Up to 75% off Selected Intercontinental Group Hotels - $41.52 Per Night for Worldwide Hotels UK, Spain, France, USA, Canada

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AssociatedPdaveozsydney @ creditflyer.com.au on 01/08/2017 - 18:11 ihg.com (1063 clicks)
Last edited 01/08/2017 - 23:29 by 2 other users

OK This is a great deal that gives savings of upto 75% off the price of IHG Group hotels worldwide. Most hotels on the list I checked gave savings of 50% plus. I've not checked them all out.

IHG Hotel Brands include Intercontinental, Crown Plaza, Holiday Inn and others.

You can stay at hundreds of hotels for just $43.26 $41.52 per night (some with breakfast included for up to 3 people like the Holiday Inn in London)

Basically backpacker style rates for decent hotels

It is a medium-level travel hack combining three deals:

1. The IHG Group Pointbreaks sale is actually a list of hundreds of hotels worldwide in the Intercontinental Group of hotels that can be booked for 5000 points until October 31st 2017. It was released today. Means nothing to those who don't collect IHG points however.

2. For those without any points, there's another deal to BUY the points required to book the hotel rooms giving 80% bonus points (see 2016 deal) if you buy over 18,000 points so you can buy points at 0.86c. I just created a brand new account and it let me buy them at this rate.

3. Update: Cost can be made 4% lower still according to the previous 2016 deal linked above with cashback from https://www.topcashback.com/points/ as it's points.com who process the points purchase.

I haven't tried the cashback as well so if you try, perhaps post an update if it tracks?

This gives a price for every hotel on the list at $43.26 (if points are bought on a foreign exchange fee free credit or debit card such as Coles Mastercard or Bankwest World Card). Update $41.52 with Top Cashback.

If you buy less you only get a 40% points bonus so the price would then be higher per night so best value is buying enough for 6 room nights.

All the details are in the 3rd party creditflyer.com.au linked page at the bottom of the post

Here's a summary:

Steps are as follows:

1. View the list of pointbreaks hotels to see if you want to book any on the list and check availability at https://www.ihg.com/rewardsclub/content/us/en/redeem-rewards…
2. Register an IHG account at ihg.com
3. Buy the points via the points.com site linked from your ihg.com account
4. Go to the list of pointbreaks hotels and click on the one you want to book
5. Book the dates.

Countries included in the deal:

India
Indonesia
France
Germany
Russia
Slovakia
Spain
Turkey
Uk
South Africa
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Paraguay
Canada
USA
(nothing in Australia on the list this time unfortunately)

Only includes selected hotels in these countries and until sold out.

Bookings are flexible but once you've bought the points, no refund in cash, just points so you'd have to use them for another hotel in the list or wait till the next pointbreaks sale.

There appears to be no purchase limit as you can open multiple accounts in family members names.

These deals can sell out quickly so don't delay if you want to book something.

Stay in hotels permanently paying effectively $303 per week? ;)

3rd Party site referred to that gives extra information mentioned below:

http://www.creditflyer.com.au/ihg-pointbreaks-deals/

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  chobani4lyf on 01/08/2017 - 18:23

  You're website doesn't work.

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    Associateddaveozsydney @ creditflyer.com.au on 01/08/2017 - 18:29

    I just made a change so maybe you checked mid change - it's working for me. Please try again

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  SonGHosT on 01/08/2017 - 18:47

  Hmm, it seems your website forks Point Hacks. Anything new compared with their guide: http://www.pointhacks.com.au/ihg-points-breaks-guide/ ? Is this considered plagiarism?

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    Associateddaveozsydney @ creditflyer.com.au on 01/08/2017 - 19:52

    There are lots of bloggers and forums here and in the US covering when Pointbreaks release their sales. It's called PR or news and we put our individual spin on it just like your post on double Status credits earlier in the year https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/294845#comment-4493467

    There's a 50% SC bonus on currently http://www.flystaypoints.com.au/get-50-bonus-status-credits-… - if you post that is it considered plagiarism too?

    I just adapted the PR release to an Australian audience and brought it to the attention of Oz Bargainers who may be unaware of these deals.

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      SonGHosT on 01/08/2017 - 23:39

      I was not talking about your post here. but your website and the purpose of running your website, mate.

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        Associateddaveozsydney @ creditflyer.com.au on 02/08/2017 - 01:42

        +5

        @nj8842. Good question. Well I'm a good friend of Keith from PointHacks. He lives down the road from me, and I have great respect for his site and have contributed ideas in the past. I'm a Mod of a travel hacking group we're both in that shares non public hacks - mostly stuff that could stop working within minutes or hours if it got shared publicly. So we chat on an almost daily basis. Therefore, while some of the information we get hold of comes from similar sources, our take on it could be different.

        A fork though is a technical term as you'd know with your IT background that implies the source code or site started the same and at some point was copied and then modified branching off in different directions. So you're implying I copied his website? The sites are not related in any such way although we may sometimes write about similar topics as do the hundreds of travel bloggers out there. You're criticising me for bringing ideas into the public forum, why exactly?

        I tend to do more hotel hacking with Hilton. Keith tends to do more SPG. I don't go for airline status as I generally fly business and first - always free and using points.

