Yesterday, we wrote about the news that Wyndham is now a transfer partner of Wells Fargo rewards. What was most surprising, however, was that the transfer ratio would be 1 Wells Fargo point to 2 Wyndham points, double the 1:1 ratio offered by all of Wyndham’s other partners.
Wyndham charges 7.5K, 15K, or 30K per night for its hotels, making it one of the rare chains that still have fixed prices, with no peak or off-peak modifications. With only three award categories and Wyndham often offering multiple room types at the same points price, there can be quite a bit of variation in award value.
With the increased interest in Wyndham and the peculiarities of the program, we thought that this would be the perfect time to ask, “What exactly are Wyndham points worth?”
Background
When collecting points and miles, it’s always a good idea to have a general idea of what points are worth. Let’s say, for example, that you have the opportunity to either earn 2,000 Wyndham points or 3,000 Hilton points. Which should you go for? If you don’t know what the points are worth, you’d likely go for the Hilton points. But, in our analyses, we’ve found Wyndham points to be worth almost twice as much as Hilton points. Therefore, on average, 2,000 Wyndham points are worth considerably more than 3,000 Hilton points. In this post, you’ll find our best current estimate of the value of Wyndham points.
At Frequent Miler, we keep a database of point valuations called “Reasonable Redemption Values.” These are estimates of the “worth” of airline miles, hotel points, transferable points, and more. The idea is that we try to identify the point at which it is “reasonable” to get that much value or more from your points.
This information is critical for making informed decisions. In fact, it’s a key component of the First Year Value information shown on our Best Credit Card Offers page, and it’s similarly used to show which cards offer the best value for everyday spend and which offer the best category bonuses.
When we first started looking at the value of hotel points, we used a laborious process that involved manually comparing the cash and award prices of hundreds of stays each year, then using those results to create RRV estimates. However, we now have a much better way of pinning down the value of Wyndham points.
Gondola is a terrific free hotel search tool that shows prices for properties in both cash and points, and it keeps data on both for searches on its platform.
The kind folks over at Gondola have made this data available to us to identify hotel program point values. Thanks to them, we now have access to results from around 2.2 million domestic and international Wyndham award searches across just under 7,000 properties, and each one shows both the cash and award prices for the same room. Using this data, we can provide a far better estimate of the “Reasonable Redemption Value” of Wyndham points than we were ever able to obtain by using manual calculations.
Methodology
To determine the value of Wyndham points, we looked at Gondola’s collected real-world cash and point prices for almost 7,000 properties. Since Wyndham award bookings are fully refundable, we excluded data on all cash rates that were non-refundable to make the comparison apples-to-apples. We also used the Total Cash Rate, which includes taxes and any local fees.
Hotel Programs that Waive Resort Fees on Award Stays
Hilton, Hyatt, and Wyndham waive resort fees when you book stays using points or free night certificates. For these chains, the resort fee need not be considered separately from the Total Cash Rate (which includes it). So, the RRV calculation is as follows:
RRV = Total Cash Rate ÷ Point Price
Hotel Programs that Charge Resort Fees on Award Stays
IHG, Marriott, and many other hotel programs impose resort fees on award stays. For these chains, the resort fee must be explicitly accounted for in the calculation. We do that by having Gondola subtract it from the Total Cash Rate. The RRV calculation is as follows:
RRV = [Total Cash Rate – Resort Fee] ÷ Point Price
Gondola Data
For our hotel RRV values, we use the median observed from Gondola data. If the median is 1 cent per point, meaning that half of all searches produced a value of less than 1 cent per point, and the other half above 1 cent per point.
