IHG runs IHG Business Rewards parallel to IHG One Rewards, which allows you to earn points for meetings and events and accommodation bookings you make for others.
IHG Business Rewards has a new permanent feature that is also available for Diamond members, until canceled, that allows you to transfer points freely between member accounts,
You can access IHG’s page for buying points here and this transfer offer for Business Rewards members here.
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You can transfer or receive up to 500,000 IHG One Rewards in a calendar year. The account that sends or receives points must have been open for at least 30 days.
You only need the recipient’s name, account number, and email address.
UPDATE: Email IHG Sent To Business Rewards Members:
UPDATE: The Transfer Page Disclosure:
IHG Buy Points 100% Mystery Bonus:
IHG Buy Points 100% Mystery Bonus Sale With Increased Limit Until December 30, 2023
Conclusion
It is free to join IHG Business Rewards, so this basically allows a free transfer of points between accounts that help friends & family consolidate their points.
This is also another way around the yearly purchase limit of points.
Terms and Conditions of this offer:
Point Transfers: Points may be transferred between two specifically designated Member accounts in increments of 1,000. Members may transfer or receive up to 500,000 points per calendar year. A new Member can transfer or receive Points 30 days after enrollment.
An authorization to transfer Points form must be submitted to transfer Points. Once the Point Transfer has been completed, the transferor relinquishes all rights to the transferred Points, subject to local laws; no cancellations or refunds are permitted. Beginning December 6, 2023, Diamond Elite and IHG Business Rewards members may transfer points free of charge. For all other Members, the Member authorizing the transfer will be charged $5 US per 1,000 Points transferred, payable via valid, accepted credit card or approved payment method.
Except for the Point transfers allowed under these Terms and Conditions or authorized in writing by IHG, Points may not be sold, bartered, attached, seized, levied upon, pledged, or transferred under any circumstances, including, without limitation, by operation of law, upon death, or in connection with any domestic relations dispute and/or legal proceeding.
This offer does not have an expiration date and will continue at IHG’s discretion. IHG may withdraw points from a member’s account if they were deposited into the member’s account in error and may revoke all points in a member’s account if the member abuses the IHG One Rewards program, including but not limited to abuse of the point redemption process. IHG expressly reserves the right to remove a member’s points, reverse a member’s points transfer, downgrade their status, or cancel their account if fraudulent activity is detected. Any fraudulent or other prohibited activity relating to a member’s account or the IHG One Rewards program is subject to the IHG One Rewards Membership Terms and Conditions, including any of the identified actions that may be taken in response to such activity.
