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Priority Club PointBreaks hotels at 5,000 points per award night were released today. Bookings available for award stays through June 30, 2013.
PointBreaks Hotel List
United States
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The latest batch of Priority Club PointBreaks hotels for 5,000 points per award night posted today for award stays through March 31, 2013. This list looks weak to me for hotels in USA and Europe near where I plan to be the next couple of months. Unless I decide to head to Palm Springs and Joshua Tree National Park and I want a cheap hotel stay in Banning, California.
Perhaps your travels take you someplace where one or more of these hotels will be useful discount.
There are 25 participating hotels outside the Americas, 4 hotels in Mexico and South America, 3 hotels in Canada and 57 hotels in the USA.
The links below go directly to the hotel’s booking page. These hotels are capacity controlled and drop off the list once rooms allocated for Priority Club PointBreaks are booked out.
Europe (11 hotels)
FRANCE
The new Priority Club PointBreaks list posted earlier today for stays through December 10, 2012 and now all the regions have listed hotels. These hotels are available at 5,000 points per night while they last. PointBreaks hotels have capacity control limits and hotels are dropped from the list once limited bookings are filled.
Best to book early and cancel if necessary.
United States
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My experience with IHG Priority Club Reward stays as a lowly Platinum is a bit different than the complaint I commonly read from InterContinental Royal Ambassadors about no guaranteed benefits on reward stays. One of the best features of Priority Club Rewards for me is regularly finding the option for higher category rooms when booking reward nights. Read More…
The new list of Priority Club PointBreaks has been released for hotels stays through May 31, 2012 at 5,000 points per night. Read More…
March 29 and the current list of 5,000 points PointBreaks reward nights ends in 48 hours with no new list of hotels posted yet.
Priority Club did a trial run of Thursday flash sales in February and March 2012 where participating hotels offered discount reward nights, but last Thursday when I checked for a new set of one-day flash sales, this message appeared instead:
Thanks for checking out our special One Day Only Hotels Deals. This offer was only a test, so we don’t have any more 24-hour deals lined up, but we’re using the results to develop new discounted Rewards offers for the future. In the meantime, check out our special deals like Last Minute Reward Nights and PointBreaks, or explore the hundreds of options available to you for redeeming your points.
The flash sales only included a dozen hotels around the world, but at least there was a long reservation period even if the booking period was so short that I missed a couple of the sales. These sales were up to 75% off standard reward rates.
I have an itchy reservation finger and several trips planned over the next two months.
I need some PointBreaks!
Last Minute Reward Nights should be back next week for stays Friday, Saturday and Sunday April 6-8 at 50% off reward rates.
Priority Club posted new lists of PointBreaks hotels for reward nights at only 5,000 points available for stays to January 31, 2012. These are some of the highest reward night values available to members with the cost of 5,000 points being equivalent to about $30 for a hotel night. InterContinental O’Hare Chicago is the only IC in USA on list. There are several airport hotels to keep in mind if winter travels have you stuck on the ground.
Guaranteed the InterContinental Santiago Chile will be a significant savings at 5,000 points compared to the published hotel rate. These hotels drop off the list once allocated rooms are booked so booking sooner is always your best bet.
Oceania tends to have scant participation in PointBreaks this past year.