- Gondola Median Observed Value for Wyndham Hotel and Resort redemptions: 0.67 cents per point
(based on data as of April 15th, 2026) - Range: .23 to 4.23 cents per point
Brand Comparison
Another cool feature of the data set Gondola provides is that we can see how point values vary across a program’s brands. There’s some variance among Wyndham’s brands. Here are some of the most notable examples, with brands that ranged from 0.62-0.72 cents per point left out:
| Brand: | RRV | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Registry Collection | 1.13 | +68.6% |
| Dolce | 1.05 | +56.7% |
| Wyndham | 0.79 | +17.9% |
| Ramada | 0.77 | +14.9% |
| Wingate | 0.73 | +9.9% |
| Baymont | 0.61 | -9% |
| Days Inn | 0.61 | -9% |
| Super 8 | 0.59 | -12% |
| Fën | 0.55 | -18% |
There’s not a massive amount of variation among the major Wyndham brands. However, among the big ones, Wyndham, Ramada, and Wingate, on average, offer around 25-35% better value for points redemptions than the (even more) budget-oriented Baymont, Days Inn, and Super 8 brands.
The biggest negative outlier is Fën Hotels, which is a South American brand that Wyndham acquired in 2016. On the flip side, the brand with the most outsized value is Wyndham’s Registry Collection, whose portfolio includes 13 all-inclusive properties throughout the Caribbean (with one in Brazil). Most Wyndham customers have probably never darkened the door of one, but I’ve actually heard very good feedback about them.
Wyndham Comparison by City and Date
A new analytical feature that Gondola has added lets us check the relative value of Wyndham points across a “basket” of popular destinations.
| Location: | RRV | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 1.28 | +91% |
| Chicago | 1.01 | +50.7% |
| Los Angeles | .94 | +40.3% |
| Rome | .93 | +38.8% |
| Dubai | .86 | +28.3% |
| Washington | .86 | +28.3% |
| San Francisco | .79 | +17.9% |
| Miami | .75 | +12% |
| Orlando | .73 | +9% |
| Bangkok | .66 | -1.5% |
| Cancun | .66 | -1.5% |
| Paris | .65 | -3% |
| Las Vegas | .60 | -10.4% |
Unlike other programs we’ve looked at this year, Wyndham performs better as a currency in large metro areas than it does on a program-wide basis. This probably has much to do with the fixed nature of the redemption levels and the high cash prices. Many redemptions in the 30k tier likely have cash rates that push per-point values well above the 0.67 RRV. A conspicuous outlier is Las Vegas, with my assumption being that Vegas’ low mid-week rates bring the entire value down.
We also found that Wyndham is decidedly more valuable in the North American Summer months, with a swing of over 20% between January and July. In addition, there is an almost 17% premium when comparing check-in dates on Friday and Saturday versus the other five days of the week:
Like the urban areas, I suspect that this is a result of the relatively small number of fixed redemption tiers in Wyndham’s program. In general, when cash prices are high, Wyndham points will be worth more. These are the biggest weekend and calendar-month swings of any of the hotel programs we’ve looked at this year, by far.
Results
Wyndham Rewards Point Value
| Analysis Date: | 4/15/26 | 8/8/25 | 7/17/24 | 3/7/23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Point Value (Median) | 0.67 cents | 0.7 cents | 1.01 cents | 0.88 cents |
| Minimum Point Value | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.48 | 0.29 |
| Maximum Point Value | 4.23 | 3.87 | 1.80 | 1.45 |
* Analyses starting 8/8/25 include international properties.
The median observed point value for Wyndham points was 0.67 cents per point. This means that half of the observed results offered equal or better point value, and half offered equal or worse value. Another way to think about it is that, without trying to cherry-pick good awards, you have a 50/50 chance of getting 0.67 cents or better value from your Wyndham points when booking free night awards.
It’s worth re-emphasizing that, despite the loss of Vacasa Vacation Rentals, there are reasons to like Wyndham Points. However, the highest-value uses are still vacation rental redemptions through Wyndham Vacation Club or Cottages.com. Both of these will routinely provide more than 1 cent per point, making the awards much more appealing than what we’re seeing here with Wyndham’s own hotels.
