IHG PointBreaks hotel redemptions are back on Monday – now pricier but much improved

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• JamesB says:

  27 Jan27 January 05:53

  It is also worth noting that reports elsewhere suggest that the new 10,000 and 15,000 pointbreaks can be booked for points and cash.

• David TC says:

  27 Jan27 January 06:13

  Is this site sponsored by IHG? Every day there seems to be yet another article!

  • Rob MC says:

    27 Jan27 January 06:40

    Do these count towards accelerate targets?

    • JamesB says:

      27 Jan27 January 06:48

      No, sorry.

    • Andrew says:

      27 Jan27 January 08:22

      Only the ‘redeem some points’ target

  • The Original Nick says:

    27 Jan27 January 07:14

    What would it matter if it was?

  • Mike L says:

    27 Jan27 January 07:24

    And what if it was ?. He sends out 3 emails a day sometimes covering multiple topics. They are all relevant to someone but not all. Some suit my travel needs and others don’t, including IHG but I quickly skim over the article and disregard. The guy is doing his best.

    • Tilly says:

      27 Jan27 January 14:17

      Well said!

  • Tony says:

    27 Jan27 January 07:33

    @David – an uncalled for slur really. In January Rob has written about IHG 7 times. 2 main articles containing important news about the scheme and 5 smaller articles in the Bits section of the site. The HfP readership is made up of many who are part of IHG reward scheme and obviously Rob alerts them to any news affecting that scheme.
    As always, it’s blog with free tips and info. It’s not cost you anything to access that so if the site’s not for you then you’re free to look elsewhere.

    • Arnold says:

      27 Jan27 January 08:40

      Hardly a slur. Sponsored articles / blogs are hardly unusual. It’s a fair question – this site has clearly progressed from an independent blog to a notable travel site with plenty of cooperation with hotel/travel chains.

    • Callum says:

      27 Jan27 January 18:04

      While I agree with the sentiments, you lot need to get a room!

  • Rob says:

    27 Jan27 January 08:48

    I have done this for 6 years now. Hilton and IHG stuff is very popular, Starwood and Hyatt stuff not popular (but we cover it anyway), Accor and Marriott middling.

    If you want less IHG, stop pushing up the page views on the articles 🙂

    Starwood and Hyatt actually get disproportionate coverage compared to reader interest and chain size.

    • Jon says:

      27 Jan27 January 09:20

      I’d like to see more Club Carlson articles as I like their hotels.(Park Plaza and Radissons – I know Rob mentioned he likes the Westminster Bridge outpost) They also have relatively generous redemption from Amex MR. I’m going to click the next Carlson article 10,000 times to bump up the page views 😀

      • Michael Jennings says:

        27 Jan27 January 09:36

        There are two other Park Plaza hotels (County Hall and Waterloo) so close to Westminster Bridge that I am not sure that “outpost” is quite the word.

        • Rob says:

          27 Jan27 January 10:51

          There is a 4th open down there now!

      • Michael Jennings says:

        27 Jan27 January 12:24

        I am with Jon in liking Club Carson hotels, but they don’t have the worldwide reach of IHG, Hilton, or a couple of the other groups. They do have a very good portfolio of hotels in London, but this is of limited use to those of us who live here.

      • DS says:

        27 Jan27 January 20:15

        They are also building a new one next door to Radisson blu hampshire

      • Michael Jennings says:

        28 Jan28 January 13:51

        Lots of construction going on at Leicester Square, too. Is that a new hotel or an extension of the one that is there already?

        • Rob says:

          28 Jan28 January 14:22

          Not clear, I wondered the same last week when I passed it. I would guess it would be separate as it will bear little relation to the Hampshire.

    • thomas says:

      27 Jan27 January 13:28

      : )

    • Alan says:

      28 Jan28 January 19:39

      Surprised at lack of reader interest in Starwood – although their status benefits aren’t amazing the sign-up bonus on the card is decent and SPG points have a good variety of redemption options.

      • Crafty says:

        1 Feb1 February 19:59

        Never come across a hotel of theirs without expressly seeking them out.

  • Paul says:

    27 Jan27 January 09:31

    It because IHG are being proactive in current promotions and being well covered here.

    I for one appreciate this coverage.

• Leo says:

  27 Jan27 January 08:04

  The points world is getting smaller in the UK. Two of the main, easiest ways to collect is via the IHG credit card, and the accelerate program. It’s similar to why Tesco is mentioned a lot more than say Morrisons – Tesco is simply more relevant. By making that comment about IHG being mentioned a lot really just shows a fundamental ignorance of the state of the points world to be blunt.

