IHG has been doing something new this year, they are sending out a surprise bonus of 1,000 IHG points on people’s birthdays.

The problem is that you don’t set your birthday when you create an IHG account, so most people won’t have their birthday set (if it’s already been set, you can’t change it online so no having 365 birthdays in a year). Setting your birthday is easy:
- Click ‘Personal Information’ in the left hand sidebar
- Scroll down to the end
- Click ‘Add Birthday’
- Just requires day and month, no year required

I didn’t have mine set, and now I do! I’ll be looking forward to my free 1,000 points. You can view more free points opportunities here.
Hat tip to offsider on /r/churning
