It is that time again – the release of the next session of IHG PointBreak hotels (this list actually went live yesterday but I had some things that came up and wasn’t able to get to this yesterday). As you know by now, these hotels can be booked for only 5,000 IHG points per night for reservations lasting through February 28, 2015. The IHG PointBreak hotels are certainly the best deal in hotel awards even though not all of these hotels are awe-inspiring.
IHG PointBreak Hotel List
The following list of hotels are available for only 5,000 points per night for reservations through February 28, 2015. Remember, you cannot make more than two reservations per hotel during this booking period (you can still book multiple reservations at various hotels, just not more than two at one property).
Getting the points
There are a variety of ways to get the points necessary for PointBreak hotels. The one thing that I would only do as a last resort is to use Ultimate Rewards. Yes, these hotels are a fantastic value, but 5,000 Ultimate Reward points can be worth, at the minimum, $62. For many of us, we can find common value closer to $75 – $85 for Ultimate Reward points when transferred to partners like Southwest, Hyatt, United, and Singapore. So, only transfer if you cannot obtain points through one of these other methods.
A great way to get a bundle of IHG points is through the ihg credit card which you can read about here. Another way is through purchasing ihg points which you can read about here. Finally, though they may no be useful to you during this round, check out your offer from the “Into the Nights” promotion – read about it here.
Notable Hotels
The Crowne Plaza Liège
There are only two of the upper-tier Intercontinental brand hotels this time – one in Egypt and the other in Mexico. There is an abundance of Holiday Inn Express hotels available throughout the US.
There are no options for stays in Phoenix (where the Super Bowl will be) but there are two options in Tucson which is a couple of hours away from the Super Bowl – the Holiday Inn Express and Suites and Candlewood Suites
For those interested in attending the BCS game in Arlington, there are two options that are within an hour – Crowne Plaza Dallas (near Galleria-Addison) and Holiday Inn Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport S.
Make sure you look at the European options that you may be able to marry with some of the off-peak award deals going on – from American Airlines, from United Airlines, and from US Airways. With that, the hotel Crowne Plaza Liège in Belgium certainly looks like a nice place to stay, especially for only 5,000 points per night.
United States
ALABAMA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS MONTGOMERY – EAST I-85
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES SYLACAUGA
ARIZONA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES ORO VALLEY-
TUCSON NORTH
CANDLEWOOD SUITES TUCSON
ARKANSAS
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES MALVERN
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES MORRILTON
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES VAN BUREN-
FT SMITH AREA
CALIFORNIA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES INDIO
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES JACKSON
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES LIVERMORE
HOLIDAY INN PALMDALE-LANCASTER
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES TEHACHAPI
HWY 58/MILL ST.
COLORADO
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES CO SPRINGS-
AIR FORCE ACADEMY
CONNECTICUT
HOLIDAY INN NEW LONDON – MYSTIC AREA
EVEN HOTEL NORWALK
DELAWARE
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES DOVER
FLORIDA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES BARTOW
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES BROOKSVILLE WEST
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES LIVE OAK
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES PANAMA CITY-TYNDALL
GEORGIA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AUGUSTA EAST
STAYBRIDGE SUITES COLUMBUS – FORT BENNING
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES HINESVILLE EAST –
FORT STEWART
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES MOULTRIE
IDAHO
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES SANDPOINT NORTH
ILLINOIS
STAYBRIDGE SUITES AURORA/NAPERVILLE
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES BOURBONNAIS (KANKAKEE/BRADLEY)
CANDLEWOOD SUITES CHAMPAIGN-URBANA UNIV AREA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES MATTOON
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES MORRIS
INDIANA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES KOKOMO
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS WASHINGTON
IOWA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES CEDAR RAPIDS-I-380
@ 33RD AVE
CANDLEWOOD SUITES SIOUX CITY – SOUTHERN HILLS
KENTUCKY
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES HAZARD
LOUISIANA
CROWNE PLAZA EXECUTIVE CENTER BATON ROUGE
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS COVINGTON-MADISONVILLE
CANDLEWOOD SUITES DENHAM SPRINGS
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES MORGAN CITY –
TIGER ISLAND
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES NEW IBERIA-
AVERY ISLAND
MAINE
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS BIDDEFORD
MARYLAND
CANDLEWOOD SUITES ABERDEEN-EDGEWOOD-BEL AIR
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES BALTIMORE WEST –
CATONSVILLE
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS WASHINGTON DC – BW PARKWAY
MICHIGAN
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES CANTON
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HASTINGS
CROWNE PLAZA LANSING WEST
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES DETROIT
NORTH – TROY
MINNESOTA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES ROGERS
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES ST. PAUL NE
(VADNAIS HEIGHTS)
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES WILLMAR
MISSISSIPPI
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES CORINTH
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES FULTON
