Originally Posted by
Dianne47
I'm La Quinta Elite and have been for years. Yesterday I opened a Wyndham rewards account and clicked on the match my status button. It matched me to Platinum, but when I went back later in the day to check, the status had been downgraded to Gold. This morning it's still showing Gold.
I have to phone, but I think La Quinta rewards people are going to get shafted in this changeover, especially people who aren't at the higher status levels. I'm not transferring any of my 60K points until the last minute, and it would apparently be done automatically, but I don't trust them. I have La Quinta stays at the end of March, what a mess.
I'm tempted to say that you are better off transferring your points now, while you are at the 1:1 ratio, unless you have a pending use for them soon, otherwise you will be stuck at the 2:1 ratio which will hurt you. As for your current stay at end of month, see if it post quickly and them transfer it. As for status, LQ Elite is after 25 nights or 7 stays, whereas Wyndham Gold is 5 nights, 15 for Platinum, I would call and see why the downgrade, since on nights along you should be PLT. Good luck.