I needed the 6000 points early this year to complete my 110,000 points for Companion Pass. I bought Choice Hotel points to do so. The conversion rate was 3:1 so I needed to buy 18,000 points. [The points were transferable in 6000 point chunks only] I actually ended up buying 17,000 points for $187 as they had a 10% bonus deal at the time. They were credited quickly to my new Choice account, and the conversion was equally fast and easy. You can only buy a maximum of 10,000 points at a time, so it took 2 purchases. I ended up with 5400 SW points using the Choice points and the last 600 were easy enough from ordinary purhcases. I got my Companion Pass in early Feb, 2013.
The 10% bonus is currently available:
http://www.choicehotels.com/ires/en-....7ioVOg1BvM.11