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IHG’s Fall 2019 PointBreaks list is now live for bookings through October 31, 2019. Included this time are a few options in larger cities and several Intercontinental hotels. While these are not the bargains we once knew IHG PointBreaks to be, they can still represent good value if they match your travel plans.
The Deal
- The latest IHG PointBreaks list is now live for bookings through October 31, 2019
- Direct link to PointBreaks page
Key Details
- Each member can make two bookings per hotel (i.e. you can book a reservation for four nights and a separate reservation for thirty nights, but you can’t make 34 single-night reservations at the same hotel). You can book as many different PointBreak hotels as you like.
- Each hotel has a limited number of rooms available for PointBreaks (the best sell out right away)
Quick Thoughts
IHG PointBreaks hotels certainly aren’t the value that they used to be when all properties were available for 5K points per night (now there are three levels: 5K, 10K, or 15K per night). Still, since you can often buy IHG poitns for half a cent each (and sometimes even cheaper), these hotels cost an effective $25 / $50 / $75 in points if you’ve purchased at half a cent each. When you consider that points reservations do not incur most taxes (and in most cases IHG properties do not charge destination / resort fees on award stays), these can be a good enough compared against the cash rate. Of course, you’ll want to check the cash rate to be sure — but in a lot of cases, this can save you some money.
Also keep in mind that those with the newer IHG Rewards Club Premier card can get the 4th night free on award stays. Those who have the old IHG Rewards Club Select credit card (with the $49 annual fee, no longer available for new applicants) get 10% back on award stays. Both benefits can stack with PointBreaks for even cheaper deals.
In my opinion, without looking at cash rates, the standout value here is the Holiday Inn San Francisco Fisherman’s Wharf. Unfortunately, most of the weekends are already gone for award stays, but if you need a mid-week stay and can find availability, getting it for 15K per night versus cash rates that often exceed $300 a night, I’d say that’s a steal.
There are also more Intercontinental properties on the list than usual — though, like all of the other properties, I think in most cases you would be unlikely to plan a spontaneous fall road trip around any of them. But if they line up with your travel plans, you can certainly get a comfortable stay for a relative bargain.
Here’s the full list (again, bookable for stays through 10/31/19):
5K points per night
United States
Candlewood Suites Aurora-Naperville
MISSISSIPPI
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Canton
MONTANA
Candlewood Suites Sidney
NEW JERSEY
Candlewood Suites Bordentown-Trenton
NEW YORK
Candlewood Suites Syracuse-Airport
PENNSYLVANIA
Candlewood Suites Williamsport
Worldwide
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Fort Saskatchewan
BRAZIL
Holiday Inn Express Maceio Ponta Verde
BULGARIA
Holiday Inn Plovdiv
SAUDI ARABIA
Holiday Inn Jeddah – Al Salam
INDIA
Holiday Inn Agra MG Road
INDONESIA
Holiday Inn Express Jakarta Matraman
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Holiday Inn Express Suwon Ingye
GUANGDONG, MAINLAND CHINA
Holiday Inn Express Shenzhen Songgang
HENAN, MAINLAND CHINA
Holiday Inn Express Luoyang Xiyuan
Holiday Inn Express Zhengzhou Longzi Lake
SHANDONG, MAINLAND CHINA
Holiday Inn Express Qingdao Chengyang Central
Holiday Inn Express Yantai Fulai
THAILAND
Holiday Inn Express Krabi Ao Nang Beach
10K points per night
United States
ARIZONA
Holiday Inn Express Peoria North – Glendale
CALIFORNIA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Camarillo
CONNECTICUT
Crowne Plaza Stamford
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Stamford
DELAWARE
Staybridge Suites Wilmington-Newark
FLORIDA
Candlewood Suites Ft Walton Bch – Hurlburt Area
GEORGIA
Candlewood Suites McDonough
ILLINOIS
Crowne Plaza Chicago SW – Burr Ridge
INDIANA
Candlewood Suites Louisville North
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Evansville North
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Merrillville
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Portland
IOWA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Sheldon