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES GRENADA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES JACKSON
DOWNTOWN – COLISEUM
HOLIDAY INN HOTEL AND SUITES TUPELO NORTH
MISSOURI
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES MARYVILLE
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES SIKESTON
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES ST. JOSEPH
MONTANA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES GLENDIVE
CANDLEWOOD SUITES SIDNEY
NEBRASKA
CANDLEWOOD SUITES OMAHA AIRPORT
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES YORK
NEVADA
CANDLEWOOD SUITES WINNEMUCCA
NEW JERSEY
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES CARNEYS POINT
NJ TRNPK EXIT 1
NEW MEXICO
CROWNE PLAZA ALBUQUERQUE
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES DEMING
MIMBRES VALLEY
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES LOS ALAMOS
ENTRADA PARK
NEW YORK
STAYBRIDGE SUITES BUFFALO-AIRPORT
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS PAINTED POST – CORNING AREA
NORTH CAROLINA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES GOLDSBORO –
BASE AREA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HICKORY-HICKORY MART
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES MONROE
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES ROANOKE RAPIDS SE
STAYBRIDGE SUITES WILMINGTON EAST
OHIO
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES BOWLING GREEN
HOLIDAY INN DAYTON/FAIRBORN I-675
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES MARION
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES VAN WERT
OKLAHOMA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES CHICKASHA
CANDLEWOOD SUITES MIDWEST CITY
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES GLENPOOL-
TULSA SOUTH
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES PRYOR
PENNSYLVANIA
HOLIDAY INN BENSALEM-PHILADELPHIA AREA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES PITTSBURGH SW – SOUTHPOINTE
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS EXTON-LIONVILLE
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES GREENSBURG
HOLIDAY INN WILKES BARRE – EAST MOUNTAIN
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES YORK
SOUTH CAROLINA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES SUMTER
TENNESSEE
CANDLEWOOD SUITES KNOXVILLE AIRPORT-ALCOA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES MORRISTOWN
TEXAS
CROWNE PLAZA DALLAS NEAR GALLERIA-ADDISON
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES HOUSTON-ALVIN
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES FAIRFIELD-NORTH
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES FLORESVILLE
HOLIDAY INN DALLAS-FORT WORTH AIRPORT S
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES GRAHAM
UTAH
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES SPRINGVILLE-
SOUTH PROVO AREA
VIRGINIA
STAYBRIDGE SUITES CHANTILLY – FAIRFAX
CANDLEWOOD SUITES HARRISONBURG
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES SUFFOLK
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES WINCHESTER
WASHINGTON
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS VANCOUVER NORTH –
SALMON CREEK
WEST VIRGINIA
HOLIDAY INN HOTEL AND SUITES BARBOURSVILLE
CANDLEWOOD SUITES LOGAN
WISCONSIN
CANDLEWOOD SUITES LA CROSSE
STAYBRIDGE SUITES MADISON-EAST
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES PLEASANT PRAIRIE /
KENOSHA
WYOMING
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES BUFFALO
Europe
BELGIUM
CROWNE PLAZA LIÈGE
FINLAND
CROWNE PLAZA HELSINKI
FRANCE
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS STRASBOURG – SUD
CROWNE PLAZA LYON – CITE INTERNATIONALE
GERMANY
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AUGSBURG
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS STUTTGART AIRPORT
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS NEUNKIRCHEN
HOLIDAY INN STUTTGART
CROWNE PLAZA WIESBADEN
IRELAND
CROWNE PLAZA DUNDALK
ITALY
HOLIDAY INN SALERNO – CAVA DE’ TIRRENI
HOLIDAY INN NOLA – NAPLES VULCANO BUONO
RUSSIA
HOLIDAY INN MOSCOW – SOKOLNIKI
SPAIN
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS MADRID – GETAFE
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS VALENCIA – BONAIRE
SWITZERLAND
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AFFOLTERN AM ALBIS
TURKEY
CROWNE PLAZA ISTANBUL – ASIA
UNITED KINGDOM
STAYBRIDGE SUITES BIRMINGHAM
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS BIRMINGHAM – SNOW HILL
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT
HOLIDAY INN SOLIHULL
Asia
INDIA
HOLIDAY INN AMRITSAR RANJIT AVENUE
HOLIDAY INN COCHIN
CROWNE PLAZA KOCHI
INDONESIA
HOLIDAY INN JAKARTA KEMAYORAN
MALAYSIA
HOLIDAY INN KUALA LUMPUR GLENMARIE
THAILAND
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS BANGKOK SATHORN
CHINA-PEOPLES REPUBLIC
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS BEIJING YIZHUANG
CROWNE PLAZA BEIJING LIDO
HOLIDAY INN TEMPLE OF HEAVEN BEIJING
HOLIDAY INN CHENGDU XINDU
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS CHENGDU WEST GATE
HOLIDAY INN HOHHOT
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS SHANGHAI GONGKANG
Middle East and Africa
EGYPT
INTERCONTINENTAL THE PALACE PORT GHALIB RESORT
JORDAN
HOLIDAY INN AMMAN
HOLIDAY INN RESORT DEAD SEA
MAURITIUS
HOLIDAY INN MAURITIUS AIRPORT
QATAR
CROWNE PLAZA DOHA – THE BUSINESS PARK
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
HOLIDAY INN ABU DHABI
Central and South America
ARGENTINA
HOLIDAY INN ROSARIO
BRAZIL
HOLIDAY INN PORTO ALEGRE
CHILE
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS IQUIQUE
ECUADOR
HOLIDAY INN GUAYAQUIL AIRPORT
PANAMA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS PANAMA DISTRITO FINANCIERO
Mexico
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS CABO SAN LUCAS
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS SALTILLO ZONA AEROPUERTO
CROWNE PLAZA TORREON
HOLIDAY INN CAMPECHE
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES PUEBLA ANGELOPOLIS
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS SAN LUIS POTOSI
CROWNE PLAZA XALAPA
INTERCONTINENTAL PRESIDENTE MERIDA
Canada
BRITISH COLUMBIA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS FORT ST JOHN
NEW BRUNSWICK
CROWNE PLAZA FREDERICTON-LORD BEAVERBROOK
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