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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

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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?

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