-The current list is valid for stays through 01/31.
-Hotels can sell out of discounted rooms quickly and only a limited amount of rooms are available per night.
You can book up to 2 reservations per hotel. There’s no limit to how long each of the stays can be.
You can stay in any PointBreaks hotel for 5,000 IHG points. If you already have 5,000 IHG points in your account then you can buy increments of 10,000 points for $70 as described below.
If you don’t have points yet IHG sells 5,000 points for $67.50 (though you should login via this link to check for targeted discounted point promotions).. If those points don’t post instantly you can call IHG to get a points loan based on your purchase confirmation number in order to quickly grab a room. Alternatively you can transfer 5,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points to IHG, though transfers are not instant. It’s a terrible use of Ultimate Rewards points (as they’re were more than twice that to brokers or when transferred to other airlines, hotels, or Amtrak), but it allows you to start buying points for 0.7 cents each.
You can also get 60K points for signing up for their credit card. Many DDF members have been able to send a secure message and get their 60K offers matched to an 80K+$50 cash back offer That’s not as strong as bonuses from cards with more valuable point currencies, though it does come with an annual certificate good for a free stay in any IHG hotel. Those are best utilized at Intercontinental hotels where a night can set you back 50K points or $800/night in places like Bora Bora. The card is free for the first year and then $49/year. If you have a credit card you’ll also get 10% of your points back on award reservations!
After you have 5,000 points in your account there is a “trick” to buy additional points for 0.7 cents each. You can book any cancellable 15,000 point hotel stay using cash and points for $70+5,000 points.
All you need to do is search for reward points stays in any metro area and you should find a hotel for 5,000 points+$70 like the one below. The room is normally 15,000 points but with IHG points and cash option you can buy 10,000 points for $70 when making a reservation. Just select the 5,000 points+$70 option to complete this purchase.
The $70 that you pay is nonrefundable so when you cancel the hotel you will actually get back 15,000 points in your account. Effectively you are buying 10,000 IHG points with this method for $70 or 0.7 cents per points.
Be sure to click on the rules during the checkout process to make sure that the room is fully refundable (almost all are):
In other words the cost per each 5,000 point PointBreaks stay is just $35 once you already have 5,000 initial points in your account.
Sample hotels for 5,000 points ($35) per night through 01/31:
-Holiday Inn North Phoenix, AZ
-Holiday Inn Express & Suites Denver South, CO
-Holiday Inn Chicago O’Hare Airport, IL
-Holiday Inn Indianapolis Airport, IN
-Crowne Plaza Kansas City-Overland Park, KS
-Holiday Inn Express Washington DC-Silver Spring
-Holiday Inn Express Detroit-Livonia, MI
-Staybridge Suites Reno, NV
-Holiday Inn & Suites Nashua, NH
-Crowne Plaza Edison, NJ
-Holiday Inn Oneonta-Cooperstown, NY
-Crowne Plaza Cleveland Airport, OH
-Holiday Inn Express Philadelphia-Bucks County, PA
-Holiday Inn Express Pittsburgh-Cranberry, PA
-Holiday Inn South Kingston-Newport, RI
-Crowne Plaza Milwaukee Airport, WI
-Holiday Inn Manuas, Brazil
-Holiday Inn San Jose, Costa Rica
-Holiday Inn Prague Airport, Czech Republic
-Intercontinental Cairo, Egypt
-Holiday Inn Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, Finland
-Holiday Inn Milan-Linate Airport, Italy
-Holiday Inn Vilnius, Lithuania
-Crowne Plaza Panama Airport, Panama
-Holiday Inn Express Warsaw Airport, Poland
-Holiday Inn Johannesburg, South Africa
-Holiday Inn Express Istanbul Airport, Turkey
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Thx Dan! Would this “trick” end of being cheaper than the promotion they run for 100% bonus on point purchases?
There’s a Holiday Inn Express in Florida approx 10 miles from West Palm Beach airport (PBI) and about 10 minutes from shuls & Kosher restaurants.
Also there’s a Holiday Inn in Houston, Texas about 15 minutes fro shuls & kosher restaurants.
It allowed me to book 3 different reservations in the same hotel. You think one will be cancelled?
i just purchased 10,400 points for 108 $ im trying to book a hotel room asap . they are telling me i need to wait 24-48 hours for the points to post what number can i call to get this expedited thanks
When you say 10 minutes from the shoals. Is that walking or driving
@Johnny: Driving. Not good for Shabbos but it’s close enough for me for a weekday stay.
Do chase points transfer post right away?
Hey Dan I was just wondering how I can go about reserving this? on the IHG website it doesn’t say anything about Crowne Plaza in Eilat