Latest IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks Offers released (good to 1/31/14)

One of the best redemptions in the hotel loyalty program world is IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks and the latest set of offers are now out for stays November 1 to January 31st. 

Why are IHG Rewards Club Point Breaks such a great deal? Because they offer reward nights at participating IHG hotels Worldwide for only 5,000 Rewards Club points. For those of you not to familiar with Priority Club, normal redemption rates for Rewards Club reward nights run from as low as 10,000 points for some Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express locations to 50,000 points for ultra-luxurious InterContinental locations and even these locations can participate in Point Breaks. So as you can see you can receive a discount of 50 to 88% off the regular redemption rates. You may be thinking that the high end hotels won't participate but they do depending on the time of year! Please note that like most loyalty promotions these offers are capacity controlled so I advise to book sooner than later to ensure you get the Point Breaks rate.

Here is the list of hotels participating this time (taken from the  IHG Rewards Community, we'll update USA as they are released):



South Africa
InterContinental Johannesburg Sandton Towers      Holiday Inn Express Durban-Umhlanga
                            


Oman
Crowne Plaza Muscat


Saudi Arabia
Crowne Plaza Madinah


Asia

People's Republic of China
Holiday Inn Express Shenyang Golden Corridor     Hotel Indigo Tianjin Haihe
                        

Crowne Plaza Zhenjiang                                             Crowne Plaza Xishuangbanna

                       
                                                         
Crowne Plaza Lanzhou                                               InterContinental Kunming
                      

InterContinental Shanghai Rujin                               Hotel Indigo Xiamen Harbour
                       


Crowne Plaza Shanghai Xiayang Lake                    Crowne Plaza Tianjin Jinnan
                      


Crowne Plaza City Centre Changsha                      Crowne Plaza Jinan City Centre
                      



Crowne Plaza Shanghai Pudong                              Holiday Inn Express Hefei South
                       


French Polynesia/Tahiti
InterContinental Resort Tahiti



India
Crowne Plaza Kochi                                                     Crowne Plaza Bengaluru Electronics City
                        


Japan
Crowne Plaza Nagasaki Gloverhill                                Holiday Inn Express Phuket Patong Beach Central
                         

ANA Yonago


Europe

Belgium
Holiday Inn Brussels Airport                                        Holiday Inn Express Gent
                       


Czech Republic
Crowne Plaza Prague                                                



France
Holiday Inn Paris-Marne La Vallee                            Holiday Inn Express Saint-Nazaire
                      

Germany
Holiday Inn Zwickau                                                     Holiday Inn Frankfut Airport-Neu-Isenburg
                      

Italy
Crowne Plaza Padova


Netherlands (Holland)
Holiday Inn Express Arnhem


Poland
Holiday Inn Express Warsaw Airport



Spain
Holiday Inn Madrid-Las Tablas                              Holiday Inn Madrid-Calle Alcala
                   

Holiday Inn Express Bilbao                                    Holiday Inn Express Madrid-San Sebastian D/L Reyes
                  

Turkey
Holiday Inn Express Istanbul-Altunizade


United Kingdom
Crowne Plaza Liverpool-John Lennon Airport   Holiday Inn Express Birmingham-Star City
                 

Holiday Inn Ashford-North A20                             Holiday Inn Birmingham M6, JCT. 7
                

Holiday Inn Express Liverpool-John Lennon Airport


Holiday Inn Peterborough-West                          Holiday Inn Express Nuneaton
                 


The Americas

Canada
Holiday Inn Express Timmins                                Holiday Inn Express Pembroke
                   


Holiday Inn Express Woodstock South                 Holiday Inn Guelph Hotel & Conf Center
                   


Holiday Inn Kitchener-Waterloo Conf. Center       Holiday Inn Toronto-Mississauga
                     

Featured Properties in the United States:
In the interest of space, I am only listing ten of the 143 U.S. properties  on the list. On November 1st, when hotels are avialable for booking, you'll find the full U.S. list  here.

