The Offer
- Chase is offering the following bonus on the IHG Premier card:
- 160,000 bonus points after spending $3,000 in the first 3 months
- Up to $100 in IHG Food & Beverage Rewards, issued as five $20 rewards
- An additional 10,000 bonus points after adding an authorized user who makes a purchase within the first 3 months
Card Details
- Annual fee of $99 (not waived the first year)
- Card earns at the following rates:
- 26x points per $1 spent on IHG properties (10x from the card + 15x from status and club membership)
- 5x points per dollar spent on travel, dining & gas
- 3x points per $1 spent on all other purchases
- Free night certificate on card anniversary (worth 40,000 toward a stay)
- Automatic Platinum elite status
- Fourth Reward Night Free on any stay of 4 or more nights
- 20% discount when purchasing points
- Global Entry or TSA PreCheck fee credit
- Earn a $100 statement credit and 10,000 bonus points once you spend $20,000 in a calendar year.
- When you spend $40,000 in a calendar year, you will qualify for Diamond Elite Status through December 31st of the following year.
- Receive up to $50 United TravelBank Cash each calendar year after registering your IHG Rewards Premier Credit Card with your MileagePlus account.
- This product is available to you if you do not have a current IHG® Rewards Credit Card (any IHG personal card) and have not received a new Cardmember bonus within the last 24 months (on any IHG personal card). This restriction does not apply to Business Card Credit Card products.
- Chase 5/24 rule applies to this card
Our Verdict
Best ever offer was five free night certificates good for up to 60,000 points per night, although that was recently reduced to 40,000 points per night. This deal is probably better than the 40,000 night offer, but I’d still be waiting for the 60,000 night offer to return. We also sometimes see a flat 200,000 point bonus. Because of that we won’t be adding this to our list of the best credit card bonuses.
Hat tip to DDG