ALABAMA
ARKANSAS
CANDLEWOOD SUITES ROGERS/BENTONVILLE
CALIFORNIA
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL SACRAMENTO NORTHEAST
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL SAN JOSE-SILICON VALLEY
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES SAN JOSE-INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
COLORADO
CONNECTICUT
CANDLEWOOD SUITES WINDSOR LOCKS BRADLEY ARPT
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL ATLANTA PERIMETER GALLERIA
STAYBRIDGE SUITES ALPHARETTA-NORTH POINT
ILLINOIS
HOLIDAY INN CHICAGO-WILLOWBROOK-HINSDALE
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS ROLLING MDWS-SCHAUMBURG AREA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES SPRINGFIELD
INTERCONTINENTAL CHICAGO O’HARE
INDIANA
STAYBRIDGE SUITES INDIANAPOLIS-FISHERS
KANSAS
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL KANSAS CITY – OVERLAND PARK
LOUISIANA
MASSACHUSETTS
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL BOSTON – NEWTON
MICHIGAN
CANDLEWOOD SUITES DETROIT-AUBURN HILLS
CANDLEWOOD SUITES DETROIT-SOUTHFIELD
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL DETROIT- NOVI
STAYBRIDGE SUITES DETROIT – NOVI
STAYBRIDGE SUITES DETROIT-AUBURN HILLS
MISSOURI
MISSISSIPPI
NORTH CAROLINA
CANDLEWOOD SUITES RALEIGH CRABTREE
NEW JERSEY
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL SECAUCUS-MEADOWLANDS
STAYBRIDGE SUITES PRINCETON SOUTH BRUNSWICK
NEW YORK
HOLIDAY INN LONG ISLAND-ISLIP AIRPORT
OHIO
CANDLEWOOD SUITES COLUMBUS AIRPORT
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL CLEVELAND AIRPORT
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL COLUMBUS NORTH
PENNSYLVANIA
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL HARRISBURG-HERSHEY
SOUTH CAROLINA
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL GREENVILLE-I-385-ROPER MTN RD
TENNESSEE
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL KNOXVILLE DOWNTOWN UNIVERSITY
TEXAS
CANDLEWOOD SUITES DALLAS-BY THE GALLERIA
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL HOUSTON NEAR RELIANT – MEDICAL
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL HOUSTON-DOWNTOWN
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT
HOTEL INDIGO HOUSTON AT THE GALLERIA
STAYBRIDGE SUITES DALLAS-LAS COLINAS AREA
VIRGINIA
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL RICHMOND WEST
HOLIDAY INN RICHMOND SOUTH-BELLS ROAD
STAYBRIDGE SUITES HERNDON-DULLES
WISCONSIN
CANADA
ALBERTA
HOLIDAY INN CALGARY-AIRPORT
ONTARIO
HOLIDAY INN MISSISSAUGA TORONTO WEST
STAYBRIDGE SUITES GUELPH
QUEBEC
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL MONTREAL AIRPORT
HOLIDAY INN POINTE-CLAIRE MONTREAL AIRPORT
BELARUS
FRANCE
HOLIDAY INN STRASBOURG CITY CENTRE
GERMANY
HOLIDAY INN BERLIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
HOLIDAY INN NÜRNBERG CITY CENTRE
ITALY
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL MILAN – MALPENSA AIRPORT
KAZAKHSTAN
RUSSIA
HOLIDAY INN MOSCOW – VINOGRADOVO
SLOVAKIA
SPAIN
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS MADRID – ALCOBENDAS
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS MADRID-SAN SEBASTIAN D/L REYES
TURKEY
UNITED KINGDOM
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS BRADFORD CITY CENTRE
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL LIVERPOOL -JOHN LENNON AIRPORT
HOLIDAY INN LONDON – BRENT CROSS
HOLIDAY INN LONDON – SHEPPERTON
HOLIDAY INN MAIDENHEAD/WINDSOR
ARGENTINA
CHILE
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS ANTOFAGASTA
COLOMBIA
EL SALVADOR
INTERCONTINENTAL REAL SAN SALVADOR
GUATEMALA
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL VILLAHERMOSA, TAB.
