Originally Posted by
Firewind
Do you mean by "most of the places" Choice hotels, or most hotels in general? I haven't encountered this, and hope it's not the latter.
I was talking about the Choice hotels.
My other Europe hotels have been with Marriott or Hilton, and when I was a top-tier in their programs nice things, like free breakfast and lounge access, came with it. Now that I'm just a bottom feeder, I don't look there so much.