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This thread has been running for multiple years and is used for every promotion. Do not assume early posts are current; please check the date of the post, or start from end of the thread and work backwards.
Early posts are about former promotions, and the links in former posts may not work for current promotions.
Early posts are about former promotions, and the links in former posts may not work for current promotions.
Upcoming Promotion
#46
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,927
I can top you:
I only registered once, but received two confirmation e-mails (hours apart) for registering. I stared at them for a while (to see if one was a correction or something) but couldn't find any difference.
I only registered once, but received two confirmation e-mails (hours apart) for registering. I stared at them for a while (to see if one was a correction or something) but couldn't find any difference.
#47
Company Representative, Choice Hotels
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 446
At the bottom of the email I just received, it says "After a second qualifying trip with arrival between 5/26/16 and 8/18/16," but my registration confirmation on the website gives the range as 5/12 to 8/18. I tried calling the toll-free number to confirm that both stays could happen before 5/26 but got disconnected. Anybody else notice the discrepancy and try to follow up?
I'm new to choice hotels. I registered for this promotion on their website, but I don't get any kind of confirmation that I'm registered. Nothing on the website seems to say I'm registered and I don't seem to get an email.
Is there a way to verify if your registration went through?
UPDATE: I think I understand what's going. Small print mentions this offer is only open to US residents and I haven't got my address registered in US in my profile. So probably the reason I cannot register. Too bad.
Is there a way to verify if your registration went through?
UPDATE: I think I understand what's going. Small print mentions this offer is only open to US residents and I haven't got my address registered in US in my profile. So probably the reason I cannot register. Too bad.
Sorry for the inconvenience. Please send me a private message with your member number so that we can investigate.
#48
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: ORD, MDW or MKE
Programs: American and Southwest. Hilton and Marriott hotels primarily.
Posts: 6,454
Curious how you correct an email that has already been sent.
I certainly did not receive a correction email.
Also curious why you keep saying 'contact me' so we can correct the issue when that contact achieves no correction.
I certainly did not receive a correction email.
Also curious why you keep saying 'contact me' so we can correct the issue when that contact achieves no correction.
#49
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2015
Programs: Choice Privileges, Southwest Rapid Rewards, Hertz #1 Club Gold
Posts: 50
FALL 2016 Promo details!!!
I was sure it would start AFTER Labor Day weekend, but the promo dates are September 1st - November 11th.
Register here: https://www.choicehotels.com/deals/free-night
Some of the language on the registration pages still refers to the Summer promotion, including the $50 gift card option, I suspect, as that option has only been previously offered during Summer.
"Free night is based on an 8,000 point Choice Privileges reward night level. Registration required at ChoiceHotels.com/freenight before check-out. Members must book trips via ChoiceHotels.com, the Choice Hotels mobile app, or 800.4CHOICE at qualifying rates. Corporate travelers may book through a corporate online booking system. Choice Privileges member number must be provided upon check-in. After a second qualifying trip with arrival between 09/01/16 and 11/11/16, members will be awarded a minimum of 5,000 and maximum of 8,000 bonus points, depending on the number of base points earned from the two (2) separate qualifying trips. These bonus points will allow redemption for a free night at the 8,000 reward night level at over 1,500 hotels. A free night at most Choice Privileges locations requires more than 8,000 points. A trip is defined as a stay that is any number of consecutive nights at one hotel regardless of check-ins or check-outs. Trips at vacation rental property locations and stays booked with the SEGEN rate code do not qualify for promotional bonus points. To be eligible to earn the bonus, members must set their earning preference to Choice Privileges points in their online account. Any change made to earning preference will remain in effect after the promotion has ended. Allow 72 hours from check-out for points to post. You must maintain an address in the U.S. (including U.S. territories) or Canada to be eligible for this promotion. For Choice Privileges program details, eligible rates, eligible countries and point redemption rules, visit choiceprivileges.com. Hotels are independently owned and operated."
I was sure it would start AFTER Labor Day weekend, but the promo dates are September 1st - November 11th.
Register here: https://www.choicehotels.com/deals/free-night
Some of the language on the registration pages still refers to the Summer promotion, including the $50 gift card option, I suspect, as that option has only been previously offered during Summer.
