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BOOK NOW: 165 new PointBreaks hotels for just 5,000 to 15,000 IHG Rewards Club points

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IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) has just published its new list of heavily discounted PointBreaks redemptions.

You can book these hotels for stays until 30th November.

These hotels are bookable NOW via ihg.com.  Popular hotels will use up their allocation of reduced price rooms quickly, so book soon if you are interested.  As with all IHG Rewards Club reward nights, you can cancel without penalty at any time and get your points back.

PointBreaks has changed …..

Historically all PointBreaks rooms cost a flat 5,000 IHG Rewards Club points per night.

This was a great deal, except for the teeny tiny fact that the selection of hotels had been getting progressively worse for the last couple of years.  If you were looking for a good deal in a major tourist centre then you were going to be disappointed – although it was handy if you wanted a weekend break in Doncaster.  This has now changed.

The 165 hotels on the list below are priced at between 5,000 and 15,000 IHG Rewards Club points per night.  In general the quality of hotels included has gone up since the 5,000 point cap was removed, although at the end of the day it always depends on how the list fits around your travel plans.

What are the highlights?

Not surprisingly the better deals are at the 15,000 points level.

  • The QO in Amsterdam, an unbranded IHG hotel, looks interesting as does Crowne Plaza Potsdamer Platz in Berlin
  • Given we are heading into high season there, Crowne Plaza Abu Dhabi would be a cheap Middle East break.  There is also a Muscat option.
  • In London, the Holiday Inn Express Wandsworth is surprisingly central although not on the tube.  There is a National Rail station a couple of minutes away and it is a short taxi ride into Battersea or up to Kings Road for entertainment.
  • The Venice hotel is NOT in central Venice so I’d be a little wary of that one
  • The two St Petersburg options look good although Russian visas are always painful to get
  • We reviewed the brand new InterContinental Ljubljana here and at 15,000 points it must be worth trying out a new European city if you’ve never been to Slovenia
  • InterContinental Kiev is also on the list

Booking

PointBreaks availability is limited so book ASAP if you are interested.

You can book via the IHG PointBreaks page here or via the standard booking page here.

You are able to book these hotels for dates up to 30th November.

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 may reprice at the full rate.

Click through the link to learn more about any specific hotel:

(The hotel list has been deleted as many links are now dead)


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.

Comments (88)

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  • Boo says:

    IC Bucharest is pretty good, IC Kiev is very good, but IC Le Vendome is awful. It would be poor if it was a CP, but as an IC it’s comical. The IC Phoenicia just around the corner from the Vendome is well worth the extra points. I wouldnt spend 5000 points on le vendome, but the Phoenicia is great.

    • Alex Sm says:

      I would definitely go to Bucharest or Kiev for that price! Shame that my partner and I already ran out of AL and travel budget for this year

  • BC says:

    The CP Vientiane is new and getting great reviews. It’s a rather niche destination, but luckily for me one I’m heading to. And a weekend in London for the film festival is now going to be spent in Wandsworth. I’ve been distinctly underwhelmed by previous Points Breaks offers, but this one’s worked well for me.

  • Brian W says:

    I stayed at the QO in Amsterdam 3 days after it opened earlier this year. I booked it a few months prior foe 30,000 points. I found the hotel great and thoroughly enjoyed my stay. Its only 10 mins into Centraal Station on the train which has a stop 2 mins from the hotel. It’s a steal at 15,000 points if you ask me.

  • Andy S says:

    Slightly OT – Still about IHG but not pointsbreaks, normal reward nights.

    If I want to book two rooms with points, I have to book one, and then “duplicate” it. Does it matter if both rooms are in my name? on the second I couldn’t find a way to change the name without logging out and not being able to use points!! After booking it says that names are hidden for privacy and not editable, contact the hotel if you need to. So basically do I need to contact the hotel and give the name of the person for the second room, or can I check them in when I check myself in?

    • Binks says:

      Thanks for the update Rob. Shame the points break is until 30/11 – I head out to Istanbul a week or so later and would have been tempted with CP Harbiye given the stash of IHG points I have. May be next time.

    • Dougie Forde says:

      I booked two rooms in the same hotel using points earlier this year. Didn’t have any problems

  • Alan says:

    Snagged a 5k room in Mississippi vs $135, decent saving! 🙂

  • Matt says:

    Thinking of applying for one of the Creation IHG credit cards (been meaning to for a while anyway), and using the sign-up bonus to make a PointsBreak booking.

    Is it possible to apply for, and receive a sign-up bonus, on both the free and premium card at the same time? I just re-read Rob’s reviews of the cards but didn’t see it mentioned.

    Any idea how long it usually takes from triggering the bonus to receiving the points?

    Thanks!

    • Alan says:

      Yes, I’ve held both cards previously. Points posting usually prompt so you could have them in your first monthly points run.

  • Daz says:

    My best response: What a load of bollocks! Unless you are a arms dealer or have happened to have the most unfortunate IHG Accelerate programme in history, why!!!?????

    9/10 are shit holes

    Love Daz

  • simon says:

    I would highly recommend CP Vientiane, its a nice hotel in a lovely city , i was there two months ago , Laos is similar to Thailand 10 or 15 years ago

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