IHG has released the new Point Breaks list, of 150 IHG Rewards Club properties. These are bookable immediately and good for stays through July 31, 2014.
IHG Point Breaks are discounted award redemption’s that you can get at select IHG hotels that are on the Point Breaks list, for just 5,000 points per night! 
Though the discounted rooms don’t always get fully redeemed, Point Break rooms are limited and may sell out quickly, so you if you do see a property that you may be interested in, you may want to book ASAP.
Most of the time, IHG allows you to cancel a reservation free of charge up to 1 day before, with no penalty. Check hotel property for details.
IHG hotel brands includes InterContinental Hotels, Holiday Inn, Candlewood Suites, Crowne Plaza, Hualuxe Hotels, Hotel Indigo, EVEN Hotels and Staybridge Suites.
Don’t have any IHG reward points? No problem. You can either transfer them from the Chase Sapphire Preferred Credit Card at a 1:1 ratio, You can also get the IHG credit card, which comes with a whopping bonus of 80,000 bonus points or you can buy points direct from IHG. Purchasing 5,000 points will be just $67.50.
Once you have 5,000 IHG points in your account. A “method” to get additional IHG points on the cheap, is to book any cancellable 15,000 point hotel stay at any IHG location using “cash and points” which will be $70+5,000 points. Once booked, simply cancel the reward stay. The $70 that you pay is nonrefundable so when you cancel the hotel you will instead get 15,000 points back in your account. Just make sure that when booking the room it says that there will be no charge for cancelling. With this option the points will come out to just 0.7 cents per point or just $35 for 5,000 points!
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Below is a partial list of the Point Break hotels which you can snag for just 5,000 points:
USA:
California
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES CORNING
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES GOLD MINERS INN- GRASS VALLEY
STAYBRIDGE SUITES PALMDALE
CROWNE PLAZA SILICON VALLEY N – UNION CITY
Colorado
STAYBRIDGE SUITES DENVER TECH CENTER
CANDLEWOOD SUITES GRAND JUNCTION NW
Delaware
STAYBRIDGE SUITES WILMINGTON-NEWARK
Florida
HOLIDAY INN JACKSONVILLE
HOLIDAY INN SARASOTA-LAKEWOOD RANCH
Iowa
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS PELLA
HOLIDAY INN HOTEL AND SUITES DES MOINES-NORTHWEST
Illinois
HOLIDAY INN HOTEL AND SUITES BOLINGBROOK
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HIGHLAND
HOTEL INDIGO CHICAGO-VERNON HILLS
Massachusetts
HOLIDAY INN BERKSHIRES
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES SWANSEA
Maryland
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES SALISBURY – DELMAR
HOLIDAY INN SOLOMONS-CONF CENTER & MARINA
Maine
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES FREEPORT – BRUNSWICK AREA
Michigan
HOLIDAY INN BIG RAPIDS
New Hampshire
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS DURHAM – UNH
New Jersey
CANDLEWOOD SUITES BORDENTOWN-TRENTON
HOLIDAY INN EAST WINDSOR
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES MOUNT ARLINGTON – ROCKAWAY AREA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES VINELAND MILLVILLE
New York
CANDLEWOOD SUITES BUFFALO AMHERST
HOLIDAY INN AUBURN-FINGER LAKES REGION
CANDLEWOOD SUITES WATERTOWN-FORT DRUM
HOLIDAY INN JOHNSTOWN-GLOVERSVILLE
HOLIDAY INN UTICA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS ROCHESTER – GREECE
Ohio
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS CELINA
HOLIDAY INN CLEVELAND-AIRPORT
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS COLUMBUS – DUBLIN
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS MIDDLETOWN
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES NAPOLEON
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES CLEVELAND- STREETSBORO
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES WAUSEON
Pennsylvania
HOLIDAY INN ALLENTOWN CENTER CITY
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES CHAMBERSBURG
HOLIDAY INN JOHNSTOWN-DOWNTOWN
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS MT PLEASANT- SCOTTDALE
HOLIDAY INN WARREN (KINZUA DAM-ALLEGHENY)
Rhode Island
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES SMITHFIELD – PROVIDENCE
Texas
HOLIDAY INN AMARILLO WEST MEDICAL CENTER
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES HOUSTON NW BELTWAY 8-WEST ROAD
CROWNE PLAZA SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES AUSTIN SW – SUNSET VALLEY
Virgina
STAYBRIDGE SUITES CHESAPEAKE – VIRGINIA BEACH
CROWNE PLAZA HAMPTON-MARINA
STAYBRIDGE SUITES QUANTICO-STAFFORD
HOLIDAY INN PATRIOT-WILLIAMSBURG
Wisconsin
STAYBRIDGE SUITES MILWAUKEE AIRPORT SOUTH
CROWNE PLAZA MILWAUKEE AIRPORT
Canada:
Alberta
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS GRANDE PRAIRIE
Ontario
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES BRAMPTON
CROWNE PLAZA HAMILTON HOTEL & CONF CENTER
STAYBRIDGE SUITES OAKVILLE-BURLINGTON
Quebec
HOLIDAY INN LAVAL – MONTREAL
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES CENTRE-VILLE DOWNTOWN
Europe:
Belgium
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS ANTWERP CITY – NORTH
France
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS ARRAS
HOLIDAY INN TOULON – CITY CENTRE
Germany
HOLIDAY INN FRANKFURT AIRPORT – NORTH
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS SINGEN
Italy
HOLIDAY INN GENOA CITY
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS MILAN – MALPENSA AIRPORT
Lithuania
CROWNE PLAZA VILNIUS
Spain
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS BARCELONA – MONTMELO
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS VITORIA
South Africa
CROWNE PLAZA JOHANNESBURG – THE ROSEBANK