"Free night is based on an 8,000 point Choice Privileges reward night level. Registration required at ChoiceHotels.com/freenight before check-out. Members must book trips via ChoiceHotels.com, the Choice Hotels mobile app, or 800.4CHOICE at qualifying rates. Corporate travelers may book through a corporate online booking system. Choice Privileges member number must be provided upon check-in. After a second qualifying trip with arrival between 09/01/16 and 11/11/16, members will be awarded a minimum of 5,000 and maximum of 8,000 bonus points, depending on the number of base points earned from the two (2) separate qualifying trips. These bonus points will allow redemption for a free night at the 8,000 reward night level at over 1,500 hotels. A free night at most Choice Privileges locations requires more than 8,000 points. A trip is defined as a stay that is any number of consecutive nights at one hotel regardless of check-ins or check-outs. Trips at vacation rental property locations and stays booked with the SEGEN rate code do not qualify for promotional bonus points. To be eligible to earn the bonus, members must set their earning preference to Choice Privileges points in their online account. Any change made to earning preference will remain in effect after the promotion has ended. Allow 72 hours from check-out for points to post. You must maintain an address in the U.S. (including U.S. territories) or Canada to be eligible for this promotion. For Choice Privileges program details, eligible rates, eligible countries and point redemption rules, visit choiceprivileges.com. Hotels are independently owned and operated."
Last edited by FreeHotBreakfast; Aug 23, 2016 at 2:49 am
#51
Join Date: May 2006
Location: BOS and ...
Programs: UA 2MM, DL 500k, AA 500k, Hyatt GP 1M, HH Gold, Rad. Gold, CP Gold, Miracle Fruit-su Club
Posts: 9,950
#52
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,927
Choice has a lot of Rodeways and Econolodges and such in rarely-visited-by-most-people locations. Have those all be devalued? Has anyone even checked?
IOTW, what Choice isn't mentioning is "there are over XXXX hotels at the 8000 point level, but most of them are nowhere you are likely to travel".
Also, keep in mind that points needed for redemption change several times a year. One way of counting would be to count a hotel as 8000 points even if it's only 8000 points for a few months a year (and then only certain days of the week those months). So a hotel in a desert city that is more points during the winter but is 8000 points during the summer when hardly anyone visits might be counted as an 8000 point hotel, even though every time you want to visit there during the winter it's never 8000 points.
IOTW, what Choice isn't mentioning is "there are over XXXX hotels at the 8000 point level, but most of them are nowhere you are likely to travel".
Also, keep in mind that points needed for redemption change several times a year. One way of counting would be to count a hotel as 8000 points even if it's only 8000 points for a few months a year (and then only certain days of the week those months). So a hotel in a desert city that is more points during the winter but is 8000 points during the summer when hardly anyone visits might be counted as an 8000 point hotel, even though every time you want to visit there during the winter it's never 8000 points.
#54
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,927
But keep in mind that you can only search a couple months in advance for points reservations, while the hotel price in points may vary from one part of the year to another. So this is not foolproof if what you want to know is how much the hotel will cost at some other time of year. (Also, some hotels price differently on a weekday than on a weekend day, so keep that in mind while doing such searches.)
#55
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2015
Programs: Choice Privileges, Southwest Rapid Rewards, Hertz #1 Club Gold
Posts: 50
You could do your city search then click on the name of the property. Near the bottom of the page you'll see the number of points required and any upcoming changes.
#56
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 393
You should see something like this after clicking on a hotel/motel name and scrolling down. Note that the point chart goes out into the future, but not a full year. Your ability to actually book rooms at those points at a given date depends on your status. No status means you can only book 30 days in advance for US bookings.
#57
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,927
But if you're based in the US, you can get Gold status (extending your booking window to 50 days in the US) just by having the no-annual-fee Choice Privileges credit card:
https://www.choicehotels.com/choice-...sa-credit-card
#60
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 72
Promotion notification
My Choice account was changed from a Canadian address to a US address by Barclay when I received my visa card and I now receive 4 emails for each promotion. Choice still haven't fix their problem with people not able to connect to their accounts or account balance shows zero when there is points in the account.