(EXPIRED) Choice Hotels: Earn Double Points On All Stays Through 3/6/23

Choice Hotels has launched a new promotion and in a departure from their normal routine they’re not offering a minimum of 8,000 points when staying twice. Instead, you’ll earn double points on all your stays at most of their properties through early March.

The Deal

• Earn double points on all stays at Choice Hotels properties.
• Direct link to registration.

Key Terms

• Registration required at https://www.choicehotels.com/choice-privileges/promo/double-points before check-out.
• This promotion is only available to members of the Choice Privileges Rewards Program who register for this promotion, and then make a qualifying stay at participating hotels (WoodSpring Suites hotels and Ascend Hotel Collection all-inclusive resorts, among others, are not participating) between January 17, 2023 and March 6, 2023 (the “Promotion Period”).
• A “stay” is any number of consecutive nights at one hotel regardless of check-ins or check-outs. A “qualifying stay” is a stay that is during this promotion at a participating hotel through a qualifying channel (see Qualifying Channel, below) that is eligible to earn Choice Privileges points.
• Most stays are eligible to earn Choice Privileges points EXCEPT: rooms booked at rates below $40 USD per night, certain hotel-initiated promotions, reward night stays, complimentary rooms, rooms paid for as part of a convention or meeting, rooms booked through a third party online retailer including online travel agencies, wholesale packages, group tours, and stays booked using the employee discount or the friends and family discount.
• Stays at Choice Hotels properties in the following countries are excluded from this promotion: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia.
• You must maintain an address in the U.S. (includes U.S. territories) to be eligible.
• Registered members will be awarded Double Bonus Points for each qualifying stay. “Double Bonus Points” means two times the base points earned from a qualifying stay.
• Double Bonus Points will only be awarded for those portions of the stay that are during the Promotion Period.
• There is no limit on the number of qualifying stays, however, in which members are eligible to earn Double Bonus Points during the Promotion Period.
• This promotion is not applicable to groups and cannot be combined with any other discounts, special offers or promotions.
• Qualifying Channel: Members must book stays via ChoiceHotels.com, ChoiceHotels.com/en-ca, Choicehotels.com/es-mx, ChoiceHotels.com/en-au, ChoiceHotels.com/en-nz, the Choice Hotels mobile app, 800.4CHOICE(US/CN), 800 0852607(UK), 800 36 46835(MX/LATAM), 1800 116 004(Australia), or 0800 443 067(New Zealand).
• Stays directly booked through Book by Google are also eligible, if the member adds their Choice Privileges number to the reservation prior to check-in.
• Corporate travelers may book through their online booking tool, GDS, or with a travel agent; however, reservations booked through Egencia’s Preferred Rate Program do not qualify for promotional bonus points.
• Choice Privileges member number must be provided upon check-in.
• To be eligible to earn bonus points, members must set their earning preference to Choice Privileges points in their online account.
• Any change made to earning preference will remain in effect after the promotion has ended, unless the member changes it.
• Please allow 72 hours from check-out for points to post.
• Points from stays at international locations and at some of the boutique hotels can take longer to post – please allow up to 20 days.
• Request for Double Bonus Points made by members who did not register for the promotion may be considered up to 60 days after the promotion ends; requests thereafter will be automatically denied.

Quick Thoughts

Historically, Choice has normally run promotions ensuring you earn at least 8,000 points when staying twice. That type of promotion has always been good for people who are booking a couple of cheap one night stays, with this type of double points promo being good for those who’ll only be staying at Choice properties once during the promotion period and/or who’ll be booking more expensive stays.

Double points certainly isn’t a good enough promotion to move the needle to the point where it’s worth moving stays over to Choice, but it’s worth registering just in case you happen to find yourself needing to book a paid stay at any of their eligible properties in the next 1.5 months.

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