Changes for IHG PointBreaks Reward Promotion – better hotels, higher prices

IHG Rewards Club is making big changes to one of the most popular hotel rewards promotions, IHG Rewards PointBreaks: Instead of offering hotels at a fixed price of 5,000 points – some of the best hotel rewards value out there, now more than 200 hotels are available at 5,000, 10,000 and 15,000 points. And while that caused an outcry from the travel bloggosphere, I think it’s good news! The list of PointBreaks hotels had become less attractive over time and this change offers a choice of more and more upscale hotels during the IHG PointBreaks promotion. 

This latest IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks promotion is available to book now and runs through April 30th, 2018. As always, hotels will start to disappear from the list as the promo rates are used, so I recommend to be quick with your travel plans. As before, you’ll only be able to book two reservations per hotel to discourage making reservations “just in case” and blocking other travels to take advantage of the promotion.

It includes a number of more upscale brand hotels, like InterContinental, Crowne Plaza or Indigo, for example the new Crowne Plaza Vientiane, the very relaxed capital of Laos! You’ll also find more hotels in  better locations, like the beachfront Holiday Inn Baruna Bali (below).

Holiday Inn Baruna Bali, Pool

Bottomline: IHG Rewards Club is making a big change and it looks like its for the better. Instead of offering around 100 hotels from the bottom of their portfolio in previous promos, you can now book more than 200 hotels across a wider price range. The value you receive is really from the discount at each hotel available during the promotion, so check carefully before you book. In some cases, the point value you receive is below what I value IHG Points at 0.5 UScents/point! In others, the value is very good at 1.5c/p. Overall, I think this is still a change for the better, with more choices and more hotels.

Below you can find the full list of hotels participating, listed in groups by points needed (5,000/10,000/15,000) and by United States/States and Worldwide/Region/Country

5,000 points per night

 
ALBERTA, CANADA

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Fort Saskatchewan
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Edmonton Arpt – Conference Ctr

BRAZIL
Holiday Inn Belo Horizonte Savassi
Holiday Inn Porto Alegre

PANAMA
Holiday Inn Panama Canal

GUANAJUATO, MEXICO
Candlewood Suites Celaya

QUERETARO, MEXICO
Candlewood Suites Queretaro Juriquilla

SINALOA, MEXICO
Holiday Inn Express Culiacan

VERACRUZ, MEXICO
Hotel Indigo Veracruz Boca Del Rio

ITALY
Holiday Inn Nola – Naples Vulcano Buono

TURKEY
Crowne Plaza Antalya
Holiday Inn Express Istanbul Airport
Holiday Inn Kayseri – Duvenonu

INDIA
Holiday Inn Express Chennai Mahindra World City

JAPAN
ANA Crowne Plaza Wakkanai

MALAYSIA
Holiday Inn Kuala Lumpur Glenmarie

ANHUI, CHINA (PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC)
Crowne Plaza Wuhu

HEBEI, CHINA (PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC)
Holiday Inn Shijiazhuang Central

INNER MONGOLIA, CHINA (PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC)
Crowne Plaza Ordos

JIANGSU, CHINA (PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC)
Holiday Inn Express Nantong Downtown

SHANDONG, CHINA (PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC)
Crowne Plaza Yantai Sea View

TIANJIN, CHINA (PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC)
Crowne Plaza Tianjin Jinnan

10,000 points per night

 

 


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