IHG Point Breaks
Every two to three months IHG releases a list of hotels that will be available for 5,000 points per night called Point Breaks. Today they released a preview of the next Point Breaks list which will go into effect for stays from July 28, 2014 to September 30, 2014.
There used to always be a couple of higher category hotels on the list from the Intercontinental & Crowne Plaza brands. Unfortunately, lately the list has been comprised of mostly Holiday Inn & Holiday Inn Express hotels, especially in the United States. Lets see if things have improved.
Analysis
While this is only a partial list, I am pretty sure they have added the best hotels to it, so I am not expecting any surprises. Â While we still see mostly Holiday Inn Express hotels in the USA, it appears IHG has definitely added more Intercontinental hotels internationally.
Central America is well represented with Intercontinental hotels in Guatemala, Costa Rica & Panama & a Crowne Plaza location in Honduras. Additionally there are several Crowne Plaza locations on the list in China and nice additions in Europe like the Crowne Plaza Bratislava, the Intercontinental Bucharest & two Crowne Plaza locations in Turkey.
Preview
Here is the preview of the properties on the upcoming list which was first published on IHG Rewards Club Connect.
Alabama
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Gadsden WÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Holiday Inn Express Pelham
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Arkansas
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Bentonville            Holiday Inn Express and Suites Mountain Home
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Arizona
California
Holiday Inn Express and Suites El Centro              Holiday Inn Express San Diego- La Mesa
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Holiday Inn Express and Suites Lincoln               Holiday Inn Express and Suites Sacramento NE Cal Expo
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Connecticut
Delaware
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Harrington
Florida
Holiday Inn Express Niceville-Eglin                  Holiday Inn Express and Suites Palm Coast
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Georgia
Candlewood Suites Augusta                        Holiday Inn Express and Suites Atlanta- Conyers
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Holiday Inn Express Dillard                         Holiday Inn Express and Suites Milledgeville
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Staybridge Suites Savannah Airport                  Holiday Inn Express and Suites Thomasville
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Iowa
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Clinton
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Illinois
Holiday Inn Chicago NW Crystal Lk Conv Ctr          Holiday Inn Express Chicago Downers Grove
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Holiday Inn Express Rochelle                       Staybridge Suites Rockford
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Indiana
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Bedford              Staybridge Suites Elkhart North
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Staybridge Suites Fort Wayne                       Holiday Inn Express and Suites Bloomington N- Martinsville
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Holiday Inn Express and Suites Tell City
Kansas
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Abilene              Holiday Inn Express and Suites Garden City
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Holiday Inn Express Junction City                    Holiday Inn Express and Suites Lansing- Leavenworth
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Holiday Inn Express and Suites Lawrence            Holiday Inn Express and Suites Pittsburgh
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Kentucky
Holiday Inn Express Henderson N Evansville South    Holiday Inn Louisville Airport South
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Holiday Inn Express and Suites Pikeville
Louisiana
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Sulphur
Maryland
Holiday Inn Express Pocomoke City                  Holiday Inn Express Price Frederick
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Michigan
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Bad Axe              Holiday Inn Express and Suites Charlotte
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Holiday Inn Express Gaylord                         Holiday Inn Express and Suites Roseville
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Holiday Inn Express and Suites South Haven          Candlewood Suites Detroit- Southfield
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Holiday Inn Express and Suites Three Rivers              Holiday Inn Express Wixom
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Minnesota
Holiday Inn Fairmont                               Holiday Inn Express and Suites Worthington
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Missouri
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Farmington   Holiday Inn Express and Suites Independence- Kansas City
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Holiday Inn Express Jefferson City                   Candlewood Suites Kansas City Airport
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Mississippi
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Magee                   Holiday Inn Express Mccomb
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Holiday Inn Express and Suites Vicksburg           Holiday Inn Express West Point
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North Carolina
Hotel Indigo Raleigh Durham Airport                     Holiday Inn Express Clayton
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Candlewood Suites Greenville NCÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Holiday Inn Express and Suites Statesville
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North Dakota
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Dickinson
Nebraska
Holiday Inn Express Alliance                        Holiday Inn Express Ogallala
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Staybridge Suites Omaha 80th and Dodge              Holiday Inn Express Woodbridge
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New Jersey
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Meadowlands Area            Holiday Inn Clinton
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Holiday Inn Express and Suites Tower Center New Brunswick
New Mexico
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Albuquerque NÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Holiday Inn Express and Suites Grants- Milan
