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New IHG PointBreaks list of 190 x 5,000 point hotels, book on Monday

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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.

These rooms are a fantastic deal.

All of the 190 hotels below will be available for just 5,000 IHG Rewards Club points per night from Monday, saving up to 25,000 points per night in some cases.

PointBreaks availability is very limited so book ASAP if you are interested, as soon as bookings open up on Monday. Bookings are refundable as with a standard reward reservation so there is nothing to lose.  IHG works on US time so I would not expect the offer to be available until mid-afternoon in the UK.

You can book via the IHG PointBreaks page here or via the standard booking page hereIf the PointBreaks page has not yet been updated, it does not necessarily mean that the special deals below will not already be bookable – do a search on the hotel you want to check.

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

You allowed a maximum of two bookings per individual hotel. Each booking can be for as many nights as you want.

Remember that if you attempt to amend your booking later by dropping a night or two the whole booking will reprice at the full rate.

One of highlights of the list (and, frankly, there are not many this time around) is the Crowne Plaza Heythrop Park near Chipping Norton.  This is meant to be a decent property for a weekend break in the country, with a pool (and a slide!).   Frankly, for 5000 IHG points per night you really can’t go wrong.

There are also Holiday Inn Express hotels near Birmingham (Star City) and near Manchester (Manchester East) which could come in handy.  Some people may find it cheaper to move in there for a couple of months than continue to pay rent!

Of the European and Middle Eastern lists, the Lille property may make an interesting base for a Eurostar weekend break.  Note that the Bilbao property is by the airport which is not ideal.  The Berlin property also seems rather remote.

The InterContinental in Cairo is interesting but that is a challenging place to visit at the moment, to put it mildly.  The Holiday Inn Vilnius is back on the list and does seem to be in a good location although I imagine it could be rather chilly.

For anyone with time on their hands, you might want to consider the Holiday Inn Resort Bali Benoa in Indonesia.  If I had nothing else to do, spending a couple of months there at 5,000 points per night would probably not be a huge hardship.  This is not an expensive resort to book for cash, however, so it is not a ‘bargain’ in that sense.

The list: (remember that you cannot book until early afternoon on Monday):

United Kingdom

  • Holiday Inn Express Birmingham – Star City
  • Crowne Plaza Heythrop Park Oxford
  • Holiday Inn Derby – Riverlights
  • Holiday Inn Dumfries
  • Holiday Inn Express Manchester East
  • Holiday Inn Northampton
  • Holiday Inn Maidstone – Sevenoaks

Europe

Belgium

  • Holiday Inn Express Mechelen City Centre

Czech Republic

  • Holiday Inn Prague Airport

Finland

  • Holiday Inn Helsinki Vantaa Airport

France

  • Holiday Inn Express Arras
  • Holiday Inn Express Lille Centre

Germany

  • Holiday Inn Berlin City East Landsberger
  • Holiday Inn Express Friedrichshafen

Italy

  • Holiday Inn Milan Nord Zara
  • Crowne Plaza Padova
  • Holiday Inn Milan Linate Airport

Lithuania

  • Holiday Inn Vilnius

Poland

  • Holiday Inn Express Warsaw Airport

Russia

  • Holiday Inn St. Petersburg – Moskovskye
  • Holiday Inn Express Voronezh – Kirova

Slovakia

  • Holiday Inn Bratislava

Spain

  • Holiday Inn Alicante – Playa de San Juan
  • Holiday Inn Express Bilbao
  • Holiday Inn Express Onda – Provincia de Castellon

Turkey

  • Holiday Inn Ankara – Cukurambar
  • Holiday Inn Express Istanbul Airport

Asia

China

  • Crowne Plaza Shenzhen Longgang City Centre
  • Holiday Inn Hainan Clear Water Bay
  • Holiday Inn Qingdao City Centre
  • Holiday Inn Express Tianjin Dongli

India

  • Crowne Plaza Chennai Adyar Park

Indonesia

  • Holiday Inn Bali Benoa

Japan

  • Holiday Inn Sendai
  • Crowne Plaza Kumamoto New Sky

Middle East

Egypt

  • InterContinental Cairo Semiramis

Saudi Arabia

  • Crowne Plaza Madinah

Africa

South Africa

  • Holiday Inn Sandton – Rivonia Road
  • Holiday Inn Johannesburg Airport
  • Holiday Inn Express Pretoria

Americas excluding USA

Brazil

  • Holiday Inn Manaus
  • Holiday Inn Express Rio Branco

Canada

  • Holiday Inn Kamloops
  • Holiday Inn Express Halifax Airport
  • Holiday Inn London
  • Holiday Inn Express Yorkton East

Columbia

  • Holiday Inn Cucuta
  • Holiday Inn Express Yopal

Costa Rica

  • Holiday Inn San Jose Aurola

Guatemala

  • Crowne Plaza Guatemala

Mexico

  • Staybridge Suites Chihuahua
  • Holiday Inn Express Manzanillo
  • Crowne Plaza Guadalajara
  • Holiday Inn Express Hermosillo
  • Holiday Inn Coatzacoalcos

