Priority Club
UPDATE: It's now up and bookable here.
I always get super excited about the PointBreaks list, and if you're not familiar with it, read Carrie's post on IHG PointBreaks. But this one is a bit of let down for me. First, there are only three InterContinentals on the list:
- IC Beijing
- IC Phnom Pehn
- IC Mendoza
The quarter isn't quite over but we're with family and friends until our next trip to Italy in early Feb. But since this quarter had such high accommodation costs, I figured I'd focus on that.
Right now I'm on an IHG kick. Period. IHG BRGs are getting tougher but PointBreaks continues to be phenomenal. But I realized a number of areas I could have decreased my spending, and increased the value of redemptions. Ultimately, we earned a total of 406,000 miles this quarter, and this post is about how that happened.
Read moreThe list is out and bookable here. Good for stays between Nov 1 and Jan 31.
If you don't know that this is the best sale ever, or how to get in on it, read An Introduction to IHG PointBreaks.
In my opinion this is a great list:
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IHG Rewards (which was Priority Club) and its kin, Ambassador status, gets all too confusing. The reason they turned into two status programs is because they want Ambassador Status to be something that is good only at InterContinental branded hotels and IHG Rewards to be the rewards and points system for all IHG hotels (which includes InterContinental as well as Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, Hotel Indigo, Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites).
Let me take a minute to explain each status, the easy and the hard way to earn each status, and...
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