For the night of Saturday, August 5, 2023 – generally the last night bookable at the end of IHG’s calendar right now – most hotels in most cities that have loaded reward night inventory are pricing at just 16,000 points per night.

There are two hotels in New York City on the evening of August 5.

It can be 85% off. The night before, this Kimpton was pricing at 104,000 points.

This isn't limited to New York. On August 5 is London.

This is a long way into the future and just available for one night, but it is a Saturday night and could be great for a weekend away. You can use different accounts in the family to make multiple reservations. Cheap points are easy to get.

After doing the same thing a week and a half before that, I hg was giving most hotels a 50% discount.

This is the third time in a month that these deals have been honored and I am going to take this as intentional. The head of the program promised to sell awards regularly. Do your award searches now.

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The introduction of a new top elite tier, Diamond, as well as the addition of a whole new set of elite benefits, has led to the change of the name of the rewards program. Heather Balsley, Senior Vice President of Global Loyalty and Partnerships, spoke with me about the vision for the changes.

It was in hotels.

The weak program for elite benefits made up for it with decent earn-and-burn. They hid their award charts and started raising prices, and now they seem to have done it again without warning.

It was in hotels.

A week and a half ago, many of the best hotels in the world were priced for less than usual points. This didn't work out. Everyone was told to book quickly. Some people were concerned that the reservations would be canceled.

It was in hotels.