Originally Posted by
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Btw, I wouldn't be surprised if it's exactly because of the narrow booking window, and the difficulty with coordinating that with travel plans other than the hotel, that Choice doesn't mind having these 8k Europe sales. They know they won't be swamped with people using them because the logistics preclude it being as easy to use as people might think at first.
That might well be true. I was planning a trip to Italy last year and bought enough Choice points in the 2011 Daily Getaway to pay for 5 nights at 25k points a night. It was nerve-wracking to watch the price fluctuate between May, when I bought the points, and September, when I booked the rooms. In the end I was lucky to book them at 8k points a night, and now am off-loading the excess in places like Grand Rapids, Michigan. Still good deals, but not as good as the Bolivar in Rome or the Atlantic in Milan.