12/12 – Reposting as the last day to buy Choice Hotels with the current promotion is Friday, December 13th
Choice Hotels is out with an extended offer to buy Choice Hotel points with a 60% bonus. Let’s examine it to see if / when it might make sense. The bonus offer expires December 13th.
Normally, Choice points cost $11.00 to purchase 1,000 points (tax included), for a purchase price of 1.10 cent per point. That might seem cheap, but remember, Choice points are only worth about 0.6 cents each, so at the normal rate, you’re paying a premium on the value. At the normal rate, it doesn’t make sense to buy Choice points.
What about with the 50% bonus offer? This offer is tiered.
- 0 – 9,000 points – no bonus
- 10,000 points or more – 60% bonus
If you buy 50,000 points, it will cost you $515 but with the 50% bonus offer you will get a total of 80,000 points, which brings the purchase price to 0.64 cents per point, which is near the normal redemption value.
While I’m generally against buying points speculatively, if you need some points for your next redemption, it could be worth topping up your account.
(SEE ALSO: When is buying miles worth it? Only in these 3 instances)
(SEE ALSO: 4 best uses of Choice points)
You can find the link to this promotion here. I actually bought Choice points for the first time before my trip to Sweden a few years ago. We were looking at staying at the Clarion Hotel Sign in Stockholm. Choice was running a 10% off promotion then, so I paid $99 for the 10,000 points. That let me book the hotel for 10,000 points / night instead of paying USD$249 / night! It’s only for situations like these when I recommend buying points.
Will you buy Choice points with this bonus offer? Or will you wait for a better offer to come back?
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Buy a sh*t ton at .5 cents/point during the US Daily Getaways in a couple months.
The bonus expires on December 3, 2023. This post says Friday, November 10.
I also want to point out that Funken Lodge in Longyearbyen, Svalbard costs only 12,000 points per night. With 50% bonus, it would cost only 412 dollars to buy 60,000 points. The cash price would be 1200 dollars for five nights this winter!
Thanks. We rerun this post periodically as Choice does offer recurring sales. I’ve updated the post