Choice Privileges is a hotel chain with brands like Clarion, Comfort Inn, Quality Inn, Radisson Americas etc. In today’s podcast, we’ll talk about the pros and cons of this program.

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Choice Privileges Pros and Cons

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Pros / items of interest…

(01:25) – Earn elite status through credit card spend thanks to an update in early 2026.

(05:47) – (Somewhat) fixed award chart

(07:04) – Ability to book premium rooms with points sometimes

(09:41) – Preferred Hotels partnership

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(11:41) – Transfer 1:2 from Citi or Wells Fargo

(12:19) – Buy points for around .7cpp during sales

(13:02) – Titanium Travel Award: 50% off award stay up to 7 nights

Cons…

(16:11) – Not much elite benefit. Breakfast at Diamond, Titanium Travel Award at Titanium.

(16:58) – Points expire after 18 months of inactivity

(17:25) – Fewer aspirational properties (apart from Preferred Hotels, and even that experience is complicated)

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