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IHG releases preview of new PointBreaks list (5,000 point redemptions) – book from Friday

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Yesterday, IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) released a “preview” of the new list of PointBreaks redemptions via its private online community.

All of these hotels are available for just 5,000 Priority Club points per night – saving up to 45,000 points on InterContinental redemptions.

PointBreaks

(Remember that you can currently earn over 30,000 points from a super-cheap one night stay at your local Holiday Inn Express, using the codes I have been publishing recently.  Imagine turning that into six free nights at the InterContinental Tahiti!  This is the power of this hobby when you really get it working for you.

You can also get 40,000 IHG points by signing up for their £99 credit card via this link.  You also get Platinum status with IHG as an unadvertised benefit, so the 8 x 5,000 point nights you get with your bonus may even get upgraded!)

PointBreaks availability is very limited so book ASAP if you are interested, as soon as bookings open up TOMORROW, 1st November.  Bookings are refundable as with a standard reward reservation.  You can book via this page.

Book each night as a separate reservation if your plans are not firm, as any change to your booking will result in it being repriced.  For example, if you want a Friday to Monday stay but it later turns out that you can’t get there until Saturday, you CANNOT simply cancel the Friday night.  This would result in a repricing at the full rate (up to 10x higher!).  And not arriving until the Saturday would see your reservation already cancelled for a ‘no show’ on Friday.  Booking each night separately avoids this.

You will be able to book these hotels for dates up to January 31st.

The preview list is available below.

Note that the full United States list will not be available until the promotion goes live.

What do I recommend?

There are some pretty good options on this list, to put it mildly, although unfortunately the deals get better the further away from the UK you go!

InterContinental Tahiti – reduced by 95% to 5,000 points per night – is clearly a deal.  There are also a lot of China properties, including an InterContinental in Shanghai and a central Crowne Plaza in Pudong, Shanghai.

In Europe, a Holiday Inn Express in Paris won’t be luxury but for 5,000 points can’t be beat.  Crowne Plaza Prague should be OK, although a little out of the centre I believe.

In South Africa, the InterContinental in Sandton / Jo’burg should still be very nice – I stayed there once many years ago.  And, of course, you’re heading into the Summer there.

The Crowne Plaza in Muscat (Oman) and a Holiday Inn Express on the beach in Phuket, Thailand may also be of interest.

The list

Europe

Belgium

Holiday Inn Brussels Airport

Holiday Inn Express Gent

Czech Republic

Crowne Plaza Prague

France

Holiday Inn Paris-Marne La Vallee

Holiday Inn Express Saint-Nazaire

Germany

Holiday Inn Zwickau

Holiday Inn Frankfut Airport-Neu-Isenburg

Italy

Crowne Plaza Padova

Netherlands (Holland)

Holiday Inn Express Arnhem

Poland

Holiday Inn Express Warsaw Airport

Spain

Holiday Inn Madrid-Las Tablas

Holiday Inn Madrid-Calle Alcala

Holiday Inn Express Bilbao

Holiday Inn Express Madrid-San Sebastian D/L Reyes

Turkey

Holiday Inn Express Istanbul-Altunizade

United Kingdom

Crowne Plaza Liverpool-John Lennon Airport

Holiday Inn Express Birmingham-Star City

Holiday Inn Ashford-North A20

Holiday Inn Birmingham M6, JCT. 7

Holiday Inn Express Liverpool-John Lennon Airport

Holiday Inn Peterborough-West

Holiday Inn Express Nuneaton

Middle East & Africa

South Africa

InterContinental Johannesburg Sandton Towers

Holiday Inn Express Durban-Umhlanga

Oman

Crowne Plaza Muscat

Saudi Arabia

Crowne Plaza Madinah

Asia

People’s Republic of China

Holiday Inn Express Shenyang Golden Corridor

Hotel Indigo Tianjin Haihe

Crowne Plaza Zhenjiang

Crowne Plaza Xishuangbanna

Crowne Plaza Lanzhou

InterContinental Kunming

InterContinental Shanghai Rujin

Hotel Indigo Xiamen Harbour

Crowne Plaza Shanghai Xiayang Lake

Crowne Plaza Tianjin Jinnan

Crowne Plaza City Centre Changsha

Crowne Plaza Jinan City Centre

Crowne Plaza Shanghai Pudong

Holiday Inn Express Hefei South

French Polynesia/Tahiti

InterContinental Resort Tahiti

India

Crowne Plaza Kochi

Crowne Plaza Bengaluru Electronics City

Japan

Crowne Plaza Nagasaki Gloverhill

ANA Yonago

Thailand

Holiday Inn Express Phuket Patong Beach Central

The Americas

Canada

Holiday Inn Express Timmins

Holiday Inn Express Pembroke

Holiday Inn Express Woodstock South

Holiday Inn Guelph Hotel & Conf Center

Holiday Inn Kitchener-Waterloo Conf. Center

Holiday Inn Toronto-Mississauga

United States (will be 143 hotels in total)