Pick your own point value
| Analysis Date: | 4/15/26 | 8/8/25 | 7/17/24 | 3/7/23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50th Percentile (Median) | 0.67 | 0.7 | 1.01 | 0.88 |
| 75th Percentile | 0.88 | 0.9 | 1.23 | 1.09 |
| 90th Percentile | 1.14 | 1.15 | 1.48 | 1.21 |
* Analyses starting 6/9/25 include international properties.
When we publish Reasonable Redemption Values (RRVs) for points, we conservatively use the middle value, i.e., the 50th percentile. The idea is that just by randomly picking hotels to use your points, you have a 50/50 chance of getting this value or better.
But what if you “cherry-pick” awards? Many people prefer to hold onto their points until they find uses that represent good value. If that’s you, then you may want to use the table above to pick your own point value. For example, if you think that you’ll hold out for the best 10% value awards, then pick the 90th percentile. If you cherry-pick a bit, but not that much, you might want to use the 75th percentile (for example). We’re guessing that most cherry-pickers will land around the 75th percentile: 0.88 cents per point.
Go Free vs. Go Fast Rewards
Note that Wyndham offers two types of award bookings: “Go Free” and “Go Fast”. Go Free rewards are where you book a hotel entirely with points. Wyndham charges either 7.5K, 15K, or 30K per night for Go Free Awards. Go Fast awards let you spend either 1.5K, 3K, or 6K to get a discount on the room rate. In the past, we’ve calculated both rates separately and found them to be broadly equivalent in point value.
New Reasonable Redemption Value: 0.67 CPP
Our Reasonable Redemption Value (RRV) for Wyndham points was previously set to 0.7 cents per point. RRVs are intended to be the point at which it is reasonable to get that much value or better for your points. Therefore, we believe that the median observed value for Go Free Awards is a good choice for our RRV.
- Reasonable Redemption Value for Wyndham: 0.67 cents per point
- Reasonable Redemption Value for those who cherry-pick awards: 0.88 cents per point
Overvaluing vs. Undervaluing Points
There is no perfect way to estimate the value of points. Decisions we made here, in some ways, overvalue points and, in some ways, undervalue points. The hope is that these things roughly offset each other…
Factors that cause us to undervalue points
- With hotel programs that offer 4th Night Free Awards (IHG, with some credit cards), or 5th Night Free Awards (Hilton & Marriott), or award discounts (Wyndham), we do not consider the point savings in our analyses.
- With hotel programs that offer free parking on award stays to top-tier elites (Hyatt), we do not factor this in.
- In Wyndham’s case, we don’t include the 10% rebate on points redemptions that’s available to Wyndham credit cardholders.
Factors that cause us to overvalue points
- We do not use discount rates (other than member rates) in our analyses. In real life, many people book hotels more cheaply (and sometimes far cheaper) by using AAA rates, government & military rates, senior rates, etc.
- We do not use hotel promotional rates. Often, individual hotels have deals such as “Stay 2 Nights, Get 1 Night Free,” which can greatly reduce the cost of a stay.
- We do not use prepaid rates in our analyses. Sometimes these rates are significantly lower than refundable rates.
- We do not factor in rebates that can be earned by booking hotels through shopping portals.
- We do not factor in extra points earned on paid stays for elite-status members.
- We do not factor in rewards earned from hotel credit card spend.
- We do not factor in hotel loyalty program promotions: Most promotions, but not all, only offer incentives for paid stays. We often see promos offering bonus points, double or triple points, free night awards, etc.
- With hotel programs that waive resort fees for top-tier elites on paid stays (e.g., Hyatt), we do not factor this in.
Conclusion
Based on the latest analysis, we’ve decreased our Wyndham Reasonable Redemption Value to 0.67 cents per point. This is a minor decrease, similar to other programs that we’ve looked at recently that have broadly stayed the same in value.
For a complete list of Reasonable Redemption Values (and links to posts like this one), see: Reasonable Redemption Values (RRVs).
