Update: These PointsBreaks hotels are now bookable. There are previously all hotels on this list were bookable for 5,000 IHG points, IHG now splits the list into three tiers charging 5,000, 10,000 or 15,000 points per. The properties are as follows:
Contents
5,000 Points
United States
ILLINOIS
Candlewood Suites Peoria at Grand Prairie
Holiday Inn Express Chicago-Schaumburg
LOUISIANA
Staybridge Suites Lafayette-Airport
MINNESOTA
Candlewood Suites Minneapolis-Richfield
MISSISSIPPI
Candlewood Suites Pearl
NEW YORK
Candlewood Suites East Syracuse – Carrier Circle
Candlewood Suites Syracuse-Airport
OHIO
Candlewood Suites Cleveland-N. Olmsted
TEXAS
Candlewood Suites San Antonio Downtown
VIRGINIA
Holiday Inn Express Winchester South Stephens City
Worldwide
BRAZIL
Holiday Inn Express Maceio Ponta Verde
KAZAKHSTAN
Holiday Inn Almaty
POLAND
Holiday Inn Dabrowa Gornicza
TURKEY
Holiday Inn Istanbul – Kadikoy
CHONGQING, CHINA (PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC)
Holiday Inn Express Chongqing Jinxiucheng
GUANGDONG, CHINA (PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC)
Holiday Inn Guangzhou Airport Zone
HEBEI, CHINA (PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC)
Holiday Inn Express Langfang Park View
HENAN, CHINA (PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC)
Holiday Inn Express Luoyang Yichuan
Crowne Plaza Zhengzhou
INNER MONGOLIA, CHINA (PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC)
Holiday Inn Hohhot
JIANGSU, CHINA (PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC)
Holiday Inn Suzhou Huirong Plaza
JIANGXI, CHINA (PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC)
Crowne Plaza Nanchang Riverside
SHAANXI, CHINA (PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC)
Holiday Inn Express Baoji City Centre
SHANDONG, CHINA (PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC)
Holiday Inn Qingdao Parkview
SICHUAN, CHINA (PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC)
Crowne Plaza Yibin
JAPAN
ANA Crowne Plaza Ube
10,000 Points
United States
ALABAMA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Alabaster
Candlewood Suites Birmingham – Hoover
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Opelika Auburn
ARIZONA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Oro Valley-Tucson North
CALIFORNIA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Bakersfield Airport
CONNECTICUT
Holiday Inn Express Branford-New Haven
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Stamford
DELAWARE
Staybridge Suites Wilmington-Newark
FLORIDA
Holiday Inn Express Clermont
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Florida City-Gateway To Keys
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Largo-Clearwater
Holiday Inn Miami-Doral Area
GEORGIA
Holiday Inn Augusta West I-20
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Carrollton West
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Columbus At Northlake
ILLINOIS
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Chicago West – St Charles
INDIANA
Holiday Inn Express Corydon
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Columbus Edinburgh
Holiday Inn Express & Suites La Porte
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Portland
Holiday Inn Express Vincennes
KANSAS
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Coffeyville
Holiday Inn Express & Suites GREAT BEND
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Manhattan
KENTUCKY
Holiday Inn Louisville Airport South
LOUISIANA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Morgan City – Tiger Island
Holiday Inn Shreveport Downtown
MARYLAND
Holiday Inn Washington D.C.-Greenbelt MD
Holiday Inn Express Washington DC – BW Parkway
Candlewood Suites Baltimore-BWI Airport
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Baltimore – BWI Airport North
MASSACHUSETTS
Candlewood Suites Boston-Burlington
MICHIGAN
Staybridge Suites Kalamazoo
Candlewood Suites East Lansing
MINNESOTA
Holiday Inn Express Bemidji
Holiday Inn Bloomington W MSP Airport Area
MISSISSIPPI
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Picayune-Stennis Space Cntr.
