New Priority Club PointBreaks List Released for Stays Through July 31, 2012
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If you are unaware or haven’t paid attention to Priority Club PointBreaks, you should. They allow you to use a measly 5,000 Priority Club points (which transfer 1:1 from American Express Membership Rewards – note that relationship ends June 30, 2012 and Chase Ultimate Rewards). Historically I haven’t taken advantage of them too much, but this all changed last month when I was asking sage TPG readers for advice on Phnom Penh, Cambodia and someone reminded me that the Intercontinental was on PointBreaks. The night I needed was available on PointBreaks (you book them like normal award rooms at PriorityClub.com), so I got a room, which was upgraded to a Club Room due to my Royal Ambassador status, for only 5,000 points – vs paying $180. The PointBreaks room included tax and lounge access (full breakfast and afternoon drinks) so I practically felt like I was robbing the place with the value I got out of the award.
This round is pretty decent, with a number of Intercontinentals available – including the Intercontinental Mauritius, which I thoroughly enjoyed last summer. I have a friend who is going to Bucharest in a couple weeks and was initially looking at the Radisson Blu (to obviously take advantage of the 50,000 point promo), but is now going to spend most of the time at the Intercontinental for only 5,000 points a night since the Radissson only requires a single night stay for the bonus. He doesn’t even have a Priority Club account, but he does have a bundle of Chase Ultimate Rewards from his Sapphire Preferred and Ink Bold cards, so he was able to instantly open a Priority Club account here and then transfer the points needed for his stay. In this example, 3 nights in June would have cost $406, so his 15,000 Ultimate Rewards points each saved him 2.7 cents a piece. Not bad for a hotel redemption using points.
Note: You can also “buy” Priority Club points using the Cash & Points method I outlined in #7 here, but note that they recently increased the cost per point to .7 cents per point, thus making each PointBreaks night only $35.
Full list of Properties in case you need any vacation ideas:
United States
| MAINE HOLIDAY INN PORTLAND-BY THE BAYMICHIGAN CANDLEWOOD SUITES DETROIT-WARRENMINNESOTA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL BLOOMINGTON MSP AIRPORT / MOAMISSOURI CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL ST. LOUIS AIRPORT HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS ST. LOUIS AIRPORT- RIVERPORTMISSISSIPPI HOLIDAY INN MERIDIAN E – I 20/I 59MONTANA HOLIDAY INN BOZEMANNORTH CAROLINA HOTEL INDIGO RALEIGH DURHAM AIRPORT AT RTP STAYBRIDGE SUITES CHARLOTTE-ARROWOODNORTH DAKOTA STAYBRIDGE SUITES MINOTNEBRASKA STAYBRIDGE SUITES LINCOLN I-80NEW HAMPSHIRE HOLIDAY INN HOTEL AND SUITES NASHUA |
UTAH
HOLIDAY INN HOTEL AND SUITES SALT LAKE CITY-AIRPORT WEST
VIRGINIA
CANDLEWOOD SUITES RICHMOND WEST END SHORT PUMP
HOLIDAY INN VIRGINIA BEACH – NORFOLK
WASHINGTON
HOLIDAY INN DOWNTOWN-EVERETT
STAYBRIDGE SUITES VANCOUVER-PORTLAND METRO
WYOMING
HOLIDAY INN ROCK SPRINGS
Africa:
EGYPT
INTERCONTINENTAL CITYSTARS CAIRO
KENYA
INTERCONTINENTAL NAIROBI
MAURITIUS
INTERCONTINENTAL RESORT MAURITIUS (Stayed here last summer and got upgraded to a Presidential Suite as a Royal Ambassador)
MOROCCO
HOLIDAY INN MARRAKECH – HOTEL DU GOLF
SOUTH AFRICA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS DURBAN – UMHLANGA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS PRETORIA – SUNNYPARK
ZAMBIA
INTERCONTINENTAL LUSAKA
ZIMBABWE