Holiday Inn Salem Roanoke (VA)                             Holiday Inn Express Tacoma (WA)
                     


Staybridge Suites San Antonio Sea World (TX)     Holiday Inn Express Knoxville West (TN)
                     


Candlewood Suites Harrisburg-Hershey (PA)      Crowne Plaza Charlotte (NC)
                     

Candlewood Suites Indianaplis E. (Indiana)        Holiday Inn Chicago NW Crystal Lake (IL)
                     


Hotel Indigo College Park (GA)                             Holiday Inn Express Colorado Springs-First & Main (CO)
                   


Central/South America

Argentina
Holiday Inn Santa Fe, Argentina



Chile
Holiday Inn Express Concepcion


Colombia
Holiday Inn Express Medellin                


Ecuador
Holiday Inn Guayaquil Airport



Panama
Crowne Plaza Panama



Venezuela
InterContinental Maracaibo


Mexico
Holiday Inn Express Queretaro                            Hotel Indigo Veracruz Boca Rel Rio                
                 

Holiday Inn Express CD. Del Carmen                Holiday Inn Morelia

                 


  Crowne Plaza Acapulco                                      Holiday Inn Express Tolucia Galerias Metepec                
                 
                                                                                                 
Holiday Inn Acapulco La Isla

oneworld alliance to celebrate Qatar Airways entrance with double miles

oneworld posted two new press releases on their website on the subject of Qatar Airways officially joining the alliance as of Midnight tonight! We haven't come across any of the offers on the individual airlines websites but assume they will be out shortly and some if not most of them will require registration. So be sure to keep checking back here on FFB for each of those airlines' offers! We do know from the press release the Qatar Airways Privilege Club members do have to register.

Here is an excerpt from oneworld's release on the double miles:

Members of Qatar Airways' Privilege Club loyalty programme will receive double Qmiles rewards when flying between 15 November 2013 and 31 January 2014 (until 24 January 2014 for Cathay Pacific),  apart from during the holiday peak (20 December 2013 to 5 January 2014), on the airline's new oneworld partners - airberlin, American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, LAN, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas, Royal Jordanian, S7 Airlines and around 30 of their affiliated airlines, provided they register first by logging into their account at qmiles.com

Similarly, members of existing oneworld airlines' loyalty programmes will receive double mileage awards when flying on Qatar Airways between 15 November 2013 and 31 January 2014 (until 24 January 2014 for Cathay Pacific's The Marco Polo Club cardholders) - apart from during the holiday peak (20 December 2013 to 5 January 2014).  For further details, see member airlines' websites.

Oct 29 Update: American nixes Ottawa-Chicago, US Airways bonus for La Quinta stays, Travelocity Promo Code

A couple of newsworthy items were already posted as their own posts earlier today (Earn Your Wings and WestJet National Bonus) so the update is a little light on that end!

News, Tips & Tricks
American Airlines will be cancelling their Ottawa to Chicago route as of January 8, 2014. This isn't good news for American AAdvantage, Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan, British Airways Executive Club or any oneworld frequent flyers in the Ottawa region! (Source Airline Route updates)


Travel Deals
Take $100 off select Flights + Hotels (Min. Spend $2,500) with the Travelocity.ca Halloween Monster Sale! Use PROMOCODE: MONSTER100CA. Ends 10/31.



Bonus Offers
Air China Phoenix Miles
- Fast Track to HHonors Gold and 30,000 Bonus Phoenix Miles Kilometers when you stay at Hilton Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Dec 31, 13 Targeted Offer - May not work for everyone Until Dec 31, 13

Carlson Hotels Club Carlson
- Fast Track to Silver Status when you stay at least six eligible nights at any Carlson Rezidor hotel in Asia Pacific. More... Until Dec 31, 13 Targeted Offer - May not work for everyone

Jet Airways JetPrivilege
- Earn 20% Bonus JetPrivilege Miles when you purchase JetPrivilege Miles online. More... Until Dec 31, 13

Qantas Frequent Flyer
- Earn up to 20,000 bonus Qantas Points when you fly Qantas in International Business between Sydney and Bangkok. More... Book by Nov 4 for travel Dec 1 - Jan 31, 14

Stash Hotel Rewards
- 500 Bonus Stash Rewards Points for stays at The Plaza Suites Santa Clara. More... Until Dec 31, 13
- Triple Stash Rewards Points for stays at the Menger Hotel San Antonio More... Until Jan 31, 14
- Triple Stash Rewards Points for stays at The Resort at Port Ludlow. More... Until Nov 30, 13

US Airways Dividend Miles
- 500 Bonus Dividend Miles per stay at La Quinta properties in the U.S., Mexico and Canada. More... Until Dec 31, 13

Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
- Double Flying Club Miles when booking the Double Miles for Early Birds rate for stays of 2 nights or more at participating World Hotels Worldwide. More... Dec 1 - Feb 28, 14
- Double Flying Club Miles on Hertz Collections rentals Worldwide. More.. Book by Nov 30 for rentals until Dec 31, 13

WestJet Rewards
- Triple WestJet Dollars plus save up to 25% off on National Car Rentals in North America booked online westjet.com. More... Book by Dec 31 for rentals until Feb 28, 14

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WestJet: Earn 3x WestJet Dollars for National Car Rentals

The evolution of the WestJet Rewards program continues with their first ever (to our knowledge) bonus offer for using a WestJet partner. Most bonuses from WestJet have been for flights and not much else. We've seen the addition of earning partners (WestJet Hotels, Cars, and American Airlines) but all those avenues have not seen bonuses until now.

Here is The offer as is was added to our WestJet Rewards page earlier today::

Triple WestJet Dollars plus save up to 25% off on National Car Rentals in North America booked online westjet.com. Full details Book by Dec 31 for rentals until Feb 28, 14

While it is not a true promotion from National Car Rental itself (if it was you could book this on National's site to earn the bonus Dollars) it is nice to see WestJet expanding the earning opportunities for its Rewards members. In fact this exact topic has come up on numerous occasions when we have had lunch with the WestJet Rewards team and that topic is more partners and more offers from those partners!

Air Canada Earn Your Wings: New Badge released - The Detour Badge

If you are taking part in the Air Canada Earn Your Wings The Amazing Race Edition promotion you'll want to know that a new badge has been released that can earn you even more Race Wings (for details on the promotion overall, please see our post here). We'd love to hear how everyone is doing in the Earn Your Wings promotion! We personally are doing not so good as all of our flights planned over the next few month take to us cities that don't earn any additional Race Wings other than the 200 for each take off or landing!

The new badge is the 'Detour Badge' and awards Race Wings as follows:

Take the Detour to the top. To get through this challenge, you’ll need to make some decisions. Choose from amongst four regions and then book a round trip or two one-way flight segments from amongst the eligible routes. You’ll earn between 5,000 and 10,000 additional RaceWings depending on the region chosen, as well as the Detour badge, every time you complete the challenge. You can earn this badge more than once but remember, once you confirm your region, you can only book flights in that region for the remainder of the challenge. Book your eligible routes between October 28 and November 17, 2013, for travel by December 15, 2013. You’ll also keep earning Pit Stop, Fast Forward and Task Badges through the detour, so choose strategically!

The regions for this badge are as follows:

Europe

Earn 10,000 additional RaceWings and the Detour Badge for every round-trip or two one-way flight segments between:

• – Paris (CDG) and Toronto (YYZ)
• – London (LHR) and Toronto (YYZ)
• – London (LHR) and Montreal (YUL)

Asia

Earn 10,000 additional RaceWings and the Detour Badge for every round-trip or two one-way flight segments between:

• – Seoul (ICN) and Vancouver YVR)
• – Seoul (ICN) and Toronto (YYZ)
• – Beijing (PEK) and Vancouver (YVR)
• – Shanghai (PVG) and Vancouver (YVR)
• – Hong Kong (HKG) and Vancouver (YVR)
• – Hong Kong (HKG) and Toronto (YYZ)

West Coast USA

Earn 5,000 additional RaceWings and the Detour Badge for every round-trip or two one-way flight segments between:

• – Los Angeles (LAX) and Montreal (YUL)
• – Los Angeles (LAX) and Toronto (YYZ)
• – Los Angeles (LAX) and Calgary (YYC)
• – Los Angeles (LAX) and Vancouver (YVR)
• – San Francisco (SFO) and Montreal (YUL)
• – San Francisco (SFO) and Toronto (YYZ)
• – San Francisco (SFO) and Vancouver (YVR)
• – Seattle (SEA) and Toronto (YYZ)
• – Seattle (SEA) and Vancouver (YVR)

New York

Earn 5,000 additional RaceWings and the Detour Badge for every round-trip or two one-way flight segments between:

• – New York – LaGuardia (LGA) and Montreal (YUL)
• – New York – LaGuardia (LGA) and Ottawa (YOW)
• – New York – LaGuardia (LGA) and Toronto (YYZ)
• – New York – Newark (EWR) and Montreal (YUL)
• – New York – Newark (EWR) and Toronto (YYZ)
• – New York – Newark (EWR) and Calgary (YYC)
• – New York – Newark (EWR) and Vancouver (YVR)

Oct 28 Update: 500 Bonus Points/Miles for PointsHound bookings in CAD and last day for Aeroplan eStore 5x Miles bonus

The news side of things continues on the light side from last week, this is not unusual however as the end of the month approaches! More news should filter out late in the week and early next week as a fresh new month starts.