• Michael Jennings says:

  27 Jan27 January 08:06

  Rob makes his money by getting commission in various ways when people obtain flights, hotels, credit cards and other items after reading about them on the site. We all know this. This is completely fine.

  • JamesB says:

    27 Jan27 January 08:41

    Last time I checked, we are all still paying hard cash for the BBC. Despite this it neither makes or saves me money, and I am sure that were I to give them feedback or make a complaint the most likely responsevwould be meaningless. By contrast, HFP costs me nothing, saves and makes me useful amounts of money, allows me to travel in greater comfort, Rob invests huge energy in responding to everbodies comments and needs, and interacting with the HFP community is for the most parr, entertaining, rewarding and enjoyable. I know which media I prefer, so i fully agree with you and I hope Rob makes a mint out if HFP.

    • John W says:

      27 Jan27 January 09:10

      O\T. Thanks for the BA calculator . Went back to the article yesterday as I discovered I needed it and read about it in the last week but didn’t download at the time ????

    • Anna says:

      27 Jan27 January 10:16

      +1. Trickle down economics in action ????

      • Anna says:

        27 Jan27 January 10:17

        To JamesB!

    • Fenny says:

      27 Jan27 January 13:56

      I pay the BBC as much hard cash as I pay for HfP. But one has significantly better content than the other 🙂

      • Callum says:

        27 Jan27 January 18:07

        The BBC? As much as I love this site its beyond absurd to claim it’s better than the BBC!

        I’ve always found the Rob fan club on here a bit creepy too!

      • Mr Dee says:

        27 Jan27 January 19:00

        I would pay HFP over the BBC everyday!

      • Fenny says:

        27 Jan27 January 19:07

        Merely pointing out that we don’t all pay hard cash to the BBC. I can’t watch the few things that I may think worth the effort and really don’t think it’s a gap in my life.

      • the_real_a says:

        28 Jan28 January 14:27

        Not absurd to me Callum. My time reading HFP is significantly more than i watch the BBC. In fact i cant remember the last program i did watch.

• Claire says:

  27 Jan27 January 08:32

  Does anyone know how many times a year IHG do this pointbreaks promotion? I don’t need to book rooms before April 30th am looking to book Oct/Nov 18 – thanks 🙂

  • Rob says:

    27 Jan27 January 08:43

    3-4 per year, a new list will launch in late April.

    • Claire says:

      28 Jan28 January 07:11

      Thanks 🙂

• Doug M says:

  27 Jan27 January 09:23

  Would that be Newbury Park in the LONDON Borough of Redbridge?
  London goes east as well as west. It’s not the nicest place in the world, but this hotel is right by the station on the Central Line and you’d be into the City or West End very quickly, say 30 mins to Holborn with no changes, for anyone looking for a cheap London option this would be fine.

  • John says:

    27 Jan27 January 10:53

    Is London Southend Airport in London? I say 30% of Newbury Park residents still consider themselves to be living in Essex.

    • Doug M says:

      27 Jan27 January 11:26

      This is a debate that can just run and run, and you’re right that a significant number of people living there would consider it Essex, probably more so those that are older. It was the mid 60’s when those boroughs were created. But ‘Nowhere near London’ is not helpful for a hotel technically in London.
      Southend can do what it pleases, if the London label helps it work great, but it’s clearly and absolutely as outside London as Newbury Park is inside.

• The Original Nick. says:

  27 Jan27 January 10:45

  Exactly, and I have been reading since you started the site Rob. I’ve found you and your website very useful so if these people don’t like it they can look elsewhere. Good luck to them if they do.

• RussellH says:

  27 Jan27 January 11:12

  Surprising to me that that is IHG’s ‘teaser’ list! It is presumably the same whether one lives in the UK or in Chile or in New Zealand??

  Surely they could have come up with a range of regional teasers which would be more inclined to excite some interest for a trip away fairly locally ie a European list for Europe, a north American list for there and so on.

  Rob, do you know how these are funded? Do IHG still pay the standard points value, or do they twist hotels arms to take part?

  • Nick M says:

    27 Jan27 January 11:49

    If you part pay with points but then need to cancel, do you still get everything back as points?

    • Rob says:

      27 Jan27 January 11:52

      Yes

  • Rob says:

    27 Jan27 January 11:54

    Hotels get the standard rate I believe.

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