Choice Privileges - 1k Bonus Points for Booking through Choice Mobile

http://www.choicehotels.com/en/mobile

Book through choicehotels.com on your mobile device and earn 1,000 Choice Privileges bonus points for all your qualifying stays* booked by September 28, 2010.**



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Not being an iPhone user, I have been a bit underwhelmed by the mobile site.

i wonder if this will work if I go to the main site on the browser from my droid, given that they don't have a droid app.

i wonder if this will work if I go to the main site on the browser from my droid, given that they don't have a droid app.
It should. The headline is that you should get the bonus for booking from your mobile device. It shouldn't be limited to "app" users.

http://www.choicehotels.com/en/mobile

Book through choicehotels.com on your mobile device and earn 1,000 Choice Privileges bonus points for all your qualifying stays* booked by September 28, 2010.**

For current promotion, is this on top of the 8000 points? For example, book two stays using the mobile site, will I be brought to 8000 points (for promo) + 1,000 (Booking Stay 1 via Mobile) + 1,000 (Booking Stay 2 via Mobile) for a total of 10k points?

Well its a nice offer but the iphone app can't seem to find availability under corp rate codes when the main website can.

Do Choice award bookings still count as stays for the purpose of elite status earning? If so, is it possible to earn the bonus points for booking award nights through Choice Mobile?

Update:

Booked a room with my droid through the full site (www, not m or mobi). The hotel points posted but I did NOT get the 1K bonus. Shot off a missing points request this AM, will let everyone know what they say.

The points earned for your stay have been credited to your Choice Privileges account. There is a specific "application" for Choice Hotels that is different from the www.choicehotels.com website. The specific"app" needed to be used to receive the 1000 bonus points.

So, I asked:

What is that application? Is it available for the android operating system, or only the iPhone?

And the answer you've all been so eagerly awaiting?

Thank you for your email, Michael.

The 1000 bonus points is only available through the iPhone application on the iPhone.

So... regardless as to the implication on the website, sorry droid or blackberry users. I reread the offer details on the website and they are unclear at best, contradictory at worst.

So... regardless as to the implication on the website, sorry droid or blackberry users. I reread the offer details on the website and they are unclear at best, contradictory at worst.
"Unclear" is a generous description. Definitely contradictory!

"Book through choicehotels.com
on your mobile device
and earn 1,000 Choice Privileges bonus points for all your qualifying stays* booked by September 28, 2010.**"

1. The app is not choicehotels.com.
2. The chart even promotes the features available to Standard Mobile Phone or PDA Devices (non-iPhone).
3. The picture even features a non-iPhone mobile device.

http://www.choicehotels.com/media/choicehotels/en/about-choice/mobile-phone.jpg

"Unclear" is a generous description. Definitely contradictory!

"Book through choicehotels.com
on your mobile device
and earn 1,000 Choice Privileges bonus points for all your qualifying stays* booked by September 28, 2010.**"

1. The app is not choicehotels.com.
2. The chart even promotes the features available to Standard Mobile Phone or PDA Devices (non-iPhone).
3. The picture even features a non-iPhone mobile device.

http://www.choicehotels.com/media/choicehotels/en/about-choice/mobile-phone.jpg

I get the distinct impression that the marketing department at Choice does some great brainstorming, but no one ever follows up the action items....

So now I get an email from Choice. I forwarded it the help desk with this intro:

I recently inquired about not getting the 1K point bonus for booking through my mobile phone. I was credited with the points, but was told that it only applies to people with an iPhone who use the iPhone app. Fair enough. I still use my phone to book, but I now understand that there is no bonus.

I would recommend, however, that the person/people responsible for promoting this bonus on the website and the person.people responsible for this email make that point quite clear. When I read this email, I still seem to think that any mobile device satisfies the intent of the promotion, especially given the line that reads (emphasis mine):

"Visit choicehotels.com on your mobile device or download the Choice Hotels iPhone App at the Apple App Store..."