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Staybridge Suites Las Cruces                        Holiday Inn Express and Suites Las Vegas
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Holiday Inn Express Silver City
New York
Holiday Inn Express and Suites East Greenbush         Holiday Inn Express Rochester
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Holiday Inn Express and Suites West Coxsackie
Ohio
Holiday Inn and Suites Dayton- Centerville             Staybridge Suites Columbus- Dublin
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Holiday Inn Express London I-70Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Holiday Inn Express Oakwood Village
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Oklahoma
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Ada                  Holiday Inn Express and Suites Enid
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Holiday Inn Express and Suites Muskogee
Oregon
Holiday Inn Express Grants Pass                    Holiday Inn Express Portland West
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Holiday Inn Express and Suites Klamath Falls Central
Pennsylvania
Staybridge Suites Allentown West                      Holiday Inn Express Meadville
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Rhode Island
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Providence- Woonsocket
South Carolina
Crowne Plaza Greenville- 1-385 Roper Mtn Rd        Holiday Inn Express and Suites Lexington- Hwy 378
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South Dakota
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Vermillion            Holiday Inn Express and Suites Watertown
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Tennessee
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Cookeville           Holiday Inn Express and Suites Chattanooga- Hixson
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Holiday Inn Express Knoxville- Strawberry Plains      Holiday Inn Express and Suites Lenoir City
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Texas
Holiday Inn Houston East- Channelview              Holiday Inn Express and Suites Falfurrias
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Holiday Inn Express and Suites Kilgore North         Holiday Inn Express and Suites Uvalde
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Holiday Inn Express and Suites Wharton
Utah
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Logan                Holiday Inn Express and Suites Vernal
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Virginia
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Christiansburg           Candlewood Suites Washington- Fairfax
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Wisconsin
Holiday Inn Conference Ctr Marshfield                 Holiday Inn Neenah
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Staybridge Suites Milwaukee West- Oconomowoc      Holiday Inn Express and Suites Oshkosh- SR 41
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Wyoming
Holiday Inn Riverton- Convention Center
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Europe
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Finland
France
Holiday Inn Express Amiens                         Holiday Inn Express Grenoble- Bernin
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Holiday Inn Express Lille Centre
Germany
Holiday Inn Express Frankfurt- Messe
Romania
Slovakia
Spain
United Kingdom
Holiday Inn Brentwood M25, Jct. 28Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Holiday Inn Express Burton upon Trent
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Holiday Inn Express Cambridge- Duxford M11Â Â Â Â Holiday Inn Express Newcastle- Metro Centre
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Holiday Inn Northampton                         Holiday Inn Preston
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Holiday Inn Slough- Windsor                      Holiday Inn Woking
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Asia and the Pacific
People’s Republic of China
Holiday Inn Express Changsu                        Holiday Inn Jiuzhai Jarpo
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Crowne Plaza Xiangyang                            Crowne Plaza Zhongshan Xiaolan
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Crowne Plaza Zhongshan Wing on City
India
Indonesia
Japan
Africa and the Middle East
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South Africa
Holiday Inn Johannesburg- Rosebank
Zimbabwe
Egypt
Crowne Plaza Resort Sahara Sands Port Ghalib
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
Crowne Plaza Antalya                              Crowne Plaza Istanbul- Harbiye
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Americas
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Canada
Holiday Inn Hinton                                  Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites Lloydminster
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Holiday Inn Express and Suites Langley               Holiday Inn Express and Suites Barrie
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Staybridge Suites Toronto Mississauga               Hotel Indigo Toronto Airport
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Argentina
Brazil
Crowne Plaza Belem                                Holiday Inn Manaus
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Columbia
Costa Rica
Intercontinental Costa Rica at Multiplaza Mall
Guatemala
Intercontinental Real Guatemala
Honduras
Panama
Intercontinental Miramar Panama
Mexico
Holiday Inn Express CD. Del Carmen                   Crowne Plaza Toulca- Lancaster
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Holiday Inn Express and Suites Toluca Zona Aeroperto    Holiday Inn Express Guadalajara Autonoma
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Holiday Inn Express Villahermosa Tabasco 2000Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Crowne Plaza Nuevo Laredo
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Crowne Plaza Tuxpan                                 Holiday Inn Veracruz Centro Historico
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Conclusion
While this is not the full list, I am impressed with it having at least a few more higher end options compared to the last two lists. Check back here on Monday when I will highlight any additions that have been made. Finally, make sure to book the rooms you want ASAP since they tend to go fast!
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[…] points. While I generally don’t recommend ever buying points, the one exception might be for IHG’s Point Breaks hotels which go for only 5,000 points per night. (The August & September list was partially […]
When can we start booking these? I am looking at this Holiday Inn Express and Suites Sacramento NE Cal Expo for Aug 1st and it still shows 15,000 IHG points?
You can start booking at the reduced rate on Monday 7/28.