New cardmembers eligible for a limited-time offer of up to 140,000 bonus points
WILMINGTON, Del. & ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Chase, the largest co-brand card issuer in the U.S., and IHG® Hotels & Resorts announced the launch of the new IHG® Rewards Premier Business Mastercard®, with Mastercard as the exclusive payments network, designed to help small business owners turn everyday expenses into meaningful travel rewards. In tandem with this news, Chase and IHG also activated new and enhanced benefits across the IHG® Rewards Traveler and Premier Consumer Mastercard® products.
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All three cards feature benefits allowing cardmembers to earn points faster than ever before, as well as simplified pathways to IHG Rewards’ new Elite tiers and optimized ways to use points. This includes the new industry-leading ability for Premier and Premier Business cardmembers to add unlimited points to Anniversary Free Night certificates, increasing the flexibility of where the Anniversary Free Night certificates can be used across IHG Hotels & Resorts’ growing global portfolio of 17 brands and 6,000 destinations. These updates to the card portfolio align with IHG® Hotels & Resorts’ new vision for the IHG Rewards loyalty program, beginning with new tiers launching in April 2022.
“With the addition of the new IHG® Premier Business Mastercard and updates to the Premier and Traveler cards, we’re excited about what our strong cards offer those who love traveling,” said Ed Olebe, President of Chase Co-Brand Cards. “The cards complement IHG’s reimagined loyalty program, providing an accelerated way to earn points and benefits that will help create more memorable travel experiences for our cardmembers.”
“We set out to offer our members reimagined benefits to meet their needs for today’s environment and are really proud of what we have delivered with our new consumer and business cards,” said Heather Balsley, Senior Vice President of Global Loyalty and Partnerships, IHG Hotels & Resorts. “By offering the fastest way to earn rewards, including new benefits like 5X points on purchases at gas stations, up to $50 United® TravelBank Cash each calendar year, we’re helping turn everyday expenses for consumers and small business alike into meaningful travel rewards that can be applied at our more than 6,000 destinations across the world, including leading global brands such as InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Kimpton® Hotels & Restaurants and Holiday Inn Express®.”
“Mastercard is thrilled to continue the partnership with Chase and IHG Hotels & Resorts, to support the product travelers choose for rewards that help fuel their passions, and now the product small business owners can rely on for benefits that are meaningful to them as well,” said John Levitsky, Executive Vice President, Mastercard. “People are looking for card benefits that match their lifestyle and through our Chase and IHG Hotels & Resorts portfolio, we’re creating propositions that they find truly rewarding and that are accessible simply by going about their every day or operating their business.”
On the IHG® Rewards Traveler Mastercard (no fee), updates and enhanced benefits include:
On the IHG® Rewards Premier Mastercard ($99 fee), updates and enhanced benefits include:
In addition to these new and enhanced benefits now available on the IHG® Rewards Traveler Mastercard and the IHG® Rewards Premier Consumer Mastercard, cardmembers also enjoy existing benefits, such as the ability to earn the fourth reward night free after redeeming points for any consecutive four-night IHG® hotel stay, 20% off IHG Rewards points purchases, and more.
To celebrate these exciting updates, new Chase IHG consumer cardmembers have the opportunity to earn:
To learn more about the new benefits or apply for a card, visit www.chase.com/IHG.
Launching today is also the new IHG® Rewards Premier Business Mastercard, the first new business card to market from Chase and IHG in over a decade, featuring both the enhanced benefits of the Premier consumer card and the ability to earn more points on business-related expenses.
The IHG® Rewards Premier Business Mastercard offers cardmembers:
For a limited time, new IHG® Rewards Premier Business Mastercard members have the opportunity to earn 140,000 bonus points after spending $3,000 on qualifying purchases in the first three months from account opening.
The IHG® Rewards Premier Business Mastercard has an annual fee of $99. For more information about the welcome offer and the IHG® Rewards Premier Business Mastercard, please visit chase.com/ihgpremierbusinesscard.
*All Chase IHG Rewards cardmembers will begin enjoying the updated Elite status tiers with enhanced bonusing the week of April 11, 2022. For qualifying stays taking place between March 24 and the week of April 11, 2022, cardmembers will still receive the extra bonus points that come with the new status tiers. These extra points will post to their accounts by the end of May 2022.
For more information, please visit www.chase.com/IHG.
About Chase Chase is the U.S. consumer and commercial banking business of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), a leading financial services firm based in the United States with assets of $3.7 trillion and operations worldwide. Chase serves more than 60 million American households with a broad range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. Customers can choose how and where they want to bank: Nearly 4,800 branches in 48 states and the District of Columbia, 16,000 ATMs, mobile, online and by phone. For more information, go to chase.com.
About IHG Hotels & ResortsIHG Hotels & Resorts [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global hospitality company, with a purpose to provide True Hospitality for Good.
With a family of 17 hotel brands and IHG Rewards, one of the world’s largest hotel loyalty programmes, IHG has nearly 6,000 open hotels in more than 100 countries, and a further 1,800 in the development pipeline.
- Luxury & Lifestyle:Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas, Regent Hotels & Resorts, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Vignette Collection, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, Hotel Indigo- Premium:voco hotels, HUALUXE Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, EVEN Hotels- Essentials:Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn Express, avid hotels - Suites: Atwell Suites, Staybridge Suites, Holiday Inn Club Vacations, Candlewood Suites
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the Group’s holding company and is incorporated and registered in England and Wales. Approximately 325,000 people work across IHG’s hotels and corporate offices globally.
Visit us online for more about our hotels and reservations and IHG Rewards. For our latest news, visit our Newsroom and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
About Mastercard (NYSE: MA) Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
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Chase Card Services Elizabeth Janis, Chase CommunicationsElizabeth.Janis@chase.com
IHG Hotels & ResortsMackenzie Ryals, Global Portfolio, Loyalty & Partnerships PR Mackenzie.Ryals@ihg.com
MastercardAlyssa Rosenblatt, Communications Alyssa.Rosenblatt@mastercard.com
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