Which Six Senses hotels and resorts let you earn and redeem IHG points?
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Six Senses hotels and resorts offer a unique style of friendly, wellness-focused luxury. The two Six Senses resorts I've stayed at — Six Senses Laamu in the Maldives and Six Senses Yao Noi in Thailand — easily sit within my top five stays ever due to their rustic, approachable luxury in beautiful, remote settings. However, as Six Senses opens more urban properties, even those who are used to city living may enjoy the brand.
Stays at the best Six Senses resorts usually cost upward of $600 per night. But you can earn IHG points at select Six Senses properties. And even if a paid stay is outside your budget, you can redeem IHG points to stay at select Six Senses hotels and resorts. After all, InterContinental Hotels Group acquired Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas in 2019 and added the first Six Senses properties to its IHG One Rewards program in March 2021.
Unfortunately, IHG still hasn't integrated every Six Senses property into IHG One Rewards. So, here's what you need to know about the Six Senses hotels and resorts that participate in IHG One Rewards.
How to determine participating Six Senses hotels and resorts
IHG doesn't publish a list of the Six Senses properties participating in IHG One Rewards. However, you can find a list of all the hotels and resorts on the Six Senses website.
To determine whether a specific Six Senses property participates in IHG One Rewards, you'll need to enter dates and search for rates on that property's Six Senses landing page. Only at this point will you see whether the property participates.
For example, when I search for a stay at Six Senses Krabey Island, I see "IHG® One Rewards is not applicable at this Six Senses hotel at this time" in a box on the right-hand side of my screen.
But when I search for a stay at Six Senses Laamu, I see the option to sign in and redeem IHG points for some room types.
Related: How to maximize redemptions with the IHG One Rewards program
20 Six Senses properties that participate in IHG One Rewards
I checked each of the 26 properties listed on the Six Senses website when I wrote this story. Here are the Six Senses hotels and resorts that participate in IHG One Rewards:
- Six Senses Bhutan (Bhutan)
- Six Senses Con Dao (Vietnam)
- Six Senses Crans-Montana (Switzerland)
- Six Senses Fiji (Fiji)
- Six Senses Fort Barwara (India)
- Six Senses Ibiza (Spain)
- Six Senses Kanuhura (Maldives)
- Six Senses Kaplankaya (Turkey)
- Six Senses Kyoto (Japan)
- Six Senses Laamu (Maldives)
- Six Senses La Sagesse (Grenada)
- Six Senses Ninh Van Bay (Vietnam)
- Six Senses Rome (Italy)
- Six Senses Shaharut (Israel)
- Six Senses Southern Dunes, The Red Sea (Saudi Arabia)
- Six Senses Uluwatu, Bali (Indonesia)
- Six Senses Vana (India)
- Six Senses Yao Noi (Thailand)
- Six Senses Zil Pasyon (Seychelles)
- Six Senses Residences Courchevel (France)
Since these hotels and resorts participate in IHG One Rewards, you can earn and redeem IHG points for stays at these properties. You'll also enjoy certain benefits if you have IHG elite status or select other memberships, which I'll discuss in a subsequent section.
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6 Six Senses properties that don't participate in IHG One Rewards
Unfortunately, the following Six Senses hotels and resorts don't participate in IHG One Rewards:
- Six Senses Douro Valley (Portugal)
- Six Senses Kocatas Mansions, Istanbul (Turkey)
- Six Senses Krabey Island (Cambodia)
- Six Senses Qing Cheng Mountain (China)
- Six Senses Samui (Thailand)
- Six Senses Zighy Bay (Oman)
You can't book these properties with IHG points, you won't earn IHG points or elite night credits on stays, and you won't get any perks as an IHG member at these Six Senses hotels and resorts.
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What to know about redeeming IHG points for Six Senses stays
As discussed above, you can redeem IHG points for stays at participating Six Senses properties. As at other IHG One Rewards properties, award nights at these participating Six Senses hotels and resorts utilize dynamic pricing.
Some Six Senses properties have minimum stay requirements on select dates. However, members with select IHG One Rewards credit cards can get every fourth reward night free at Six Senses properties when redeeming IHG points for stays of four nights or longer. This perk of a free fourth reward night can help you get more value from your IHG points.
Note that many Six Senses hotels and resorts offer special packages that can provide much more value than redeeming IHG points. For example, for a four-night stay at Six Senses Laamu next month, I could redeem 570,000 points after getting the fourth reward night free as a perk of my IHG One Rewards Premier Credit Card (see rates and fees). But, I could alternatively book an extended-stay half-board rate for $3,528, which includes daily breakfast and dinner for two people and 25% off round-trip seaplane flights. Redeeming points would give me a redemption value of 0.62 cents per point, but the extended-stay half-board rate provides additional value via daily dinner and 25% off seaplane transfers.
So, check paid rates before assuming redeeming IHG points will provide the best value.
Related: Why you should get (and keep) the IHG One Rewards Premier card
IHG perks at Six Senses properties
Six Senses properties are often relatively small. And many offer nontraditional service delivery methods. As such, some IHG One Rewards benefits may differ or not be available even at participating Six Senses properties. For example, member rates aren't available at Six Senses hotels and resorts.
InterContinental Ambassador, InterContinental Royal Ambassador and Kimpton Inner Circle members get extra benefits when staying at participating Six Senses properties. In particular, these members can expect:
- Daily complimentary breakfast for two in the main restaurant (not applicable at Six Senses Residences)
- A signature amenity of a complimentary 50-minute Six Senses Spa massage for two or a local experience once per stay (varies by resort; subject to availability and confirmed on arrival; not applicable with corporate or negotiated rates)
- Complimentary one-category room upgrade (subject to availability; excludes residences and two-bedroom or greater suites and villas)
- Extended checkout time of 4 p.m. (subject to availability for Ambassador members and all members at Six Senses Residences)
- 10 a.m. early check-in (subject to availability for Ambassador members and all members at Six Senses Residences)
- Complimentary internet access
- Wellness platter welcome amenity (subject to availability at Six Senses Residences)
However, these benefits are only available to eligible members when booking directly or via an authorized travel agent.
Related: How much value does IHG One Rewards status provide when you book directly?
Bottom line
I love that IHG has added most Six Senses properties to its program. However, despite the program starting to add more hotels over three years ago, six Six Senses still don't participate in IHG One Rewards. It's unclear whether these Six Senses properties will ever join IHG One Rewards.
Getting a fourth reward night free can be a compelling reason to redeem IHG points for your stay. But if you have the travel budget to pay for a Six Senses stay, double-check paid rates to see whether any packages provide better value than redeeming points.
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