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

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:

FINLAND
HOLIDAY INN OULU

FRANCE
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS STRASBOURG – SUD

GERMANY
HOTEL INDIGO BERLIN – CENTRE HARDENBERG STR

ITALY
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL CASERTA
HOLIDAY INN SALERNO – CAVA DE’ TIRRENI

POLAND
HOLIDAY INN BYDGOSZCZ

PORTUGAL
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS LISBON – ALFRAGIDE

RUSSIA
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL ST. PETERSBURG AIRPORT

SPAIN
HOLIDAY INN ELCHE
INTERCONTINENTAL LA TORRE GOLF RESORT MURCIA

TURKEY
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS ISTANBUL – ORA

UKRAINE
HOLIDAY INN KIEV

UNITED KINGDOM
HOLIDAY INN STEVENAGE
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS BEDFORD
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS COLCHESTER
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS CREWE
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS LIVERPOOL – HOYLAKE
HOTEL INDIGO NEWCASTLE

CHINA-PEOPLES REPUBLIC
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL MAANSHAN
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL SHANGHAI XIAYANG LAKE
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL ZHONGSHAN WING ON CITY
HOLIDAY INN MUDANJIANG
HOLIDAY INN SHENYANG ZHONGSHAN
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS BEIJING AIRPORT ZONE
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS TIANJIN DONGLI
INTERCONTINENTAL TANGSHAN

INDIA
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL NEW DELHI ROHINI

INDONESIA
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL SEMARANG

VIETNAM
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL WEST HANOI RESIDENCES
INTERCONTINENTAL DANANG SUN PENINSULA RESORT

BAHRAIN
INTERCONTINENTAL BAHRAIN

JORDAN
INTERCONTINENTAL AQABA (RESORT AQABA)

QATAR
INTERCONTINENTAL DOHA – THE CITY

FIJI ISLANDS
HOLIDAY INN SUVA

NEW ZEALAND
HOLIDAY INN ROTORUA

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