Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.IHG PointBreaks is a hotel point discount program that allows members to book hotels starting at 5,000 points per night, which is just $30 based on TPG’s current valuation of IHG points. Understandably, the best options get scooped up quickly, so many people find it helpful to get a preview and know in advance when the promotion will go live.Well, set your alarms for 12 noon Eastern on Monday, April 30. That’s when the full list of hotels will be unveiled and hotels will be bookable for stays from April 30 through July 31, 2018. IHG has also revealed that there will be 170 hotels on the new list. Here’s a preview of some properties that will be on the full list.5,000 points per night:Holiday Inn Almaty, KazakhstanHoliday Inn Suzhou Huirong Plaza, ChinaHoliday Inn Express Langfang Park View, ChinaHoliday Inn Hohhot, ChinaHoliday Inn Istanbul – Kadikoy, TurkeyCandlewood Suites Minneapolis-Richfield, USAStaybridge Suites Lafayette-Airport, USA10,000 points per night:Holiday Inn Chennai OMR IT Expressway, IndiaCrowne Plaza Vilnius, LithuaniaHoliday Inn Express Villahermosa Tabasco 2000, MexicoCrowne Plaza Panama Airport, PanamaHoliday Inn Express Krabi Ao Nang Beach, ThailandHoliday Inn Express & Suites Baltimore – BWI Airport North, USAHoliday Inn Express & Suites San Antonio NW near SeaWorld, USA15,000 points per night:Crowne Plaza Perth, AustraliaHotel Indigo Dusseldorf – Victoriaplatz, GermanyInterContinental Muscat, OmanHoliday Inn Express San Juan Condado, Puerto RicoCrowne Plaza Charlotte Executive Park, USAHoliday Inn Express Miami Airport Doral Area, USACrowne Plaza Phoenix Airport – PHX, USAIn addition to these properties, IHG also provided a 10-hotel preview list to TPG that didn’t include nightly pricing. Five of those 10 hotels have been covered above, leaving five more:Hotel Indigo Austin Downtown – University, USAInterContinental Costa Rica at Multiplaza Mall, Costa RicaHoliday Inn Express London-Royal Docks, Docklands, United KingdomHoliday Inn Ottawa Kanata, CanadaCandlewood Suites San Antonio Downtown, USAThe Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites in Ottawa Kanata, Canada. (Photo courtesy of the hotel)What first strikes me about this list: diversity. There are 16 different countries/territories and seven brands represented in this 26-hotel preview. Hopefully, that’s a sign of a healthy amount of diversity in the full list and not just a red herring.IHG Rewards completely revamped its Pointbreaks program in January, breaking hotels into three categories: 5,000 points per night, 10,000 points per night and 15,000 points per night. In the first promotion since the change, IHG bragged it was doubling the number of hotels on the list from previous versions — which only offered hotels at 5,000 points per night.Sign up for our daily newsletterEmail addressSign upI would like to subscribe to The Points Guy newsletters and special email promotions. The Points Guy will not share or sell your email. See privacy policy.While it did offer double the total number of hotels, it slashed the number of hotels at 5,000 points per night to just 33 — less than one-third of the smallest number offered in years. Hopefully, IHG has taken the negative feedback into account and will offer a more generous list this time around.IHG Rewards Premier Credit Card cardmembers will be able to get an even better deal for stays of at least four nights, as one of the key perks of the card is getting the 4th night free on awards. And for those looking for even longer stays, you’ll get every a free night for every multiple of four nights that you book.
