The IHG Premier, IHG Business Premier and the IHG Select (no longer available to new applicants) cards all offer a 40K free night certificate each year upon renewal. IHG also often offers these certificates as rewards for various promotions.

This post contains a list of the best IHG hotels bookable with 40K certificates within the United States. The selections come from a combination of reader suggestions and our own research of hotels with a 4-star rating and above on Tripadvisor and/or Google Reviews. Currently the list focuses on U.S. properties, but we intend to either expand the post and republish it in the future with international options or write a companion post to this one.

Please send us additional hotels that you think should appear in this list, as well as short reviews of properties that already appear here. We’ll periodically update the post with those suggestions and comments, in order to share them with other readers.

Kimpton Theta New York City

IHG free night certificates explained

The IHG Premier, IHG Business Premier and the IHG Select (no longer available to new applicants) cards offer a free night certificate each year upon renewal. The certificate from the Select card is capped at 40,000 points which means that it can be used to book a single night at any IHG hotel that is priced at 40,000 points for the night, or less.

The certificates that are issued from the two Premier cards, on the other hand, can be “topped up” with additional points from your account in order to use them for a more expensive award. This makes them much easier to use, as they can be applied to almost any property. However, for the purposes of this post, we’re limiting the discussion to hotels that can be booked for UNDER 40K points per night, so are applicable for certs from all three cards. It’s worth noting that many of the hotels listed are only under 40K points per night during offseason and/or midweek period. However, they often have many nights of additional availability between 40-50K per night, making them useful for folks with certs from the Premier cards.

How to find nights when IHG hotels are less than 40K points per night

IHG dynamically prices awards at most of their hotels. As a result, there’s no way to know if rooms are available for 40K points or less other than by searching IHG’s website for dates of interest to see how those nights price. If your dates are flexible, it’s possible to figure out which dates are available for 40K or less with a single search.

Best Uses for IHG’s Free Night Certificates in the US

With dynamic pricing, almost any IHG property could theoretically be available for 40K points or less at some point during the year. That said, in practice, many very high end properties are never priced that low. We’ve restricted the following list to the properties that are likely to at least sometimes have 40K free nights available.

Links to each property’s page are embedded in the hotel name.

Arizona

Kimpton Hotel Palomar Phoenix

California

Hotel Indigo Los Angeles Downtown

Hotel Indigo San Diego Del Mar

Hotel Indigo San Diego Gaslamp Quarter

a fire pit on a deck with a city view

InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown

InterContinental San Francisco

InterContinental San Francisco Mark Hopkins

  • “The stay was good and its position at the top of Nob Hill ensures you should have a great view from most rooms. However, the rooms aren’t particularly large, parking is extremely expensive and if you want to walk around the city, being at the top of the hill means walking back to the hotel can be strenuous.” – Read Stephen’s full Bottom Line Review here.

InterContinental The Clement Monterey

a bedroom with a view of the ocean

  • “The rooms are spacious and well-appointed, many with balconies and (gas) fireplaces. The outdoor and indoor common spaces are plentiful and inviting, while the in-house restaurant combines excellent quality with even better views. My only knock is that they don’t honor the IHG program’s official rules for elite upgrades, but they certainly aren’t alone in doing so. All-in-all, one of the best points options in the area and a very good value.” Read my full Bottom Line Review here.
  • Also recommended by Platini, who notes: “very very limited availability, no fees, possible free valet parking.”

Kimpton Alton Hotel San Francisco

Kimpton Alma San Diego

Kimpton Hotel Enso San Francisco

Colorado

Hotel Indigo Downtown Denver – Union Station

Hotel Indigo Silverthorne

Kimpton Claret Hotel Denver

Kimpton Hotel Monaco Denver

  • “Pretty good use at a very nice hotel that is well positioned in downtown Denver.” – AC NYC

Florida

InterContinental Miami

InterContinental Miami at Doral

Kimpton Angler’s Miami South Beach

a swimming pool with chairs and umbrellas

Kimpton EPIC Hotel Miami

a pool with chairs and umbrellas

Kimpton Hotel Palomar Miami South Beach

Kimpton Shorebreak Fort Lauderdale

Kimpton Surfcomber Hotel Miami South Beach

a couch and table on a balcony

Kimpton Vero Beach Hotel & Spa

Georgia

InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta

  • “The IC Buckhead is spectacular. Recently reno’d, its public areas are exciting & beautiful. Rooms are soothingly pastel with very nice furnishings & detail. The on-site Italian restaurant, Americano, is fantastic. Salt water pool adds the perfect touch.” – Pam