KANSAS
Holiday Inn Express Kansas City – Bonner Springs
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Coffeyville
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Manhattan
Candlewood Suites Wichita East
Holiday Inn Express Wichita South
KENTUCKY
Holiday Inn Louisville Airport South
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Lexington W – Versailles
Holiday Inn Express Lexington East – Winchester
LOUISIANA
Holiday Inn Express Donaldsonville
MAINE
Holiday Inn Bangor
Candlewood Suites Portland – Scarborough
MASSACHUSETTS
Holiday Inn Express Brockton – Boston
Holiday Inn & Suites Pittsfield-Berkshires
MICHIGAN
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Benton Harbor
Candlewood Suites East Lansing
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Three Rivers
MINNESOTA
Holiday Inn Express Bemidji
MISSISSIPPI
Holiday Inn Gulfport-Airport
Holiday Inn Hattiesburg – North
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Magee
MISSOURI
Holiday Inn Express & Suites West Plains Southwest
NEBRASKA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Lincoln South
Holiday Inn Express & Suites North Platte
Holiday Inn Omaha Southwest
Candlewood Suites Omaha Airport
Staybridge Suites Omaha 80th and Dodge
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Scottsbluff-Gering
NEW MEXICO
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Deming Mimbres Valley
NEW YORK
Holiday Inn Buffalo-Intl Airport
Candlewood Suites Watertown-Fort Drum
Holiday Inn Express Fishkill-Mid Hudson Valley
Holiday Inn Rochester NY – Downtown
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Binghamton University-Vestal
NORTH CAROLINA
Candlewood Suites Charlotte – Arrowood
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Greensboro-East
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Roanoke Rapids SE
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Salisbury
NORTH DAKOTA
Holiday Inn Bismarck
OHIO
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Marietta
OKLAHOMA
Holiday Inn Oklahoma City Airport
OREGON
Holiday Inn Salem
Holiday Inn Portland- I-5 S (Wilsonville)
PENNSYLVANIA
Holiday Inn Express Allentown North
Holiday Inn Express Pittston – Scranton Airport
SOUTH CAROLINA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Blythewood
TENNESSEE
Crowne Plaza Memphis East
Candlewood Suites Memphis East
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Nashville North – Springfield
TEXAS
Holiday Inn Amarillo East
Holiday Inn Express & Suites El Paso East-Loop 375
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Dallas-Frisco NW Toyota Stdm
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Junction
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Houston SW – Missouri City
UTAH
Staybridge Suites Lehi – Traverse Ridge Center
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Springville-South Provo Area
Staybridge Suites St George
VIRGINIA
Candlewood Suites Alexandria West
Candlewood Suites Alexandria – Fort Belvoir
Holiday Inn Dumfries – Quantico Center
Holiday Inn Express Fredericksburg Southpoint
Holiday Inn Express Quantico – Stafford
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Warrenton
WASHINGTON
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Camas- Vancouver
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Lacey – Olympia
WEST VIRGINIA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Weston
WISCONSIN
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Oshkosh-Sr 41
Worldwide
Holiday Inn Calgary-Airport
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Sherwood Park-Edmonton Area
QUEBEC, CANADA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Saint – Hyacinthe
CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Chihuahua Juventud
GUANAJUATO, MEXICO
Staybridge Suites Irapuato
TABASCO, MEXICO
Holiday Inn Villahermosa Aeropuerto
PERU
Holiday Inn Express Lima San Isidro
VENEZUELA
InterContinental Tamanaco Caracas
Crowne Plaza Maruma Hotel & Casino
GEORGIA
Crowne Plaza Borjomi
Holiday Inn Tbilisi
Holiday Inn Telavi
GERMANY
Holiday Inn Express Stuttgart Airport
Holiday Inn Express Frankfurt Airport – Raunheim
ITALY
Holiday Inn Genoa City
KAZAKHSTAN
InterContinental Almaty
LITHUANIA
Crowne Plaza Vilnius
MONGOLIA
Holiday Inn Ulaanbaatar
POLAND
Holiday Inn Gdansk – City Centre
UNITED KINGDOM
Holiday Inn Express Aberdeen – Bridge of Don
Holiday Inn South Normanton M1, Jct.28
