deceptive points availability on lq.com

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Jul 24, 2018 | 7:16 pm
  #1  
Does anyone think it is deceptive that lq.com will show a FROM $ amount OR x,xxx points, showing the ACTUAL available price or the points required as the secondary option when in fact no points redemptions are open for booking? Shouldn't it remove the OR x,xxx points option if there are no points rooms available versus stating the dollar OR points option, leading one to believe there are award room available to book?

Seems highly deceptive to me...only once moving on to the hotel booking page for the property does it reveal that no free rooms are available... (Also, if you don't have enough points in your account, it just tells you more points are needed and only AFTER you have enough points in your account does it show the points availability)

Perhaps this varies by property but the above scenario is definitely a real scenario I have recently learned occurs on the lq.com website. Others notice this too?
Jul 26, 2018 | 7:17 pm
  #2  
At this point, I doubt they'll change it before all LQ hotels go to the same 15k flat rate:

Wyndham to buy La Quinta

which should solve the problem.