Death of Pointsbreaks, very sad. The one exciting feature in an otherwise weak loyalty program.
Perhaps caused by
a) A whole industry of loyalty-watchers and resellers grabbing the rooms ahead of IHG's loyal members who are supposed to be being rewrded
b) Booming economy and high occupancy-rates allowing hotels to ignore and lose their loyal members without penalty
Let's hope there are some genuine bargains come Monday and that availability isn't blacked out for them