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS CIUDAD JUAREZ
ASIA
CHINA-PEOPLES REPUBLIC
INTERCONTINENTAL BEIJING BEICHEN
HOLIDAY INN BEIJING DESHENGMEN
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS BEIJING MINZUYUAN
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL BEIJING PARKVIEW WUZHOU
INTERCONTINENTAL DALIAN
INTERCONTINENTAL HUIZHOU RESORT
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL NANJING HOTEL & SUITES
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL SHANGHAI FUDAN
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS SHANGHAI JINQIAO
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL SHANGHAI PUDONG
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS SHANGHAI WUJIAOCHANG
JAPAN
HOLIDAY INN – ANA SENDAI
VIETNAM
INTERCONTINENTAL HANOI WESTLAKE
OCEANIA – no properties
AFRICA – no properties
Middle East
EGYPT
INTERCONTINENTAL TABA HEIGHTS
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
HOLIDAY INN DUBAI – DOWNTOWN DUBAI
There truly are few roads crossing the canyonlands and mountains of Utah besides Interstates 80, 15 and 70 in the west and east directions. Historic transportation routes across the Great Basin deserts are relatively close to present-day Interstate 80 and Highway U.S. 50.
Getting off the interstate for much of the road trip across the deserts from Colorado to California was one of my objectives during the July 2011 road trip I dubbed Brokeass Mountain Tour.
St. Regis Aspen courtyard with pool area access closed for construction - July 2011.
After one night at the St. Regis Aspen we drove Interstate 70 for 27 miles west from Glenwood Springs to Rifle, Colorado where I headed north on two-lane Colorado State Highway 13, rather than drive Interstate 70 west into Utah.
Colorado Highway 13 travels through high country cattle grazing land loaded with elk crossing signs, although we didn’t see any elk, only cattle on this drive.
Grazing land beside Colorado Highway 13.
My objective was connecting to US Route 40, the major east-west highway across northern Colorado. Forty miles north of Interstate-70 is Meeker, Colorado and we turned onto Colorado State Highway 64 and followed the White River flowing west. The road had recently been scraped clean of mud and Flood Warning signs were still posted along the road. Record breaking rainfall had hit the Rocky Mountains just two days before in places like Breckenridge and Aspen. The road looked like the rains had washed mud from the mountains right across the road for several miles.
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Meekeris one of those small towns with a significant history. A battle between the Union Army and the Ute Indians in September 1879 resulted in the tribal lands being confiscated and the removal of the White River Utes of Colorado to the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in northeastern Utah. This reservation is located in eastern Utah between US Route 40 and Interstate 70.
Google Maps Aspen,CO to Vernal, UT (213 miles) [click image to see full-size
The historic Colorado Hotel in Glenwood Springs has a Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Suite.
Hotel Colorado Roosevelt Suite in Glenwood Springs.
Apparently T.R. also did some mountain lion hunting based out of Meeker, CO.
St. Regis Aspen bronze statue mountain lion
An aerial view of the White River Valley around Meeker and the “China Wall” reveals the ruggedness of the western Colorado outback.
Highway 64 follows the White River through the western Colorado outback. This is the wild west where there aren’t many towns or people or paved roads. The realization that there are thousands of miles of paved road connecting small towns dozens of miles apart across the western U.S. created an alluring appeal for me to explore these sparsely populated places of hidden beauty that are bypassed by the vast majority of travelers on an interstate journey through Colorado and Utah.
Throughout my life I learned plenty of history from song references and one of the songs that connected with me during this drive from Colorado to Utah is Bob Marley’s “Buffalo Soldier”.
Buffalo soldier in the heart of america
then you would know where you coming from.
~Bob Marley – Buffalo Soldier
Buffalo Soldiers were involved in the 1879 relocation of Utes from the White River region of Colorado to the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in Utah. Henry Johnson was a Buffalo Soldier recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions at the Milk River Battle in Colorado 1879. Here is a fascinating historical lens to the Indian Wars and Colorado from an October 3, 1879 New York Times article describing the White River 1879 problems with reference to a buffalo soldier military unit in Colorado.
Kenney Reservoir on Highway 64 near Rangely, Colorado.
Future western states road trips will likely be solo since exploring the remote west is not such an alluring trip ticket for my wife who would much rather be exploring the historic cities of Europe.
