Wyndham Rewards and Caesars Rewards have a partnership through which it is possible to transfer Wyndham Rewards points to Caesars Rewards credits or vice versa. Ordinarily, members are limited to transferring up to 30,000 points per year in either direction. Temporarily, through September 11, 2026, members are able to transfer up to 60,000 points, double the usual limit (H/T: Doctor of Credit). With our Reasonable Redemption Value for Wyndham Rewards points dropping recently, it may be particularly appealing for some to consider transferring to Caesars Rewards, where points can be redeemed at one cent per point toward room charges and, in many cases, dining, spa, and more.
The transfer between Wyndham and Caesars can be useful for a couple of reasons. First of all, in the past it has been a way of restarting the expiration clock on your Wyndham rewards points. If you move 30,000 points to Caesars and then move them back to Wyndham, it restarts a four-year expiration clock on those points. Do note that the process is not nearly instant. In my experience, it took about five days to move Wyndham points to Caesars. I have not moved points back from Caesars to Wyndham, but I’ve heard data points indicating that it sometimes takes weeks for the points to show up back at Wyndham Rewards. Be warned that it is not quick.
As mentioned at the top, with our Reasonable Redemption Value for Wyndham points down to 0.77 cents per point, some may find transferring to Caesars Rewards to be interesting, particularly those with plans to visit a Caesars resort. That’s because Caesars reward points can be used at a value of one cent per point toward room charges and towards Caesars’ own restaurants, spa charges, and in some cases even show tickets.
I recently spent an extended period in Las Vegas, and I would point out that a side benefit of using Caesars reward points is that it reduces the amount of tax you owe. We had a particularly expensive meal at Nobu Las Vegas at Caesars Palace, and I used a significant amount in Caesars reward points toward the cost of that bill, saving myself 8.375% in tax on several hundred dollars in charges. I think I would have saved even more if I had used reward credits to pay for a hotel room since hotel tax is 13.38% for properties on the Las Vegas Strip. I would certainly keep that in mind for a trip where I’m paying a cash rate.
One tricky thing is that the value you can get for your Caesars reward points can vary by the venue where you use them. At restaurants owned by Caesars, 100 points equal $1, a value of $0.01 per point. At restaurants that are not owned by Caesars but where you can use Caesars reward points, you’ll only get a value of 200 reward points to $1, which means $0.005 per point.
Caesars maintains a list on their website of the venues where you can redeem points, so you can see which ones qualify at $1 to $0.01 per point. Another easy method, if you’re going to a counter service place like Starbucks, is to ask them to tell you how much your Caesars reward points are worth there. By swiping my card, they could see how much money I had in Caesars reward points. Since I knew how many Caesars reward points I had, I could easily tell whether it was a value of $0.005 per point or $0.01 per point. For what it’s worth, the Starbucks in the food court at Caesars Palace does provide $0.01 per point, so I did pick up coffee there and use reward credits to pay for it.
I should point out that there are certainly opportunities to get more than one cent per point out of Wyndham reward points, so this transfer isn’t a no-brainer, but it may be useful for those who will visit Las Vegas. Since my Caesars Diamond Plus status runs into January of 2028, I think there’s a chance that we will end up going for another meal at Nobu sometime next year. I might consider transferring 60,000 Wyndham points to Caesars Rewards in order to combine that with my Diamond Celebration dinner credit for another great meal next year.
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I’ve also used Caesars points at Nobu and other restaurants. If you bought Wyndham points at .72cpp recently, that’s like getting 28% off at Caesars.
One interesting item on that Caesars page of participating venues – points can be used for WSOP buy ins at 200:1. It’s not a good use, but it is intriguing..
Yeah, I didn’t want to redeem for half a cent per point, that’s why I didn’t buy in that way. For what it’s worth, they can be redeemed for online sportsbook or for free play (which you could presumably use at VP for near-break-even) at 100:1.
For clarity, is the 60k limit for each direction or is it total transfers for both directions. i.e. if I transfer 60k from Wyndham to Caesar’s, can I also transfer that 60k from Caesar’s to Wyndham to complete the refresh, or would I need to do 30 and 30 to be under the 60k threshold?
I have using Wyndham points for about 4 years – we have stayed at an AI, two Vacasa rentals, a (Ramada) cabin in Maine, HJ on OC boardwalk and most recently at the Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh for the NFL Draft (which was closest hotel to venue – my largest rrv at .037!). I average .026 rrv – I am surprised the FM rrv has fallen so low!
Agreed! Scored a $640 room per night at Sports Illustrated Resort Chicago for 13.5k points per night after the 10% credit card discount. Unicorn 4.74 cpp. They pulled inventory of those fast, now only available as points + cash, bad deal
How was the Sports Illustrated Resort? I recently saw one of those when I was searching for places in Nashville, and it was the first I’d ever heard of the brand.
Oh, there are absolutely still outsized redemptions to be had, but the existence of each one of those has limited influence on the overall RRV. I was actually off — our RRV is 0.67cc per point. That data comes from 2.2 million data points across 7,000 properties thanks to Gondola.ai. There certainly are opportunities to get north of 4c per point with Wyndham, but the median/mid-point is 0.67cpp. Any individual property you look at is equally likely to fall above or below that mid-point. We set RRV at those mid-points rather than letting a relatively few outliers have undue influence on the value one can reasonably expect to get from the points. You are absolutely “doing it right” if you are focusing on higher-value redemptions, but that doesn’t change the fact that half of redemptions are below 0.67cpp and only half of all redemptions cover the entire range between 0.67cpp and north of 4cpp.
If I remember correctly, Caesars Rewards have a relatively short shelf life—about 6 months without activity before they expire. Just something to keep in mind if you’re considering making the transfer speculatively.