Originally Posted by
lamphs
If I follow The Points Guy valuation, 8,000 Choice points are worth about $48. So it's a wash.
You don't seem to understand the meaing of The Points Guy valuation.
They simply intend that so that you can see whether
your particular redemption is a good value (
if it's much more than that) or poor value (if it's that or lower). Ie, it's intended as a reference point, nothing more.
Choice doesn't make its points redemptions proportional to cash cost.
For one thing, Choice hotels at the bottom of their individual hotel web page publish the points requirements for the next few months, and they're same for a given day of the week for a period time, no matter what the cash rate is.
For another thing, at a lot of Choice hotels, you can book a suite or an expanded room for the same amount of points as for the least expensive room. Ie, a "free upgrade" which doesn't require status, but requires redeeming Choice points for Choice hotels.
So there is no fixed value to Choice hotel redemptions. Some Choice hotel redemptions are great value, and some are not-so-great value. But they're not a fixed value.