News, Tips & Tricks
Over on the FFB blog we highlighted a new feature from PointsHound. The ability to book and pay in different currencies other than USD. The Canadian dollar is included so now you don't have to worry about foreign transaction fees on your credit card but I am not 100% sure on their foreign exchange rates and whether they will be better than what the credit cards offer including the forex fee. Either way , you should make your next PointsHound booking in CAD as will earn an extra 500 points or miles from anyone of their 12 loyalty program partners for doing so. More details can be found here

On Thursday Aeroplan released a very limited time offer of 5x Miles for eStore purchases. Today is the last day to take advantage of that! See here.




Bonus Offers
Aegean Miles&Bonus
- 25% Aegean Miles Discount when you redeem your Award Miles for tickets on any Aegean-operated flights.More... Until Nov 17, 13
- Gold Members, will be entitled to two (2) Complimentary Seat Upgrades after reaching  six flight activities either on Aegean Airlines or Olympic Air-operated flights. More... Nov 1 - Dec 31, 13
- Double Miles&Bonus Miles for car rentals with Hertz in Greece, Cyprus, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Czech Republic, Luxembourg and Netherlands. More... Until Nov 21, 13

American AAdvantage
- Double AAdvantage Miles plus, save up to 15% on qualifying Hertz Affordable Rate rentals of one or more days at participating locations in Africa, Asia, Australia, Brazil, Europe, Mexico, Middle East, New Zealand and St. Thomas. More... Until Dec 31, 13

Delta SkyMiles
- Double SkyMiles plus, save up to 15% on qualifying Hertz Affordable Rate rentals of one or more days at participating locations in Africa, Asia, Australia, Brazil, Europe, Mexico, Middle East, New Zealand and St. Thomas. More... Until Dec 31, 13

Gol Smiles  (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- 3,000 Smiles Miles for Gol Smiles award tickets within Brazil. More... Until Dec 11, 13

Orbitz Rewards (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Double Orbucks on stand-alone flight bookings (or flight bookings made in the flight path with car add-on or hotel add-on), where the validating carrier is airberlin, Qatar Airways, Asiana Airlines, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, More... Book by Nov 22, 13
- $10 Orbucks on the next flight you book on Orbitz.com More... Book by Nov 22, 13
- $25 Orbucks when you use the “Zap That Bag Fee” feature on the Orbitz Rewards homepage & send a photo of your receipt. More... Until Nov 30, 13
- $25 Orbucks when you refer a friend to the Orbitz Rewards program. More...

Stash Hotel Rewards
- Triple Stash Rewards Points for Sunday - Thursday stays at the Lodge on the Desert Tucson. More... Until Dec 30, 13
- 500 Bonus Stash Rewards Points for prepaid Sunday - Thursday stays at the Sedona Rouge Hotel & Spa. More... Book by Nov 30 for stays until Dec 30, 13
- 500 Bonus Stash Rewards Points for stays at the Inn at Saint Mary's South Bend, IN. More... Until Nov 30, 13

United MileagePlus
- Double MileagePlus Miles plus, save up to 15% on qualifying Hertz Affordable Rate rentals of one or more days at participating locations in Africa, Asia, Australia, Brazil, Europe, Mexico, Middle East, New Zealand and St. Thomas. More... Until Dec 31, 13

US Airways Dividend Miles
- Double Dividend Miles plus, save up to 15% on qualifying Hertz Affordable Rate rentals of one or more days at participating locations in Africa, Asia, Australia, Brazil, Europe, Mexico, Middle East, New Zealand and St. Thomas. More... Until Dec 31, 13

Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
- Double Flying Club Miles plus, save up to 15% on qualifying Hertz Affordable Rate rentals of one or more days at participating locations in Africa, Asia, Australia, Brazil, Europe, Mexico, Middle East, New Zealand and St. Thomas. More... Until Dec 31, 13

Wyndham Rewards
- 20% Bonus Wyndham Rewards Points every time you buy or gift points. More... Until Nov 30, 13