Johnny Utah is at it again….Priority Club Announces New “PointBreaks” Hotels.

Posted by Noob Master on Jul 31, 2012 in Points Break, Priority Club, Uncategorized | 0 comments

Priority Club has released their new list of hotels for only 5,000 points a night! These specials run until Oct 15, but hurry if you see one you want to take advantage of, because they can often sell out before the expiration date.

I always get pumped up when the new Priority Club Pointbreaks are released, because I’m once again reminded of Keanu Reeves at his best in the epic movie, “Point Break”. I then go into a deep google spiral of searching for Johnny Utah (Keanu’s role) pics and videos. Strange places. I’m pretty sure that movie won a few Oscars.

Here is the complete list of Priority Club Hotels for 5,000 Points.

Being able to take advantage of these hotels listed is a HUGE value. Especially since Priority Club changed their award chart earlier in the year and just a couple months ago raised their cash and points redemption rate. However, through the miles inflation and changes, the 5,000 Pointbreaks have remained. This is still one of (if not the best) values when it comes to redeeming points for hotels.

When I’m looking at Pointbreak hotels (which I do before every time I travel), I am looking for Intercontinental, Crowne Plaza, and Hotel Indigo properties. These properties are usually 25,000-50,000 points a night, so if I can find one for 5,000, that’s….winning.

A couple options that stuck out to me were the:

Hotel Indigo Houston Galleria

Intercontinental Suites Cleveland, Ohio - I don’t know if I will ever be in Cleveland, but it’s an Intercontinental

Intercontinental Real MetroCentro Managua, Nicaragua

You can transfer Ultimate Rewards points from your Chase Sapphire Preferred^SM Card, into Priority Club if you’re savvy. I usually wouldn’t recommend transferring Ultimate Rewards points into Priority Club, but I DO for PointBreaks redemption.

I have also signed up for the Priority Club Visa (60,000-80,000), but since the devaluation of the Priority Club award chart, and because you can essentially get 10,000 points for $70 (by canceling award reservations)- I wouldn’t recommend it over most other Chase hotel rewards cards out there.

Again, If you haven’t seen Point Break, you haven’t lived. Enjoy a clip on me..

— Noob Master

1,000 Priority Club Points

Posted by Noob Master on Jun 7, 2012 in Deals, Miles, Priority Club | 1 comment

Priority Club is giving new enrollees the opportunity to earn 1,000 Priority Club points. All you have to do is enroll in the program, sync a rewards credit card to your account, spend $30 at a participating restaurant, and post a review within 30 days. Why can’t they just give us the free 1,000 points? Always making us work for it.

If you aren’t familiar with miles earning dining programs, you should be. Check out my blog post here. You should have a rewards credit card synced to all the major rewards programs and their dining counterpart. It’s a great way to double dip and earn even more miles. Most dining programs will give you bonus miles per $1 when you are enrolled. I have my Chase Sapphire Preferred synced to a miles earning dining program, since my Sapphire Preferred already earns me 2x points on meals. I’m double dipping by earning an additional 2x points for being a part of the dining program. I have used my Sapphire Preferred so many times at a local hot spot, that I’m now getting 5x points per $1 and the regular 2x points I already get by using the card. That = 7 very valuable Ultimate Rewards points per $1 spent at this restaurant.

I love eating out. I love miles. I love when two loves collide. Get you some.

Sign-up for the Priority Club Dining Program 

— Noob Master

5,000 Priority Club Points For Select Hotels : New “PointBreaks” List.

Posted by Noob Master on May 25, 2012 in Deals, Miles, Points Break, Priority Club, Uncategorized | 2 comments

Priority Club has released their list of hotels for only 5,000 points a night! These specials run until July 31, but hurry if you see one you want to take advantage of, because they can often sell out before the expiration date.

Here is the complete list of Priority Club Hotels for 5,000 Points.

Being able to take advantage of these hotels listed is a HUGE value. Especially since Priority Club changed their award chart earlier in the year and just last week raised their cash and points redemption rate. However, through the miles inflation and changes, the 5,000 Pointbreaks have remained. This is still one of (if not the best) values when it comes to redeeming points for hotels.

When I’m looking at Pointbreak hotels (which I do before every time I travel), I am looking for Intercontinental, Crowne Plaza, and Hotel Indigo properties. These properties are usually 30,000-50,000 points a night, so if I can find one for 5,000, that’s….winning.

There is actually a really good list this time around for some top tier hotels. Some of those are:

• Crowne Plaza, in Belem Brazil and Guatemala
• Crownse Plaza Dubai
• Hotel Indigo Shanghai
• Hotel Indigo, Atlanta
• Hotel Indigo, Boston
• InterContinental Cairo
• InterContinental Cleveland
• InterContinental Fiji Golf Resort And Spa
• InterContinental Narobi
• InterContinental Houston Galleria
• InterContinental Kuala Lampur
• InterContinental Bucharest
• InterContinental Mauritius
• InterContinental Real Tegucigalpa, Honduras
• InterContinental Buenos Aires Nordelta Tigre, Argentina

That’s a plenty extensive list, plus there are more that I left off. Seeing this list of 5,000 hotels makes me want to travel- like I need a nudge. I usually wouldn’t recommend transferring Ultimate Rewards points into Priority Club, but I DO for PointBreaks redemption. I have also signed up for the Priority Club Visa, but since the devaluation of the Priority Club award chart and because you can essentially get 10,000 points for $70 (email me)- I wouldn’t recommend it over most other Chase rewards cards out there.

All this Pointbreak talk has me thinking about the epic movie with the incomparable Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze. If you haven’t seen Point Break, you haven’t lived. Enjoy a clip on me…Happy Friday.

— Noob Master