        I have been travel hacking for years now. Creditflyer has been running for a few years now and was running alongside Pointhacks before I took over earlier this year. I run a number of other businesses. Creditflyer is a way of explaining to my friends and extended group of friends some techniques I've learnt over the years to move them from flying economy to business and first for less $ and some advanced tips in travel hacking. It's not a business in the same way that Pointhacks is and that's not my intention. You may notice there's no affiliate links, no adverts on the site. It's there to share and document some thoughts I have. It's not my full time job. By posting here on ozbargain, we've improved the post and learned that you can get cashback on points.com purchases. That wasn't on my site or in other articles I've read, so by posting here we have added to that wealth of knowledge.

        If I've helped just one person save a bit of cash with this post then it's been time well spent. If you don't wish to read sites, feel free not to. If you knew about this deal already then why didn't you post it before my post?

        Keith runs his site as a full time business and focuses more on advising on card signups and obtaining points that way which you're obviously a fan of since you appear to have sold 200,000 Qantas points on OzB presumably from card signups. If you'd read pointhacks in more detail or read Creditflyer and other travel hacking blogs in more detail then you'd realise that selling them at the lowly figure of 1c is treated with disdain by true travel hackers. It's not the best value you could get from those points and not worth getting your frequent flyer account closed down by Qantas for breaching their terms and conditions as you are probably aware that it's against their rules to trade points. Not smart to do that on an open forum and then criticise someone who has the GM at Qantas Loyalty on his Linked In.

        I will be focusing more on the hotel hacking side of things - like getting way better value than the 1c per point you sold them for and getting points for way less than 1c. It's value arbitrage in its most simplistic sense which is what I do daily as an investor and arbiter of value in companies (my other role). Here we're just doing it with points.

        You've just started your career as a researcher pretty much. If you want to succeed in life, absorb knowledge, read sites in more detail, contribute to knowledge on here. Don't just skim them or sign up for the cards and sell the points at fire sale prices.

        Most importantly, think twice before giving out unconstructive criticism or making unhelpful allegations or perhaps think about posting a few more deals on here yourself if you know of so many deals that aren't on Ozbargain just after someone else posts them, mate.

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        SonGHosT on 02/08/2017 - 07:45

        @daveozsydney: Well fair enough, Dave. Apologies for any offence. Neg revoked, for your genuine answer. btw, I did not sell the points finally, as soon as I realised it is a bad idea and breach of their terms. Thus it is marked 'sold' without actual trading.

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    prolo on 01/08/2017 - 20:43

    +2

    Most travel blogs have similar content. Unless someone else has posted this deal already, OP is just posting a new deal. No use to me, but could be good for some.

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  mini2 on 01/08/2017 - 19:14

  -1

  Is it just me or these sites are popping up all over the place and basically autosummary of AusBT/Pointhacks?

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    prolo on 01/08/2017 - 20:41

    +2

    You're right. What this country needs is fewer websites. Seriously though, OP is merely running a blog, and putting out deal info. Admittedly it's limited wrt dates and properties but it is a deal if it fits your dates and you can find availability.

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  lionelhutz on 01/08/2017 - 20:32

  +4

  This is a misleading post. It doesn't mention some significant limitations.

  Firstly, you can only book a maximum of 2 nights at the 5,000 points rate. So quoting a weekly rate or telling ppl to buy 6 nights worth of points is really misleading.

  Secondly, it is not "hundreds" of hotels, it is about a hundred, they are mostly in the USA, and they are not the prime IHG properties, most are a bit out of the way. None are in Australia. There is only one Intercontinental on the list.

  Thirdly, the participating hotels have a limited number of rooms at the 5,000 point rate. They go quickly once the list of hotels is released.

  It's still a good deal if you happen to be travelling to a participating city and perhaps don't mind staying at a Holiday Inn Express that may be somewhat out of town, I just think this post is a bit misleading.

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    Associateddaveozsydney @ creditflyer.com.au on 02/08/2017 - 00:25

    +1

    @lionelhutz

    i. What makes you think it's 2 nights max? I just did five nights at Aberdeen Crowne Plaza? Screenshot below:

    http://www.creditflyer.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/5-n…

    Did you read that somewhere or just search?

    As it's based on availability it could be the standard award nights are sold out at the hotel you looked at or maybe terms and conditions that aren't adhered to?

    ii. It's 106 hotels. The dictionary.com definition of hundreds is "hundreds, a number between 100 and 999". But ok a bit of a sensationalist description - given :)

    iii. The list only got released today which is why I posted it so people could get in and book. Also not that many people can just book hols on a whim without notice. I posted just in case it helps someone who is able to or was going in the vicinity of one of the hotels listed anyway - like you said "happen to be travelling to a participating city"

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      lionelhutz on 02/08/2017 - 07:15

      Sorry, I got that wrong. The restriction is that you can only make 2 bookings during the promotion period, each booking can be as long as you like. Okay, that's less of a limitation.

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        Associateddaveozsydney @ creditflyer.com.au on 02/08/2017 - 13:55

        +1

        and can use multiple accounts in family members names if you really wanted to.

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  glassyan on 01/08/2017 - 21:40

  -2

  Can't really say it's a bargain, those promotional rates are usually offered to hotels that is in their low season and miles away from popular destinations.

  Feels the heading is really misleading.

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    Associateddaveozsydney @ creditflyer.com.au on 01/08/2017 - 22:03

    +1

    The rates haven't changed though so it is a promotion only accessible through this method - just like using a discount code on other bargains on here.

    Not for everyone though, agreed.