Best IHG hotels for your 40K Premier Free Night

Updated Jun 4, 2026

Ranked from live IHG award rates. The IHG One Rewards Premier card’s annual 40,000-point free night books any standard award night — and unlike most certs it has unlimited top-off, so you add your own points for anything over 40K. We rank by the cash value it unlocks, net of only those top-off points.

How we score it

The 40K free night is worth the night’s cash minus the points you add above 40K (valued at ~0.5¢ each) — never the cert’s own 40K, since that’s a sunk annual benefit. On a 50K night you top off 10K (≈ $50) and pocket the rest of the room rate; on a night at/under 40K you top off nothing. We rank every IHG hotel by the best such night across our ~1-year scan, cap each night at 2.5× the hotel’s median so one freak-expensive date can’t game the rank, and keep only net-positive picks at a TripAdvisor rating of 4.0+.

#	Hotel	Std pts	Cash/night	Rating
13	Kimpton Mas Olas Resort and Spa El Pescadero, Mexico	120k	$1,071 save $471 net	4.8
14	ANA InterContinental Beppu Resort & Spa Beppu, Japan	120k	$1,063 save $463 net	4.2
15	Kimpton Mirador Pacific Grove Monterey Pacific Grove, United States	102k	$968 save $458 net	5.0
16	Kimpton St Honoré Paris Paris, France	191k	$1,408 save $453 net	4.4
17	Kimpton Ashbel New York Park Avenue New York, United States	86k	$874 save $445 net	4.2
18	InterContinental London - The O2 London, United Kingdom	100k	$933 save $433 net	4.6
19	InterContinental Bordeaux - Le Grand Hotel Bordeaux, France	114k	$1,000 save $430 net	4.2
20	InterContinental Sapporo Sapporo, Japan	120k	$1,025 save $425 net	4.4
21	InterContinental Dublin Dublin, Ireland	120k	$1,024 save $424 net	4.6
22	InterContinental Bora Bora Le Moana Resort Bora Bora, French Polynesia/Tahiti	167k	$1,257 save $422 net	4.6
23	Kimpton Vero Beach Hotel and Spa Vero Beach, United States	120k	$1,014 save $414 net	4.5
24	Kimpton Canary Hotel Santa Barbara, United States	120k	$1,006 save $406 net	4.5
25	Kimpton Los Monteros Marbella Marbella, Spain	120k	$991 save $391 net	4.7
26	InterContinental Geneve Geneva, Switzerland	120k	$990 save $390 net	4.3
27	InterContinental Lyon - Hotel Dieu Lyon, France	120k	$990 save $390 net	4.4
28	InterContinental Table Bay Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	250k	$1,640 save $390 net	4.5
29	InterContinental Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina	40k	$589 save $389 net	4.3
30	Kimpton Armory Hotel Bozeman Bozeman, United States	120k	$988 save $388 net	4.4
31	Kimpton Grand Roatan Resort and Spa Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras	80k	$783 save $383 net	4.7
32	InterContinental Presidente Mexico City Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico	80k	$767 save $367 net	4.2
33	InterContinental Fiji Golf Resort & Spa Natadola, Fiji Islands	75k	$731 save $356 net	4.5
34	InterContinental Edinburgh The George	120k	$955 save $355 net	4.4
35	Kimpton Virgilio Polanco Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico	71k	$702 save $347 net	4.8
36	InterContinental Hayman Great Barrier Reef Hayman Island, Australia	120k	$940 save $340 net	4.0
37	InterContinental Resort Tahiti Faa'a, French Polynesia/Tahiti	120k	$938 save $338 net	4.1
38	InterContinental Sydney Double Bay Sydney, Australia	95k	$811 save $336 net	4.3
39	Kimpton EPIC Hotel Miami, United States	120k	$934 save $334 net	4.4
40	Kimpton Hotel Palomar South Beach Miami Beach, United States	66k	$660 save $330 net	4.8
41	InterContinental Residences Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	120k	$927 save $327 net	5.0
42	Kimpton Aysla Mallorca Mallorca, Spain	120k	$922 save $322 net	4.8
43	InterContinental Washington D.C. - The Wharf Washington, United States	120k	$917 save $317 net	4.5
44	Kimpton Margot Sydney Sydney, Australia	68k	$653 save $313 net	4.6
45	InterContinental Grand Seoul Parnas Seoul, Korea, Republic of	120k	$907 save $307 net	4.5
46	Kimpton KAFD Riyadh Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	120k	$907 save $307 net	4.8
47	InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau Resort Raa Atoll, Maldives	250k	$1,556 save $306 net	5.0
48	InterContinental New York Times Square New York, United States	120k	$895 save $295 net	4.2
49	Crowne Plaza HY36 Midtown Manhattan New York, United States	120k	$888 save $288 net	4.7
