Priority Club offers free hotel nights for only 5,000 points through PointBreaks. The new PointBeaks list just came out and reservations are allowed for stays through January 31.
The list this time is much smaller, at only 103 hotels, than in updates the past year. In July 2009 there were over 160 hotels on the list.
Apparently, according to Lucky at One Mile at a Time there were some InterContinental Hotels available yesterday and they are already gone from the list. You have to be fast with PointBreaks to get the hotel value hotels. This is also a PointBreaks list absent of any InterContinental Hotels.
I hope Priority Club is not following the road taken by Hilton HHonors where PointStretcher 40% Discount awards have dwindled to the point of nonexistence recently.
Priority Club Insider website has a good summary of PointBreaks awards for the Priority Club uninitiated.
Loyalty traveler PointBreaks tips for the novice Priority Club member:
You can buy up to 40,000 points from Priority Club in any 12-month period.
1,000 – 9,000 points = US$13.50 per 1,000 points
($67.50 to buy a PointBreaks award)
10,000 – 19,000 points = US$12.50 per 1,000 points
($62.50 to buy PointBreaks award)
20,000 – 40,000 points = $11.50 per 1,000 points
($57.50 to buy PointBreaks award)
An added bonus to a cheap PointBreaks room night is points purchases count toward elite qualification credit. Priority Club sells Gold elite status for $50, but you can also qualify for Gold elite with the purchase of 20,000 points ($223) and have sufficient points to redeem four free PointBreaks nights.
Last November I purchased 10,000 Priority Club Rewards points and redeemed two PointBreaks free nights at Holiday Inn Express hotels in Ashland, Oregon and Yreka, California just off Interstate 5 while on a roadtrip to Vancouver, Canada. I had two hotel stays on PointBreaks with my purchased points and saved more than 50% on the lowest room rates for these two nights.
Yreka Holiday Inn Express had their grand opening gala the night of my PointBreaks stay. In addition to the cheap room I received a hotel tour, swag bag and free beer at the lobby party with all the town travel agents and dignitaries. Really cool experience.
October 2009 PointBreaks Hotels by Region
USA = 62 Hotels
Canada = 8 hotels
Mexico = 0 hotels
Central/South America = 2 hotels
Europe = 18 hotels
Middle East/Africa = 1 hotel
Asia = 9 hotels
Australia-Oceania = 3 hotels
Total Hotels on October 2009 PointBreaks List = 103
Total Hotels on July 2009 PointBreaks List = 161
Total Hotels October 2008 PointBreaks List = 163
My July 2009 post did not list the PointBreaks hotels and since they disappear from the list when allocated rooms are reserved, I will try to post the complete list on Loyalty Traveler each time there is a PointBreaks update for historical reference on hotel selections.
USA
ALABAMA
CALIFORNIA
Holiday Inn Express MORENO VALLEY (LAKE PERRIS)
COLORADO
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites GRAND JUNCTION – AIRPORT
Staybridge Suites DENVER TECH CENTER
CONNECTICUT
Candlewood Suites HARTFORD/MERIDEN
Crowne Plaza HARTFORD SOUTH CROMWELL
DELAWARE
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites WILMINGTON – NEWARK
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
Staybridge Suites ATLANTA PERIMETER CENTER WEST
Crowne Plaza ATLANTA – MARIETTA
IDAHO
Candlewood Suites BOISE – MERIDIAN
ILLINOIS
Hotel Indigo CHICAGO – SCHAUMBERG NORTH
INDIANA
Candlewood Suites INDIANAPOLIS
Holiday Inn LAFAYETTE – CITY CENTRE
IOWA
MAINE
MARYLAND
Staybridge Suites BALTIMORE – COLUMBIA
Crowne Plaza WASHINGTON DC – ROCKVILLE
MASSACHUSETTS
Hotel Indigo BOSTON – NEWTON RIVERSIDE
MICHIGAN
Candlewood Suites DETROIT – ANN ARBOR
MINNESOTTA
Candlewood Suites MINNEAPOLIS – RICHFIELD
Crowne Plaza MINNEAPOLIS NORTH
MISSOURI
Holiday Inn AIRPORT WEST EARTH CITY
Crowne Plaza ST. LOUIS AIRPORT
MONTANNA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
Candlewood Suites PARSIPPANY – MORRIS PLAINS
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
Candlewood Suites NANUET – ROCKLAND COUNTY
Candlewood Suites SYRACUSE – AIRPORT
NORTH CAROLINA
Candlewood Suites CHARLOTTE – UNIVERSITY
Candlewood Suites DURHAM – RTP
Holiday Inn WINSTON- SALEM – UNIV PARKWAY
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
Staybridge Suites TOLEDO – MAUMEE
Crowne Plaza CINCINNATI BLUE ASH
OKLAHOMA
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites STILLWATER – UNIVERSITY WEST
OREGON
Crowne Plaza PORTLAND – LAKE OSWEGO
PENNSYLVANIA
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Sutes CONCORDVILLE – BRANDYWINE
RHODE ISLAND
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites WARWICK – PROVIDENCE (AIRPORT)
SOUTH CAROLINA
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites GREENVILLE – I-85 & WOODRUFF RD.
TENNESSEE
Holiday Inn MEMPHIS – WOLFCHASE GALLERIA
TEXAS
Crowne Plaza DALLAS – PARK CENTRAL
Staybridge Suites HOUSTON WEST/ENERGY CORRIDOR
Candlewood Suites DALLAS/MARKET CENTER
UTAH
Candlewood Suites SALT LAKE CITY
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
Holiday Inn DOWNTOWN – EVERETT
WISCONSIN
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites MADISON WEST
Staybridge Suites MILWAUKEE WEST – OCONONOWOC
CANADA
Alberta
British Columbia
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites NORTH VANCOUVER
New Brunswick
Ontario
Holiday Inn Select MISSISSAUGA
Quebec
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites MONTREAL CENTRE – VILLE DOWNTOWN
Holiday Inn POINTE – CLAIRE MONTREAL AIRPORT
CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA
Chile
Holiday Inn Express Concepcion
Guatemala
Holiday Inn Guatemala
EUROPE
BELGIUM
CYPRUS
Holiday Inn NICOSIA CITY CENTRE
FRANCE
Holiday Inn PARIS – VAL DE BIÈVRE
GERMANY
Holiday Inn Express COLOGNE – MUELHEIM
Holiday Inn Express BADEN – BADEN
GREECE
Holiday Inn ATHENS – ATTICA AVENUE
ITALY
LITHUANIA
LONDON
Crowne Plaza GATWICK – CRAWLEY
Holiday Inn Express SWINDON CITY CENTRE
SLOVAKIA
SPAIN
Holiday Inn Express MADRID – SAN SEBASTIAN D/L REYES
TURKEY
Holiday Inn ISTANBUL AIRPORT – NORTH
AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST
Kuwait
ASIA
China
Holiday Inn BEIJING DESHENGMEN
Holiday Inn Express SOUTH HEFEI
Holiday Inn Express TIANJIN BINHAI
Crowne Plaza CENTURY PARK SHANGHAI
Crowne Plaza ZHONGSHAN XIAOLAN
Japan
OCEANIA
AUSTRALIA
Holiday Inn POTTS POINT – SYDNEY
