Needed Points for Choice Hotel Stay
Aug 31, 2017, 9:00 am
#1
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 42
Needed Points for Choice Hotel Stay
My wife was recently checking out the number of points needed to stay at an Econolodge in Tasmania for certain dates a little over a month from now. A few days ago, the dates she had picked out showed 6000 points--now the Choice website shows 10000 for those same dates. For some reason, I thought the changes in points required for a particular location was dictated by the month of the year. I thought I had remembered seeing in the past at the individual hotel webpage the listing showing the point totals needed for various months, but I do not see that now. Does anyone know what the situation is with Choice?
Aug 31, 2017, 12:40 pm
#2
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: MN, USA
Posts: 246
My wife was recently checking out the number of points needed to stay at an Econolodge in Tasmania for certain dates a little over a month from now. A few days ago, the dates she had picked out showed 6000 points--now the Choice website shows 10000 for those same dates. For some reason, I thought the changes in points required for a particular location was dictated by the month of the year. I thought I had remembered seeing in the past at the individual hotel webpage the listing showing the point totals needed for various months, but I do not see that now. Does anyone know what the situation is with Choice?
Points plus cash - technical problem
On the hotel "overview" page (at the bottom of the blue-shaded section), Choice would display the current "point prices" as well as typically point prices for the next quarter or season when they would change (I assume this is due to supply/demand factors based on the travel season). However, I'm no longer seeing this information disclosed, which is not good for the consumer. Actually, it's very frustrating too - since now you just have to rely on doing a hotel search based on a date within your booking window and hope that the points price for your stay date(s) doesn't change by the time you do get into your booking window....
Sep 25, 2017, 8:28 pm
#3
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Hmm, I think you & your wife are experiencing some of the same issues that I have recently (plus possibly an unannounced devaluation). Please see my post (#26) in this other thread:
Points plus cash - technical problem
On the hotel "overview" page (at the bottom of the blue-shaded section), Choice would display the current "point prices" as well as typically point prices for the next quarter or season when they would change (I assume this is due to supply/demand factors based on the travel season). However, I'm no longer seeing this information disclosed, which is not good for the consumer. Actually, it's very frustrating too - since now you just have to rely on doing a hotel search based on a date within your booking window and hope that the points price for your stay date(s) doesn't change by the time you do get into your booking window....
Points plus cash - technical problem
On the hotel "overview" page (at the bottom of the blue-shaded section), Choice would display the current "point prices" as well as typically point prices for the next quarter or season when they would change (I assume this is due to supply/demand factors based on the travel season). However, I'm no longer seeing this information disclosed, which is not good for the consumer. Actually, it's very frustrating too - since now you just have to rely on doing a hotel search based on a date within your booking window and hope that the points price for your stay date(s) doesn't change by the time you do get into your booking window....
Oct 5, 2017, 3:46 pm
#4
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I've noticed this back at several other hotel web pages now.