Jan 1, 2019, 2:35 am
Last edit by: FLYGVA
Wiki was copied from 2018 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
2018 discussion 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
2018 discussion thread
2019 Pointbreaks Discussion Thread
Feb 25, 2019, 3:32 pm
#106
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I definitely think you thinking of Aberdeen. Inverness is desperately short of reasonably priced hotel rooms so the HIX is nearly always quite dear. Once, about 10 years ago, I stopped while on the road and got a good walk in price. Don't think it's ever been on the Pointbreaks list before.
Is HIX London Hammersmith any good?
Also, I expect any hotels in Florida at this time of the year to represent a good deal. I recall two years ago the Staybridge on I-75 around Fort Myers was on the Pointbreaks list.
Is HIX London Hammersmith any good?
Also, I expect any hotels in Florida at this time of the year to represent a good deal. I recall two years ago the Staybridge on I-75 around Fort Myers was on the Pointbreaks list.
Hammersmith is pretty well connected actually. I don't know the property itself, but you can be pretty much anywhere in London within a half hour or so on the tube.
Feb 25, 2019, 5:29 pm
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Feb 25, 2019, 6:58 pm
#108
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Bummer. Pattaya is already all booked out. I was going to take my family for an impromptu vacation.
I guess it isn't that bad as I would have had to take the kids out of school to go, but it would have been a nice little break before summer.
I guess it isn't that bad as I would have had to take the kids out of school to go, but it would have been a nice little break before summer.
Feb 25, 2019, 7:21 pm
#109
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taking your kids to pattaya of all places?
Feb 25, 2019, 10:15 pm
#110
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I see that Miadukes has mentioned Charleston SC. Both PB hotels are about 2 miles from my home, right at the foot of the large Ravenel Bridge at the beginning of Mount Pleasant (suburb.) The Hotel Indigo @15K was just refurbished last year & has a resort-style swimming pool and lounge chairs in the jacuzzi, half in and half out of the water. The brand-new Staybridge Suites is directly across the street. Both are one mile or so from Waterfront Park which has live music dances starting in late May and 1.5--2 miles to Patriots' Point & its US Navy ship, which is now permanently docked and used as a museum & memorial.
Downtown Charleston is across the bridge, about 4--5 miles total drive. Lyft & Uber fares are about $10 one-way when there is no surge, which avoids the parking fees & hassles of downtown. In the other direction is Coleman Blvd. with several suburban bars, including a dive called Art's Pub, where I sing karaoke on Thursday nights.
Downtown Charleston is across the bridge, about 4--5 miles total drive. Lyft & Uber fares are about $10 one-way when there is no surge, which avoids the parking fees & hassles of downtown. In the other direction is Coleman Blvd. with several suburban bars, including a dive called Art's Pub, where I sing karaoke on Thursday nights.
Feb 25, 2019, 11:31 pm
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Sure. I was planning on teaching them how they were made.
But seriously, it looked okay from the pictures and seems pretty secluded and sheltered from the seedier elements. They could play on what looks to be a private beach and the pools and we could take trips to one of the small islands as well. We could also control which parts of the city we visit. I haven't actually ever been to Pattaya, but I heard that it isn't too bad during the daytime anymore. For 45k points for 4 nights and about $500 total for our tickets, it would have been a nice, cheap trip. Too bad inventory disappeared so quick.
But seriously, it looked okay from the pictures and seems pretty secluded and sheltered from the seedier elements. They could play on what looks to be a private beach and the pools and we could take trips to one of the small islands as well. We could also control which parts of the city we visit. I haven't actually ever been to Pattaya, but I heard that it isn't too bad during the daytime anymore. For 45k points for 4 nights and about $500 total for our tickets, it would have been a nice, cheap trip. Too bad inventory disappeared so quick.
Feb 25, 2019, 11:53 pm
#113
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this is pretty much the end of the 5k list....very sad....
i did however make one booking from the 10k list....
i did however make one booking from the 10k list....
Feb 26, 2019, 3:09 am
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The Tagansky, in fact, is a stone's throw from Paveletskaya station, with connections all over including to DME airport. It's a very short tram ride, but I reckon you could walk it in about 20 minutes. If Tagansky shows up on a Pointbreaks list at some point, I would really try and make a booking. But it won't show up on Pointbreaks, not what the latter has now become anyway.
Feb 26, 2019, 3:54 am
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Where is the hotel? I would not really stress about it as the points cost is always the same whether it is for 1 or 2 people, so the hotel would have to be really petty to make a thing of it. I often forget to put in 2 adults when making points bookings and have never had an issue.
Feb 26, 2019, 4:20 am
#118
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Feb 26, 2019, 4:56 am
#119
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I see that Miadukes has mentioned Charleston SC. Both PB hotels are about 2 miles from my home, right at the foot of the large Ravenel Bridge at the beginning of Mount Pleasant (suburb.) The Hotel Indigo @15K was just refurbished last year & has a resort-style swimming pool and lounge chairs in the jacuzzi, half in and half out of the water. The brand-new Staybridge Suites is directly across the street. Both are one mile or so from Waterfront Park which has live music dances starting in late May and 1.5--2 miles to Patriots' Point & its US Navy ship, which is now permanently docked and used as a museum & memorial.
Downtown Charleston is across the bridge, about 4--5 miles total drive. Lyft & Uber fares are about $10 one-way when there is no surge, which avoids the parking fees & hassles of downtown. In the other direction is Coleman Blvd. with several suburban bars, including a dive called Art's Pub, where I sing karaoke on Thursday nights.
Downtown Charleston is across the bridge, about 4--5 miles total drive. Lyft & Uber fares are about $10 one-way when there is no surge, which avoids the parking fees & hassles of downtown. In the other direction is Coleman Blvd. with several suburban bars, including a dive called Art's Pub, where I sing karaoke on Thursday nights.