Mr.'s current employer also uses Expedia (engenia or whatever crap it's called), I book hotels for him so I know how it works: I can see both point earning and non-point earning rates for ALL chains, if you want points the price will be at least 20% more. It means Mr. will not book those under any circumstances (we don't have the "you can spend $200 max per night to book whatever you want" thing).