Thank you,

Does Choice have ANY idea how clueless and unprofessional they look? They can't even get their own promotions correct. Oh well, I'll probably spend the rest of this year building up status with another chain.

So now I get an email from Choice. I forwarded it the help desk with this intro:


Does Choice have ANY idea how clueless and unprofessional they look? They can't even get their own promotions correct. Oh well, I'll probably spend the rest of this year building up status with another chain.

I'll add that on the iphone 4 the app doesn't even work right. The date selector is 'one off' (you enter sep 15 and it reads sep 16) and SSO codes can be entered but they never work. I once again booked on choice.com because I could get my SSO rate there but not on the app.

1k Points for booking through Mobile is back
(http://www.choicehotels.com/en/mobile) http://www.choicehotels.com/en/mobile

From the website:

Book through your mobile device and earn 1,000 Choice Privileges® bonus points for all your qualifying stays booked between
October 1 and December 15, 2011.*

From the T&C:

* Reservations must be made and stay completed between 10/01/11 and 12/15/11 on any mobile device...

And they're all in (including Econos and Rodeways etc.).

From the website:



From the T&C:



And they're all in (including Econos and Rodeways etc.).

They don't say if it applies to Canadian Member...
Anyway it is fine, just hope it could be combined with 4x points and elite bonus...

Good deal. I just downloaded the Android app last week, and I've got a stay planned for the weekend. Glad I saw this thread before booking the room!

Or maybe not so much. Couldn't get the mobile app to complete the reservation for my weekend stay so just booked through the website. Just tried setting up another stay a few minutes ago, and the same thing occurred. I can search for hotels in the area I want to stay, I can select a hotel from the list, and I can select a particular room. When I attempt to complete the reservation by logging in, however, I get a cute message ("It's not you. It's us.") that tells me I need to use other methods to make my reservation. I've turned off the phone and rebooted, but get the same message when I make a second attempt to book.

Anyone else run into the same problem?

Or maybe not so much. Couldn't get the mobile app to complete the reservation for my weekend stay so just booked through the website. Just tried setting up another stay a few minutes ago, and the same thing occurred. I can search for hotels in the area I want to stay, I can select a hotel from the list, and I can select a particular room. When I attempt to complete the reservation by logging in, however, I get a cute message ("It's not you. It's us.") that tells me I need to use other methods to make my reservation. I've turned off the phone and rebooted, but get the same message when I make a second attempt to book.

Anyone else run into the same problem?

Yes, same problem last 4 days. Cannot login any which way using the iPhone app or the mobile webpage from Safari browser. At the same time the login works on the PC

Yes, same problem last 4 days. Cannot login any which way using the iPhone app or the mobile webpage from Safari browser. At the same time the login works on the PC

Same for me. Impossible to book with the iphone app
So I booked via the Aeroplan estore...

can't even login through Choice Android app!

I found that it's impossible to have SOS rate with the iphone app. It almost say "no availability" !

I was able to book a room using the Android app last Monday but have not yet seen the 1000 bonus points post to my account.

I was able to book a room using the Android app last Monday but have not yet seen the 1000 bonus points post to my account.

Have you seen the base point in your account ?
Last time for me it was added to base point, 4x bonus and platinum bonus.

Have you seen the base point in your account ?
Last time for me it was added to base point, 4x bonus and platinum bonus.

My base points posted in the last day or so but no bonus. I guess I may need to contact Choice.

I also used the Android app today to book an awards redemption. Wondering whether I'll get 1000 points for that?

Got the bonus points posted for two stays about ten days ago, but I'm not seeing any continuing reference to this promo on the Choice website or Android app. From earlier posts, it appears the promo was to last through December 15, but I'm wondering if Choice has decided to pull it early?

I booked a stay through the mobile site last week, stayed the same night. Received points for the stay, no 1,000 bonus points. My total was less than 500 points. I emailed them yesterday, no response yet but I think it said it could take a couple of days to get a response.

I wonder if I will get the points.