MISSOURI
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Columbia Univ Area – Hwy 63
Holiday Inn Country Club Plaza
Staybridge Suites St Louis – Westport
Holiday Inn Express Warrenton
MONTANA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Belgrade
NEBRASKA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Lincoln Airport
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Lincoln South
Holiday Inn Express & Suites North Platte
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Scottsbluff-Gering
NEW MEXICO
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Roswell
NEW YORK
Holiday Inn Auburn-Finger Lakes Region
Holiday Inn Buffalo-Intl Airport
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Binghamton University-Vestal
NORTH CAROLINA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Brevard
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Fayetteville-Ft. Bragg
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Greensboro-East
Holiday Inn Express Jacksonville
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Roanoke Rapids SE
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Salisbury
NORTH DAKOTA
Holiday Inn Bismarck
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Minot South
OHIO
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Marietta
Crowne Plaza Cleveland Airport
OKLAHOMA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Chickasha
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Oklahoma City West-Yukon
PENNSYLVANIA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites New Castle
Holiday Inn Express & Suites York
SOUTH CAROLINA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Greenwood Mall
TENNESSEE
Crowne Plaza Memphis East
Staybridge Suites Memphis-Poplar Ave East
TEXAS
Holiday Inn Express & Suites San Antonio NW near SeaWorld
UTAH
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Logan
VERMONT
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Brattleboro
VIRGINIA
Holiday Inn Petersburg North- Fort Lee
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Petersburg-Fort Lee
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Warrenton
WASHINGTON
Staybridge Suites Vancouver-Portland Metro
WEST VIRGINIA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Charleston NW – Cross Lanes
WISCONSIN
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Fond Du Lac
Crowne Plaza Madison
WYOMING
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Douglas
Worldwide
ALBERTA, CANADA
Holiday Inn Lethbridge
TABASCO, MEXICO
Crowne Plaza Villahermosa
Holiday Inn Express Villahermosa Tabasco 2000
CHILE
Crowne Plaza Santiago
COLOMBIA
Holiday Inn Cartagena Morros
PANAMA
Crowne Plaza Panama Airport
VENEZUELA
Crowne Plaza Maruma Hotel & Casino
FRANCE
Holiday Inn Express Grenoble – Bernin
GERMANY
Holiday Inn Express Karlsruhe – City Park
Holiday Inn Express Stuttgart Airport
LITHUANIA
Crowne Plaza Vilnius
UNITED KINGDOM
Holiday Inn Basildon
Holiday Inn Express Manchester – East
Holiday Inn Reading – West
Holiday Inn Express Stoke on Trent
INDIA
Holiday Inn Chennai OMR IT Expressway
PHILIPPINES
Holiday Inn Express Manila Newport City
THAILAND
Holiday Inn Express Krabi Ao Nang Beach
15,000 Points
United States
ARIZONA
Crowne Plaza Phoenix Airport – PHX
CALIFORNIA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Oakland-Airport
Holiday Inn & Suites San Mateo-San Francisco SFO
FLORIDA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Lantana
Crowne Plaza Miami Airport
Holiday Inn Express Miami Airport Doral Area
Holiday Inn Express Miami-Arpt Ctrl-Miami Springs
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Naples Downtown – 5th Avenue
GEORGIA
Hotel Indigo Atlanta – Vinings
KENTUCKY
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Louisville East
LOUISIANA
Holiday Inn New Orleans West Bank Tower
MICHIGAN
Crowne Plaza Detroit Downtown Riverfront
MISSISSIPPI
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Biloxi- Ocean Springs
MISSOURI
Holiday Inn Kansas City Downtown – Aladdin
MONTANA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Great Falls
NEW YORK
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Long Island-East End
Hotel Indigo Long Island – East End
NORTH CAROLINA
Crowne Plaza Charlotte Executive Park
NORTH DAKOTA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Grand Forks
PENNSYLVANIA
Crowne Plaza Pittsburgh West-Green Tree
SOUTH CAROLINA
Holiday Inn Charleston-Riverview
Holiday Inn Express Charleston US Hwy 17 & I-526
SOUTH DAKOTA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Rapid City
TEXAS
Hotel Indigo Austin Downtown – University
Staybridge Suites Austin Arboretum – Domain
Crowne Plaza Dallas Downtown
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Midland Loop 250
VERMONT
Holiday Inn Burlington
Holiday Inn Express South Burlington
VIRGINIA
Hotel Indigo Old Town Alexandria
WASHINGTON
Holiday Inn Express Bellingham
WYOMING
Holiday Inn Express Rawlins
Worldwide
ONTARIO, CANADA
Holiday Inn & Suites Ottawa Kanata
PUERTO RICO
Holiday Inn Express San Juan Condado
COSTA RICA
InterContinental Costa Rica at Multiplaza Mall
GERMANY
Hotel Indigo Dusseldorf – Victoriaplatz
UNITED KINGDOM
Holiday Inn Express Birmingham NEC
Holiday Inn Express London – Greenwich A102(M)
Holiday Inn Express London-Royal Docks, Docklands
Holiday Inn London – Brent Cross
SAUDI ARABIA
InterContinental Al Jubail
Crowne Plaza Jeddah
Holiday Inn Jeddah Gateway
SOUTH AFRICA
InterContinental Johannesburg Sandton Towers
JAPAN
ANA Crowne Plaza Kanazawa
SINGAPORE
Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium
AUSTRALIA
Crowne Plaza Perth
Our Verdict
Seems like more and more properties are moving into the 10,000 and 15,000 point categories. I was hoping that given those categories exist we would see more European hotels during peak season, but sadly that doesn’t seem to be the case. None of the properties cost more than 40,000 points when booking normally, so no huge outsized value. In terms of interesting properties, here are some that stand out to me:
- Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium (15,000 points)
- Hotel Indigo Austin Downtown – University (15,000 points)
Keep in mind there is also a 20% discount on cash & points bookings currently, that’s an easy way to purchase cheap points.
