IHG PointsBreaks: Have you booked yet?

It has been a few months since  IHG Rewards Club revamped  IHG PointBreaks with three redemption tiers. Select hotels under are now available for 5000/10000/15000 IHG Rewards Club points for stays, which is a massive discount as compared to their full redemption prices. The new IHG PointBreaks list is out now, for the quarter September through November 2018. Here are your opportunities with IHG PointBreaks 2018.

IHG PointBreaks 2018

The new IHG PointBreaks list has about 170 hotels are participating. The list has hotels participating mostly in US & China. However, there are two hotels in India and a number of them located close by, in Oman, UAE, and Malaysia. These hotels are open for stays until November 30, 2018, so definitely a good time to plan fall travels. The more excellent hotels do sell out quickly as there are a limited number of rooms available under PointBreaks, so if you like a hotel make sure to book it immediately.

Points + Cash booking is now available

Until 2017, PointBreaks hotels were priced at 5,000 points per night and could be only booked for points. Though now hotels that cost 10,000 and 15,000 points per night can be redeemed for points + cash. The cash component will differ for each hotel so you’ll need to check the price of each hotel. But mostly, the rule of thumb is that you can typically pay USD 50 to lower the cost by 5,000 points, and USD 80 will reduce the price by 10,000 points.

One thing to keep in mind while booking hotels under IHG PointBreaks is that each member can only make two PointBreaks reservations at one hotel, although there is no restriction on the number of days a stay can be booked for.

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InterContinental Miramar Panama available for 15,000 IHG Rewards Club Points per night.

Here’s the full list of hotels participating:

For 5,000 points

For 10,000 points

USA 

Holiday Inn Express Atmore
Holiday Inn Express Peoria North – Glendale
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Bryant – Benton Area
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Camarillo
Crowne Plaza Stamford
Crowne Plaza Wilmington North
Crowne Plaza Chicago Sw – Burr Ridge
Crowne Plaza Chicago-Northbrook
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Evansville North
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Mishawaka – South Bend
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Portage
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Schererville
Holiday Inn & Suites Des Moines-Northwest
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Atchison
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Lenexa – Overland Park Area
Holiday Inn Express Wichita South
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Cincinnati South – Wilder
Holiday Inn Covington
Holiday Inn Express Donaldsonville
Candlewood Suites Portland – Scarborough
Holiday Inn Belcamp – Aberdeen Area
Crowne Plaza Grand Rapids – Airport
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Southgate – Detroit Area
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Columbus North
Holiday Inn Joplin
Holiday Inn Express & Suites West Plains Southwest
Candlewood Suites Omaha Airport
Holiday Inn Omaha Southwest
Staybridge Suites Omaha 80Th And Dodge
Holiday Inn Express Bordentown – Trenton South
Holiday Inn Express Princeton Southeast
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Deming Mimbres Valley
Holiday Inn Express Rochester – Greece
Holiday Inn Rochester NY – Downtown
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Salamanca
Crowne Plaza Hickory
Holiday Inn & Suites Mansfield-Conference Ctr
Holiday Inn Express Lordstown-Newton Falls/Warren
Holiday Inn & Suites Oklahoma City North
Crowne Plaza Tulsa – Southern Hills
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Gettysburg
Crowne Plaza Reading
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Blythewood
Holiday Inn Express & Suites I-26 & Us 29 At Westgate Mall
Holiday Inn Knoxville N – Merchant Drive
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Houston Sw – Sharpstown
Staybridge Suites Odessa – Interstate Hwy 20
Holiday Inn Express & Suites San Antonio South
Staybridge Suites Nw Near Six Flags Fiesta
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Schulenburg
Holiday Inn Express & Suites San Antonio North – Windcrest
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Brigham City – North Utah
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Lehi – Thanksgiving Point
Holiday Inn Express & Suites South Hill
Holiday Inn Express Quantico – Stafford
Holiday Inn & Suites Bellingham
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Platteville
Candlewood Suites Cheyenne
Holiday Inn & Suites Grande Prairie-Conference Ctr
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Sherwood Park-Edmonton Area

MEXICO
Crowne Plaza Toluca-Lancaster
Hotel Indigo Veracruz Boca Del Rio

ARGENTINA
InterContinental Mendoza

EL SALVADOR
InterContinental San Salvador-Metrocentro Mall

AZERBAIJAN
Staybridge Suites Baku

GERMANY
Holiday Inn Express Augsburg
Holiday Inn Hamburg – City Nord

MALTA
Holiday Inn Express Malta

MONGOLIA
Holiday Inn Ulaanbaatar

TURKEY
Crowne Plaza Bursa
Crowne Plaza Istanbul – Harbiye
Holiday Inn Istanbul – Sisli

UNITED KINGDOM
Holiday Inn Express Aberdeen City Centre
Holiday Inn Express Chester – Racecourse
Holiday Inn Express St. Albans – M25, Jct.22

SAUDI ARABIA
Crowne Plaza Madinah

SOUTH AFRICA
Holiday Inn Cape Town

ZIMBABWE
Holiday Inn Mutare

INDIA
Holiday Inn Kolkata Airport
Holiday Inn Chennai Omr It Expressway

JAPAN
ANA Crowne Plaza Wakkanai
ANA Crowne Plaza Yonago

LAOS
Crowne Plaza Vientiane

MALAYSIA
Holiday Inn Melaka

NEPAL
Crowne Plaza Kathmandu-Soaltee

For 15,000 Points

Bottomline

I’m glad to see eleven InterContinental hotels participating in this time’s promotion. And there are tonnes of Crowne Plaza hotels as well. Some of them are located in key Eastern European destinations such as Kiev and Bucharest, which usually cost a bomb. I’m a bit disappointed that only two hotels in India made it to the list. This time we get two Holiday Inns compared to two Crowne Plazas that we got last time. Nevertheless, these are some great redemption rates. We still see ample inventory strewn around. So if you haven’t booked up, do so now.

What hotels are you staying at during the IHG PointBreaks promotions?

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