For the first week or so of the new Choice BRG offer, they accepted claims where the Choice Refundable rate was higher than the competing website, but the Choice non-refundable rate (which requires Choice Privliges membership was not). I had a number of these approved.

NOT ANY MORE

Instead, they are moving to a model more closely resembling the IHG model. If IHG has a non-refundable rate that is lower (and in most cases it does) the claim is rejected.

All good things have to START COMMING TO AN END. My next prediction: they will limit the number of approved claims that you can have in any given month (much like that Wyndham BRG did).