IHG PointsBreak: Hotels No Longer All 5,000 Points (Full List Released, Now Bookable)

Update 01/29/18: Full list has been released.

5,000 Points

10,000 Points

15,000 Points

Update 01/26/18: IHG have released a preview list of 30 properties (we have put their regular prices in brackets). It seems like the maximum discount is 15,000 points. Hat tip to Points With A Crew.

Original post (01/25/18): IHG will release a preview of the PointsBreak list tomorrow (26th), the full list will be available on Monday January 29th. IHG have also announced that not all hotels will be 5,000 points each. Instead they will have some hotels listed at 5,000, some at 10,000 and others at 15,000. You’ll also be able to do points and cash bookings for PointsBreaks.

I’m really not sure how to feel about this. My gut instinct is that this is nothing but bad news. That being said I think the quality of PointsBreak hotels has been rapidly decreasing and if this means we get access to more top tier/useful properties at a heavy discount I can see it being a positive change. They have provided this short preview list:

• Holiday Inn® Kuala Lumpur Glenmarie (Malaysia) (5,000 points)
• InterContinental® Nairobi (Kenya) (10,000 points)
• Holiday Inn® San Antonio Northwest (US) (10,000 points)
• InterContinental^® Cali (Colombia) (10,000 points)
• Holiday Inn Express® London – Newbury Park (UK) (10,000 points)
• InterContinental® Sao Paolo (Brazil) (15,000 points)
• Holiday Inn® Helsinki City Centre (Finland) (15,000 points)
• Crowne Plaza Berlin – Potsdamer Platz (Germany) (15,000 points)

It’s nice to see three InterContinental properties in there but I’ll withhold my judgement until I see the full list.

Hat tip to Miles to Memories