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL HARARE-MONOMOTAPA
HOLIDAY INN BULAWAYO
Middle East
ISRAEL
HOLIDAY INN ASHKELON
JORDAN
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL AMMAN
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL DUBAI – DEIRA
Asia
CHINA-PEOPLES REPUBLIC
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL ZHONGSHAN XIAOLAN
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL SHENZHEN LONGGANG CITY CENTRE
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL GUANGZHOU HUADU
HOLIDAY INN HANGZHOU CBD
HOLIDAY INN SHANGHAI SONGJIANG
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS SHANGHAI NANHUIZUI
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS SHANGDI BEIJING
HOTEL INDIGO SHANGHAI ON THE BUND
INTERCONTINENTAL WUXI
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL HEFEI
INDIA
HOLIDAY INN PUNE HINJEWADI
INDONESIA
HOLIDAY INN RESORT BATAM
MALAYSIA
INTERCONTINENTAL KUALA LUMPUR
TAIWAN
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS TAOYUAN
THAILAND
CROWNE PLAZA RESORT PHUKET PANWA BEACH RESORT
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS BANGKOK SIAM
HOLIDAY INN RESORT REGENT BEACH CHA AM
VIETNAM
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL DANANG
Canada
ALBERTA
HOLIDAY INN HOTEL AND SUITES WEST EDMONTON
BRITISH COLUMBIA
HOLIDAY INN VANCOUVER AIRPORT- RICHMOND
Central & South America
ARGENTINA
INTERCONTINENTAL NORDELTA TIGRE – BUENOS AIRES
BRAZIL
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL BELEM
CHILE
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS IQUIQUE
ECUADOR
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS QUITO
EL SALVADOR
HOLIDAY INN SAN SALVADOR
GUATEMALA
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL GUATEMALA
HONDURAS
INTERCONTINENTAL REAL TEGUCIGALPA
ANDORRA
HOLIDAY INN ANDORRA
CYPRUS
INTERCONTINENTAL APHRODITE HILLS RESORT HOTEL
DENMARK
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL COPENHAGEN TOWERS
FRANCE
HOLIDAY INN LILLE – OUEST ENGLOS
GERMANY
HOLIDAY INN DÜSSELDORF AIRPORT – RATINGEN
ITALY
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL VERONA – FIERA
LITHUANIA
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL VILNIUS
POLAND
HOLIDAY INN KRAKOW CITY CENTRE
PORTUGAL
HOLIDAY INN PORTO – GAIA
ROMANIA
INTERCONTINENTAL BUCHAREST
RUSSIA
STAYBRIDGE SUITES ST. PETERSBURG
SLOVAKIA
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL BRATISLAVA
SPAIN
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL ESTEPONA – COSTA DEL SOL
TURKEY
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL ANTALYA
UNITED KINGDOM
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS EXETER M5, JCT. 29
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS NEWCASTLE – METRO CENTRE
HOLIDAY INN GLASGOW AIRPORT
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS GLASGOW – CITY CTR RIVERSIDE
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL LONDON – GATWICK AIRPORT
HOLIDAY INN OXFORD
HOLIDAY INN PORTSMOUTH
HOLIDAY INN STRATFORD UPON AVON
HOLIDAY INN TAUNTON M5, JCT.25
HOLIDAY INN LANCASTER
Mexico
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL MEXICALI-BAJA CALIFORNIA
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL TUXPAN
HOLIDAY INN QUERETARO-CENTRO HISTORICO
HOLIDAY INN MONTERREY-PARQUE FUNDIDORA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES MEXICO CITY AT THE WTC
INTERCONTINENTAL PRESIDENTE PUEBLA
Oceania
AUSTRALIA
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL SURFERS PARADISE
FIJI ISLANDS
INTERCONTINENTAL FIJI GOLF RESORT & SPA
VANUATU
HOLIDAY INN RESORT VANUATU
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