Originally Posted by
jebr
The stay 2 times is a per stay promo, not a per night promo. If someone's staying somewhere for 5 nights, an $80/night room gets you up to $400 total. If you're not wanting to hotel hop, a 2x bonus is quite a bit more useful if you don't have any stays (or at least any cheap stays) planned.
Not disputing that, but given Choice stay patterns for many--a night or two here or there since it's rarely a vacation destination where you might stay for more nights but rather a business stay in a small town without other properties or a cheap alternative in an area with higher-priced properties--I'm still not convinced that spending five nights in a Choice property at $80 per night for 8K points is better than 2 nights at $80 (or less at many properties, especially those in off-season locations such as the Outer Banks where I regularly go and regularly find properties for less than $55) is a better deal. Since status is nearly irrelevant at Choice properties, increasing the number of nights spent at Choice properties is not a profitable play. I reach Diamond not because I'm aiming for a specific number of nights each year but because my travel habits put me in Choice properties that many times per year.
Of course, I'm happy for those who have travel patterns different from mine who find some value in this promo. I've registered for it since I'm not leaving points on the table, but I'm not redirecting longer stays to Choice because of this promotion.