viator: Earn 1,000 IHG points when you book a Viator tour, activity, or transport service via the IHG Portal.

Buy IHG Points

If you need more IHG points, you can buy additional points. The standard rate is 1.0 cents per point, but you can usually buy IHG points with a 100% bonus during one of their sales for 0.5 cents per point.

Receive IHG Points from Another Member

You can also transfer points to another member or have the points transferred to you. The normal fee is $5 per 1,000 points, but this fee is waived for Diamond Elite status members or if you belong to the IHG Business Rewards program.