Originally Posted by
GUWonder
All the Nordic Choice hotels have now been blocked as a redemption option using these Choice points. I've never before seen this happen with the Nordic Choice hotels before when looking at redeeming my Choice points. The hotels are still online for regular paid bookings, but not for bookings using these points.
The vast majority of international Choice hotels are now blocking all award availability (Scandinavia, but also Japan, Spain, France, etc.). Anyone considering buying points should be wary. It's always been a gamble that award nights you want will still be available after the 7-10 days it takes the points to post after the Daily Getaways sale, but not even knowing whether most international properties will be bookable on points any longer (or at what rates) makes this much riskier than previous years.