Priority Club increased the purchase limit for Priority Club points from 20,000 in a 12-month period to 40,000 points in a rolling 12-month period. Unfortunately, the price also increased from $10/1,000 points to $11.50 per 1,000 points, a 15% increase.

This still means a Priority Club member can just buy points for a PointsBreak room for about $57.50 per night. On the flip side, an InterContinental Hotel reward room for 40,000 points may sometimes be a better deal at $460 cash to purchase 40,000 points.

A side benefit of purchasing Priority Club points is the eligibility of purchased points to count towards elite status. Priority Club requires 50 nights or 60,000 points earned to qualify for platinum membership. Purchased points can take you two-thirds of the way to Priority Club Platinum Elite and a few well-planned stays with promotional bonus points can easily put a member over 60,000 points.

InterContinental Hotels Group Priority Club PointBreaks are one of the best deals available in hotel lodging discounts. 5,000 Priority Club points will redeem a free room for a hotel on the PointBreaks list. Availability is limited and a hotel on the list today may not be there tomorrow if its room allocation is used up. Since this list was just updated this week there should be best availability for bookings made this week. As we move later into summer, the hotel list below will dwindle in size.

PointBreaks reservations are available at these select hotels through September 30, 2008.

Priority Club members can purchase up to 40,000 points per calendar year for $11.50 per 1,000 points when purchasing 20,000 points or more. A PointBreaks reward will only cost about $58 per night to purchase a reward room. (The points purchase annual limit was increased from 20,000 to 40,000 points, but the price also increased 15% to purchase points in bulk.)

Participating Hotels:

UNITED STATES

ALABAMA
Holiday Inn GUNTERSVILLE
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites ENTERPRISE
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites ANNISTON/OXFORD

ARKANSAS
Candlewood Suites ROGERS/BENTONVILLE
Crowne Plaza LITTLE ROCK
Holiday Inn NORTH LITTLE ROCK
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites BENTONVILLE
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites HOT SPRINGS
Staybridge Suites FAYETTEVILLE
Staybridge Suites ROGERS – BENTONVILLE

ARIZONA
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites GOODYEAR – WEST PHOENIX AREA
Hotel Indigo SCOTTSDALE

CALIFORNIA
Holiday Inn AUBURN
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites BARSTOW
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites LINCOLN
Staybridge Suites FAIRFIELD NAPA VALLEY AREA
Staybridge Suites SACRAMENTO NATOMAS
Staybridge Suites SAN DIEGO-SORRENTO MESA

COLORADO
Candlewood Suites DENVER/LAKEWOOD
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites ALAMOSA
Staybridge Suites DENVER TECH CENTER

CONNECTICUT
Candlewood Suites HARTFORD/MERIDEN
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites HARTFORD CONVENTION CTR AREA

ILLINOIS
Candlewood Suites CHICAGO/HOFFMAN ESTATES
Candlewood Suites CHICAGO-WAUKEGAN
Candlewood Suites CHICAGO-WHEELING
Staybridge Suites LINCOLNSHIRE
Staybridge Suites AURORA/NAPERVILLE

KANSAS
Candlewood Suites WICHITA-AIRPORT
Candlewood Suites KANSAS CITY-OVERLAND PARK

KENTUCKY
Crowne Plaza LEXINGTON-THE CAMPBELL HOUSE
Holiday Inn LOUISVILLE-I-264 (ARPT AREA E)
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites RICHMOND
LOUISANA
Holiday Inn MORGAN CITY
Holiday Inn Express HARVEY-MARRERO
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites RUSTON

MARYLAND
Holiday Inn Express FREDERICK-FSK MALL(I270/RT 85)
Staybridge Suites BALTIMORE BWI AIRPORT

MASSACHUTES
Holiday Inn CAPE COD-FALMOUTH
Holiday Inn Express SWANSEA
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites AMHERST-HADLEY
Staybridge Suites BOSTON-ANDOVER

MISSOURI
Holiday Inn SAINT LOUIS WEST SIX FLAGS

NORTH CAROLINA
Candlewood Suites CHARLOTTE-COLISEUM
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites CONCORD
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites SNEADS FERRY (TOPSAIL BEACH)

NEW JERSEY
Candlewood Suites SOMERSET
Crowne Plaza SOMERSET-BRIDGEWATER
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites MT. HOLLY-NJ TNPK EXIT 5

NEW YORK
Holiday Inn BUFFALO-INTL AIRPORT
Holiday Inn LONG ISLAND-ISLIP AIRPORT
Holiday Inn Express POUGHKEEPSIE
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites ROCHESTER-VICTOR
Staybridge Suites CORNING

OREGON
Holiday Inn Express CORVALLIS-ON THE RIVER
Holiday Inn Express GRANTS PASS
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites EUGENE/SPRINGFIELD-EAST (I-5)
Staybridge Suites PORTLAND-AIRPORT

TENNESSEE
Holiday Inn Express LAVERGNE
Holiday Inn Express KNOXVILLE-STRAWBERRY PLAINS

TEXAS
Crowne Plaza DALLAS-PARK CENTRAL
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites SOUTH PADRE ISLAND
Hotel Indigo HOUSTON AT THE GALLERIA
Staybridge Suites AUSTIN-ROUND ROCK

CANADA

ALBERTA
Holiday Inn HINTON
Holiday Inn Express GRANDE PRAIRIE
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites LLOYDMINSTER

BRITISH COLUMBIA
Holiday Inn VANCOUVER-CENTRE (BROADWAY)
Holiday Inn VICTORIA
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites VANCOUVER-DWTN-TOWER & SUITES
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites RIVERPORT RICHMOND

