Promo: Stay at Choice Hotels and Earn 1,200 Points
Oct 5, 2012, 12:51 pm
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2011
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Promo: Stay at Choice Hotels and Earn 1,200 Points
Earlier this week I got an email from WN about this new promo, no registration necessary.
So my question is whether the 1200 points would be CPQP? I know hotel bonus points typically aren't, but I wonder if this promo is different? The terms and conditions would typically specify the points are not CPQP and also the promo is worded as 1200 points per stay instead of 600 points + 600 bonus points (eg compare against recent Wyndham promo).
Has anyone completed a recent Choice stay and can confirm either way. I'm trying to renew my CPQP by year end and this offer would persuade me to switch some hotel spend from Starwood to Choice.
I was burned a couple of months back by a Super Shuttle promo where I used a code to get extra WN points (200 instead of usual 150) but the downside was none of the 200 posted as CPQP, where I would have expected the base 150 points to do so. I do not want to switch hotel spend if that would happen here!
Rapid Rewards Members will earn 1,200 points with every qualifying stay* at participating Choice Hotels locations from October 1, 2012 through November 15, 2012.
With each qualifying stay, you will receive 1,200 points, instead of the standard 600 points, at more than 5,500 locations in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and Australasia.** Simply remember to provide your Rapid Rewards account number when completing your reservation or checking-in to receive your points.
Stays with Choice Hotels will be twice as rewarding when you take advantage of this offer! Start earning 1,200 points today!
Terms and Conditions: Available to Members of the Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards® Program. Earn double points with arrival between October 1, 2012 through November 15, 2012 when paying an eligible rate, as defined at ChoiceHotels.com at any Choice Hotels franchised property in the U.S., Canada, Europe (excluding Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden), the Middle East, Mexico, Central America, Australasia (including Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Papua New Guinea and Fiji), or the Caribbean. Valid Rapid Rewards account number must be provided when completing the reservation or upon check-in for the stay to be eligible. Allow six to eight weeks for points to post to your account. Standard amount of Rapid Rewards Points is 600 per stay; a stay is defined as any number of consecutive nights at one hotel, regardless of check-ins or check-outs. For program details and eligible rates, visit ChoiceHotels.com. All Rapid Rewards rules and regulations apply.
With each qualifying stay, you will receive 1,200 points, instead of the standard 600 points, at more than 5,500 locations in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and Australasia.** Simply remember to provide your Rapid Rewards account number when completing your reservation or checking-in to receive your points.
Stays with Choice Hotels will be twice as rewarding when you take advantage of this offer! Start earning 1,200 points today!
Terms and Conditions: Available to Members of the Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards® Program. Earn double points with arrival between October 1, 2012 through November 15, 2012 when paying an eligible rate, as defined at ChoiceHotels.com at any Choice Hotels franchised property in the U.S., Canada, Europe (excluding Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden), the Middle East, Mexico, Central America, Australasia (including Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Papua New Guinea and Fiji), or the Caribbean. Valid Rapid Rewards account number must be provided when completing the reservation or upon check-in for the stay to be eligible. Allow six to eight weeks for points to post to your account. Standard amount of Rapid Rewards Points is 600 per stay; a stay is defined as any number of consecutive nights at one hotel, regardless of check-ins or check-outs. For program details and eligible rates, visit ChoiceHotels.com. All Rapid Rewards rules and regulations apply.
Has anyone completed a recent Choice stay and can confirm either way. I'm trying to renew my CPQP by year end and this offer would persuade me to switch some hotel spend from Starwood to Choice.
I was burned a couple of months back by a Super Shuttle promo where I used a code to get extra WN points (200 instead of usual 150) but the downside was none of the 200 posted as CPQP, where I would have expected the base 150 points to do so. I do not want to switch hotel spend if that would happen here!
Oct 17, 2012, 11:05 am
#4
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Clear Spring, MD, USA
Posts: 60
Question: So my question is whether the 1200 points would be CPQP? I know hotel bonus points typically aren't, but I wonder if this promo is different? The terms and conditions would typically specify the points are not CPQP and also the promo is worded as 1200 points per stay instead of 600 points + 600 bonus points (eg compare against recent Wyndham promo).
Answer: All Southwest travel partners points that go into your Southwest account, count as CPQP. I had this told to me by a Southwest rep when I questioned her about me transferring points from Marriott into Southwest two days ago.
Answer: All Southwest travel partners points that go into your Southwest account, count as CPQP. I had this told to me by a Southwest rep when I questioned her about me transferring points from Marriott into Southwest two days ago.
Oct 17, 2012, 11:38 am
#5
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Chicagoland, IL, USA
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Question: So my question is whether the 1200 points would be CPQP? I know hotel bonus points typically aren't, but I wonder if this promo is different? The terms and conditions would typically specify the points are not CPQP and also the promo is worded as 1200 points per stay instead of 600 points + 600 bonus points (eg compare against recent Wyndham promo).
Answer: All Southwest travel partners points that go into your Southwest account, count as CPQP. I had this told to me by a Southwest rep when I questioned her about me transferring points from Marriott into Southwest two days ago.
Answer: All Southwest travel partners points that go into your Southwest account, count as CPQP. I had this told to me by a Southwest rep when I questioned her about me transferring points from Marriott into Southwest two days ago.
The WN rep is mistaken. We in this forum generally know more about the program than the WN reps. "All" points derived via partners are not CPQPs.
Transfers in do count with the gigantic honking exception of Chase Ultimate Rewards points directly sent over. Often hotel stays/car rentals have bonus points which do not count. The recent huge Hyatt quad/quintuple bonus could be checked for verification. Maybe someone knows.
Oct 17, 2012, 5:59 pm
#6
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 159
I'm not sure if I should be posting here or in the Choice privileges section, but my question is:
I am registered as collecting CP points , rather than RR points, for stays at Choice hotels. Can I change this for the promo and then switch back to CP points at a later date? Thanks.
I am registered as collecting CP points , rather than RR points, for stays at Choice hotels. Can I change this for the promo and then switch back to CP points at a later date? Thanks.
Oct 17, 2012, 7:52 pm
#7
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Location: Chicagoland, IL, USA
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I'm not sure if I should be posting here or in the Choice privileges section, but my question is:
I am registered as collecting CP points , rather than RR points, for stays at Choice hotels. Can I change this for the promo and then switch back to CP points at a later date? Thanks.
I am registered as collecting CP points , rather than RR points, for stays at Choice hotels. Can I change this for the promo and then switch back to CP points at a later date? Thanks.
Oct 17, 2012, 10:27 pm
#8
Join Date: Jul 2001
Posts: 3,975
Unless it's changed since it was last an issue for me, which has been a while, you can't change your earnings preference for an existing reservation. You can cancel and rebook after you've reset your preferences, if the booking allows it and it isn't a big rate increase, or you can ask to change it for that stay when you check in, in which you need to count on the hotel person's competence to do that.
Oct 19, 2012, 2:25 am
#9
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Largo, FL
Posts: 1,270
I did that just now and before my post as well and it is not there for me. I tried logging into my account to see if it was targeted perhaps, and still not there.
Oct 19, 2012, 2:29 am
#10
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Largo, FL
Posts: 1,270
Unless it's changed since it was last an issue for me, which has been a while, you can't change your earnings preference for an existing reservation. You can cancel and rebook after you've reset your preferences, if the booking allows it and it isn't a big rate increase, or you can ask to change it for that stay when you check in, in which you need to count on the hotel person's competence to do that.