50	Crowne Plaza Riyadh RDC Hotel & Convention Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	55k	$559 save $284 net	4.8
51	InterContinental The Clement Monterey Monterey, United States	120k	$884 save $284 net	4.5
52	Kimpton Blythswood Square Hotel & Spa	120k	$884 save $284 net	4.5
53	Hotel Indigo Edinburgh - Princes Street Edinburgh, United Kingdom	120k	$880 save $280 net	4.2
54	InterContinental Lusaka Lusaka, Zambia	36k	$480 save $280 net	4.0
55	Kimpton Kitalay Samui Koh Samui, Thailand	120k	$878 save $278 net	4.8
56	InterContinental Barcelona Barcelona, Spain	120k	$877 save $277 net	4.5
57	Hotel Indigo Rome - St. George Rome, Italy	120k	$876 save $276 net	4.7
58	InterContinental Sydney Coogee Beach Coogee, Australia	78k	$663 save $273 net	4.0
59	InterContinental Dar Al Iman Madinah Madinah, Saudi Arabia	120k	$871 save $271 net	4.7
60	InterContinental New York Barclay New York, United States	120k	$871 save $271 net	4.2
61	Kimpton Gray Hotel Chicago, United States	65k	$595 save $270 net	4.6
62	InterContinental Paris - Champs-Elysées Etoile Paris, France	120k	$866 save $266 net	4.5
63	Kimpton Shorebreak Resort Huntington Beach, United States	90k	$712 save $262 net	4.6
64	Hotel Indigo Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles, United States	53k	$525 save $260 net	4.4
65	Kimpton Surfcomber Hotel Miami Beach, United States	106k	$788 save $258 net	4.5
66	InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles, United States	120k	$854 save $254 net	4.2
67	InterContinental Tokyo Bay Tokyo, Japan	120k	$852 save $252 net	4.2
68	InterContinental Miami Miami, United States	66k	$578 save $248 net	4.5
69	InterContinental Presidente Cozumel Resort Spa COZUMEL, Mexico	94k	$717 save $247 net	4.6
70	InterContinental David Tel Aviv Tel Aviv, Israel	89k	$684 save $239 net	4.2
71	InterContinental Wellington Wellington, New Zealand	60k	$539 save $239 net	4.3
72	InterContinental Toronto Centre Toronto, Canada	120k	$837 save $237 net	4.3
73	Hotel Indigo Flushing - LaGuardia Flushing, United States	64k	$556 save $236 net	4.1
74	InterContinental San Diego San Diego, United States	120k	$836 save $236 net	4.5
75	InterContinental Chantilly Chateau Mont Royal La Chapelle en Serval, France	98k	$720 save $230 net	4.5
76	Kimpton Rowan Palm Springs Palm Springs, United States	120k	$830 save $230 net	4.4
77	Hotel Indigo London Clerkenwell London, United Kingdom	61k	$532 save $227 net	4.8
78	EVEN Hotel New York - Times Square South New York, United States	120k	$826 save $226 net	4.7
79	InterContinental Cascais-Estoril Estoril, Portugal	53k	$491 save $226 net	4.7
80	InterContinental Auckland Auckland, New Zealand	120k	$825 save $225 net	4.5
81	InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile Chicago, United States	82k	$635 save $225 net	4.2
82	InterContinental Shenzhen Shenzhen, Mainland China	39k	$422 save $222 net	5.0
83	Crowne Plaza Jeddah Al Salam Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	39k	$419 save $219 net	4.9
84	voco Madrid - Retiro Madrid, Spain	51k	$471 save $216 net	4.0
85	Hotel Indigo Long Island - East End Riverhead, United States	77k	$600 save $215 net	4.0
86	InterContinental Vienna Vienna, Austria	53k	$480 save $215 net	4.2
87	Crowne Plaza London Docklands London, United Kingdom	97k	$699 save $214 net	4.1
88	Hotel Indigo Paris - Opera Paris, France	120k	$811 save $211 net	4.6
89	InterContinental The Strings Tokyo Tokyo, Japan	120k	$809 save $209 net	4.5
90	Kimpton Miralina Resort and Villas Scottsdale, United States	57k	$493 save $208 net	4.3
91	InterContinental Malta St. Julian's, Malta	79k	$600 save $205 net	4.4
92	InterContinental The Willard Washington D.C. Washington, United States	146k	$935 save $205 net	4.6
93	Hotel Indigo Naperville Riverwalk Naperville, United States	62k	$514 save $204 net	4.5
94	InterContinental Bali Resort Bali, Indonesia	42k	$412 save $202 net	4.6
95	InterContinental Marseille - Hotel Dieu Marseille, France	120k	$801 save $201 net	4.3
96	InterContinental Sydney Sydney, Australia	120k	$800 save $200 net	4.3
97	Vignette Collection The Windsor Hotel TOYA Toyako Abuta, Japan	87k	$634 save $199 net	4.2
98	Kimpton Charlotte Square Edinburgh, United Kingdom	120k	$798 save $198 net	4.5
99	InterContinental Indianapolis Indianapolis, United States	53k	$460 save $195 net	4.5
100	ANA InterContinental Tokyo Tokyo, Japan	120k	$794 save $194 net	4.1

How we score it

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