New Priority Club PointBreaks List Through January 31, 2013

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) if you have the Chase Sapphire Preferred, Ink Bold or Ink Plus cards. 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 – both in terms of hotels and locations – but it doesn’t hurt to keep track of which properties are included, because you never know where you might find yourself, and the opportunity to redeem just 5,000 points for a free night instead of say 35,000-50,000 for a Crowne Plaza or Intercontinental is hard to pass up. Remember, though, there are a limited amount of rooms available at these rates at the various hotels, so if you know your travel plans, or even think you might be heading to one (or more) of these places, you should make your PointBreaks reservation sooner rather than later (you can usually cancel for free if your plans change).

As I said, the PointBreaks list changes every 2 months and can be pretty random, and this roundup is no exception, probably because of the busy holiday travel season. I’m kind of disappointed that there’s just a single Intercontinental on the list (in Jakarta) and two Hotel Indigos (one at the Toronto Airport and one in Costa Rica). But hey, if you have plans to be in Fiji, at least there’s a Holiday Inn there that you can take advantage of!

Here’s the full list:

ALABAMA
CANDLEWOOD SUITES ENTERPRISE

ARKANSAS
CANDLEWOOD SUITES JONESBORO

ARIZONA
HOLIDAY INN PHOENIX-WEST

CALIFORNIA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS BRENTWOOD
STAYBRIDGE SUITES ROCKLIN – ROSEVILLE AREA

COLORADO
CANDLEWOOD SUITES PARACHUTE

FLORIDA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES ARCADIA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES SEBRING

GEORGIA
HOLIDAY INN BRUNSWICK I-95 (EXIT 38)
CANDLEWOOD SUITES ATLANTA

ILLINOIS
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL CHICAGO-NORTHBROOK

INDIANA
CANDLEWOOD SUITES CRAWFORDSVILLE

KANSAS
STAYBRIDGE SUITES WICHITA

KENTUCKY
CANDLEWOOD SUITES RADCLIFF – FORT KNOX

MARYLAND
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS PRINCE FREDERICK

NEW JERSEY
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES CARNEYS POINT NJ TRNPK EXIT 1

NEW MEXICO
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES PORTALES

NEW YORK
HOLIDAY INN GRAND ISLAND (BUFFALO/NIAGARA)
CANDLEWOOD SUITES SYRACUSE-AIRPORT

OHIO
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES CINCINNATI NORTHEAST-MILFORD

OKLAHOMA
CANDLEWOOD SUITES OWASSO

PENNSYLVANIA
HOLIDAY INN WARREN (KINZUA DAM-ALLEGHENY)

SOUTH CAROLINA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS ANDERSON-I-85 (EXIT 27-HWY 81)

TENNESSEE
STAYBRIDGE SUITES KNOXVILLE OAK RIDGE

TEXAS
CANDLEWOOD SUITES BEAUMONT
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES MEXIA

VIRGINIA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS RICHMOND AIRPORT

WISCONSIN
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL MILWAUKEE AIRPORT