choice priv vs southwest rapid rewards
#1
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 12
choice priv vs southwest rapid rewards
my choice account is set up to receive either choice points OR southwest rr credits.
last time I stayed at a Quality Inn, I booked through southwest.com as I usually do because southwest has generous redemption policies including free drinks and free travel after only 8 round trips (compare to over a dozen trips at just about any other airline, I believe)
So on that particular stay, I did not receive Choice priv points. I am not sure of the policy whether I am allowed to double dip or not, but I'm pretty sure I could only set my account to receive one or the other, and furthermore I seem to remember the Quality denying my claim for the points.
however I was able to submit a missing points request and that went through yesterday without any qualms that I know of, so this could be of help to us in the future.
last time I stayed at a Quality Inn, I booked through southwest.com as I usually do because southwest has generous redemption policies including free drinks and free travel after only 8 round trips (compare to over a dozen trips at just about any other airline, I believe)
So on that particular stay, I did not receive Choice priv points. I am not sure of the policy whether I am allowed to double dip or not, but I'm pretty sure I could only set my account to receive one or the other, and furthermore I seem to remember the Quality denying my claim for the points.
however I was able to submit a missing points request and that went through yesterday without any qualms that I know of, so this could be of help to us in the future.
#2
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,927
my choice account is set up to receive either choice points OR southwest rr credits.
last time I stayed at a Quality Inn, I booked through southwest.com as I usually do because southwest has generous redemption policies including free drinks and free travel after only 8 round trips (compare to over a dozen trips at just about any other airline, I believe)
So on that particular stay, I did not receive Choice priv points. I am not sure of the policy whether I am allowed to double dip or not, but I'm pretty sure I could only set my account to receive one or the other, and furthermore I seem to remember the Quality denying my claim for the points.
however I was able to submit a missing points request and that went through yesterday without any qualms that I know of, so this could be of help to us in the future.
last time I stayed at a Quality Inn, I booked through southwest.com as I usually do because southwest has generous redemption policies including free drinks and free travel after only 8 round trips (compare to over a dozen trips at just about any other airline, I believe)
So on that particular stay, I did not receive Choice priv points. I am not sure of the policy whether I am allowed to double dip or not, but I'm pretty sure I could only set my account to receive one or the other, and furthermore I seem to remember the Quality denying my claim for the points.
however I was able to submit a missing points request and that went through yesterday without any qualms that I know of, so this could be of help to us in the future.
Are you saying you earned both Southwest creidt and Choice points for the same stay by submitting a missing points request??? (That's not supposed to happen, but I guess by mistake maybe it could sometimes. But even if it happens sometimes, I don't know that it would be reliable, given that it's a mistake.)
#3
Join Date: Jul 2001
Posts: 3,968
If your goal is for your Choice stays to count towards a Southwest award:
- If the stay counts towards a seasonal bonus, such as 8000 points for two stays, you should make the reservation with your Choice account banked to get Choice points.
- Othwerwise, you should book the stay to bank the 0.5 Southwest credit if the cost of your stay will be under $200, or to get Choice points if over $200.
#4
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Chicagoland, IL, USA
Programs: WN CP, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 14,162
If you are going for WN credits, the WN Visa (since Choice is a WN partner) gives more value than the Choice credit card.
1 RR credit per $600 spend on the WN Visa vs. 3000 Choice points per $600 spend = .75 RR credit on the other.
A perverse situation.
1 RR credit per $600 spend on the WN Visa vs. 3000 Choice points per $600 spend = .75 RR credit on the other.
A perverse situation.