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IHG Rewards (the rewards program for, amongst others, InterContinental Hotels and Crowne Plaza) has released the list of hotels that are participating in the latest PointBreaks promotion and it should be possible to make reservations later on today (probably around 9am Eastern or 2pm UK-time).
“PointBreaks” are one of the better and more popular hotel promotions that you’ll find, with IHG opening up rooms at a number of its hotels for just 5,000 points per night – these are rooms that could go for as much as 40,000 points per night outside of the PointBreaks period.
For those new to PointBreaks, don’t get too excited. You’re not going to be spending two weeks at the InterContinental Bora Bora for 5,000 points/night. The luxurious and high demand hotels in the IHG portfolio rarely appear on the PointBreaks list and this time is no different – there are no InterContinental hotels participating in the promotion this time.
Having said all that, there can still good value to be had out of some of these hotels – especially if a hotel on the list happens to be somewhere you were planning to visit anyway. That’s when this promotion comes into its own.
The booking period for this promotion is open from today (25 January 2016) for reservations from today through 30 April 2016.
Once the hotels go live at the discounted rate you should be able to access hem at the IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks page here.
An important restriction to bear in mind is that you can only make 2 reservations per hotel during the PointBreaks offer period. This is a relatively recent rule brought in by IHG Rewards in an attempt to prevent guests making numerous speculative bookings before their plans firm up and they then cancel all the ones they no longer need (and denying other IHG Rewards members the inventory).
Here’s the full list of the PointBreaks properties for Spring 2016
(HT: Loyalty Lobby)
Asia, Africa & Middle East:
China
Crowne Plaza Guangzhou Zengcheng
Holiday Inn Panjin Aqua City
Crowne Plaza Tianjin Meijiangnan
India
Crowne Plaza Greater Noida
Holiday Inn Express Hyderabad Gachibowli
Indonesia
Holiday Inn Batam
Holiday Inn Express Jakarta Pluit Citygate
Japan
Crowne Plaza Toyama
Crowne Plaza Okayama
Thailand
Holiday Inn Express Bangkok Sukhumvit 11
Vietnam
Crowne Plaza West Hanoi
Saudi Arabia
Holiday Inn Tabuk
South Africa
Holiday Inn Johannesburg – Rose Bank
Holiday Inn Express Sandton – Woodmead
Oceania
Australia
Holiday Inn Townsville
Central & South America:
Argentina
Holiday Inn Cordoba
Brazil
Holiday Inn Express Belém Ananindeua
Holiday Inn Express Sumare Ave. – Sao Paulo
Colombia
Holiday Inn Bucaramanga Cacique
Panama
Holiday Inn Panama Canal
Europe
Belgium
Holiday Inn Express Gent
Finland
Holiday Inn Helsinki – West Ruoholahti
France
Holiday Inn Express Amiens
Holiday Inn Strasbourg –Ilkirch
Germany
Holiday Inn Dresden – City South
Holiday Inn Express Düsseldorf – City
Italy
Holiday Inn Express Foligno
Holiday Inn Naples
Lithuania
Crowne Plaza Vilnius
Russia
Holiday Inn Moscow –Vinogradovo
Holiday Inn Samara
Slovakia
Holiday Inn Trnava
Spain
Holiday Inn Express Barcelona – Montmelo
Holiday Inn Express Valencia – Bonaire
Turkey
Crowne Plaza Ankara
Holiday Inn Bursa
United Kingdom
Crowne Plaza Aberdeen Airport
Holiday Inn Belfast City Centre
Holiday Inn Express Bradford City Centre
Holiday Inn Ipswich
Holiday Inn Express Leigh – Sports Village
Holiday Inn London – Luton Airport
Holiday Inn Preston
Holiday Inn Express Wakefield
Canada
Holiday Inn Express Fort Saskatchewan
Holiday Inn Edmonton Airport & Conference Center
Holiday Inn Express Brampton
Crowne Plaza Kitchener Waterloo
Holiday Inn Sudbury
Mexico
Holiday Inn Express Chihuahua Juventud
Holiday Inn Monclova
Holiday Inn Express Cd. del Carmen
Crowne Plaza Toluca Lancaster
Holiday Inn Express Celaya
Holiday Inn Express Pachuca
Crowne Plaza Monterrey
Staybridge Suites Queretaro
Holiday Inn Hermosillo
United States
Alabama
Candlewood Suites Enterprise
Holiday Inn Guin
Holiday Inn Express Mobile West – I-10
Holiday Inn Express Sylacauga
Arkansas
Holiday Inn Express El Dorado
Candlewood Suites North Little Rock
Holiday Inn Express Pine Bluff/Pines Mall
Holiday Inn Texarkana Arkansas Conv Ctr
Arizona
Holiday Inn Express Florence
Candlewood Suites Nogales
Holiday Inn Express Willcox
California
Holiday Inn Express Clovis-Fresno Area
Holiday Inn Express El Centro
