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IHG has announced a new partnership with GrubHub and OpenTable. You will be able to earn IHG points when you make a reservation with either service. The new partnership with OpenTable is live in the US and will expand to the UK and Australia by the end of 2017.
How Grubhub Works
When ordering through GrubHub, the key terms are as follows:
- Orders must be made through an IHG channel including IHG app, IHG website, and IHG Connect
- To earn points, you must be staying at one of the following IHG brands in the U.S.: Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood Suites®.
- Earn 500 points for your first order
- Earn 250 points for subsequent orders
How OpenTable Works
When ordering through OpenTable, the key terms are as follows:
- Orders must be made through an IHG channel including IHG app, IHG website, and IHG Connect
- You will not earn OpenTable points if you book through this promotion
- You do not need to be staying at an IHG property to earn points
- Earn 500 points for your first order
- Earn 300 points for subsequent orders when booking a restaurant at an IHG Hotel
- Earn 150 points for subsequent bookings at other restaurants
- Book through OpenTable IHG Link
How Good is The Deal?
The OpenTable partnership is far more interesting than the GrubHub deal since you have to be staying at an IHG hotel to earn points when ordering from GrubHub. The OpenTable partnership also provides more variety and earning potential, from the various Michelin starred restaurants located in IHG properties around the world to more local eateries.
Our Take
This new deal is a welcome addition; it is always great to see options for earning points while dining increased. Ultimately, everyone has to eat every day. Even though IHG already has its own dining program, these expanded options, particularly at some very high-end restaurants, are a nice bonus.
Source: One Mile At A Time
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Thanks for letting us know! I hadn’t seen this yet.
Interesting, although somewhat limited if you have to be staying at an IHG hotel to order food delivery and still get the points.
Agreed, GrubHub is pretty much a non-starter based upon the stay requirement. Also, after 500 points on one’s first OpenTable reservation, one has the choice between collecting 150 IHG points, or the standard $1 in OT currency. Considering that IHG points are regularly available to purchase with a 100% bonus, they cost $0.00575 apiece, making 150 points worth just a shade over 86 cents. Always nice to have options, but at that rate, I think I’ll still take the OT dollar.
Nice to see some expansion.
great to know! thank you
Thank you for this information.
Thanks for the info – who doesn’t like free points?
I see it says US, UK and Australia – is there any Idea whether this will expand to mainland Europe on day?
just checked with IHG, Open Table reservations can only be made via their app. No way to do it via website. If anyone hears otherwise I’d like to know about it.
Here ya go: https://www.ihg.com/trip-extras/us/en/restaurants
do you still earn open table points in addition to IHG points?
You will not.
Does anyone see this available in the app? I am not able to find it.
I can’t find it in the app personally, but OpenTable is available on the web.
Can you kindly provide a link to access open table through IHG? Tried a google search with no luck. Thanks.
Here you go https://www.ihg.com/trip-extras/us/en/restaurants
Gratitude for the info!
This could be very useful. I am not used to making reservations but I can be convinced to do so for free points! Every bit helps and I’m using IHG points for a vacation in February so my balance is depleted right now.
Now they are talking. This is a no brainer!
Thank you!
Hope to see it in other countries too
Additional ways to earn are always positive additions.
Thank you for the information
this is good. IHG points are the hardest to earn for me.
Great, another opportunity to earn more ihg points. Also, their GC options amount of points required has been reduced!
I don’t think it is a good deal, both options seem far too restrictive compared to competitors.
Nice to see a dining rewards option for the UK – be interested to see how this works, and whether more of the UK IHG hotels make it possible to reserve online .
Not a bad way to extend your IHG points expiration — assuming that works — but otherwise I’d prefer the effective $1 back per dine via Open Table Rewards, even though they aren’t as easy to use as they used to be.
What a wonderful addition to our points earning opportunities!
I used opentable all the time and is accruing points. I notice that if you book through IHG you won’t get opentable points. Is IHG points worth more than Opentable?
Gotta do the math. All depends on how you use OpenTable points — I just had a bunch expire on me 🙁
Perhaps AwardWallet should also track OpenTable points!
Perhaps AwardWallet already does: https://awardwallet.com/account/add/74
Thanks for the link!
Great news – going to rack up some points that way!
I don’t order deliveries, but some sites , Grubhub included, let you order for pick up. Points or other offers are enough incentive to order through an site, if I’m going to get something anyway.
Thanks for the heads up. Always like to be actually rewarded for stuff I do anyways by quality programs.
This has potential but so far I see nothing but problems with it.
1. It’s not in the app as stated (on android)
2. website doesn’t actually function (tested on multiple computers and browsers and can’t complete a reservation)
3. not all restaurants appear in search results, as compared to going to opentable directly
I will have to try it out in a while to see if anything changes, but has anyone successfully used this?
OpenTable works on the browser without issue — I hadn’t noticed different results (but I didn’t look specifically for this).
It’s good to see more points earning partnerships like this.
Glad I ran into this, i use OpenTable on a regular basis!!!
That is good news. Any to earn points very easy is a good thing.