The Colorado Plateau
The Colorado Plateau extends from the Grand Canyon region of Arizona in the southeastern portion of the Plateau to the Green River canyons of northeastern Utah and Yampa River in northwestern Colorado where the rivers converge at Dinosaur National Monument park.
The Green River is the largest tributary river to the Colorado River from its source in the Wyoming Rocky Mountains where it drains the high plateau on a course through Utah.
Driving I-70 east into Colorado Kelley and I figured Fruita, the first city where we drove adjacent to the flooded Colorado River, was a place for growing fruit, but why was Grand Junction, named Grand?
The AAA guide suggested Grand Junction’s name was due to its transportation junction location. Turns out the Colorado River from its headwaters in the Rocky Mountains to where it joins the Green River in Canyonlands National Park, Utah was named the Grand River up until 1921 when Edward T. Taylor, U.S. Representative from Colorado introduced a resolution to rename the headwaters section of the river in the state of Colorado as the Colorado River.
The Green River has a much larger watershed than the Colorado River before they converge at Canyonlands National Park in southeastern Utah. The Yampa River is the second largest river in Utah and primarily runs west from Streamboat Springs, Colorado to where it joins the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument.
Dinosaur National Monument
The area north of US Route 40 in northwest Colorado and northeast Utah is dinosaur country. The Dinosaur National Monument Quarry Visitor Center has been in a temporary structure since 2006 when the main center closed for safety reasons. The new Dinosaur Quarry Center rebuilt using funds from the Obama stimulus package American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will reopen next week on October 4, 2011.
Traveling from Dinosaur, Colorado to Vernal, Utah reminded me of the economic divide we used to experience when living in Downeast Maine and crossing the border into Canada where the standard of living was visibly higher. Vernal, Utah has money, lots of major chain hotels, restaurants and fast food joints and the Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum for a chance to see dinosaur fossils and full size replicas without having to drive to the Dinosaur National Monument.
Dinosaur replica outside Field Museum Chicago
There were several good dinosaur models I saw in Vernal, Utah while driving through town, but no pictures. The photo above was taken outside the Field Museum during my trip to Chicago in October 2010.
Looking north from US 40 to Cliff Ridge near Dinosaur National Monument.
The Uintah Basin, Utah
The Uintah Reservation of the Ute Indians runs through the Uintah Basin south of the Uintah Mountains where the highest peaks in Utah are located. This part of Utah is still sparsely populated and while predominantly a white citizenry, the largest town of Roosevelt was founded by homesteaders and not Mormons. The Uintah Basin was developed beginning in 1906 by homesteaders with paid claims who bought land within the Uintah Indian Reservation at $1.25 per acre allowed by the Dawes Act as a way to integrate Native Americans with the American emigrant population.
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Fort Duchesne is the current administrative center for the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation, the second largest reservation in the U.S. Fort Duchesne was originally built and manned by Buffalo Soldiers for 25 years from 1886 to 1911. An article by Robert Foster from Wild West magazine February 2000 provides some history of Buffalo Soldiers in Utah Territory.
Google Maps Satellite Vernal, Utah -Salt Lake City UT (171 miles) [click on image for full-size
Farmland near Heber, Utah.
I never realized Utah had places with such green land in late July. This region of Utah is a strong contrast to the canyonlands of the southern regions of the state. Looking north to the Uintah Mountains provided some striking views of mountainous terrain that looked to be wild west wilderness to my eyes. Since I was driving west on US 40, I did not get any good photos of the high mountains to the north.
Park City, Utah
Highway 40 continues through the Uintah Basin and winds around Strawberry Reservoir, a major water conservation project and Utah’s most fished location. There was some thickly forested land in the mountains as we drove between the reservoir and Heber 23 miles north. The road drops down from the mountains into Heber located in a lush valley surrounded by the Wasatch Range of mountains separating Heber from Provo and Salt Lake City.
