Wyndham to buy La Quinta
Jun 3, 2018, 12:52 am
#31
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 375
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...300657122.html
La Quinta's loyalty program, La Quinta Returns®, which includes approximately 15 million enrolled members, will be combined in the coming months with the award-winning Wyndham Rewards® program, which includes over 56 million enrolled members.
La Quinta's loyalty program, La Quinta Returns®, which includes approximately 15 million enrolled members, will be combined in the coming months with the award-winning Wyndham Rewards® program, which includes over 56 million enrolled members.
Jun 4, 2018, 11:38 am
#32
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: MN, USA
Posts: 246
https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/wyndha...oints-transfer
https://www.lq.com/en/wyndham-points-transfer
It looks like you can transfer points in either direction right now at a 1:1 ratio (in increments of 1,000).
https://www.lq.com/en/wyndham-points-transfer
It looks like you can transfer points in either direction right now at a 1:1 ratio (in increments of 1,000).
Jun 4, 2018, 12:20 pm
#33
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In the Chicago area, many of the LQ are ex-Baymont, you can tell by the distinctive windows.
For me this conversion is unfortunate, because Wyndham doesn't allow elite qualifying on stays, just nights. So I'll do enough stays to cash in a free night, then probably switch to hotels.com to earn 9% at LQs and redeem anywhere.
For me this conversion is unfortunate, because Wyndham doesn't allow elite qualifying on stays, just nights. So I'll do enough stays to cash in a free night, then probably switch to hotels.com to earn 9% at LQs and redeem anywhere.
Jun 4, 2018, 3:55 pm
#34
Join Date: Dec 2000
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Oh-so-thank-U, Dadofsix! I just transferred 1000 of my 1500 LQ points to Wyndham! BTW, what is this obsession with even thousands only in so many programs? Why won't they let us transfer "everything" or exact odd numbers to clean out our accounts?
UPDATE: After transferring, I decided to check out the possibility of buying LQ points. I found that they sell 'em in increments of 500 @ $6, so I bought 500, then transferred the whole 2nd 1000
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UPDATE: After transferring, I decided to check out the possibility of buying LQ points. I found that they sell 'em in increments of 500 @ $6, so I bought 500, then transferred the whole 2nd 1000
!
Last edited by Brendan; Jun 4, 2018 at 4:06 pm
Jun 4, 2018, 5:36 pm
#35
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: MN, USA
Posts: 246
Oh-so-thank-U, Dadofsix! I just transferred 1000 of my 1500 LQ points to Wyndham! BTW, what is this obsession with even thousands only in so many programs? Why won't they let us transfer "everything" or exact odd numbers to clean out our accounts?
UPDATE: After transferring, I decided to check out the possibility of buying LQ points. I found that they sell 'em in increments of 500 @ $6, so I bought 500, then transferred the whole 2nd 1000 !
UPDATE: After transferring, I decided to check out the possibility of buying LQ points. I found that they sell 'em in increments of 500 @ $6, so I bought 500, then transferred the whole 2nd 1000
!
Jun 4, 2018, 6:01 pm
#36
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: La Jolla
Programs: La Quinta Elite IHGSPIRE HH Diamond BW Diamond Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 152
Irvine, California. The LQ is literally built into an old grain silo. For railroad buffs, the tracks run right next your room. BNSF and Amtrak all day and night. Also easy access to I-5 and I-405.
Jun 4, 2018, 9:19 pm
#37
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: VPS
Programs: IHG Diamond, Delta PM, Hilton Gold, Accor Gold, Marriott Silver
Posts: 7,269
While the properties themselves are pretty average limited service offerings, cash rate at the LQs in Moab and Springdale/Zion NP in Utah can run $250+ per night all-in. And are currently 18k redemptions in the LQ program (the nicer chain options near US national parks in general can often be decent burn options during peak tourism season)
Jun 6, 2018, 8:42 pm
#39
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 825
I have a lot of Wyndham points i have not had the chance to use. They expire 4 years from date earned. Anyone know if you can transfer them to LQ, then transfer them back to Wyndham to "reset the clock?"
Edit: I tested and it works.
Edit: I tested and it works.
Last edited by exarkun; Jun 9, 2018 at 9:57 am
Jun 9, 2018, 7:22 pm
#40
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: MN, USA
Posts: 246
While the properties themselves are pretty average limited service offerings, cash rate at the LQs in Moab and Springdale/Zion NP in Utah can run $250+ per night all-in. And are currently 18k redemptions in the LQ program (the nicer chain options near US national parks in general can often be decent burn options during peak tourism season)
https://www.lq.com/en/returns/free-nights
Before LQ revamped their website recently, I'm pretty sure this information used to be displayed on each property's home page. If this page above is the only search method now, it seems awfully cumbersome and less customer friendly.
Jun 11, 2018, 5:24 pm
#42
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And on top of that slowness, it wouldn't wait for you to change several things and hit "Search Again" in a search before redoing the search, it would re-start the search as soon as you changed just one thing, and you had to wait for that to redraw before you change something else.
So given that, I actually prefer the new website, even though for some things it's not as good, because for the things I do most often (search different dates and different rates), it's better.
Aug 20, 2018, 7:14 pm
#45
formerly Will Stonehocker
Join Date: Nov 2017
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yea they did. [moderator edit] my dad knows. [moderator edit] he'll assure you his experience staying at one was crap and us innocent travellers don't need to stay at one. it's akin to all the young students at my school looking up to an older and more mature autistic guy like me for advice.
Last edited by l etoile; Aug 21, 2018 at 8:11 am Reason: privacy/language