IHG One Rewards’ Iberostar partnership

IHG Inns & Resorts introduced a strategic alliance with Iberostar so as to add extra all-inclusive resorts to its community in November 2022. Because of this, IHG One Rewards members began incomes factors and having fun with on-property perks at collaborating Iberostar Beachfront Resorts properties in June 2023.

Members gained the power to redeem IHG points at participating Iberostar Beachfront Resorts properties in December 2023. So, in the event you’ve acquired an all-inclusive keep in your thoughts, here is what that you must find out about staying at an Iberostar Beachfront Resorts property as an IHG One Rewards member.

Perks at Iberostar properties

IHG One Rewards members will take pleasure in lots of the perks they’re used to getting at different IHG manufacturers when staying at choose Iberostar Beachfront Resorts properties. Particularly, members can get the next advantages on eligible stays at collaborating Iberostar Beachfront Resorts:

• Early check-in (for Platinum Elite and Diamond Elite members; topic to availability)
• Late checkout as much as 2 p.m. (for all members; 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)
• A welcome amenity at check-in (600 IHG One Rewards factors or $15 resort credit score for Platinum Elite members; 600 IHG One Rewards factors or $20 resort credit score for Diamond Elite members)
• Free web (for all members)
• Precedence check-in (at collaborating lodges)
• Lounge entry, together with use of Star Status services (when out there and just for members with an annual lounge membership)

You may’t presently use confirmable suite upgrades or food and beverage rewards at Iberostar Beachfront Resorts. Nonetheless, IHG’s website says these perks will likely be out there at collaborating properties sooner or later.

When paying a qualifying fee, IHG members will earn 10 factors per greenback on eligible expenses at collaborating Iberostar Beachfront Resorts. And, since IHG credit cards earn bonus factors on qualifying purchases made at lodges collaborating in IHG One Rewards, it’s best to earn bonus factors if you use your IHG bank card at collaborating Iberostar Beachfront Resorts.

Nonetheless, you have to guide your keep via one of many following channels to benefit from the perks detailed above:

• IHG’s web site or IHG One Rewards app
• IHG WeChat mini program
• IHG Buyer Care
• Iberostar web site
• Iberostar contact middle
• IberostarPro
• Straight with an Iberostar Beachfront Resort

Be sure you log in to your IHG account or state your member quantity in the course of the reserving course of to affiliate your IHG One Rewards member quantity together with your reserving.

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Which Iberostar properties take part in IHG One Rewards?

The next Iberostar Beachfront Resorts had been collaborating in IHG One Rewards after we up to date this text:

• Brazil: Iberostar Bahia and Iberostar Choice Praia Do Forte
• Dominican Republic: Iberostar Choice Bavaro Suites, Coral Degree at Iberostar Choice Bavaro, Iberostar Dominicana, Iberostar Costa Dorada, Iberostar Grand Bavaro, Iberostar Choice Hacienda Dominicus and Iberostar Punta Cana
• Jamaica: Iberostar Grand Rose Corridor, Iberostar Choice Rose Corridor Suites and Iberostar Rose Corridor Seashore
• Mexico: Iberostar Cozumel, Iberostar Choice Cancun, Iberostar Grand Paraiso, Iberostar Choice Playa Mita, Iberostar Paraiso Seashore, Iberostar Choice Paraiso Lindo, Iberostar Paraiso del Mar, Iberostar Choice Paraiso Maya Suites​, Iberostar Quetzal, Coral Degree at Iberostar Choice Cancun​ and Iberostar Tucan
• Montenegro: Iberostar Herceg Novi
• Morocco: Iberostar Founty Seashore and Iberostar Saidia
• Spain: Iberostar Choice Anthelia, Iberostar Cristina, Iberostar Choice Playa de Palma, Iberostar Royal Andalus, Iberostar Bouganville Playa, Iberostar Playa Gaviotas Park, Iberostar Choice Lanzarote Park, Iberostar Choice Sabila, Iberostar Grand Salome, Iberostar Choice Fuerteventura Palace, Iberostar Ciudad Blanca, Iberostar Alcudia Park, Iberostar Choice Albufera Park, Iberostar Choice Albufera Playa​, Iberostar Membership Cala Barca, Iberostar Bahia de Palma and Iberostar Choice Andalucia Playa

You may see the present checklist of collaborating Iberostar Beachfront Resorts on IHG’s website.

You can too redeem IHG points for stays at collaborating Iberostar Beachfront Resorts. IHG uses dynamic award pricing, so you will not know the way a lot a keep will price till you seek for a property and particular dates on the IHG web site or app.

For instance, you may guide a four-night all-inclusive keep this April with free cancellation on the Iberostar Punta Cana for 316,000 IHG factors or $1,026.64. Redeeming factors would offer you a redemption fee of simply 0.32 cents per level, which is properly beneath TPG’s valuation of IHG factors (and considerably decrease than what I sometimes get when redeeming IHG factors for stays).

You may get a barely greater redemption fee on some stays, although. For instance, you may guide a four-night all-inclusive keep this June with free cancellation on the Iberostar Grand Rose Corridor in an oceanfront butler suite for 648,000 factors or $3,460.16. Doing so would offer you a redemption fee of 0.53 cents per level, barely greater than TPG’s valuation of IHG factors.

Nonetheless, you may get a fourth-night-free reward in the event you redeem factors for a keep of 4 nights or longer and have an eligible IHG bank card. I’ve the IHG One Rewards Premier Credit Card, so my award price for the beforehand talked about four-night keep on the Iberostar Grand Rose Corridor can be 486,000 factors. That is nonetheless quite a lot of factors, however my redemption fee would bounce to a decent 0.71 cents per level after the fourth-night-free reward.

When you can theoretically use IHG anniversary night certificates at collaborating Iberostar Beachfront Resorts, you could run into points since many Iberostar properties have minimal keep necessities.

Not like most IHG award bookings, you will have to pay native and conditional taxes and charges if you redeem factors for Iberostar stays. Additionally, make certain to checklist the right variety of company when reserving your Iberostar keep, as you could be charged further in the event you present up with extra company than are listed in your reservation.

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It is good to see IHG integrating some Iberostar Beachfront Resorts into IHG One Rewards. Because of this, IHG One Rewards members can take pleasure in lots of the identical perks they’re used to receiving when staying at different IHG manufacturers, together with upgrades for eligible elite members and lounge entry for members who selected an annual lounge membership via the IHG Milestone Rewards program.

I count on IHG to combine extra Iberostar properties into its loyalty program over the approaching months and years. IHG has famous that it plans so as to add the power to make use of food and beverage rewards and apply confirmable suite upgrades at collaborating Iberostar properties.

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