For the longest time, Wyndham and Hyatt were two of the biggest hotel chains to stubbornly refuse to open up their affiliate programs to pay commissions to shopping portals so that customers could earn additional rewards when booking stays.
IHG, Marriott, Hilton, Choice, Best Western, Accor, etc. all offer this kind of earning opportunity and finally Wyndham has joined them, leaving Hyatt as the solo holdout.
Based on Cashback Monitor’s Best Rate History, the ExtraBux shopping portal has listed Wyndham Rewards since December 10, 2024. However, that was only valid when buying Wyndham points, not when booking stays.
Towards the end of May 2025 though, several more shopping portals added Wyndham and this time it was to reward stays rather than points purchases. Perhaps most notably, that includes TopCashback which, at the time of writing this, is offering 6.06% cashback which is a fair bit higher than any other portal.
None of the airline shopping portals currently list Wyndham as an option. That’s a shame because then paid Wyndham stays could count towards spending thresholds when those portals run promotions (e.g. earn 1,000 bonus miles when spending $300). Hopefully that’ll change in the coming weeks/months, so let us know if you spot it as an available option in the future.
Don’t forget that you’re booking directly when clicking through to a hotel chain from a shopping portal. That means that in this case you’ll still earn Wyndham Rewards points, earn elite night credits, be eligible for status benefits, etc.
As is often the case, there are multiple listings on Cashback Monitor for Wyndham due to the different naming conventions used by different portals. You can therefore compare rates across the variety of portals offering rewards on Wyndham stays here:
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This is great news, thanks Stephen!
Several years ago, before Wyndham stopped participating in portals, the combination of their generous cashback and generous promotion made no- or negative-cost stays practical for their more affordable properties.
Nice to see those prospects return!
I usually use points for my Wyndham stays, but it is definitely worth looking at the paid rate promotions when you come across a Wyndham you want to stay at that is less than $100 a night. Wyndham has a lot of hotels overseas, and the promotions do track at these properties. Last month, I earned about 17,000 points using my Wyndham Earner card to stay two nights at a foreign hotel that cost $65/night. At the same time, the hotel was charging 30,000 points per night to book on points! I did stumble upon the topcashback link and got a few bucks back for that, too.
Well done!
Yes, they have a current promo good through 8/31/25 for 7,500 points for 2 night stays, good up to 2x and with an extra 7,500 points for cardholders on the first stay. So, a $75 tax 2 night stay for a Business Earner cardholder would cost $150 and yield at least:
7,500 2 nights + 7,500 cardholder bonus = 15,000 points for the stay
$150 x 8x for Wyndham stays = 1,200 points on the card
portal cashback, say 6% on $140 of those $ = $8.40 (conservative)
So for a net outlay of $141.60, you’re earning minimum of 16,200 points, or .87 cpp, with a 2 night hotel stay on the side. 🙂
Right. The points blogs should be making a bigger deal out of this promo, as it’s super generous to Earner cardholders making a single 2-night stay at an inexpensive Wyndham.
BTW, you missed one of the stacking bonuses. In addition to earning the promo’s 15,000 points for the 2 night stay, and the points for charging it to a Wyndham credit card, you get the regular 12x points for each dollar spent on your Wyndham stay. That got me over 17,000 points for this stay, plus the cashback.
Thanks, I’m aware of that last earning bucket.
The reason I said “a minimum” is that I’ve had it left off in some cases when enjoying the 7,500 / 15,000 special bonuses. But, come to think of it, I don’t recall that happening in a long time…I bet you’re right that in this case, it would stack, rather than substitute.
In which case, for my example, you’d add 1800 more points, and the math becomes: net outlay of $141.60, you’re earning minimum of 18,000 points, or .787 cpp.
Very nice!