About Best Western Rewards Points
As a member of the Best Western Rewards program, you can EARN Best Western Rewards points. You can then USE these points to book free travel.
Best Western has more than 4,000 hotels in over 100 countries. Best Western offers three types of hotels, each that provide different levels of amenities and services. The categories from the most basic to the highest category are Best Western, Best Western Plus and Best Western Premier.
Read about how to earn and accumulate Best Western Rewards points here
Read about how to use Best Western Rewards points here
About Club Carlson Gold Points
As a member of the Club Carlson Hotel Rewards program, you can EARN Club Carlson points. You can then USE these points to book free travel. Carlson Rezidor has many hotel brands with over 1,000 hotels. Carlson divides its hotels into ascending categories, in their case seven, with the more budget-friendly, full-service hotels in the lower categories and the more luxurious hotels in the upper categories. The Hotel Category determines the number of points required for a complimentary night.
Read about how to earn and accumulate Club Carlson Gold points here
Read about how to use Club Carlson Gold points here
About Wyndham Rewards
As a member of the Wyndham Rewards program, you can EARN Wyndham Rewards points. You can then USE these points for free travel.
Wyndham has over 7,000 hotels, across numerous different brands.
Wyndham divides its hotels into ascending tiers, in their case nine, with the more budget-friendly hotels in the lower tiers and the more luxury hotels in the upper tiers. The Hotel tier determines the number of points required for a complimentary night.
Read about how to earn and accumulate Wyndham Rewards points here
Read about how to use Wyndham Rewards points here
Earn Airline Miles Instead of Rewards Points at Choice Hotels
As a members of the Choice Privileges Rewards Program, we know you can earn Choice Privileges points when staying at a Choice Hotel. In fact, Choice Privileges members earn (depending on the brand of Choice Hotel) five or ten points for every eligible dollar spent. But what if you are in the market for airline miles instead?
Although the earning capacity for miles on a stay at a Choice property is much less than the earning capacity for Choice Hotel points, Choice Privileges has a number of airline programs in which you can opt to earn miles during your stay instead of Choice Privileges points. The number of miles you earn on your stay depends on the airline. Most are about 250 miles per stay. You can view the airlines and mileage earning potential here.
I want to point out that this option would probably only be worth doing if you are really trying to accumulate airline miles on a certain airline and are only staying a couple of nights at a Choice Hotel. The five points per dollar spent if you opt for Choice Privileges points will likely be many more than 250 miles!
Ways to Use Choice Privileges Points to Book Free Travel
Now that you have accumulated all of these Choice Privileges Points, how can you use these points for free travel? The options are listed below.
1. Redeem Points For Free Nights
You can use your points to stay at any Choice Hotel. Note that the reward nights that you use, count towards Choice Privileges Elite Status.
2. Redeem your points for reward nights at Preferred Hotel Group, a partner hotel group
3. Use Points + Cash For Nights
Get a reward night by combining fewer points with cash. Points Plus Cash reward nights are available with a minimum of 8,000 points in your account. The cash portion is the cost to purchase the remaining amount of points needed for the reward night. Each 1,000 points purchased cost $7.50
4. Redeem Points for Airline Miles
Choice Privileges members can choose to redeem their points for miles. Mileage redemption rates vary per airline. Upon a quick review, it seems that for most redemptions you get 1,000-2,000 airline miles for 5,000 Choice Privileges points. You are probably better off using your Choice Privileges points for hotel stays! See all of the redemption rates per airline here.
5. Redeem Points For Other Travel Rewards
For example, use points for car rentals and cruises.
6. Additional Information About Using Choice Privileges Points
I offer additional information about using Choice Privileges Points to book award nights.
Click here to learn how to earn and accumulate Choice Privileges Points
Earning and Accumulating Choice Privileges Points
Below, I outline the main ways in which to earn and accumulate Choice Privileges points.
1. Visit a Choice Hotel and spend $
Earn 10 Points per $1 at Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Sleep Inn, Clarion, Cambria Suites and Ascend. Earn 5 Points per $1 at MainStay Suites, Suburban, Econo Lodge and the Rodeway Inn. In addition, elite members earn, Gold-10% point bonus, Platinum 25% point bonus, Diamond 50% point bonus.
2. Use your Choice Privileges Visa Signature Card
With this credit card, you earn 5 points per $1 spent at Choice Privileges locations, on additional Choice Privileges points or on Choice Hotels gift card purchases and earn 2 points per eligible $1 spent on other everyday purchases.
If you do not already have the Choice Privileges Visa Signature Card, you can apply here. The current bonus offer is to earn 32,000 points if you spend $1,000 within 90 days.
3. Shop through the Choice Privileges Rewards Mallonline site
Shopping portals are a great place to rack up extra miles, you earn miles while you shop.
4. Earn Points with Choice Privileges partners.
Earn Choice Privileges Points by booking a Bluegreen vacation, by booking certain cruises and car rentals, by shopping with Choice Privileges online shopping vendors, and with certain memberships.
Sign-Up Bonus Offers For Barclays Airline Cards
Hawaiian Airlines World Elite MasterCard-Get 35,000 bonus HawaiianMiles if you spend $1,000 in the first 90 days
Hawaiian Airlines Business MasterCard-Earn 35,000 bonus HawaiianMiles with the first purchase
Barclays Bank Sign-Up Bonus Offers
Barclays Arrival Cards
Barclaycard Arrival Plus World Elite MasterCard-40,000 BARCLAYCARD BONUS MILES Barclaycard Arrival World MasterCard-20,000 BARCLAYCARD BONUS MILESBarclays Airline Cards
Hawaiian Airlines World Elite MasterCard-35000 bonus HawaiianMiles Hawaiian Airlines Business MasterCard-35000 bonus HawaiianMilesBarclays Hotel Cards
Choice Privileges Visa Signature Card-32,000 Choice Privileges points Wyndham Rewards Visa Signature Card–30,000 Wyndham Rewards Points, and an additional 15,000 for a limited time Wyndham Rewards No Fee Visa Signature Card-15,000 Wyndham Rewards Points and an additional 3,000 for a limited time
Sign-Up Bonus Offers For Barclays Hotel Cards
Choice Privileges Visa Signature Card–Earn 32,000 Choice Privileges points after you spend $1,000 within the first 90 days
Wyndham Rewards Visa Signature Card– Earn 30,000 Wyndham Rewards Points with your first purchase with the card. And for a limited time, an extra 15,000 points.
Wyndham Rewards No Fee Visa Signature Card– Earn 15,000 Wyndham Rewards Points with your first purchase with the card. And for a limited time, an extra 3,000 points.
Sign-Up Bonus Offers For Barclays Arrival Cards
Barclaycard Arrival Plus World Elite MasterCard-40,000 BARCLAYCARD BONUS MILES offer after you spend $3,000 in the first 90 days of account opening
Barclaycard Arrival World MasterCard-20,000 BARCLAYCARD BONUS MILES offer after you spend $1,000 in the first 90 days of account opening