Park City is the year round world class sports resort on top of the eastern slopes of the Wasatch Range peaks, just a short 30 minute drive from downtown Salt Lake City.
Park City was crowded with car traffic as we approached the historic downtown area, yet the tourist center was totally dead. Walking empty streets gave an eery feeling on a nice July afternoon. Kelley thought I had booked a resort in Park City, but I hadn’t since she had complained about altitude sickness after feeling nauseous for our entire stay in Aspen.
I took that as a sign I should avoid another night keeping her at 7,000 feet in altitude so I took advantage of a Priority Club Pointbreaks hotel for 5,000 points at a Holiday Inn Express in Salt Lake City. That was a $30 night in points cost rather than blowing my free SPG Resort night at the St. Regis Deer Valley in Park City or 15,000 Gold Passport points for the Hyatt Escala Lodge Park City. Waldorf Astoria Park City had published rates at $109; far lower than Starwood or Hyatt paid rates.
The Village, Park City Utah on dead action July afternoon
My plan was to hang around Park City for about three hours taking photographs of the major resorts, but Kelley vetoed that Loyalty Traveler assignment. She asked me to take her to our hotel and then I could ride a bike down a ski slope by myself and bar hop all over Park City if I was still feeling like an Olympian.
Marriott Vacation Club Summit Watch Park City
Kelley was under the impression we were staying at a resort in Park City when I parked the car downtown and took her to the lobby of the Marriott Vacation Club Summit Watch. When she realized I was just taking pictures of resorts and I told her we would stay at the Holiday Inn Express in Salt Lake City she was relieved, and so was I that she wasn’t disappointed about not staying in a Park City resort hotel. She wanted to be out of the 7,000 ft. high altitude mountains of Park City ASAP.
All I can say to my readers who would have liked to learn more about Park City is that I was disappointed at being in one of the great ski resorts of the USA and unable to properly tour the town. I am planning to drive another road trip at my leisure and likely will pass through Park City, Utah again next June when I travel to Keystone, Colorado for Travel Blog Exchange 2012 Conference.
The view from above Park City, Utah
Feeling kind of miffed about my aborted tour of Park City I proceeded to drive the road up the mountainside from Park City with every intention to drive Highway 190 across the Wasatch Mountains to Salt Lake City and bypass Interstate 80. And I might have made it too if there was better road signage on those mountain slopes. At about 9,000 feet I hit unpaved road with huge potholes and abandoned my mountain road route to Salt Lake City.
View from above Park City, Utah
Empire Pass above Park City
Any locals to Park City reading this blog? Give me a clue in the comments as to where I missed Highway 190 when I was at Empire Pass above Park City.
I backtracked down the mountainside to Park City and drove the Interstate-80 freeway to Salt Lake City.
Kelley really liked those Holiday Inn Express breakfasts on this trip so it is probably best we didn’t stay at the St. Regis Deer Valley or Waldorf Astoria in Park City where the price of breakfast would not fit my brokeass mountain budget. In retrospect, I think the Hyatt Escala Lodge breakfast, complimentary as a Hyatt Gold Passport Diamond member, would have likely impressed her more if she would have been feeling well enough to eat in Park City. Her appetite was much better the next morning in Salt Lake City once we dropped back down a few thousand feet from the mountain slopes of Park City.
For readers I guess the thing to keep in mind is be prepared for some queaziness when you decide to travel to a ski resort at 7,000 feet or more if that is not an altitude you are acclimated to function in.
We had a decent stay at the Holiday Inn Express Salt Lake City. While swimming in the outdoor pool we met a couple from Nova Scotia who had driven cross country to Vancouver and down the Pacific Northwest coast to Eureka and back across I-80 to Salt Lake City on their journey home. They were asking for travel advice for Indiana. Sorry, not my expertise.
