Originally Posted by
kdoughboy
Does anyone have any idea when the April 15 and beyond points requirements will be posted for Paris hotels? Just wondering if there is a historical pattern to this so I'll know when to check back.
Thanks!
a. See the post above yours, but
b. I would expect summer rates to be up in the 20-25,000 point range, because that's the busy season for Paris.
Over the last couple of years, it seems that point rates go down, sometime around Sept. 30. Other have speculated that it might be tied to their (sort of regular) promos about that time where they offer a "free night" after x stays. The free night is actually 8000 points (or thereabouts), so that in order to make the promo seem real, they lower the point rate semi-worldwide.
There is also speculation that it's a reasonable assumption that a large portion of the Choice clientele are not big international travellers - thus, a low point rate in Europe has little actual meaning for most of their customers, but does cause lots of starry-eyed daydreaming. A win-win for Choice - they make it attractive and don't have to pay off very much.
Over here, however, we know how to take advantage of this deal (and countless of us
have), so we're all looking forward to it, too.