Reminder: IHG PointBreaks will be bookable from Monday afternoon

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• Jay says:

  28 Jul28 July 06:19

  Hi Raffles,

  Can i book two rooms for the same night in 2 separate bookings?

  • Rob says:

    28 Jul28 July 11:34

    Yes, no problem, but must be separate bookings as you cannot book two rooms together for rewards.

• Gnarlyoldgoatdude says:

  28 Jul28 July 14:22

  The Points Break page is still showing the old details at 14:20.

• Ian says:

  28 Jul28 July 14:40

  Just booked a hotel for 5000pts at 1430

• Gnarlyoldgoatdude says:

  28 Jul28 July 15:36

  Yeap. The Point Breaks page itself is still out of date (15:35), but I’ve managed to book 9 wonderful nights in Slough.

• Chico Dusty says:

  28 Jul28 July 19:16

  Calgary is never on this list! Itching to go.

• HayMow says:

  29 Jul29 July 10:12

  Do you know how quickly purchased points reach an IHG Rewards account? Thinking it might be worth buying 5k at $13.50 per 1,000 = c.£40 for the 5000 points needed for these offers, if my calc is correct, if it’s somewhere you were planning to go anyway. (Or even buying now for the next PointsBreak offer, since I have a zero balance.)

  • Rob says:

    29 Jul29 July 10:20

    You can buy IHG points at $7 per 1000, no need to pay $13.50! You will need 5000 to get started with this though, which you would need to buy at full price.

    (Not sure how long they take to post via points com – normally within 48 hours.)

    When you have 5000 points in your account, find a 15,000 point property and book a reward night. You will be forced to use ‘cash and points’ which is 5,000 points plus $70. Once you have booked, cancel. Your $70 is not returned to you – instead, you get 15,000 points back in your account. You have therefore effectively bought 10,000 points for $70. Repeat as required

    • Gnarlyoldgoatdude says:

      29 Jul29 July 13:43

      Just received a Platinum offer of 60% extra points when bought.
      Still not worth it based on Raffles’s above calculations.

• GlennM says:

  29 Jul29 July 15:31

  Did anyone else get the Elite Club bonus email? 60% extra on all points purchases – marginally of value, but given this deal, a bit more of winner.

  • Rob says:

    29 Jul29 July 17:16

    It is still over $7 per 1000 which is the price using ‘cash and points and cancel’ though – although at least buying your first 5000 points got cheaper!

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