Nicaragua

  • Holiday Inn Express Managua

Panama

  • Crowne Plaza Panama Airport

United States

Alabama

  • Candlewood Suites Birmingham -Hoover
  • Holiday Inn Express Greenville
  • Holiday Inn Express Mobile West
  • Holiday Inn Express Selma

Arkansas

  • Holiday Inn Express Batesville
  • Holiday Inn Express Clarksville
  • Candlewood Suites Jonesboro
  • Holiday Inn Express Pine Bluff

Arizona

  • Holiday Inn Express Globe
  • Holiday Inn North Phoenix

California

  • Holiday Inn Express Barstow-Outlet Center
  • Holiday Inn Express Loma Linda- San Bernardino
  • Holiday Inn San Clemente (Camp Pendleton)
  • Holiday Inn Victorville

Colorado

  • Holiday Inn Express Denver South
  • Holiday Inn Denver-Parker
  • Holiday Inn Express Pueblo North

Connecticut

  • Holiday Inn Danbury-Bethel
  • Holiday Inn Express Plainfield
  • Crowne Plaza Southbury

Delaware

  • Holiday Inn Dover DE

Florida

  • Holiday Inn Express Brooksville
  • Holiday Inn Express Lantana
  • Holiday Inn Orlando East – UCF Area

Georgia

  • Holiday Inn Express Alpharetta
  • Holiday Inn Express Columbus At Northlake
  • Holiday Inn Dalton
  • Candlewood Suites Macon

Iowa

  • Holiday Inn Coralville
  • Holiday Inn Express Davenport
  • Candlewood Suites Waterloo- Cedar Falls

Idaho

  • Candlewood Suites Boise-Meridian

Illinois

  • Holiday Inn Chicago O’Hare Airport Area
  • Holiday Inn Express Danville
  • Candlewood Suites Peoria at Grand Prairie
  • Crowne Plaza Springfield

Indiana

  • Holiday Inn Express Bedford
  • Hotel Indigo Columbus Architectural Center
  • Holiday Inn Indianapolis Airport
  • Holiday Inn Express Cincinnati-Lawrenceburg

Kansas

  • Holiday Inn Express Lansing-Leavenworth
  • Crowne Plaza Kansas City – Overland Park
  • Candlewood Suites Olathe
  • Holiday Inn Salina

Kentucky

  • Holiday Inn Express Frankfort
  • Holiday Inn Louisville East – Hurstbourne
  • Candlewood Suites Fort Campbell – Oak Grove
  • Holiday Inn Express Shelbyville

Louisiana

  • Holiday Inn Express Amite
  • Candlewood Suites Cut Off
  • Candlewood Suites New Iberia
  • Holiday Inn Shreveport Downtown

Massachusetts

  • Holiday Inn Express Providence-North Attleboro
  • Crowne Plaza Pittsfield-Berkshires
  • Holiday Inn Taunton-Foxboro Area

Maryland

  • Holiday Inn Express Washington DC N-Silver Spring

Michigan

  • Holiday Inn Express Benton Harbor
  • Holiday Inn Express Flint-Campus Area
  • Crowne Plaza Grand Rapids Airport
  • Holiday Inn Detroit Livonia Conference Center

Minnesota

  • Holiday Inn Express Albert Lea
  • Staybridge Suites Eagan Airport South
  • Holiday Inn Express Minneapolis

Missouri

  • Holiday Inn Express Nevada
  • Holiday Inn Express Springfield

Mississippi

  • Holiday Inn Express Byram
  • Holiday Inn Express Lucedale
  • Candlewood Suites Olive Branch

Montana

  • Holiday Inn Helena
  • North Carolina
  • Holiday Inn Greenville
  • Candlewood Suites Jacksonville
  • Holiday Inn Express Wilkesboro

North Dakota

  • Holiday Inn Express Fargo SW

Nebraska

  • Holiday Inn Express Bellevue
  • Holiday Inn Lincoln Southwest

New Hampshire

  • Holiday Inn Nashua

New Jersey

  • Holiday Inn Budd Lake – Rockaway
  • Crowne Plaza Edison
  • Holiday Inn Somerset-Bridgewater
  • Holiday Inn Express Mt. Holly-NJ

New Mexico

  • Holiday Inn Express Albuquerque N – Bernalillo
  • Holiday Inn Express Grants – Milan

Nevada

  • Staybridge Suites Reno

New York

  • Candlewood Suites Watertown-Fort Drum
  • Holiday Inn Express Jamestown
  • Holiday Inn Oneonta-Cooperstown Area
  • Holiday Inn Express West Coxsackie

Ohio

  • Holiday Inn Akron-West
  • Candlewood Suites Columbus – Grove City
  • Holiday Inn Express Hocking Hills-Logan
  • Crowne Plaza Cleveland Airport

Oklahoma

  • Candlewood Suites Ardmore
  • Holiday Inn Express Clinton
  • Holiday Inn Express Lawton-Fort Sill
  • Candlewood Suites Oklahoma City-Moore