We shared stories of northern California with Kelley and I having lived in Eureka for nearly a decade and also Downeast Maine tales from our two years around Acadia National Park when we also had the ability to travel a bit around the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
All Mod Cons at HI Express Salt Lake City for 5,000 Priority Club Points.
Salt Lake City was under a smog alert for the day we headed west out of the city. What a shame that a city in such a remote location has air pollution reminiscent of Los Angeles. We packed up and headed out to the clear air of eastern Nevada, just another 30 hours from getting home to Monterey.
Utah salt flats 50 miles west of Salt Lake City
Brokeass Mountain Road Trip, July 2011
Monterey, California – Denver, Colorado
- Yosemite’s Tioga Pass Road across the Sierra Nevada Mountains
- Westin Monache Resort Mammoth for year round vacations
- Even Lonelier than the Loneliest Road in America
- Earth’s Oldest Trees in Great Basin National Park Nevada
- Less extreme than 127 Hours in Utah
- Brokeass Mountain Tour eastbound – Hotel Value at High Elevation
- Brokeass Mountain Tour visits Starwood in Denver
- Driving by the 14ers South Park to Aspen, Colorado
- Top of the Rockies on the High Road to Aspen – Independence Pass 12,095 feet.
- St. Regis Aspen – Too Late to Cancel
- Aspen, Colorado to Park City, Utah: Ghost lands of Buffalo Soldiers, Utes and Dinosaurs
- The California Trail across Nevada
Priority Club PointBreaks are posted for hotel stays through November 30, 2011. InterContinental Dallas and InterContinental Malta are two hotels that stand out as particularly good redemption opportunities at 5,000 points per night. There are several Crowne Plaza Hotels for airport locations in California including SFO, LAX and SNA. Several other airports have Crowne Plaza hotels on this list. This list looks like a Crowne Plaza showcase. Have you stayed in a Crowne Plaza lately?
Vermont has seen its share of troubles lately, but the Holiday Inn Rutland at 5,000 points is one Fall Foliage tourist deal.
United States (82 hotels)
ARKANSAS
ARIZONA
CALIFORNIA
CROWNE PLAZA LOS ANGELES HARBOR HOTEL
CROWNE PLAZA IRVINE-ORANGE COUNTY AIRPORT
CROWNE PLAZA SAN FRANCISCO-INTL AIRPORT
HOLIDAY INN FRESNO DTWN-CONVENTION CENTER
HOLIDAY INN LOS ANGELES-INTL AIRPORT
HOLIDAY INN SAN DIEGO-RANCHO BERNARDO
STAYBRIDGE SUITES SACRAMENTO NATOMAS
COLORADO
HOLIDAY INN SUMMIT COUNTY-FRISCO
STAYBRIDGE SUITES DENVER TECH CENTER
CONNECTICUT
CROWNE PLAZA HARTFORD-DOWNTOWN
CROWNE PLAZA HARTFORD SOUTH CROMWELL
HOLIDAY INN ENFIELD-SPRINGFIELD
FLORIDA
HOLIDAY INN CORAL GABLES – UNIVERSITY
HOLIDAY INN TALLAHASSEE CAPITOL CENTER
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES MIAMI-HIALEAH (MIAMI LAKES)
GEORGIA
CROWNE PLAZA ATLANTA PERIMETER AT RAVINIA
HOLIDAY INN COLUMBUS-NORTH I-185
IDAHO
CANDLEWOOD SUITES BOISE-MERIDIAN
IOWA
ILLINOIS
CANDLEWOOD SUITES CHICAGO-WAUKEGAN
CANDLEWOOD SUITES CHICAGO-O`HARE
CROWNE PLAZA CHICAGO OHARE HOTEL & CONF CTR
CROWNE PLAZA GLEN ELLYN/LOMBARD
HOLIDAY INN CHICAGO WEST-ITASCA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS CHICAGO-PALATINE/N ARLNGTN HTS
STAYBRIDGE SUITES AURORA/NAPERVILLE
INDIANA
CANDLEWOOD SUITES INDIANAPOLIS
KANSAS
CANDLEWOOD SUITES KANSAS CITY-OVERLAND PARK
