Originally Posted by
iggyray
I was going to use my points for my european road trip this winter, knowing that some nice properties in UK and Italy were going for 8000 points\night during that time. However, I was not able to book the rooms yet, since my window is 75 days in advance.
I've just checked and most of the properties in London now are at 20K, and the Italian ones are at 10-12K. Those are the exact properties Choice have been teasing me with their 8K rate, but when the time window approaches, they suddenly just go up in price.
Is it a fair business practice? Does it look like a devaluation?
In addition, there are no longer 20K Manhattan properties, only 25K.
The 8K rates were fall rates. The higher rates for wiinter were known (to those who opened up the hotel's main web page where it lists redemption rates for current as well as one or two upcoming seasons) quite a while ago. You do not need to be in the booking window to know what the winter rates are expected to be. Certainly at the two Itlalian hotels that I got in September for 8000 points/night, when I checked their webistes
back then, it
already said then that they'd be in higher range you mention
for winter. It's not new news.
Choice properties get repriced separately for every season. That has been going on for years and years and years.
And it's not like this was a big secret in this forum. It's been much discussed, in the 8k "Italy on sale" thread as well as many others.