Does Choice do Status Match?
 

I'm holding Priority Club Platinum, Best Western Diamond, Marriott Silver Status.

Does anyone know if choice will match my status to Choice Diamond??

How to do that?

Markus

Choice doesn't do any status matching that I have ever seen. Do hotels do this on a regular basis?

Russ

any luck OP?

sent the fax last week. nothing happened until now.

keep you updated!

I am not sure status is worth much. Sure you get 10% or 25% point bonus. But, that is about it. Upgrades? I never received one. Anyone else?

I have received upgrades quite a few times with choice hotels because of my status I presume. When I say upgrades I mean booked standard room and received a king suite or sometimes hottub suite. Only happens when hotels not near capacity though.

I don't believe that status with Choice is worth much, just as Priority Club Platinum is completely worthless (I do have PP Platinum and just list it under "Assorted Junk Memberships in my profile"). Heck, I will end the year with 9 nights at Choice and don't even consider investing the money for an additional night that would take me to Gold.

If you care for status benefits, try HHonors (very good at Gold Level) or Starwood (brilliant at Platinum, otherwise Ho-Hum).

I already have HH Gold and SPG Gold, PC Plat.
I thought I have some upcoming stays at Choice and wanted to get the Elite-Goodies.

Anyway, changed the hotel to CP and HI.

Regards,
Markus

The biggest Choice Diamond benefit, IMHO, is being able to book 90 days in advance on awards.

I agree, status with Choice is not valuable at all. Especially since they don't care to persue issues about properties not folllowing the program. I wrote about one property that stated flat out they do not upgrade Diamonds. Choice's response was it is up to the guest to deal with the property, and this was from a "Director"? Choice has become LAST Choice for me and I do over 300 nights a year!

I agree mostly, except with the last statement. Choice is not my LAST choice. I prefer Choice over many Holiday Inn (Express or otherwise), so I basically work like this:

What is the rate for Hilton / Starwood / ICH Group / Choice? (Compare all their brands)

Do I know the property?

What are the amenities of the hotel?

Where do I want/need nights credited?

Taking all this into consideration, I make my choice.

For example, when I needed a room near Seattle last month and had the choice between paying at least $120 at a Hampton Inn (any other Hilton Group Hotel was much higher) or paying $75 with full breakfast at the quite acceptable Clarion in Federal Way, it was a no brainer for the Clarion, even though I prefer Hilton.

Any update on this?

I just bought a bunch of Choice points on the Daily Getaways promo, and I wouldn't mind having some elite status. The benefits seem minimal, but having a few extra days to book some award stays would be worth a phone call or email for me. Anyone ever get a status match?

During the Continental to Amtrak to Choice to Southwest promo for some, fiasco for others, I faxed Choice twice for match to Starwood platinum and never got a response, they said no when I called, but YMMV and that was 2008, I think.

You can often get upgrades with the same amount of Choice points, unlike other programs. Elite status does not worth too much.

I am actually in the process of trying to get a status match from PC PLat to Choice now. I emailed to ask and the response was a request to see a current statement to show my platinum status with PC. We'll see what happens. I used to stay at Choice properties more often, but the company I'm with now typically books books us into IHG or Hiltons.