KENTUCKY
HOLIDAY INN UNIVERSITY PLAZA-BOWLING GREEN
LOUISIANA
CROWNE PLAZA LAFAYETTE AIRPORT
MAINE
HOLIDAY INN BATH (BRUNSWICK AREA)
MICHIGAN
CANDLEWOOD SUITES DETROIT-TROY
CROWNE PLAZA GRAND RAPIDS – AIRPORT
MINNESOTA
CROWNE PLAZA MPLS/ST PAUL ARPT-MALL OF AMER
MISSOURI
HOLIDAY INN SAINT LOUIS – SOUTH (I-55)
NORTH CAROLINA
HOLIDAY INN RALEIGH (CRABTREE VALLEY MALL)
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES WILMINGTON-UNIVERSITY CTR
NEBRASKA
NEW JERSEY
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL PHILADELPHIA-CHERRY HILL
HOLIDAY INN PHILADELPHIA SOUTH-SWEDESBORO
HOLIDAY INN SECAUCUS MEADOWLANDS
NEW YORK
HOLIDAY INN BUFFALO-INTL AIRPORT
HOLIDAY INN MT. KISCO (WESTCHESTER COUNTY)
HOTEL INDIGO BUFFALO – AMHERST
OHIO
CROWNE PLAZA CLEVELAND CITY CENTRE
HOLIDAY INN CINCINNATI-I-275 NORTH
OKLAHOMA
PENNSYLVANIA
CROWNE PLAZA PHILADELPHIA-BUCKS COUNTY
HOLIDAY INN ALLENTOWN CENTER CITY
HOLIDAY INN HARRISBURG (HERSHEY AREA) I-81
SOUTH CAROLINA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES GREENVILLE-I-85 & WOODRUFF RD
TEXAS
CANDLEWOOD SUITES DALLAS/MARKET CENTER
CANDLEWOOD SUITES SAN ANTONIO NW MEDICAL CENTER
HOLIDAY INN HOUSTON-SW-HWY 59S@BELTWY 8
HOLIDAY INN SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
UTAH
CANDLEWOOD SUITES SALT LAKE CITY-AIRPORT
VIRGINIA
CANDLEWOOD SUITES RICHMOND AIRPORT
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS RICHMOND NORTHWEST I-64
HOLIDAY INN SELECT NORFOLK AIRPORT
VERMONT
HOLIDAY INN RUTLAND-KILLINGTON AREA
WASHINGTON
WISCONSIN
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS MILWAUKEE-WEST MEDICAL CENTER
STAYBRIDGE SUITES MILWAUKEE WEST-OCONOMOWOC
WYOMING
HOLIDAY INN SHERIDAN-CONVENTION CENTER
Canada (3 hotels)
ALBERTA
HOLIDAY INN CALGARY-MACLEOD TRAIL SOUTH
BRITISH COLUMBIA
HOLIDAY INN VANCOUVER-CENTRE (BROADWAY)
ONTARIO
HOLIDAY INN BARRIE-HOTEL & CONFERENCE CTR
Central & South America (4 Hotels)
BRAZIL
CHILE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
INTERCONTINENTAL V CENTENARIO SANTO DOMINGO
PUERTO RICO
HOLIDAY INN MAYAGUEZ & TROPICAL CASINO
Europe (16 hotels)
BELGIUM
CZECH REPUBLIC
GERMANY
HOLIDAY INN FRANKFURT-CITY SOUTH CONF CTR
IRELAND
CROWNE PLAZA DUBLIN-BLANCHARDSTOWN
MALTA
SPAIN
CROWNE PLAZA ESTEPONA – COSTA DEL SOL
HOLIDAY INN ALICANTE – PLAYA DE SAN JUAN
UNITED KINGDOM
HOLIDAY INN BRENTWOOD M25, JCT.28
HOLIDAY INN COVENTRY M6, JCT.2
HOLIDAY INN HEMEL HEMPSTEAD M1, JCT. 8
HOLIDAY INN NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
HOLIDAY INN SOUTHAMPTON-EASTLEIGH M3,JCT13
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS BRISTOL – NORTH
There are no properties available at this time
Middle East (2 hotels)
BAHRAIN
JORDAN
Asia (11 hotels)
CHINA-PEOPLES REPUBLIC
CROWNE PLAZA BEIJING ZHONGGUANCUN
CROWNE PLAZA CITY CENTER NINGBO
CROWNE PLAZA HANGZHOU GRAND CANAL
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL & SUITES LANDMARK SHENZHEN
HOLIDAY INN CENTRAL PLAZA BEIJING
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS SHANGHAI MEILONG
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS SHANGHAI NEW HONGQIAO
NEPAL
CROWNE PLAZA KATHMANDU-SOALTEE
PHILIPPINES
Oceania (1 hotel)
