IHG One Rewards Premier Select Credit Card
$350 annual fee · $710/yr in printed statement credits · 3x on everything else · no foreign transaction fees
Terms verified 2026-10-01 against issuer terms
Earn rates · how we got this
| Category | Rate | Cap |
|---|---|---|
| Travel | 6x 3.0¢ per $1 |
uncapped |
| Rideshare | 6x 3.0¢ per $1 |
uncapped |
| Transit | 6x 3.0¢ per $1 |
uncapped |
| Dining | 6x 3.0¢ per $1 |
uncapped |
| Everything else | 3x 1.5¢ per $1 |
uncapped |
| Hotels at IHG only — anywhere else in this category the card earns its base rate, so it is excluded from every ranking on this site |
12x | uncapped |
What we have watched change
Differences between one check of the issuer's page and the next — not a reconstruction of the card's history. We only know what we were watching when it moved.
- Card IHG One Rewards Premier Select Credit Card added to the database. 2026-10-01
Signup bonus: 200,000 points after $5,000 in 3 months. We never count unearned bonuses in savings math — a bonus you don't clear is worth zero.
Statement credits — $710/yr on paper · how we got this
Four of the five pay out in pieces through the year, and three must be enrolled in first. A month you miss is gone, not banked.
Monthly and quarterly credits expire if unused — that's where most of their printed value quietly disappears.
Non-cash perks
- Automatic IHG One Rewards Platinum Elite status while cardmember
- IHG One Rewards Diamond Elite status after $25,000 in calendar-year purchases, for the rest of that year and the next
- 20 Elite Night Credits at account opening and each calendar year, plus 2 for every $5,000 spent and 5 more after $15,000 in a calendar year
- Anniversary Free Night each year at hotels up to 60,000 points, plus a second after $40,000 in calendar-year purchases
- Redeem 3 reward nights, get the 4th reward night free on IHG award stays
- Global Entry, TSA PreCheck, or NEXUS application fee statement credit, up to $120, once every four years (cadence doesn't map to this schema's credit cadence options, so it is listed here rather than in credits)
- Baggage delay insurance: up to $100/day for 3 days
- Lost luggage reimbursement up to $3,000 per covered traveler
- Purchase protection: 120 days from purchase, up to $500 per item
- Trip cancellation and interruption insurance: up to $5,000 per covered traveler, $10,000 per trip
- 10,000 bonus points for adding an authorized user in the first 3 months
Does the fee earn out? · how we got this
The printed statement credits ($710/yr) cover the $350 fee on paper — if you'd spend that way anyway. Credits you have to remember, enroll in, or change behavior for are worth less than face value. Our app tracks each one against your actual charges.
Is this $350 fee worth it? See the break-even math →
Check the current offer on the issuer's site → Where a card link will appear once available — no link on this page pays us today.
Who this card is not for
Every point below is a term the issuer prints, read off this card's own row in our database — not an opinion about the card. two things on this card rule out a kind of spender:
- Anyone who doesn't spend at IHG. Its largest printed rate, 12x on hotels, pays only at IHG. Anywhere else it earns its base 3x, so the headline number is a loyalty rate rather than a category rate — which is why no ranking on this site counts it.
- Anyone who won't work the statement credits. The $350 fee is argued for by $710 of printed credits, spread across 5 separate credits, 3 of them monthly or quarterly — an unused month is gone, not banked, and 3 that must be enrolled in before they pay. Each one only pays if you were going to spend that way anyway; ignore them and the whole $350 has to come back through earn rates instead.
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Verified 2026-10-01 against issuer terms · sources: creditcards.chase.com · sites.chase.com · creditcards.chase.com. Spot an error? Tell us.