All-inclusive resort getaways are much more attainable for IHG One Rewards members beginning this month.
IHG formally rolled out particulars of its built-in loyalty factors construction at Iberostar Beachfront Resorts, a well-liked all-inclusive resort model the lodge conglomerate first partnered with late final yr. Full awards integration arrived in phases, with the flexibility to earn IHG factors and luxuriate in on-property loyalty advantages arriving earlier this yr.
The ultimate piece of the loyalty puzzle — award redemptions — is now reside, and you’ll earn and redeem factors at greater than 40 Iberostar resorts all over the world.
There are not any blackout dates for IHG One Rewards award redemptions, however reward nights and free nights are topic to resort availability. Reward and free nights at Iberostar properties could be booked by way of IHG.com, by means of the IHG One Rewards app or by calling IHG Buyer Care at 1-877-424-2449.
Yow will discover the complete checklist of collaborating Iberostar properties in Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco and Spain on the Iberostar-IHG web site.
How are the redemptions?
TPG readers started pinging us late final week concerning award availability displaying up at Iberostar properties, however additionally they famous the redemption charges have been effectively beneath the 0.5 cents per level that TPG at the moment values IHG One Rewards factors.
A one-night keep later this month on the Iberostar Tucan in Mexico goes for $318 or 110,000 IHG One Rewards factors per evening for a premium visitor room. The award redemption equates to 0.29 cents per level, which isn’t the most effective use of your IHG One Rewards factors.
A spring break getaway in early April to Iberostar Grand Rose Corridor in Jamaica prices $896 or 206,000 IHG One Rewards factors per evening for an oceanfront butler suite. The award redemption equates to 0.43 cents per level. That is a greater redemption than a winter go to to Iberostar Tucan, however it’s nonetheless not at our estimated worth of IHG’s factors.
Whereas we’ll nonetheless be ready for higher redemption values earlier than we guide ourselves, TPG’s Katie Genter did verify you should use your fourth-night-free reward (the place you pay zero factors each fourth evening when redeeming factors on an award keep) as an IHG One Rewards Premier Credit score Card holder.
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What else do you get as an IHG elite at Iberostar Beachfront Resorts?
Together with opening the gates for award evening redemptions, IHG is reminding loyalty members of the advantages they’ll get pleasure from when staying at every Iberostar property:
- Early check-in for Platinum Elite and Diamond Elite members (topic to availability)
- Late checkout for all members, as much as 2 p.m. (topic to availability)
- Complimentary upgrades for Platinum Elite and Diamond Elite members (topic to availability)
- Assured room availability for Platinum Elite and Diamond Elite members
- Welcome amenity at check-in for Platinum Elite and Diamond Elite members (both 600 IHG One Rewards factors or a $15 lodge credit score for Platinum Elite members or 600 IHG One Rewards factors or a $20 lodge credit score for Diamond Elite members)
- Free web for all members
- Precedence check-in at collaborating lodges
- Entry to a lounge or Star Status facility for themselves and a visitor (the place out there) for members who’ve chosen the IHG One Rewards annual lounge membership as a Milestone Reward (Star Status visitor rooms at collaborating Iberostar Beachfront Resorts are excluded)
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Backside line
Award fee redemptions will not be a steal in the intervening time, however it’s nonetheless good to see IHG integrating the Iberostar all-inclusive community into its loyalty platform.
Within the meantime, the fourth-night-free award redemption perk from the IHG One Rewards Premier Credit score Card may be your finest worth.
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