If you have only joined IHG Ambassador’s program within the last two years, you may not know that it used to have a less-known perk: if you choose the cash option to renew your Ambassador membership, you’ll earn 10% rebate on all your reward night redemptions in the next 12 months, capped at 100k.
Unfortunately this benefit was quietly terminated by IHG last year, as was confirmed by their customer representative when I inquired via email. The actual situation has been quite weird though – albeit belated all the rebate still posted at some point for me, and I think it happened to at least some other people too.
Reader Jon has just got in touch with his new findings. When he was booking an InterContinental hotel earlier he was presented with an option to renew his Ambassador membership – this is a known feature and not new.
However, when he proceeded to renew, he noticed a paragraph below the two usual options:
Interestingly, description about the 10% rebate is seemingly back. I have no idea whether the text is a recent thing or has been there forever. I renewed my membership last week by going through the normal link, and I didn’t notice anything like this in the process.
Has the 10% rebate benefit officially made its way back, has it never gone, or is the text simply an IT glitch? I really have no idea. However, if you are about to renewing your Ambassador membership, I’d recommend do it the way Jon suggested and take a screenshot. If the rebate doesn’t post you have evidence to make a solid case with IHG.
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