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I use Wyndham hotels all the time. I think they get a bad rap because they do have so many brands that a lot of us in the hobby won’t stay at. However, you can find some decent LaQuinta’s and even Days Inn, but you have to your homework first. There are some gems out there, especially at Wyndham Grand’s and all-inclusives. I rarely stay at any of their hotels where I get less that 1 cent per point value. The loss of Vacasa was almost devasting, but I am still able find good to great value. I’m staying in an oceanfront hotel room next year in Kauai for 4 cents per point and oceanfront room in Florida later this year.
Points can be acquired very quickly with their credit cards. 8 cents at gas stations (think gift cards) with the business card is crazy good, plus you can buy points for very cheap when they go on sale. The 10% discount on redemptions for holding a credit card is another easy win. With Diamond status, I usually get an upgrade to a much better room.
As someone who doesn’t spend much time on-property in hotels Wyndham is my favorite program for two simple reasons:
1) The platinum status afforded by the Wyndham CC provides early check-in/late checkout
2) The fixed-rate redemption is predictable and a great value, especially in downtown locations
As to #1, it’s nice if I’m going somewhere for a a 3 or 4 day trip that I can fly in as early as possible and know that I’ll not only be able to drop my bags off but probably check into my room. On a recent trip to Chicago I gave La Quinta no notice and just showed up at 9 AM asking to drop my bags off. The front desk looked in the system and instead just let me check in for the day. I’ve done this many times recently with Wyndham properties in downtown locations and having a room to come back to and relax in or take a nap in for a quick recharge is awesome.
I’m heading to Boston in a couple weeks. The Wyndham downtown is the ol’ fixed rate 30k. The Marriott properties downtown are ~250k/night while Hilton properties were 80k+.
They’re rarely as nice as competing properties but as someone who’s mostly looking for a bed + air conditioning when I’m in a city, the value proposition is unbeatable.
Good analysis as always. There is still a big range and it’s pretty easy to do a lot better than RRV if you pick your spots. But I guess that’s the point…
are all taxes & resort fees waived for award stays (incl international Wyndham Palmas)?
I’ve stayed at many Wyndham’s, including Wyndham Grand’s and all-inclusives and I don’t remember ever paying a resort fee. Same with taxes
“Based on the latest analysis, we’ve decreased our Wyndham Reasonable Redemption Value to 0.67 cents per point. This is a minor decrease, similar to other programs that we’ve looked at recently that have broadly stayed the same in value.”
Stick this at the top under “Executive Summary” or “The Bottom Line”. It saves the busy reader time. Also add a sentence in it with the old value, to provide context.
There is basically no change, but the value is a lot more believable. You are just drip-feeding the Gondola data.
The table of contents literally has a “Conclusion” link.
Typo under the heading “Wyndham Comparison by City and Date” – I assume you meant Wyndham points and not Marriott points?
What are WF points worth though? Haha I just posted this on DOC: Since RRV’s include a fudge factor, I wish that FM did a real time update to decrease Citi and increase WF because their hotel redemption capabilities have really changed and I want to use RRV to make decisions on which card to use today not when they are next updated. IMHO WF should now be 1.5c/point. Citi could stay the same but WF txfr to Wyndham at 1:2 makes them at least as good and probably higher than C1 and Amex.
This breakdown is spot on. Wyndham points can be a bit of a wildcard, so it’s great to see some actual math behind them. It really highlights that while standard hotels are okay, the real win is still those Vacasa rentals if you can find the right spot. I appreciate the honest take—it helps to know when to burn points and when it’s better to just save them for a better deal down the road.
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0.7cpp sounds about right based on my experience. The best deals are usually for special events (New Years Eve in Times Square, football weekends, etc.) or Club Wyndhams, which can get you well over 1cpp. Otherwise I prefer Choice for budget properties.
Don’t forget transferring up to 30,000 points per year to Caesar’s. If you’re staying in one of that group’s resorts, that’s a guaranteed 1cpp off of your folio.
