2014 Pointbreaks discussion
Jan 15, 2013, 3:25 am
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2014 Pointbreaks discussion
Fellow flyertalkers,
discuss and guess when we will see pointbreaks in 2014 as suggested by valdor in his post. A new thread seems better than to continue the old one.
Our goal is to keep this thread helpful and informative. Therefore I ask you to post in this thread only question related to point breaks such as (but not limited to):
If you have indication, when and if pointbreaks will be available, please give details for the source (e.g. was told (i.e. yestersday / on July 25th) by (the front desk / lounge agent / member of staf) of the (HIX City / a Holiday Inn in London) ...). I am fully aware that a reference to the source should / must be avoided, on the other hand, an indication is needed, that there was such a statement. It is a matter of trust and for us moderators difficult to differentiate between a joke post / rumor / trustd source.
Rumors, if the Point breaks are discontinued should only be posted, if you have a source for it and can name it (e.g. someone mentioned it in a hotel and you trust this source, etc.). Question, which hotels will be on the next point break list, could not really be answered. You might check the pointbreak hotel list thread about the history of CP and ICs on the pointbreak list.
All other discussions are not very helpful for person, who are new to this forum and do not know how to understand this discussion. I therefore aks you to post this kind of discussion in our Lounge Thread . I will move all non-topic discussions to this thread, so they are still available, but keep this thread a bit more useful.
Thank you very much for your cooperation and sorry for being once again the fun stopper - but such is life as a moderator.
FLYGVA & szg
co-moderator IHG Forum
discuss and guess when we will see pointbreaks in 2014 as suggested by valdor in his post. A new thread seems better than to continue the old one.
Our goal is to keep this thread helpful and informative. Therefore I ask you to post in this thread only question related to point breaks such as (but not limited to):
- practice
- information about hotel appearing and disappearing on the list
- booking (and maybe cancelation) questions
- link to hotel reviews
- ...
If you have indication, when and if pointbreaks will be available, please give details for the source (e.g. was told (i.e. yestersday / on July 25th) by (the front desk / lounge agent / member of staf) of the (HIX City / a Holiday Inn in London) ...). I am fully aware that a reference to the source should / must be avoided, on the other hand, an indication is needed, that there was such a statement. It is a matter of trust and for us moderators difficult to differentiate between a joke post / rumor / trustd source.
Rumors, if the Point breaks are discontinued should only be posted, if you have a source for it and can name it (e.g. someone mentioned it in a hotel and you trust this source, etc.). Question, which hotels will be on the next point break list, could not really be answered. You might check the pointbreak hotel list thread about the history of CP and ICs on the pointbreak list.
All other discussions are not very helpful for person, who are new to this forum and do not know how to understand this discussion. I therefore aks you to post this kind of discussion in our Lounge Thread . I will move all non-topic discussions to this thread, so they are still available, but keep this thread a bit more useful.
Thank you very much for your cooperation and sorry for being once again the fun stopper - but such is life as a moderator.
FLYGVA & szg
co-moderator IHG Forum
Last edited by FLYGVA; Jan 16, 2014 at 11:54 pm
Jan 12, 2014, 12:19 pm
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New to ihg, does the point break list get updated every 3 months? Nest one for Feb-april?
Jan 12, 2014, 4:12 pm
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It's usually about a week before the old list expires, and it goes live quickly. Last spring, the new list came out on something like March 22, and I was able to book from the new list for about a March 25-27th stay.
Jan 13, 2014, 4:35 pm
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What is pointsbreak - sorry to sound silly, but I have been a member for years and never heard of points break, can somebody sum it up for me please?
Jan 13, 2014, 4:47 pm
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It's a sale rate for reward redemptions- every quarter, a limited number of properties become available for 5K a night instead of their normal number of points, and some very nice properties do end up on the Pointbreak list. (example- InterContinental Tahiti on the most recent list)
There's a certain amount of frenzy about each new Pointbreak list because the more interesting and useful properties typically book up at that 5K rate in days if not hours- after the number of 5K rewards available at the property fill, it reverts to the normal redemption rate.
There's a certain amount of frenzy about each new Pointbreak list because the more interesting and useful properties typically book up at that 5K rate in days if not hours- after the number of 5K rewards available at the property fill, it reverts to the normal redemption rate.
Jan 14, 2014, 4:15 am
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2014 Pointbreaks discussion
It's been exactly a year since the 2013 thread was created so I thought it would be a good idea to start a new one for 2014.
Please remember the rules set by FLYGVA here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/20049480-post3.html
For those who might be wondering, the next list will be released in about two weeks.
Please remember the rules set by FLYGVA here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/20049480-post3.html
For those who might be wondering, the next list will be released in about two weeks.
Jan 14, 2014, 4:50 am
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Jan 14, 2014, 5:13 am
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Thanks
It's a sale rate for reward redemptions- every quarter, a limited number of properties become available for 5K a night instead of their normal number of points, and some very nice properties do end up on the Pointbreak list. (example- InterContinental Tahiti on the most recent list)
There's a certain amount of frenzy about each new Pointbreak list because the more interesting and useful properties typically book up at that 5K rate in days if not hours- after the number of 5K rewards available at the property fill, it reverts to the normal redemption rate.
There's a certain amount of frenzy about each new Pointbreak list because the more interesting and useful properties typically book up at that 5K rate in days if not hours- after the number of 5K rewards available at the property fill, it reverts to the normal redemption rate.
Jan 14, 2014, 9:25 pm
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If I were to book a hotel with Pointbreaks and decided to cancel later, will my points be refunded?
Jan 14, 2014, 9:35 pm
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Immediately as long as you follow the cancellation t&c's for the reservation. I've only had one instance where the hotel modified my reservation (upgraded my room type) where I had to email c.s. to get a manual return of my points. This applies to all rewards reservations, not just Pointbreaks.
Jan 15, 2014, 1:16 am
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This list better be better than the last one (or two).
Jan 15, 2014, 3:53 am
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Jan 16, 2014, 6:34 pm
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The last pointbreaks list was for the period Nov. 1 13 through Jan 31 2013. The booking period started Nov. 1. Over on the IHG community forums (http://goo.gl/bLV5dW), Chloe from IHG posted a 'sneak peek' of the Pointsbreak list on Oct. 30. So if that holds true for the next quarterly list, start looking for it around Jan 29 or 30.
That's also a good place to get a heads up on Flash Sales, which are discounted redemptions (good rates, up to 75% off of normal, but not the dirt cheap 5K of Pointsbreaks). Flash sales are usually bookable for just a couple of days, but those bookings can be for us to a few months out.
That's also a good place to get a heads up on Flash Sales, which are discounted redemptions (good rates, up to 75% off of normal, but not the dirt cheap 5K of Pointsbreaks). Flash sales are usually bookable for just a couple of days, but those bookings can be for us to a few months out.
Jan 17, 2014, 12:00 am
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It's been exactly a year since the 2013 thread was created so I thought it would be a good idea to start a new one for 2014.
Please remember the rules set by FLYGVA here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/20049480-post3.html
For those who might be wondering, the next list will be released in about two weeks.
Please remember the rules set by FLYGVA here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/20049480-post3.html
For those who might be wondering, the next list will be released in about two weeks.
I have taken the liberty to move over the post of this year from the 2013 thread and merge your thread with my opening post.
FLYGVA
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