
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. 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 W Holiday Inn Express Pelham
Arkansas
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Bentonville Holiday Inn Express and Suites Mountain Home
Arizona
California
Holiday Inn Express and Suites El Centro Holiday Inn Express San Diego- La Mesa
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Lincoln Holiday Inn Express and Suites Sacramento NE Cal Expo
Connecticut
Delaware
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Harrington
Florida
Holiday Inn Express Niceville-Eglin Holiday Inn Express and Suites Palm Coast
Georgia
Candlewood Suites Augusta Holiday Inn Express and Suites Atlanta- Conyers
Holiday Inn Express Dillard Holiday Inn Express and Suites Milledgeville
Staybridge Suites Savannah Airport Holiday Inn Express and Suites Thomasville
Iowa
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Clinton
Illinois
Holiday Inn Chicago NW Crystal Lk Conv Ctr Holiday Inn Express Chicago Downers Grove
Holiday Inn Express Rochelle Staybridge Suites Rockford
Indiana
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Bedford Staybridge Suites Elkhart North
Staybridge Suites Fort Wayne Holiday Inn Express and Suites Bloomington N- Martinsville
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Tell City
Kansas
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Abilene Holiday Inn Express and Suites Garden City
Holiday Inn Express Junction City Holiday Inn Express and Suites Lansing- Leavenworth
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Lawrence Holiday Inn Express and Suites Pittsburgh
Kentucky
Holiday Inn Express Henderson N Evansville South Holiday Inn Louisville Airport South
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Pikeville
Louisiana
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Sulphur
Maryland
Holiday Inn Express Pocomoke City Holiday Inn Express Price Frederick
Michigan
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Bad Axe Holiday Inn Express and Suites Charlotte
Holiday Inn Express Gaylord Holiday Inn Express and Suites Roseville
Holiday Inn Express and Suites South Haven Candlewood Suites Detroit- Southfield
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Three Rivers Holiday Inn Express Wixom
Minnesota
Holiday Inn Fairmont Holiday Inn Express and Suites Worthington
Missouri
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Farmington Holiday Inn Express and Suites Independence- Kansas City
Holiday Inn Express Jefferson City Candlewood Suites Kansas City Airport
Mississippi
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Magee Holiday Inn Express Mccomb
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Vicksburg Holiday Inn Express West Point
North Carolina
Hotel Indigo Raleigh Durham Airport Holiday Inn Express Clayton
Candlewood Suites Greenville NC Holiday Inn Express and Suites Statesville
North Dakota
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Dickinson
Nebraska
Holiday Inn Express Alliance Holiday Inn Express Ogallala
Staybridge Suites Omaha 80th and Dodge Holiday Inn Express Woodbridge
New Jersey
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Meadowlands Area Holiday Inn Clinton
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Tower Center New Brunswick
New Mexico
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Albuquerque N Holiday Inn Express and Suites Grants- Milan
Staybridge Suites Las Cruces Holiday Inn Express and Suites Las Vegas
Holiday Inn Express Silver City
New York
Holiday Inn Express and Suites East Greenbush Holiday Inn Express Rochester
Holiday Inn Express and Suites West Coxsackie
Ohio
Holiday Inn and Suites Dayton- Centerville Staybridge Suites Columbus- Dublin
Holiday Inn Express London I-70 Holiday Inn Express Oakwood Village
Oklahoma
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Ada Holiday Inn Express and Suites Enid
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Muskogee
Oregon
Holiday Inn Express Grants Pass Holiday Inn Express Portland West
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Klamath Falls Central
Pennsylvania
Staybridge Suites Allentown West Holiday Inn Express Meadville
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
South Dakota
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Vermillion Holiday Inn Express and Suites Watertown
Tennessee
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Cookeville Holiday Inn Express and Suites Chattanooga- Hixson
Holiday Inn Express Knoxville- Strawberry Plains Holiday Inn Express and Suites Lenoir City
Texas
Holiday Inn Houston East- Channelview Holiday Inn Express and Suites Falfurrias
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Kilgore North Holiday Inn Express and Suites Uvalde
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Wharton
Utah
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Logan Holiday Inn Express and Suites Vernal
Virginia
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Christiansburg Candlewood Suites Washington- Fairfax
Wisconsin
Holiday Inn Conference Ctr Marshfield Holiday Inn Neenah
Staybridge Suites Milwaukee West- Oconomowoc Holiday Inn Express and Suites Oshkosh- SR 41
Wyoming
Holiday Inn Riverton- Convention Center
Europe
Finland
France
Holiday Inn Express Amiens Holiday Inn Express Grenoble- Bernin
Holiday Inn Express Lille Centre
Germany
Holiday Inn Express Frankfurt- Messe
Romania
Slovakia
Spain
United Kingdom
Holiday Inn Brentwood M25, Jct. 28 Holiday Inn Express Burton upon Trent
Holiday Inn Express Cambridge- Duxford M11 Holiday Inn Express Newcastle- Metro Centre
Holiday Inn Northampton Holiday Inn Preston
Holiday Inn Slough- Windsor Holiday Inn Woking
Asia and the Pacific
People’s Republic of China
Holiday Inn Express Changsu Holiday Inn Jiuzhai Jarpo
Crowne Plaza Xiangyang Crowne Plaza Zhongshan Xiaolan
Crowne Plaza Zhongshan Wing on City
India
Indonesia
Japan
Africa and the Middle East
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
Americas
Canada
Holiday Inn Hinton Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites Lloydminster
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Langley Holiday Inn Express and Suites Barrie
Staybridge Suites Toronto Mississauga Hotel Indigo Toronto Airport
Argentina
Brazil
Crowne Plaza Belem Holiday Inn Manaus
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
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Toluca Zona Aeroperto Holiday Inn Express Guadalajara Autonoma
Holiday Inn Express Villahermosa Tabasco 2000 Crowne Plaza Nuevo Laredo
Crowne Plaza Tuxpan Holiday Inn Veracruz Centro Historico
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!
[…] 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.