Scrolling through DoC and another post caught my eye
https://www.doctorofcredit.com/chase-removes-annual-fee-on-ihg-rewards-club-traveler-credit-card/
This is kinda niche but it's a good bonus for a no AF card - 60k/2k. The Premier card's standard bonus is 80k/2k for $89. The Traveler card also gets the 4th night free on points bookings benefit. Aside from the bonus, this is where it gets useful. Only Traveler and Premier cardholders get this benefit.
If you have the old Select card with the $49 AF, this would be a good pairing as you get 10% rebate on points bookings from that card.
I say this is niche because it's not normally worthy of a 5/24 slot. You'd have to have special circumstances for this to make sense. In my case I have the old Select card, I'm in Sapphire purgatory for another 3 years, I have more cards dropping off my 5/24 stats with less personal cards to fill them in the meantime, I would consider staying at an IHG property for 4 nights, I like small MSRs. Since you can hold all 3 cards at the same time, may as well get a bonus for it.
But this is also good news for Premier cardholders as you should now have a no AF PC option to keep that 4th night free bene. It also gets the cell phone insurance and what not we were discussing.