Originally Posted by sdsearch
And pray tell, how often do other chain have something better going on, especially at comparable prices?
Hmmm, I value 1.66 RR credits at ~ $32. So off the top of my head things that would be a better value for ME:
1. SPG: 3 stays for 10K bonus points (targeted promo), plus three 500 pt. SPG Plat amenities plus normal points (~1000 pts for 3 stays?). = 12,500 SPG points = $250 (at $0.02 per SPG point) = ~$83 back per stay
2. IC: (Double points/1000 pt online booking bonus). I've got some stays coming up in China where I'll be at an IC for ~$70 per night. 2000 pts + 2000 pts (double pts bonus) + 1000 pts (online booking bonus) + 1000 pts (50% Plat Elite bonus). = 6000 PC pts for one night. = $40 back (at $0.0066 per PC pt).
3. Hyatt: Faster Free Nights (buy nights at ANY Hyatt, get one free night at ANY Hyatt), if it comes back. This promo can routinely get you back $150-200 per night if you book cheap sub-$100 Hyatts and use your free nights at $400+ per night Hyatts in Hawaii or Europe. I'm hoping for this promo to come back......
4. HH just had a promo that ended a month ago called 5/10/15 where you stay 5 nights and get a free night at the highest category HH hotel. Add in the Miles (1/2 RR credit) and Points and I was getting back ~$60 per stay at HH hotels.
Those are a few of the promos that are better than this one. Plus those hotels are nicer than Choice hotels.
But this Choice promo is definitely a good one when I'm leisure traveling and having to pay for hotels out of my own pocket.
I'm sure I'll take advantage of it at least a few times during the course of the promo. Just no more Econolodges for me. I learned my lesson the hard way at those piles of #@& a couple years ago. They are just dumps!!
