IHG has just released their new PointBreaks list, so if you might be interested in making a booking, check out the list now.
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IHG’s Revamped PointBreaks Promotion
Last year IHG revamped their PointBreaks promotion. This is a promotion they’ve been offering on a quarterly basis for years, which allows you to book select hotels for just 5,000 points per night. Given that I value IHG points at ~0.5 cents each, that’s the equivalent of paying just ~$25 per night for a hotel room, which is a steal.
The issue is that the quality of the hotels on the lists had been gradually decreasing over the years, to the point that many of us didn’t even bother trying with the promotion anymore. It was great if you happened to be traveling to somewhere that had a PointBreaks hotel, but otherwise just wasn’t worth going out of your way for.
So IHG changed up their PointBreaks promotion, and now charges 5,000, 10,000, or 15,000 points per night through PointBreaks. IHG promised that they’d offer more and better hotels than in the past, though it’s questionable if that has actually happened.
The next PointBreaks list has just gone live, and is valid for stays through January 31, 2020. The better hotels tend to sell out pretty quickly (as there are capacity constraints), so you’ll want to book sooner rather than later.
You Can Also Use Cash & Points
Now that some PointBreaks hotels cost 10,000 and 15,000 points per night, you can redeem part points and part cash for these bookings, to lower the price by 5,000 to 10,000 points per night.
The price varies by property, but typically you can expect to pay about $50 to lower the cost by 5,000 points, and to pay $80 to lower the cost by 10,000 points. Personally, I don’t think this represents a very good deal.
Buy IHG Points For 0.5 Cents Each
If you could benefit from the PointBreaks promotion but don’t have any IHG points, the good news is that IHG is selling points with a 100% bonus, for 0.5 cents each at the moment.
You can learn everything about this promotion in this post.
IHG’s New PointBreaks List
I’d say the new PointBreaks list is pretty decent, though not quite as good as the last one. First let me note that the following four InterContinental hotels are on the list, since these are often the most popular:
- The InterContinental Cartagena De Indias is bookable for 15,000 points per night
- The InterContinental Costa Rica at Multiplaza Mall is bookable for 15,000 points per night
- The InterContinental Nairobi is bookable for 15,000 points per night
- The InterContinental Johannesburg Sandton Towers is bookable for 15,000 points per night
The InterContinental Johannesburg is on the current PointBreaks list
There are lots of other great options on the list, though, like the Crowne Plaza Auckland, Crowne Plaza Geneva, etc.
Below is the full list of IHG hotels on the list.
5,000 point list
Worldwide
BRAZIL
Holiday Inn Express Rio Branco
TURKEY
Holiday Inn Ankara – Cukurambar
Crowne Plaza Istanbul – Harbiye
ANHUI, MAINLAND CHINA
Holiday Inn Express Hefei Shushan
FUJIAN, MAINLAND CHINA
Holiday Inn Express Xiamen Lushan
HUBEI, MAINLAND CHINA
Holiday Inn Express Yichang Riverside
JIANGSU, MAINLAND CHINA
Holiday Inn Kunshan Huaqiao
Holiday Inn Express Liyang Huafu
SHANDONG, MAINLAND CHINA
Holiday Inn Express Linyi Riverside
ZHEJIANG, MAINLAND CHINA
Holiday Inn Express Hangzhou Binjiang
10,000 point list
United States
ALABAMA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Mobile – University Area
ARKANSAS
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Bryant – Benton Area
Staybridge Suites Little Rock – Medical Center
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Russellville
CONNECTICUT
Crowne Plaza Danbury
FLORIDA
Holiday Inn Express Tampa N I-75 – University Area
GEORGIA
Staybridge Suites Atlanta Perimeter Center
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Braselton West
IDAHO
Holiday Inn Boise Airport
INDIANA
Holiday Inn Express Corydon
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Mishawaka – South Bend
IOWA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Ottumwa
KANSAS
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Olathe South
KENTUCKY
Holiday Inn Express Williamsburg
LOUISIANA
Crowne Plaza Executive Center Baton Rouge
Staybridge Suites Lafayette-Airport
MARYLAND
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Owings Mills-Baltimore Area
Holiday Inn Express Towson Baltimore N