Holiday Inn Express Chester – Racecourse
Holiday Inn London – Heathrow M4,Jct.4
Staybridge Suites London – Heathrow Bath Road
QATAR
Crowne Plaza Doha West Bay
SOUTH AFRICA
Holiday Inn Express Cape Town City Centre
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Holiday Inn Abu Dhabi Downtown
Holiday Inn Express Dubai – Jumeirah
Holiday Inn Express Dubai – Safa Park
INDIA
Crowne Plaza Ahmedabad City Centre
Crowne Plaza Greater Noida
Holiday Inn Kolkata Airport
INDONESIA
Crowne Plaza Bandung
Crowne Plaza Jakarta
JAPAN
ANA Crowne Plaza Ube
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Holiday Inn Resort Alpensia Pyeongchang
HENAN, MAINLAND CHINA
Holiday Inn Zhengzhou Riverside
SICHUAN, MAINLAND CHINA
Holiday Inn Neijiang Riverside
Holiday Inn Batang
NEPAL
Crowne Plaza Kathmandu-Soaltee
AUSTRALIA
Holiday Inn Express Newcastle
15K points per night
United States
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Carpinteria
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Marina – State Beach Area
Holiday Inn San Francisco-Fishermans Wharf
COLORADO
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Longmont
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Loveland
FLORIDA
InterContinental At Doral Miami
Hotel Indigo Gainesville-Celebration Pointe
Holiday Inn Express Miami Airport Doral Area
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Sarasota East – I-75
GEORGIA
Crowne Plaza Atlanta Perimeter at Ravinia
Hotel Indigo Atlanta – Vinings
KANSAS
Holiday Inn Express Kansas City – at the Legends
LOUISIANA
Holiday Inn & Suites Lake Charles South
MASSACHUSETTS
Holiday Inn Cape Cod-Falmouth
MONTANA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Great Falls
Holiday Inn Missoula Downtown
NEW YORK
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Chester-Monroe-Goshen
Holiday Inn Express Roslyn – Long Island
NORTH DAKOTA
Staybridge Suites Fargo
OHIO
InterContinental Suites Hotel Cleveland
OREGON
Holiday Inn Express Portland South – Lake Oswego
PENNSYLVANIA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Easton
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Erie (Summit Township)
SOUTH CAROLINA
Holiday Inn Charleston-Riverview
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Columbia-Fort Jackson
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Walterboro I-95
SOUTH DAKOTA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Sioux Falls At Empire Mall
TEXAS
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Amarillo West
VIRGINIA
Crowne Plaza Virginia Beach Town Center
WASHINGTON
Holiday Inn Express Bellingham
Holiday Inn Express Vancouver North – Salmon Creek
WISCONSIN
Hotel Indigo Madison Downtown
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Superior – Duluth Area
WYOMING
Holiday Inn Express Rawlins
Worldwide
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Calgary South-Macleod Trail S
NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Halifax Airport
BRAZIL
InterContinental Sao Paulo
COLOMBIA
Holiday Inn Express Bogota – Parque La 93
PANAMA
InterContinental Miramar Panama
FRANCE
Holiday Inn Paris – Montparnasse Pasteur
ITALY
Crowne Plaza Venice East – Quarto d’Altino
PORTUGAL
Holiday Inn Lisbon – Continental
Holiday Inn Lisbon
UNITED KINGDOM
Hotel Indigo Dundee
Crowne Plaza London Heathrow T4
Hotel Indigo Stratford Upon Avon
KENYA
Crowne Plaza Nairobi
SAUDI ARABIA
InterContinental Al Khobar
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Crowne Plaza Dubai Apartments
SHAANXI, MAINLAND CHINA
HUALUXE Xi’an Hi-tech Zone
ZHEJIANG, MAINLAND CHINA
Crowne Plaza Deqing
THAILAND
Hotel Indigo Phuket Patong
VIETNAM
InterContinental Hanoi Landmark72
AUSTRALIA
Crowne Plaza Perth
Crown Plaza Vilnius is actually really nice, close to downtown and a huge park. I’d stay there again, and 10k points is a bargain.
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holy crap! I can’t believe that after years of nothing working out for me I finally got a deal! I was looking around for hotels in Virginia Beach for the upcoming holiday and bam! The Crowne Plaza is on the list. It’s not right on the beach but it’s actually a nice hotel in a happening area downtown.
Thanks, but no use to me despite a month coming up in Europe.
Yeah, this program is now very needle-in-a-haystack. I’m on the road constantly, just about everywhere, and maybe I can find a participating hotel I can use once every 2 years!