Kimpton Brice Hotel Savannah

a room with a large window

  • “Brice Hotel in Savannah was great and a couple of blocks outside the main tourist area meaning you can take advantage, but it’s quieter.” – DavidS

Kimpton Shane Hotel Atlanta

Kimpton Sylvan Hotel Atlanta

Illinois

Intercontinental Chicago Magnificent Mile

Kimpton Gray Hotel Chicago

a room with a fireplace and chairs

Louisiana

Intercontinental New Orleans

Kimpton Hotel Fontenot New Orleans

Massachusetts

Kimpton Marlowe Hotel Cambridge

a room with a bed and a desk and chair

Michigan

Hotel Indigo Traverse City

a bedroom with a bed and a chair

  • “The bar was very nice and they did comp us 1 drink each. The room was okay, except that they should have triple glazed the windows. If you have a room on Front Street, the traffic is extremely loud all night long. But I do love Traverse City.” – Laura

Minnesota

Hotel Indigo Minneapolis Downtown

Intercontinental Saint Paul Riverfront

Missouri

Hotel Indigo Kansas City Downtown

Intercontinental Downtown Kansas City at the Plaza 

Montana

Kimpton Armory Hotel Bozeman

New York

Crowne Plaza HY36 Midtown Manhattan

a room with a tv and a couch

Hotel Indigo NYC Downtown

Hotel Indigo NYC Financial District

Intercontinental New York Barclay

Intercontinental New York Times Square

Kimpton Hotel Eventi NYC

a room with a large couch and tables

Kimpton Hotel Theta NYC

North Carolina

Hotel Indigo Asheville Downtown

Kimpton Hotel Arras Asheville

a bedroom with a large window and a bed

“I stayed at the Kimpton Hotel Arras in Asheville, NC for my birthday and could not have been happier or more impressed with my stay. The hotel is incredibly nice and even the base rooms are lovely. It’s also positioned in a prime location in downtown, close walking distance to a ton of restaurants, bars, breweries, shops, and art. If you’re able to get an upgrade to one of the rooms on a high floor, the hotel has unobstructed views to the mountains surrounding Asheville. Would highly recommend. Only downside is that parking at the hotel is valet only, so be prepared to spend a good bit to park your car.” – ActualMichael

Kimpton Cardinal Hotel Winston-Salem

a bed with a chair and a lamp

Ohio

Intercontinental Suites Hotel Cleveland

Kimpton Schofield Hotel Cleveland

a room with a fireplace and a couch

Oregon

Kimpton Riverplace Hotel Portland

a room with a fireplace and a round mirror

Kimpton Hotel Vintage Portland

a room with a staircase and a couch

Pennsylvania

Kimpton Hotel Monaco Philadelphia

a room with furniture and a pink wall

  • “Monaco Philadelphia is right next to Independence Hall & Liberty Bell if American History is your thing.” –Davis S

Kimpton Hotel Palomar Philadelphia

a room with a round table and couches

Kimpton Hotel Monaco Pittsburgh

a rooftop patio with tables and chairs and a city skyline

Tennessee

Hotel Indigo Nashville The Countrypolitan

Kimpton Aertson Hotel Nashville

a room with a bed and a chair

Texas

Intercontinental Houston

a building with a sign on the front

“I also recommend the IC Houston for use, post-summer. It is technically in the Medical Center complex (really fringe) but is also very near the museum district. There are parks & some of the leafiest & loveliest parts of Houston in the area. We used our own Ambassador/IHG new member certs here & were upgraded to an Executive Suite. Fresh fruit & bottled water were in our suite upon arrival.  The new Cullen Sculpture Garden & Hockney-Van Gogh at the Museum of Fine Arts nearby is interesting to view as is a drive to the NASA Space Center for a tram tour.” – Pam

Kimpton Pittman Hotel Dallas

Utah

Kimpton Hotel Monaco Salt Lake City

a room with white chairs and a table

Washington

Kimpton Hotel Monaco Seattle

a bedroom with a bed and a table

Kimpton Hotel Vintage Seattle

Kimpton Palladian Hotel Seattle

a bed with a round table and a lamp in a room with windows

Washington D.C.

Kimpton Banneker Hotel

Kimpton George Hotel

Reader Suggestions Wanted!

Most of the hotels listed in this post were recommended by readers. If your favorite IHG hotel is missing from the list, that’s only because we haven’t heard from you yet about it!  Please let us know!

Additionally, if you been to any of the ones listed above we’d love to hear your impressions, good or bad. Please comment below and we’ll add it to the post!



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