New Priority Club PointBreaks List October 16-December 10, 2012

October 9 2012

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Priority Club PointBreaks are reduced-level award redemptions at Priority Club hotels (Intercontinental, Crowne Plaza, Indigo, Holiday Inn, etc.) that require just 5,000 Priority Club points for a free night and that change every 2 months. 5,000 points is a pretty low redemption level especially for Intercontinental properties, which normally require between 30,000-50,000 points, and Hotel Indigo locations and Crowne Plazas, which require between 25,000-35,000 points. If you need Priority Club points quickly, they transfer 1:1 from Chase Ultimate Rewards (note: transfers usually take 1-2 business days) or simply buy them via Priority Club directly for .7 cents a point using the cash & points method described in this post (#7).

The list of PointBreak properties is usually pretty random, and there tend to be a lot more lower-end properties, but keep track of them because you never know when you might be in one of these offbeat destinations. For instance, last winter, I actually ended up using a PointBreaks rate at the Intercontinental Phnom Penh, so I was able to redeem 5,000 points instead of paying the $150 nightly rate, wringing about 3 cents of value per point.

As I said, the PointBreaks list changes every 2 months. Last time around, I was a little disappointed, but there seem to be a few more interesting options this time including the Hotel Indigo in Del Mar north of San Diego (note: since publication, this hotel has been removed from the PointBreaks list), and nearly 50 altogether in the US (though no Intercontinentals), as well as several interesting ones in Central America, a handful in Europe including in big destinations like Berlin and Istanbul, an Intercontinental resort in Vietnam and three Intercons in the Middle East including one in Doha (if you're thinking of testing out Qatar Airways), so hopefully many of you can use these places to stretch your points even further these next two months.

Here's the full list:

United States

ALABAMA
CANDLEWOOD SUITES ENTERPRISE

ARKANSAS
CANDLEWOOD SUITES NORTH LITTLE ROCK

ARIZONA
CANDLEWOOD SUITES NOGALES

CALIFORNIA
HOLIDAY INN SAN JOSE - AIRPORT (Note: since publication, this hotel has been removed from the list.)
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS BRENTWOOD
HOTEL INDIGO SAN DIEGO DEL MAR (Note: since publication, this hotel has been removed from the list.)

COLORADO
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES GUNNISON
STAYBRIDGE SUITES DENVER TECH CENTER

CONNECTICUT
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES STAMFORD

DELAWARE
STAYBRIDGE SUITES WILMINGTON-NEWARK

FLORIDA
CANDLEWOOD SUITES MELBOURNE/VIERA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES ARCADIA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES SEBRING

GEORGIA
CANDLEWOOD SUITES MACON
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS FAYETTEVILLE
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES MILLEDGEVILLE

IOWA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES OMAHA AIRPORT

IDAHO
CANDLEWOOD SUITES IDAHO FALLS

ILLINOIS
HOLIDAY INN CHICAGO MATTESON CONF CTR
CANDLEWOOD SUITES AURORA-NAPERVILLE
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES JACKSONVILLE
STAYBRIDGE SUITES SPRINGFIELD-SOUTH

INDIANA
CANDLEWOOD SUITES CRAWFORDSVILLE
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS BLUFFTON
STAYBRIDGE SUITES ELKHART NORTH

KANSAS
CANDLEWOOD SUITES WICHITA-NORTHEAST

KENTUCKY
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS BOWLING GREEN

LOUISIANA
CANDLEWOOD SUITES NEW IBERIA
HOTEL INDIGO BATON ROUGE DOWNTOWN