Pretty sad list from IHG. Don’t see any value there.
I can confirm that you get 10x IHG points on a points and cash booking-cancelation with the IHG Premier card.
(Used 20K and paid $92 (for remaining 20K) then cancelled booking and it shows in Chase app Rewards earned 920.00.
So you get the 20k back for just $92?
IHG had a 20% off promotion on points and cash bookings until April 30th.
Now its $115 for 20K.
Nice, I wonder if the points will get clawed back at some stage. Keep us updated.
I lived in Richfield for a year and never heard of the Candlewood Suites there. It’s located next to the 4 Points Sheraton which is lvl 2 at 3k/4k pts near MSP airport. Figures!
What a very weak list for Asia! The program is going down very quickly.
What is more valuable 10K IHG points or 3.5 SPG (10.5 Marriott)?
(Can’t decide between Holliday Inn express Baltimore BWI for 10K night or Sheraton BWI for 3.5 SPG?).
I’d prefer the SPG points I think, currently you can buy IHG for about 0.4 and SPG are like 2.2
Good point. William feel free to join us Friday night June 1st, Yankees Orioles at camden yards. Field box game ticket plus roundtrip transportation complimentary for you.
Holiday Inn Newport Manila is on the list probably because it’s currently being renovated, so not desirable specially with some of the un-renovated rooms having floor tiles that can just come off. it’s going for 10k and it usually goes for 25k, which is still overpriced. A redemption of .7-.75 cents per point
Thanks, P. Good warning!
can you stay 4 nights, if you book 2 stays each consisting of 2nightstays at pointbreaks properties?
No.
Just book one reservation for four nights. I have booked up to five nights on one reservation with no issues. It states “each member may only book two PointBreaks® Reward Nights reservations per hotel” – it qualifies the number of reservations that can be made, not the number of nights per reservation.
Are you actually Bill Maher?
Oh man, wish this was around last year during my trip to Texas –both the San Antonio and Austin locations would have been really ideal.
Looks like every hotel chain has something specific I love about.
IHG- Points break makes the points so valuable more than any other program especially now with 4th night free.
Hyatt- Cheapest all year round points redemption by far especially at Hyatt Place/House.
Marriott and Hilton- 5th night free and they upgrade very nicely Elite members to much nicer rooms especially offseason in resorts.
SPG- Sheraton for free lounges with Amex SPG Business card and sometimes extremely cheap night redemptions like 2K/3K plus the 5th night is free.
Wyndham- Some 15K nights are priced at almost a $1,000 if paid in Cash.
Club Carlson and Best Western are very good points for International especially in Europe.
Unfortunately the SPG Business Card is losing Sheraton lounge access with the merger
But to me personally the free night is more valuable than the lounge. If you have the personal and business spg and marriott you have a 4 night vacation for like $370
And Imagine if your spouse has the same 4 cards.
The trick is to time those 4 card applications at around the same month or so for easier 4 night use.
And if you have the old Select and the new Premier cards, you will get the 4th night free plus 10% point redemption back.
So you could book 4 nights at a Holiday inn or so for 13,500 IHG points! Love it.
Don’t forget you could buy 20,000 IHG points for just $115 when booking with Cash&Points and cancelling, make sure to always keep 20,000 IHG in your account to cover for the initial Cash&Points booking.
Care to explain this tactic? Thanks
Sure. For example. Hotel Indigo in Brooklyn NY for 06/15-06/16 is 40K IHG points or 20K plus $115.
If you book for 20K plus $115 you’re actually buying the remaining 20K for $115 and when you cancel the booking the new 20K will go to your IHG account instead of $115 back to your card.
There’s a 20% off promo going on now (til April 30th) on P+C. You can get 20k points for as low as $92 currently.