MICHIGAN
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Brighton
Holiday Inn & Suites Farmington Hills – Detroit NW
Candlewood Suites Grand Rapids Airport
Holiday Inn Detroit Northwest – Livonia
Holiday Inn & Suites Mount Pleasant
MINNESOTA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Red Wing
Candlewood Suites Rochester Mayo Clinic Area
MISSOURI
Holiday Inn & Suites Jefferson City
NEBRASKA
Holiday Inn Express Alliance
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Omaha Downtown – Airport
NEW YORK
Holiday Inn Express Canton – Potsdam
Holiday Inn Express Rochester – Greece
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Salamanca
NORTH CAROLINA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Charlotte – Ballantyne
OHIO
Holiday Inn Express Columbus Downtown
OKLAHOMA
Holiday Inn & Suites Oklahoma City North
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Tulsa South – Woodland Hills
PENNSYLVANIA
Holiday Inn & Suites Philadelphia W – Drexel Hill
Holiday Inn Lancaster
Staybridge Suites Pittsburgh-Cranberry Township
RHODE ISLAND
Holiday Inn Express Coventry S – West Warwick Area
SOUTH CAROLINA
Staybridge Suites Rock Hill
TENNESSEE
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Memphis Arpt Elvis Presley Blv
TEXAS
Candlewood Suites Austin North 290 & I-35
Candlewood Suites Dallas – Plano W Medical Ctr
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Denton South
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Houston Westchase – Westheimer
Holiday Inn Irving – Las Colinas
Holiday Inn & Suites McKinney-Fairview
VIRGINIA
Holiday Inn Express Lorton
WISCONSIN
Crowne Plaza Madison
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Racine
Worldwide
ONTARIO, CANADA
Holiday Inn Mississauga Toronto West
Holiday Inn Ottawa Dwtn – Parliament Hill
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO
Holiday Inn Express Mexico Basilica
COAHUILA, MEXICO
Staybridge Suites Saltillo
VERACRUZ, MEXICO
Hotel Indigo Veracruz Boca Del Rio
BRAZIL
Holiday Inn Express Farroupilha
Staybridge Suites Sao Paulo
PANAMA
Crowne Plaza Panama Airport
Crowne Plaza Panama
PERU
Holiday Inn Piura
GERMANY
Holiday Inn Express Ringsheim
POLAND
Holiday Inn Warsaw City Centre
UNITED KINGDOM
Holiday Inn Basildon
Holiday Inn Express Bridgwater
Holiday Inn Leicester – Wigston
Holiday Inn London – Heathrow Bath Road
SAUDI ARABIA
Holiday Inn Al Khobar
Holiday Inn Al Khobar – Corniche
Holiday Inn Jeddah Gateway
HONG KONG
Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong Kowloon CBD2
QINGHAI, MAINLAND CHINA
Holiday Inn Xining Hot-Spring
INDIA
Holiday Inn Express Ahmedabad Prahlad Nagar
Holiday Inn Express Bengaluru Whitefield ITPL
Holiday Inn Express Chennai OMR Thoraipakkam
Holiday Inn Express Gurugram Sector 50
Crowne Plaza Kochi
Holiday Inn Express Pune Pimpri
Crowne Plaza Pune City Centre
INDONESIA
Holiday Inn & Suites Jakarta Gajah Mada
JAPAN
ANA Crowne Plaza Chitose
ANA Crowne Plaza Hiroshima
ANA Crowne Plaza Matsuyama
ANA Crowne Plaza Narita
MALAYSIA
Holiday Inn Melaka
THAILAND
Holiday Inn Express Bangkok Soi Soonvijai
Holiday Inn ChiangMai
Holiday Inn & Suites Rayong City Centre
AUSTRALIA
Holiday Inn Parramatta
Holiday Inn Sydney St Marys
Crowne Plaza Hawkesbury Valley
NEW ZEALAND
Holiday Inn Auckland Airport
Holiday Inn Rotorua
15,000 point list
United States
ARIZONA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Page – Lake Powell Area
CALIFORNIA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Napa Valley-American Canyon
Holiday Inn Express Sunnyvale – Silicon Valley
DELAWARE
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Harrington (Dover Area)
FLORIDA
Holiday Inn Express North Palm Beach-Oceanview
Holiday Inn & Suites Lake City
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Lantana
EVEN Hotel Miami – Airport
Holiday Inn Express Miami-Arpt Ctrl-Miami Springs
Holiday Inn Miami-International Airport
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Naples Downtown – 5th Avenue
Holiday Inn & Suites Orlando – International Dr S
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Ft. Lauderdale-Plantation
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Saint Augustine North
GEORGIA
Kimpton Overland Hotel Atlanta Airport
KENTUCKY
Holiday Inn Cincinnati-Riverfront
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Paducah West
MARYLAND
Crowne Plaza Annapolis
Hotel Indigo Baltimore Downtown
MASSACHUSETTS
Holiday Inn Express Boston – Quincy
