Originally Posted by
SlowTraveler123
Yeah, the new app Strawberry was also pushed on my phone. The "use points" button in the "bonus points" section does not work. However, their new website
www.strawberryhotels.com will take you a bit further. Seems that it supports only redemptions in Scandinavia and the known shop vouchers. I believe the possibility to redeem in other European hotels is gone.
At least, the redemption of Choice points for NCH/Strawberry still worked yesterday night. Redeemed all my points for hopefully not the last trip on points through Scandinavia.
Strawberry allows earning Nordic Choice/Strawberry points for “Strawberry Hotels outside the Nordics and Baltics”. 750 bonus points per night when emailing such hotel receipts to them. But that used to say Choice hotels, and it worked with US Choice hotel stay folios/receipts. There are no Strawberry hotels in the US, so I’m curious to see if this is just sloppy writing from the company, a prequel of things to come, no more points earning from US Choice hotel stay folios emailed to Nordic Choice/Strawberry, or some combination of this.
Redeeming Choice US points for award nights at these Nordic properties seems to continue to work just fine at least for now. I’ll soon make a May 22nd booking using US Choice points for May 22nd check-in at a Nordic Choice hotel and see how it goes. I’m not expecting any hiccups, but I am curious to see how things are.