Earn 10 points/$1 US for hotel room rate excluding tax, and for other incidental room charges like restaurant, etc. at Clarion, Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality Inn, Cambria Suites, and Sleep Inn hotels “in the U.S., Canada, Europe (excluding Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden), Mexico and the Caribbean.”
Important to Note: Choice Privileges hotel points are only awarded for stays in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, and parts of Europe. Choice Privileges has terms prohibiting points for stays in Norway, Sweden, and some other smaller Baltic countries in Europe. No points credit for Asia/Pacific hotel stays.
Earn 5 points/$1 US for hotel room rate excluding tax, and for other incidental room charges like restaurant, etc. at MainStay Suites, Suburban Extended Stay hotels, EconoLodge, and Rodeway Inn locations in the USA and Canada.
Choice Privileges guest member may receive hotel points credit for up to two rooms per night, however, elite stay credit and elite bonus points credit will only be granted for one room per night.
Redeem Points:
9 tiers of hotels for free night using points redemptions and reservations using points may not be made more than 30 days in advance of stay. Elite member guests have the benefit of advance bookings (60 days for elite platinum (25+ nights/year) or 90 days for elite diamond (40+ nights/year).
Most hotels I checked for California, France, and New York City fell in the 16,000 to 25,000 range.
6,000 points -
8,000 points -
10,000 points -
12,000 points -
16,000 points – some Monterey area hotels, Quality Hotel Carlton Beaulieu, French Riviera
20,000 points – most Monterey area hotels
25,000 points – Carmel-by-the-Sea Clarion and Comfort Inn Midtown NYC, Clarion Park Ave
30,000 points -
35,000 points -
Purchase Points:
A Choice Privilege member can purchase up to 10,000 hotel points per calendar year.
Points Expiration:
Choice Privileges hotel points expire December 31, two years after year deposited into account.
Frequent Guest Elite Membership:
Choice Privileges has three tiers of elite membership for frequent guests.
10+ nights/year = Gold and offers a 10% elite bonus on hotel points and special member offers.
25+ nights/year = Platinum and offers 25% elite bonus on hotel points, and advance free night reservations using hotel points for up to 60 days in advance of stay.
40+ nights/year = Diamond and offers 40% elite bonus on hotel points, and advance free night reservations using hotel points for up to 90 days in advance of stay and the possibility of complimentary upgrades where available.