IHG HACKS | Credit Card BS Podcast Ep. 1 | Stanford and Berkeley Students Discuss Free Travel

📱Free Award Travel Discord Group:   / discord   💳Our Favorite Credit Cards: https://beacons.ai/creditcardbs (Referral Links) (Using our links greatly helps support the podcast!) A UC Berkeley graduate and a Stanford student talk about the ways they are able to travel for free (or at least at significant discounts) by using their knowledge of credit card points and loyalty programs. Today's topic is IHG Hacks. IHG stands for Intercontinental Hotel Group and they own hotels across the planet all the way from ultra-luxury options like Six Senses to budget-friendly choices such as Holiday Inn Express. Stanford student Sherwin Lai has over nine credit cards and has planned trips all over the world for himself and his family. Sherwin has visited world-class resorts such as Alila Ventana just by properly utilizing his knowledge of credit cards and loyalty programs. UC Berkeley graduate Shaun Lane created a full college-level course on utilizing credit cards for ultra-cheap luxury travel. Students at Berkeley earned real units for taking this class and it be found at: creditcal.org/fullcourse 0:00 Intro 1:48 IHG One Status 5:49 IHG Ambassador Status 10:57 Unofficial Award 'Sales' 12:19 Dynamic Award Pricing 13:39 Buying IHG Points on Sale (Don't ever transfer) 15:58 Purchase Unlimited IHG Points at $0.006 19:25 Rebook When The Price Drops 21:23 Nonrefundable Rates Can Be More Expensive Than Refundable 21:55 Points are Fully Flexible 23:00 Credit Cards for Massively Discounted IHG Stays 29:58 Spend $40,000 to Get IHG Diamond 32:39 United Travel Bank $25 Credit 33:41 Stacking Both IHG Credit Cards 36:20 Amazing Trips Possible with IHG 39:42 People are Wasting Money by NOT Buying Points 42:52 IHG Does NOT Waive Resort Fees 46:25 Ranking of Hotel Loyalty Programs 47:15 Diamond Free Breakfast Benefit 48:16 Is Diamond Status Worth It 50:00 Milestone Rewards 53:49 Summary 54:32 Outro