Since the hotel’s opening, the Intercontinental Thalasso on Bora Bora has shown no award availability.
As reported on Flyertalk, they’ve finally loaded their award inventory — and apparently accidentally made all room types bookable as awards.
Priority Club has a fairly anachronistic award structure. Most hotels of a given brand come at the same cost. Intercontinental hotels cost 30,000 points a night (unless they’re an all-inclusive property, in which case it’s 40,000 points). So the two Intercontinentals in Cleveland, which can sometimes be had for as little as $99, cost the same number of points on an award as the Intercontinentals in French Polynesia. The $900+ a night Overwater Diamond Bungalows are currently redeemable for 30,000 points…
- 100 SQM OVERWATER VILLA FACING THE MAIN ISLAND OF BORA BORAVIEW OF OTEMANU MOUNTAIN TERRACE SUN DECK GLASS BOTTOM TABLE SEPARATE LIVING RM HIGH SPEED INTERNET 2 SOFA BEDS DIRECT DIAL PHONE 2 FLAT SCREEN TV DVD PLAYER MINIBAR ESPRESSO MACHINE CEILING FAN VILLA WITH 2 SGL BEDS AVAIL