NEW BRUNSWICK
Crowne Plaza FREDERICTON-LORD BEAVERBROOK

NOVA SCOTIA
Holiday Inn Express HALIFAX-BEDFORD

ONTARIO
Holiday Inn ST. CATHARINES-NIAGARA
Holiday Inn Express WHITBY
Holiday Inn Express TORONTO-DOWNTOWN
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites MILTON
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites NORTH BAY
Staybridge Suites GUELPH

EUROPE

BELGIUM
Holiday Inn BRUSSELS CITY CENTRE
Holiday Inn Garden Court LEUVEN

FRANCE
Holiday Inn PARIS-ST. GERMAIN DES PRES
Holiday Inn TOULOUSE CENTRE
Holiday Inn Garden Court TOULON CITY CENTRE

GERMANY
Holiday Inn FRANKFURT-NEU-ISENBURG
Holiday Inn MANNHEIM CITY CENTRE

ITALY
Crowne Plaza ROME-ST. PETER’S
Holiday Inn DIMARO/VAL DI SOLE
Holiday Inn VERONA-CONGRESS CENTRE
NETHERLANDS (HOLLAND)
Crowne Plaza MAASTRICHT

PORTUGAL
Holiday Inn LISBON-CONTINENTAL

RUSSIA
Holiday Inn MOSCOW-VINOGRADOVO

UNITED KINGDOM
Express By Holiday Inn SWINDON CITY CENTRE
Holiday Inn HARROGATE
Holiday Inn STRATFORD UPON AVON
Holiday Inn YORK
AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA
Express By Holiday Inn CAPE TOWN CITY CENTRE

ZIMBABWE
Crowne Plaza HARARE-MONOMOTAPA
Holiday Inn HARARE
Holiday Inn Bulawayo
Holiday Inn Express Beitbridge

MIDDLE EAST

ISRAEL
Crowne Plaza HAIFA
Holiday Inn TIBERIAS

JORDAN
Holiday Inn AMMAN

SAUDI ARABIA
Holiday Inn NAJRAN
Holiday Inn YANBU

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Crowne Plaza DUBAI-FESTIVAL CITY
Holiday Inn SHARJAH

ASIA

CHINA
Holiday Inn Suifenhe

INDIA
Holiday Inn MANALI

INDONESIA
Holiday Inn BANDUNG
Holiday Inn BATAM

JAPAN
Holiday Inn Express SHIN-KOBE

PHILIPPINES
Holiday Inn CLARK
MEXICO

Crowne Plaza MEXICALI-BAJA CALIFORNIA
Holiday Inn CD. DEL CARMEN
Holiday Inn MEXICO CITY-EAST
Holiday Inn CIUDAD DE MEXICO TOREO-SATELIT
Holiday Inn CD. DE MEXICO TLALNEPANTLA
Holiday Inn MERIDA
Holiday Inn MONTERREY-PARQUE FUNDIDORA
Holiday Inn IXTAPA
Holiday Inn Express GUANAJUATO
Holiday Inn Express CHIHUAHUA
Holiday Inn Express CIUDAD VICTORIA
Holiday Inn Express CIUDAD JUAREZ
Holiday Inn Express MONTERREY GALERIAS-SN JERONIMO
Holiday Inn Express NUEVO LAREDO, TAMPS
Holiday Inn Express PUEBLA
Holiday Inn Express TAMPICO
Holiday Inn Express TORREON
Holiday Inn Express VILLAHERMOSA TABASCO 2000

AUSTRALIA

Crowne Plaza PARRAMATTA-SYDNEY
Holiday Inn BRISBANE
Holiday Inn ON FLINDERS MELBOURNE
Holiday Inn POTTS POINT-SYDNEY
SOUTH AMERICA

ARGENTINA
Holiday Inn SANTA FE, ARGENTINA

BRAZIL
Holiday Inn PORTO ALEGRE
Holiday Inn Express NATAL
Holiday Inn Express SUMARE AVE. – SAO PAULO
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites CURITIBA-AIRPORT

COLOMBIA
Holiday Inn Express MEDELLIN

PARAGUAY
Crowne Plaza ASUNCION

URUGUAY
Holiday Inn MONTEVIDEO

Hotel Monaco, Denver, Colorado

Kimpton Hotels is marketing two hotel summer promotions to provide frustrated airline flyers a bit of cash relief for additional baggage fees and hospitable hospitality treatment for stranded passengers. And registration is not necessary for these Kimpton Hotels offers.WE GOT YOUR BAG

“We Got Your Bag” is an offer to provide the guest up to a $25 room credit if you are an airline passenger with a receipt to present at hotel check-in showing the airline charged you for checking a second bag. The promotion is limited to one bag only (I assume per hotel stay, since checked baggage charges can occur numerous times over the summer for frequent travelers, although this is not specified in the published terms. )

The $25 room credit is based on a Best Available Rate. The offer states some restrictions apply, however, there is no mention in the published terms concerning the flight dates. It seems to me that any flight within the promotion dates might be available for a room credit.

Kimpton has 43 upscale boutique hotels in major cities of the USA. “We Got Your Bag” promotion runs from May 22 to September 9, 2008.

STRANDED IN STYLE

Kimpton Hotels will offer a passenger of a canceled flight a complimentary “Stranded in Style” amenity with proof of a cancelled flight at check-in.

Soothing – comforting amenity such as bath salts or eyeshade
Pampering – bottle of wine or in-room movie
Relaxing – designer lounge socks
Indulging – cocktail or appetizer

These deals are not huge value offers, but after the treatment millions of airline passengers will experience this summer with the nickel and dime charges, or more like $15 to $40 charges, a little hospitality relief shows Kimpton Hotels remains In Touch with the public.

Kimpton Hotels Website

Kimpton InTouch Frequent Guest Loyalty Program