Oregon

  • Holiday Inn The Lodge at Running Y Ranch
  • Holiday Inn The Lodge at Eagle Crest

Pennsylvania

  • Holiday Inn Allentown Center City
  • Holiday Inn Express Pittsburgh-Cranberry
  • Crowne Plaza Philadelphia-Bucks County

Rhode Island

  • Holiday Inn South Kingstown (Newport Area)

South Carolina

  • Holiday Inn Express Anderson-I-85
  • Candlewood Suites Charleston-Ashley Phosphate

South Dakota

  • Holiday Inn Express Brookings
  • Holiday Inn Rapid City-Rushmore Plaza

Tennessee

  • Holiday Inn Express Dandridge
  • Holiday Inn Johnson City
  • Crowne Plaza Memphis East
  • Holiday Inn Express Knoxville West

Texas

  • Holiday Inn Express Cuero
  • Holiday Inn Express Eastland
  • Candlewood Suites Harlingen
  • Holiday Inn Houston SW – Sugar Land
  • Candlewood Suites Port Arthur
  • Staybridge Suites Plano – Richardson
  • Candlewood Suites Texarkana

Utah

  • Holiday Inn Express Price

Virginia

  • Candlewood Suites Colonial Heights-Ft Lee
  • Crowne Plaza Hampton-Marina
  • Holiday Inn Manassas – Battlefield
  • Holiday Inn Express Orange

Vermont

  • Holiday Inn Express Springfield VT

Washington

  • Holiday Inn Express Richland
  • Holiday Inn Spokane Airport

Wisconsin

  • Holiday Inn La Crosse
  • Crowne Plaza Milwaukee Airport
  • Holiday Inn Express Superior

West Virginia

  • Holiday Inn Express New Martinsville

IHG One Rewards update – April 2024:

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Comments (26)

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  • Will Dolling says:

    Just to say that the formatting of your list has lumped North Carolina as part of Montana.

    I’m not sure the folks in Raleigh would approve.

    • Rob says:

      Sorry! At one point I had Saudi Arabia in South Africa but I spotted that!

    • Fenny says:

      Maybe not, but a former resident of Durham who is about to move to Billings may prefer not having to move interstate as she doesn’t like flying!

    • flood says:

      Polite note that Colombia (the country) is spelled differently to Columbia (South Carolina, USA). This may be verbatim from IHG…?

  • James67 says:

    Dumfries is a nice town and a nice area to visit, just wrong time of year. Helsinki airport is a big plus, anybody wanting a reward flight to/from BKk could start or end their journey there, saving a load of avios as it is one zone less than UK and no worries about mkssed connections.

  • Globetrotter7 says:

    Thank you, thanks you, thank you Rob for this! Great timing as I’m off to Belgium tomorrow and have booked 3 nights at the HIX Mechelen City (the only Belgian hotel to feature on the list!) using points+cash. A quick search shows rooms are still available so I will cancel and rebook tomorrow before check in. Thanks again. Wouldn’t have known I can save 10,000 points per night if it wasn’t for your great site…thanks again

    • Brian says:

      Make sure you book the second room BEFORE cancelling your first! Just in case…. (assuming you have enough points, of course)

  • Tony says:

    Does anyone have a link to the Ts & Cs?

    • Rob says:

      There are no T&C’s! However ….

      * Same rules as normal redemptions – cancel at any point and get your points back.
      * Each hotel has a limited number of PB rooms. Once they have booked (guess a number) of rooms at 5,000 points the offer disappears. Popular hotels will go quickly on Monday.
      * Maximum two bookings per hotel at 5,000 points but you can book as many nights as you want

      • Tony says:

        Can I book multiple rooms in one booking? i.e. 3 rooms for one night?

        • Rob says:

          Hmm. Not sure if you can do that on rewards. Why not try a dummy booking and see?

  • Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

    I’ve stayed a couple times at Holiday Inn Maidstone – Sevenoaks. Adequate, not excellent. Decent enough overnight base for exploring Kent (it’s a short drive to Leeds Castle) and its motorway location is probably good if you want a staging point for EuroTunnel.

  • Nick says:

    I stayed at Heythrop Park CP this time last year to hit one of my into the nights targets. The hotel itself is nice and but the bar/restaurant isn’t worth visiting. We went to the nearby pub just 2 minutes drive away and had a lovely meal. Would be interesting to see what benefits Spire Elite’s very there.

    • Mark says:

      Restaurant was rubbish five years ago e.g. six inch frozen Iceland pizzas (the ones that come ten in a bag) for the kids. Cant believe theyve not done anything about it.

  • Phil says:

    The HI Sandton Rivonia Road is a decent property that also treats elites well. If I were popping up to Jo’burg I would certainly grab that for 5k points.

    (Feeling nostalgia for the times when the IC Sandton used to appear on the list. *sniff*)

  • Liz says:

    I need two nights at the Crowne Plaza Memphis East but in Aug! What are the chances it will appear again. Nil I suspect!

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