2016 Pointbreaks Discussion Thread
Oct 31, 2016, 2:33 am
#752
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: a hotel room, somewhere...
Posts: 962
you're right, of course, if....
1. your fuel is free
2. your liquidation cost is zero
3. your time is worth nothing (drive to the mall, park, walk, walk again, drive to your 'free' liquidation spot, stand in line, drive to bank, etc etc...)
i MS a lot. i calculate real costs though, not fantasy.
as to this PB list- ugh. kinda glad though; as i have other programs I should be staying with anyway (to get over 100 nights with SPG and maintaining top status elsewhere). i'll hope i can get some use out of the Feb list...
1. your fuel is free
2. your liquidation cost is zero
3. your time is worth nothing (drive to the mall, park, walk, walk again, drive to your 'free' liquidation spot, stand in line, drive to bank, etc etc...)
i MS a lot. i calculate real costs though, not fantasy.
as to this PB list- ugh. kinda glad though; as i have other programs I should be staying with anyway (to get over 100 nights with SPG and maintaining top status elsewhere). i'll hope i can get some use out of the Feb list...
Last edited by uncommonsensical; Oct 31, 2016 at 2:39 am
Oct 31, 2016, 2:56 am
#753
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Chennai
Programs: Aeroplan, Marriott LTG, IHG Platinum
Posts: 209
Oct 31, 2016, 3:18 am
#754
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: London
Programs: Hilton, IHG - BA, GA, LH, QR, SV, TK
Posts: 17,008
I for one will complain. A visit to Asia in January is yet to be finalized and leveraging IHG Point Breaks would be of benefit. Kathmandu is a disaster, literally. KL Glenmarie is out of the tourist area. The Indonesia locations are too cheap to bother with Point Breaks. The India locations are better suited to the local tourists.
Glenmarie is a delight for golfers and good for anyone with business in the zones around Subang.
The Indian offers I think include Cochin and Chennai, both great for tourism, and Pune (business and academia). Not sure wha you mean by being more suitable for local tourists - is that a bad thing?
OK, here's a simple suggestion: use some of your 350K points in high cash cost hotels at places not on the PB list. Use cash at "too cheap to bother with Point Break"-hotels. Voila!
Oct 31, 2016, 6:13 am
#755
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Montreux CH
Programs: FB Platinum, M&M FTL, BA Blue
Posts: 11,622
As far as I can see, things haven't quite started rolling into action yet. Will check back at 14h00 Germany time.
Oct 31, 2016, 6:28 am
#756
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: NYC
Programs: WoH Globalist, AA Platinum Pro, HHonors Diamond, IHG Platinum, Marriott Silver, Hertz Prez's Circle
Posts: 421
The HIX Bothell's website seems to imply that the property offers a free shuttle to/from the "airport," (mind you, the property is closer to PAE than it is to SEA, and PAE gets a few mentions in the hotel's description) but their front desk says there is no shuttle (none at all, whether locally or to an airport). Just an FYI in case you were considering that property.
Oct 31, 2016, 7:03 am
#757
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: FRA
Programs: MileagePlus Premier Silver, IHG Spire Elite, HHonors Silver, RapidRewards
Posts: 382
14:00 in Germany, still not live.
Oct 31, 2016, 7:17 am
#758
formerly DustyFoot
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: SFO/OAK/SMF
Programs: UA Gold, DL Gold
Posts: 99
6:16am PT... still nothing.
Does anyone have a start time?? 
Oct 31, 2016, 7:26 am
#759
Join Date: Apr 2004
Programs: BA Exec Blue, IHG Spire, HHonor Gold, Accor Platinum.
Posts: 966
Oct 31, 2016, 7:39 am
#760
formerly DustyFoot
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: SFO/OAK/SMF
Programs: UA Gold, DL Gold
Posts: 99
Oct 31, 2016, 7:58 am
#761
Join Date: May 2014
Location: SMF
Posts: 37
) switched over to PointBreaks pricing just after 8:30 am Pacific Time (15:30 GMT).
Last edited by sirrebral; Oct 31, 2016 at 8:03 am Reason: corrected typo
Oct 31, 2016, 9:54 am
#762
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: EWR
Programs: AA, Delta, NWA,HHonors, Hyatt BF
Posts: 1,762
CP Saddle Brook NJ live
Oct 31, 2016, 9:54 am
#763
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 143
PointsBreak just went live at 11:50am EDT.
Oct 31, 2016, 9:59 am
#764
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 42
Yup, they just went live. Looking forward to the Christmas Market in Dresden 
Oct 31, 2016, 10:04 am
#765
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: FL, USA
Programs: AA Plat, Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Diamond, IHG Plat, Marriot Gold
Posts: 1,666
thanks!! i was about to get in the elevator for lunch when I got the notifications from this thread!! perfect, made 4 reservations!! so excited.