This weekend is the debut of Priority Club Last Minute Rewards. I waited for an email on Monday announcing the first set of 50% off reward nights for this new Priority Club feature. The March 29 press release announcing Last Minute Rewards stated the format included an email alert on Monday before the weekend of discount rewards. Instead I find out Wednesday evening through View from the Wing blog.
Last Minute Reward Nights: A hotel industry first, “Last Minute Reward Nights” will allow Priority Club members globally to redeem Reward Nights at a 50% discount off the regular point price, for selected properties. Members will receive an e-mail on Monday providing a list of hotels where this offer will be available the following weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Initially, this program will be offered on the first full weekend of every month, starting with May 6, 7 and 8, 2011. March 29 Priority Club Relaunch Press Release
I searched my emails and no message from Priority Club this week about these rewards. I guess they are keeping the new rewards low key for this initial set.
The Last Minute Rewards are a moot point in my case anyway. The closest participating hotels to me for this weekend are 350 to 450 miles away in Los Angeles and San Diego. I booked the Holiday Inn Express Merced instead for my Yosemite road trip on what might be the last ever Pointbreaks hotels for 5,000 points per night. That dropped the price of a $120 hotel to $30 which is what 5,000 points cost to buy from Priority Club through Points & Cash reward nights.
Last Minute Reward Nights May 6-8, 2011
127 hotels comprise the first set of Last Minute Reward nights. The hotels are 50% off the standard reward rate. This initial set of hotels only includes hotels in the U.S.
Searching the hotels requires checking by state to determine geographically where the hotels are located. Priority Club allows sorting by points from low to high or high to low, however, the hotels for Last Minute rewards do not show state labels, so unless you know by name where Hotel Indigo Basking Ridge is located you need to click on the link to determine the state location.
Priority Club Last Minute Rewards sorted by points level
You need to click on the United States link in left column to get a list of states and then you can search hotels by state.
Sort by State for easier browsing of Last Minute Rewards hotels
The image above shows hotels in a Last Minute Rewards sort for Colorado.
The top tier hotels on this weekend’s Last Minute Rewards are the InterContinental O’Hare and InterContinental Dallas, both at 15,000 points per night. Dallas looks like a great deal. Lucky from One Mile at a Time wrote about the InterContinental O’Hare as being one of the nicest airport hotels in the U.S.
Priority Club Last Minute Rewards sort by high-to-low points shows InterContinental Hotels
All in all, I like this new feature for Priority Club Rewards. I’ll like it even more when I find a hotel offered for a city where I need a hotel stay. In the mean time I will savor my PointBreaks night, even though it is a night in Merced, California.
My New Priority Club Platinum Card Arrived
On a related note: I picked up my newly redesigned Priority Club 2011 Platinum card in the mail today. I find the new layout more visually appealing than the old card.
Newly redesigned Priority Club Platinum Card with scenery