Holiday Inn Sacramento Rancho Cordova
Staybridge Suites Sacramento Airport Natomas
Colorado
Holiday Inn Express Co Springs-Air Force Academy
Candlewood Suites Parachute
Connecticut
Crowne Plaza Danbury
Crowne Plaza Stamford
Delaware
Holiday Inn Express Seaford-Route 13
Florida
Holiday Inn Express Bartow
Crowne Plaza Jacksonville Airport/I-95N
Holiday Inn Express Perry
Georgia
Hotel Indigo Atlanta Airport – College Park
Candlewood Suites Columbus Northeast
Holiday Inn Express Douglas
Holiday Inn Express Moultrie
Iowa
Holiday Inn Express Clinton
Candlewood Suites Sioux City Southern Hills
Idaho
Candlewood Suites Boise – Towne Square
Illinois
Holiday Inn Express Crestwood
Crowne Plaza Lombard Downers Grove
Crowne Plaza Chicago – Northbrook
Holiday Inn Quincy
Indiana
Candlewood Suites Louisville North
Staybridge Suites Fort Wayne
Candlewood Suites Indianapolis Northwest
Holiday Inn Express Rensselaer
Kansas
Candlewood Suites Emporia
Holiday Inn Express Manhattan
Holiday Inn Express Pratt
Kentucky
Holiday Inn Express GLASGOW
Staybridge Suites Lexington
Holiday Inn Owensboro Riverfront
Louisiana
Holiday Inn Express Baton Rouge Downtown
Staybridge Suites Covington
Candlewood Suites Houma
Massachusetts
Candlewood Suites West Springfield
Maryland
Crowne Plaza Annapolis
Michigan
Holiday Inn Express Detroit-Birmingham
Holiday Inn Express Gaylord
Holiday Inn Express Marshall
Holiday Inn Express Niles
Minnesota
Holiday Inn St. Paul NE – Lake Elmo
Staybridge Suites Rochester – Commerce DR NW
Missouri
Candlewood Suites Columbia Hwy 63 & I-70
Holiday Inn Express Farmington
Candlewood Suites Jefferson City
Mississippi
Holiday Inn Express Brookhaven
Candlewood Suites Flowood, MS
Holiday Inn Express New Albany
Montana
Holiday Inn Express Browning
North Carolina
Crowne Plaza CHARLOTTE EXECUTIVE PARK
Holiday Inn Greensboro Airport
Holiday Inn Express Hillsborough (Durham Area)
Staybridge Suites North Jacksonville
North Dakota
Candlewood Suites Dickinson
Staybridge Suites Minot
Nebraska
Holiday Inn Express Lincoln South
Staybridge Suites Omaha 80th and Dodge
New Jersey
Holiday Inn Express Woodbridge
Holiday Inn Philadelphia South-Swedesboro
New Mexico
Holiday Inn Express Albuquerque South – Belen
Holiday Inn Roswell
Nevada
Holiday Inn Express Pahrump
New York
Candlewood Suites Syracuse
Holiday Inn Express Roslyn – Manhasset Area
Holiday Inn Staten Island
Ohio
Holiday Inn Canton (Belden Village)
Candlewood Suites Carrollton
Holiday Inn Express Newark-Heath
Staybridge Suites Cincinnati North, Oh
Oklahoma
Candlewood Suites Bartlesville East
Holiday Inn Express Tulsa NE – Claremore
Holiday Inn Express Guthrie North Edmond
Crowne Plaza Oklahoma City
Oregon
Holiday Inn Express Portland-Jantzen Beach
Pennsylvania
Holiday Inn Express Harrisburg S – New Cumberland
Crowne Plaza Reading
Candlewood Suites Sayre
Holiday Inn Warren (Kinzua Dam-Allegheny)
Rhode Island
Holiday Inn Express Smithfield – Providence
South Carolina
Candlewood Suites Columbia-Ft. Jackson
South Dakota
Holiday Inn Express Vermillion
Tennessee
Holiday Inn Express Covington
Holiday Inn Express Memphis East I-240
Holiday Inn Express Sweetwater
Texas
Candlewood Suites College Station at University
Holiday Inn Houston East-Channelview
Holiday Inn Express Cotulla
Holiday Inn Express Eagle Pass
Holiday Inn Express HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL ARPT
Holiday Inn Express Hutto
Utah
Holiday Inn Express Heber City
Virginia
Candlewood Suites Chesapeake/Suffolk
Holiday Inn Express Lebanon
Holiday Inn Richmond-I-64 West End
Wisconsin
Candlewood Suites Milwaukee Brown Deer
Staybridge Suites Milwaukee West-Oconomowoc
West Virginia
Holiday Inn Express Elkins
Candlewood Suites Logan
Wyoming
Holiday Inn Express Buffalo
Holiday Inn Riverton-Convention Center
Bottom Line
Like I said in the beginning, if there’s a hotel on the PointBreaks list in an area that you were looking to visit anyway then you’re in luck…..otherwise I’m not sure I’ve got anything positive to say.
I guess you could make an argument that says that some of the airport hotels could be useful – the Holiday Inn London Luton Airport (which, for those who don’t know, is nowhere near London) could be useful to anyone with an early easyJet flight to catch – but, apart from those, nothing exactly catches my eye on this spring’s PointBreaks list.
Still, a 5,000 point/night hotel will be a good deal for someone so hopefully there’s something in that list for you.
