Dec 31, 2017, 6:49 am
Last edit by: FLYGVA
Wiki was copied from 2017 thread
Created WIKI Mar2017 purely to add the "new" IHG PB List URL as I can't find by screen navigation since IHG changed the reservation screens etc, and the old url if saved no longer works either.
Just got fed up trying to find , much easier to store in wiki, hope this helps others
Pointbeaks changed the amount of points needed: This is discussed in this thread: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-ihg-rewards-club-intercontinental-ambassador/1890423-point-breaks-now-5k-10-15k.html
This thread is about the discussion about the locations and the actual list, please use the thread above for discussions about the increased number of points needed for pointbreak redemptions.
SCUBACCR
Use this URL for "Live" PB Listing:
https://www.ihg.com/rewardsclub/content/us/en/redeem-rewards/pointbreaks.html
The PREVIEW list usually appears on IHG's blog first
https://blog.ihg.com/ihg-rewards-club-pointbreaks-preview
Created WIKI Mar2017 purely to add the "new" IHG PB List URL as I can't find by screen navigation since IHG changed the reservation screens etc, and the old url if saved no longer works either.
Just got fed up trying to find , much easier to store in wiki, hope this helps others
Pointbeaks changed the amount of points needed: This is discussed in this thread: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-ihg-rewards-club-intercontinental-ambassador/1890423-point-breaks-now-5k-10-15k.html
This thread is about the discussion about the locations and the actual list, please use the thread above for discussions about the increased number of points needed for pointbreak redemptions.
SCUBACCR
Use this URL for "Live" PB Listing:
https://www.ihg.com/rewardsclub/content/us/en/redeem-rewards/pointbreaks.html
The PREVIEW list usually appears on IHG's blog first
https://blog.ihg.com/ihg-rewards-club-pointbreaks-preview
2018 Pointbreaks Discussion Thread
Jan 25, 2018, 5:45 pm
#46
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 53
Thank you to all those who begged IHG to increase pointbreaks from 5000 to 10000 and higher./
Now many of the hotels that we used to get at 5000 will be 10 and 15 thousand per night.
When people were writing about it I mentioned that I was fine with PB as it was...sometimes when you ask for something..a company uses it to raise pricing. It's obvious that this is the case with the "new" pointbreaks.. HORRIBLE.
Now many of the hotels that we used to get at 5000 will be 10 and 15 thousand per night.
When people were writing about it I mentioned that I was fine with PB as it was...sometimes when you ask for something..a company uses it to raise pricing. It's obvious that this is the case with the "new" pointbreaks.. HORRIBLE.
Jan 25, 2018, 6:00 pm
#49
Join Date: Dec 2006
Programs: IHG Amb, MR Plat, FB Silver
Posts: 138
Jan 25, 2018, 6:08 pm
#50
Join Date: Nov 2013
Programs: NZ
Posts: 1,556
https://thepointsguy.com/2018/01/ihg...-three-levels/
However all will be revealed soon!
Jan 26, 2018, 12:05 am
#51
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 129
From Points with a crew:
A NEWLY-REVAMPED POINTBREAKS® IS ON THE WAY!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 29, AT 12 P.M. EST
IHG® Rewards Club members love the PointBreaks promotion, and they’ve asked us to make it available in more hotels and more locations. We are very excited that you’re among the first to know that a new PointBreaks is coming!
For the first time, IHG® Rewards Club is changing the popular PointBreaks promotion to offer more variety and more locations. Members can now book Reward Nights at a significant discount at more than 200 hotels, nearly double the number of hotels previously offered, giving members the opportunity to experience more IHG hotels around the world.
Jan 26, 2018, 12:42 am
#52
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 51
I was sitting there planning a bunch of IHG stays for the accelerate promotion when this came now. Not anymore. I doubt I will ever do a paid night at IHG again. The program was worthwhile only for the Pointsbreaks. I wont be surprised if there are still some decent 5k options on this list, but it seems pretty much guaranteed that that % will go down quickly over the next few lists. I hope I can find decent use for my remaining IHG points. After that, I'm gone.
Jan 26, 2018, 4:07 am
#55
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2017
Programs: M&S, Radisson
Posts: 758
I think point breaks will be decent this time. They don't want to send the message: "We have a list of included properties just as usual. Only change is the number of points you need to participate has gone up by a factor of 2-3."
Jan 26, 2018, 5:17 am
#57
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: EWR
Programs: AA, Delta, NWA,HHonors, Hyatt BF
Posts: 1,762
I'd like a list of significantly better properties AND some of the same properties for 5k. PB's were 5ks. Now they are not. Seems like now it will be just "reduced points" awards. After popping up the points for so many in the first place.
Jan 26, 2018, 5:31 am
#59
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 53
I don't think people are overreacting at all. Sadly point devaluations are a norm. Pointbreaks was great because it was at the 5000 point level. Methinks this is just a case of eventually wipe out the 5000 point threshold. I hope I'm wrong. We'll see in the next few lists how many decent hotels are listed at 5000 points.
Jan 26, 2018, 5:34 am
#60
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 53
Some of the nice properties I've stayed at for 5000 points,, the Staybridge Suites when it opened in Las Vegas (an amazing stay), a very nice hotel in Queens(NYC) the name of which escapes me again when it just opened, a nice hotel near Mall of America, Holiday Inn Express Buffalo downtown, and many others.