IHG Points Value Calculator

IHG Points Value Calculator

The IHG Points Value Calculator below will calculate the average dollar value of your IHG Points based on the redemption options listed. You can enter any value of IHG Points in the field below.

IHG Point Value Calculator Enter any amount of IHG Points to see the cash value for each redemption. IHG Points
4th Night Free 0.8 to 1+ Cent	$0 - $0+
IHG Award Stays 0.6 to 0.8 Cents	$0 - $0
IHG Rewards Club Catalog ~0.2 to 0.3 Cents	$0 - $0
$25 Gift Cards 11,000 IHG Points	$0
$50 Gift Cards 20,000 IHG Points	$0
$100 Gift Cards 38,500 IHG Points	$0

IHG Free Night Award Stays

When you redeem your IHG Points for free nights, you will get around an average value of 0.7 cents per point, but it's possible to get a higher or lower value depending on the hotel.

IHG does not have an award chart for free nights and the award cost of IHG hotels changes from time to time. For example, I typically stay at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Tampa East - Ybor City when visiting family in Florida. I've seen the hotel cost as low as 15,000 IHG Points and as high as 25,000 IHG Points. I'm sure it has something to do with peak and off-peak, but there's nothing that really tells you the time period of when the hotel will cost less or more. So when booking IHG stays, it's best to just check on the hotel occasionally to see what price it's going for.

Calculating Value

When searching for IHG hotels, you can easily toggle between 'Money', 'Points', and 'Points+Cash' amounts. This allows you to perform a rough estimate on how much your IHG Points will be worth when you redeem them for a free night.

When calculating the cash value, you have to take into account that the cash value as well as the cash portion of the Points + Cash option does not show the amount with taxes. This means the cash value you calculate will be a little less than what it actually is. So for example, the Holiday Inn Columbus Dwtn-Capitol Square after taxes is $165.67. So you're looking at 0.8 cents per IHG Point in value which is great.

There's no real specifics to look for when booking award stays at IHG hotels. You'll just have to compile a list of hotels you're willing to stay at and see if they are offering great value.

IHG 4th Night Free Perk

You can save IHG Points and obtain even better value when you use the 4th Night Free Perk which is available to IHG Rewards Club members who own either the IHG Premier Card or IHG Traveler Card. This perk allows you to book a 4-night consecutive award stay at an IHG hotel for the cost of 3 nights.

If you're able to use this perk, you can easily get redemptions of 1 cent or more. Looking at the same Holiday Inn Columbus Dwtn-Capitol Square example, the cost for a 4-night stay would be a little under $600.

Thanks to the fourth night free perk, you can book a 4-night stay for 60,000 IHG Points. This gives your points about a 1 cent per point value plus you save 20,000 IHG Points due to getting the 4th night for free. It's a win-win.

If you typically book 4-night (or longer) stays at IHG Hotels or you want to get the best value out of your IHG Points, I recommend picking up an IHG credit card. Even if you just pick up the no-annual fee IHG Traveler Card and only use it once every now and then, you'll have access to this benefit. You can use the IHG Credit Card Comparison Calculator to compare both IHG cards side by side based on spend, how much the benefits are worth to you and the annual fee.

IHG Points Value Calculator

Want to get the exact value of your points or at least as close as possible? You can use the IHG Points Value Calculator below. Enter the cost of your stay in points and the cost of your stay in cash to get your IHG Points Value. You can also enter taxes. If you want to calculate multiple hotels/rates at the same time, you can use the Points & Miles Cash Value Calculator which can handle up to 3 at a time.

IHG Points Value Calculator

IHG Points Value Calculator For Hotel Stays (USD)
Total Cost Of Hotel In Points This is the cost of the entire stay in points. Points
Number of Days How many days will you stay at this property? No. of Days
Total Cost Per Night Enter the cost of the hotel per night (can be exact or estimate). Per Night
Estimate IHG Point Value: cent(s) ---

IHG Points Value Table

If you don't want to go down the list calculating the average cash value of each hotel or room rate, you can use the table below which gives you the costs associated with getting at least 0.7 cents in value per point. The prices listed is the total price of the hotel with taxes/fees factored in. The smaller number displays the per-day price listed on the home page if you're looking for quick, rough estimates. The smaller prices are based on a 15% hotel tax.

IHG Points Value Table

Cost In Points	Cost Per Night Per-Day Price (No Taxes)
10,000 Points	$70 From $61
15,000 Points	$105 From $92
20,000 Points	$140 From $122
25,000 Points	$175 From $153
30,000 Points	$210 From $182
35,000 Points	$245 From $214
40,000 Points	$280 From $243
45,000 Points	$315 From $273
50,000 Points	$350 From $305

Getting the best value on basic redemptions will take a little bit of time, but it should be too hard to usually find at least a few hotels that offers a value of around 0.7 cents each.

IHG PointBreaks

The IHG PointBreaks also gave great value to IHG Points. It consisted of various hotels from around the world that IHG had marked down to a cost of 5,000 to 15,000 points per night in which you could book 2-days max. This gave you insane point values that reached as high as 2 cents at some hotels and even made it worth buying IHG Points when they were on sale.

Transfer Points To Another Member

IHG Points can be transferred to another IHG Rewards member for a cost of 0.5 cents per point transferred. This can be done on the IHG Transfer Points Page.

Sharing IHG Points is the cheaper option over buying IHG Points at the standard cost, but it can still be pricey. The best, and free, option for earning points will usually be by transferring rewards to your IHG account using transfer partners.