Originally Posted by
chicago747
We are doing a week in Norway/Denmark in August and have 3 stays using Choice points. We currently have no status but do have top status in a few programs that we can seemingly use to match to Choice rewards status. We have never stayed at a Choice hotel and not sure if we will anytime in the next few years other than this trip. Guess my question is does having status get any meaningful room upgrades or other perks? All the hotels seem to come with free breakfast in the free night rate so that isn't a factor. The hotels we have booked are:
*Amerikalinjen Ascend, Oslo
*Hotel Oleana Ascend, Bergen
*Hotel Admiral Ascend, Copenhagen
I was pretty shocked to see how much value the Choice program has in the Scandinavia region. The nights in August we booked were all $425 to $550 if booked with cash or 15k to 20k using points. Total the 9 nights was either $4,375 cash or 160k points. Not my best points redemption ever but one of the better hotel ones I've had in recent memory. Thanks for any thoughts!!!
Hotels in those countries are not in the Choice Privileges program, they're in a different Choice program for Scandinavia. So while you can redeem Choice Privileges points there, but you can't earn Choice Privileges points there, and you can't use your Choice Privileges status there.
You'd have to create an a Choice for Scandinavia account (whatever they call it, I don't remember offhand), and match that status there, for it to work there. But then I'm not sure if you could use your Choice Privileges points on the same stay that you used your status in another Choice program. Only someone who has experience with both programs could answer that.