Does this include the all-inclusive resorts that you can book with Wyndham points (TRS, Grand Palladium, Alltra, etc)? Those seem to generally be a decent value as well.
for me wyndham points were the most valuable currency until their vacasa devaluations by far. the properties that i got on hawaii allowed me 3 amazing family vacations.
And you can still go to Hawaii for cheap on Wyndham points. Honestly, the Club Wyndhams there are often nicer than $500/room Vacasas.
thank you.
will have to look into, but at least on Kauai none of their 5 locations are in the south near Koloa/Poipu which is the only place i would stay for winter trips.
The solution to that weather issue is to go to Kona instead. I stayed at Club Wyndhams in Kona and in a Vacasa in Poipu earlier this year and the Wydhams were a better experience. You’d need more than $500/room for a truly nice 1 bedroom Poipu Vacasa.
is this how i would search for availability?
https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/wyndham-rewards/locations?ICID=IN%3AWR%3A20190408%3ANTLB3%3ALOCATIONS%3ANA%3ANA
you got lucky. imo, is very difficult to find availability.
Idk, I guess I get unicorn valuations in Montana in summer. Yeah it’s a super 8 near Bozeman airport on travel days but 13.5k with earner card beats 280 cash price all summer long as family in and out of there a bunch. With prices elsewhere usually even worse, yeah I’m all in on Wyndham
Right, because you won’t get close to that value redeeming points at any other chain in Bozeman. A Holiday Inn Express could be 50,000 points. Would it be nicer? Sure.But the Super 8 will be fine for the night and a much better value.
The problem with your methodology is that while Wyndham has thousands of cheap (and mostly bad) properties, few are going to redeem points at these properties (unless perhaps they are in the lowest 7500 point tier). Heck, in most towns, there is a decent Wyndham hotel for the same 15000 (13500 for their credit card holders) so why would you stay at the bad property? I would guess that fewer than 20% of Wyndham’s hotels would be good enough to be in Hyatt’s portfolio, but that’s probably still more hotels than Hyatt has in total! And Wyndham is far more likely to have a hotel at your destination. I’m both a Hyatt Globalist and a Wyndham Diamond member, and unless you can get to Globalist status, I’d recommend getting an Earner credit card and making Wyndham your primary hotel loyalty program.
Yep, that’s a good point and part of the downside of using the median redemption value as the RRV. That’s also why we break it down into percentiles. 25% of all Wyndham redemption had a value of 0.9 or greater. 10% were 1.15 or greater. If you’re good (and selective) enough to only choose better-value rewards, you’ll easily do better than .7 cents per points.
That said, all of those thousands of “bad” properties where no one redeems points still manage to stay in business.:)
I personally use Wyndham points almost exlusively for vacation rentals, where I usually get at least double the 0.7 RRV. So, the points are worth much than that to me. However, in the grand scheme of the program, that’s a very niche use of Wyndham points.
If you are using Wyndham points primarily for Vacasa, I would say you are not getting the most out of the program. With the $250 room cap, Club Wyndham redemptions are a better deal, but do require some research and flexibility. If you travel internationally, Wyndham now offers the best hotel values of the loyalty programs. Like the TRS Coral is the best Cancun redemption. In Europe, the Middle East, and Asia/Pacific, there are many four-star hotels for 13,500 points. No other hotel loyalty program is competitive with this.
By “vacation rentals,” I meant either Vacasa, Club Wyndham or Cottages.com. You’re right, in some places Club Wyndham can be a great deal if you can find availability. I have also found Club Wyndham redemptions that weren’t as good value as nearby Vacasas, so it’s not always a better deal. They are always better than 1cpp, though.
I find it very difficult to find availability with Club Wyndham. How do you do it?
“Most IHG customers have probably never darkened the door of either one.”, “Another way to think about it is that, without trying to cherry-pick good awards, you have a 50/50 chance of getting 0.7 cents or better value from your Hyatt points when booking free night awards.” — You probably mean Wyndham in both cases?
Ha! You’re probably right!
I must be working on too many RRV posts back to back. 🙂