Staybridge Suites Boston-Quincy
MISSOURI
Hotel Indigo Kansas City – The Crossroads
Holiday Inn Express Kansas City Downtown
NEW JERSEY
Candlewood Suites Jersey City – Harborside
Holiday Inn Express & Suites West Long Branch – Eatontown
NEW YORK
Holiday Inn Plattsburgh (Adirondack Area)
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Watertown-Thousand Islands
Crowne Plaza White Plains-Downtown
NORTH CAROLINA
Crowne Plaza Charlotte Executive Park
Hotel Indigo Winston-Salem Downtown
NORTH DAKOTA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Grand Forks
OHIO
Crowne Plaza Cleveland at Playhouse Square
OREGON
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Seaside-Convention Center
PENNSYLVANIA
Crowne Plaza Philadelphia – King of Prussia
Hotel Indigo Pittsburgh East Liberty
RHODE ISLAND
Holiday Inn Express Newport North – Middletown
TEXAS
Staybridge Suites Austin Arboretum – Domain
Hotel Indigo Frisco
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Rockport – Bay View
VERMONT
Holiday Inn Express South Burlington
Holiday Inn Burlington
WASHINGTON
Hotel Indigo Seattle Everett Waterfront
WEST VIRGINIA
Holiday Inn Express Morgantown
Worldwide
QUEBEC, CANADA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Montreal Airport
COLOMBIA
InterContinental Cartagena De Indias
COSTA RICA
InterContinental Costa Rica at Multiplaza Mall
CYPRUS
Crowne Plaza Limassol
GERMANY
Holiday Inn Express Frankfurt City – Hauptbahnhof
ISRAEL
Crowne Plaza Haifa
SWITZERLAND
Crowne Plaza Geneva
Holiday Inn Zürich – Messe
TURKEY
Crowne Plaza Istanbul – Old City
Crowne Plaza Cappadocia – Nevsehir
UNITED KINGDOM
Holiday Inn Express Birmingham NEC
Holiday Inn London – Gatwick Airport
Holiday Inn Express Manchester – Salford Quays
KENYA
InterContinental Nairobi
SAUDI ARABIA
Crowne Plaza Jeddah
SOUTH AFRICA
InterContinental Johannesburg Sandton Towers
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Holiday Inn Dubai Festival City
GUANGXI, MAINLAND CHINA
Crowne Plaza Nanning City Center
SHAANXI, MAINLAND CHINA
HUALUXE Xi’an Hi-tech Zone
TAIWAN
Hotel Indigo Kaohsiung Central Park
JAPAN
ANA Crowne Plaza Kobe
ANA Crowne Plaza Sapporo
AUSTRALIA
Crowne Plaza Coogee Beach-Sydney
Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley
Holiday Inn Sydney Airport
Holiday Inn Potts Point-Sydney
NEW ZEALAND
Crowne Plaza Auckland
Happy booking!
Meh. We stayed at the Hiroshima Crowne Plaza in 2017 and, while the location is great, the hotel is not so great. Our room was obviously a smoker at one point in its lifecycle, there were cigarette burns on the desk, the furniture was beyond well worn, the breakfast was alright but not really very good. We were on a club floor so had access to the lounge, which was nice with great service, but...
Meh. We stayed at the Hiroshima Crowne Plaza in 2017 and, while the location is great, the hotel is not so great. Our room was obviously a smoker at one point in its lifecycle, there were cigarette burns on the desk, the furniture was beyond well worn, the breakfast was alright but not really very good. We were on a club floor so had access to the lounge, which was nice with great service, but you come to expect good service in Japan. Overall, I would avoid this one if I go back to Hiroshima. As for the rest of them, if I am going to the trouble of dragging my tired butt all the way around the world, I want a better hotel experience than I am accustomed to with IHG. I burned the last of my IHG points this winter on an overnight at EWR while positioning us for SQ21/22. Burned 15 K points on a $125 room. I guess...
Many Sydney properties over the New Year. Holiday Inn Potts Point over the NYE for 15,000 points each night with open availability.
Finally, some Australian and a New Zealand property. Thanks
Kimpton Overland Atlanta Airport is a good deal at 15K. It's usually $250 before taxes during the week.
@ Ben -- Thanks! You just saved the FCQ about $400 worth of Hyatt points! Yes, I mean Hyatt points since the 8 nights of PB stays at 7,500 points per night are in lieu of Hyatt stays at 5,000 points per night. Now he can buy me something nice...
@Ricky- that's a great use of points. Stayed there twice and loved it each time.
@Lucky- thanks for the list. We booked 4 nights at the CP Playhouse Cleveland for 45K (4th night free w/cc). Husband is having another heart procedure at the Cleveland Clinic so this is an excellent use of points for us.
Booked a couple nights at the Crowne Plaza Auckland, thanks Lucky.