Hyatt has a partnership with MGM Resorts M life, Wyndham has a partnership with Caesars Rewards and now Choice has a partnership with Penn National Gaming so that you can earn points when staying at their casinos nationwide.
Penn National Gaming currently has 36 properties nationwide, with ~2/3 of those properties participating in this partnership with Choice Privileges as only the following 22 casinos will earn you Choice points when staying with them:
Colorado
Ameristar Casino Resort Spa Black Hawk
Illinois
Hollywood Casino Joliet
Indiana
Ameristar Casino Hotel East Chicago
Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg
Iowa
Ameristar Casino Hotel Council Bluffs
Louisiana
Boomtown Casino Bossier City
Boomtown Casino New Orleans
L’Auberge Casino Hotel Baton Rouge
L’Auberge Casino Resort Lake Charles
Margaritaville Resort Casino Bossier City
Maine
Hollywood Casino Bangor
Michigan
Greektown Casino-Hotel
Mississippi
Ameristar Casino Hotel Vicksburg
Hollywood Casino Gulf Coast
Hollywood Casino Tunica
Missouri
Argosy Casino Hotel & Spa Riverside
Hollywood Casino St. Louis
River City Casino & Hotel
New Mexico
Zia Park Casino Hotel & Racetrack
Nevada
Cactus Petes Resort Casino
M Resort Spa Casino
West Virginia
Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races
That’s right people. Hyatt might partner with casinos like Bellagio and Wyndham might partner with casinos like The Cromwell, but Choice now offers you the opportunity to earn points on stays at casinos in aspirational locations like Council Bluffs, IA and Lawrenceburg, IN.
Sarcasm aside, this is a somewhat positive development because in the past you presumably wouldn’t earn rewards when booking stays at these casinos unless you made your reservations via a site with their own rewards program like Hotels.com. You’ll now earn 10x Choice Privileges points along with cashback having clicked through from a shopping portal.
The Choice landing page for this partnership also mentions the following:
Feel like a winner with the free mychoice rewards loyalty program! Sign up at the hotel and download the app to get special offers and earn casino points and mycash credits when you play, dine and shop on property.
I’d initially assumed that with a name like ‘mychoice’ that this was some kind of additional Choice Hotels-related program that runs separately to their Privileges loyalty program. I was half right – it does indeed run separately to Choice Privileges, but that’s because it looks like mychoice is Penn National Gaming’s own loyalty program that rewards you for your spend at their casinos, much like MGM Resorts M life and Caesars Rewards.
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You didn’t mention whether Choice Privileges status will be conferred to MyChoice members.
I don’t remember seeing any information on the landing page stating whether there would be or not.
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