I realize this is a hard question for some, but I welcome your opinions.

My fiance and I are looking to travel around the states some using as many points we can. I am using portals for flight points, she is using them for hotel points. Aside from credit card churning, which is a whole other ballgame I realize. But I am looking to sign up, brand new, to a hotel loyalty program and earn points mostly through online shopping portals. We are currently doing some work on our home so it will be a good opportunity to earn a few points. I have only found a couple programs that have shopping portals , Choice, Marriott, Hyatt (if there are more pleas let me know!) I don't feel like Hyatt is a good fit so that leaves me with Marriott vs Choice.

We don't necessarily need a super nice 5 star stay. We just want to be safe and comfortable and get the most value from our points. What shall you fine folks say between the two?

Thanks!