Holiday Inn Salem Roanoke (VA)

Holiday Inn Express Tacoma (WA)

Staybridge Suites San Antonio Sea World (TX)

Holiday Inn Express Knoxville West (TN)

Candlewood Suites Harrisburg-Hershey (PA)

Crowne Plaza Charlotte (NC)

Candlewood Suites Indianaplis E. (Indiana)

Holiday Inn Chicago NW Crystal Lake (IL)

Hotel Indigo College Park (GA)

Holiday Inn Express Colorado Springs-First & Main (CO)

Central/South America

Argentina

Holiday Inn Santa Fe, Argentina

Chile

Holiday Inn Express Concepcion

Colombia

Holiday Inn Express Medellin

Ecuador

Holiday Inn Guayaquil Airport

Panama

Crowne Plaza Panama

Venezuela

InterContinental Maracaibo

Mexico

Holiday Inn Express Queretaro

Hotel Indigo Veracruz Boca Rel Rio

Holiday Inn Express CD. Del Carmen

Holiday Inn Morelia

Crowne Plaza Acapulco

Holiday Inn Express Tolucia Galerias Metepec

Holiday Inn Acapulco La Isla

IHG One Rewards update – April 2024:

Get bonus points: IHG One Rewards is offering 2,000 bonus points for every two cash nights you stay (not necessarily consecutive) between 1st April and 31st May 2024. You can read our full article here and you can register here.

New to IHG One Rewards?  Read our overview of IHG One Rewards here and our article on points expiry rules here. Our article on ‘What are IHG One Rewards points worth?’ is here.

Buy points: If you need additional IHG One Rewards points, you can buy them here.

Want to earn more hotel points?  Click here to see our complete list of promotions from IHG and the other major hotel chains or use the ‘Hotel Offers’ link in the menu bar at the top of the page.

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Comments (12)

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  • Moore says:
    31 Oct31 October 07:23

    Does it say what time the promo opens at tomorrow? Just so happen to be in Tahiti in December so could prove to be a good option for me. Thanks

    • Rob says:
      31 Oct31 October 09:33

      They tend to drip in during the day, but more likely to be UK afternoon because it will be US morning.

  • Erico1875 says:
    31 Oct31 October 07:36

    My sons recent 2for1 stay at HI at Manchester total cost £95 netted 25K points. To get 5 reward nights in likes of Crowne Plaza Muscat is unbelievable.

  • Chris says:
    31 Oct31 October 09:41

    As a new reader of this site, I’m new to this fairly addictive game of points gathering! I’m off to Vegas in a couple of weeks and can book an IHG hotel for less than £50 for a night – what should I be able to earn in terms of points on a single night stay (check-in but not stay) at a Holiday Inn? And how do I get the Big Win promo mail thing?

    • Chris says:
      31 Oct31 October 11:47

      Thanks again Raffles.

      • Will says:
        1 Nov1 November 07:39

        Got 34,000 points on my wife’s IHG account for a £50 stay in a HI express last weekend. We even needed to stay there 🙂

  • Adam W says:
    31 Oct31 October 09:56

    Always nice to see IC and CPs in the list even though it looks unlikely that I’ll be able to take advantage of the list this time round!

    You may wish to check your maths for the 95% saving for the IC Tahiti though. That would make the normal rate 100,000 points per night. I believe this a Cat 7 property (40,000), making savings of a mere 87.5%! Shocking value!!! lol 😉

  • PaulW says:
    1 Nov1 November 11:22

    Has anyone had any luck finding these? The list has been updated on the IHG website. But so far, I can’t find a single night in the system for the CP Prague.

    • cmcbugg says:
      1 Nov1 November 12:55

      I’m finding them now. Booked one for 5000, but was charged 30000. So not working great. Finding it impossible to book a 2nd room, even though pricing initially shows as 5000. Maybe too many people trying at the same time.

      • Rob says:
        1 Nov1 November 16:34

        This is the same thing that happened during the Flash Sale a couple of weeks ago. I was getting longer stays pricing with only the first night reduced. I would book each night separately – no risk, you can cancel the first one for a refund if you can’t get the 2nd.

  • Rob says:
    1 Nov1 November 14:01

    Just booked two nights at the Crown Plaza in Muscat (worth about £400) for 10,000 points. Great deal given that I got the points from a work trip!

  • Moore says:
    2 Nov2 November 09:09

    Likewise. Booked two nights in The Intercontinental Tahiti (worth about £380) and then cancelled my existing booking at Tahiti Airport Hotel, recouping £202 in the process. Great post. My two nights are sandwiched between 8 nights at Hilton Bora Bora in ROWB, alongside UK-SYD BA F Return. Will post experience on FT. Thanks again Raffles.

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