Choice Hotels International recently launched a redesigned website with some new program features like Choice Privileges FlexRewards for points discounts on reward nights during slower periods of the week. Slower hotel traffic on weekends is the typical pattern for some places like city business districts and airport hotels, where business travelers make up a large proportion of guests. Weeknights are the slower period for hotels in other locations; particularly popular tourist destinations.
My hometown of Monterey is a good example of a location where weeknight hotel room rates are frequently less than half the price of weekend hotel rates when the tourists fill the town. Choice Privileges FlexRewards option is in place for 10 of 16 hotels in the Monterey Peninsula/Salinas area, where reward night rates using points are priced lower Sunday to Thursday than reward night rates for Friday and Saturday stays.
Thursday Feb 25 Monterey, California
Choice Privileges Reward Nights availability at 16 hotels
1. Clarion Hotel (Munras)
- 12,000 points Thursday
- 16,000 points Friday
2. Comfort Inn Monterey Peninsula Airport
- 16,000 points Thursday
- 20,000 points Friday
3. Quality Inn Monterey Fremont St.
- 10,000 points Thursday
- 12,000 points Friday
4. Clarion Collection Pacific Grove
- 16,000 points Thursday
- 20,000 points Friday
5. Clarion Collection Carmel
- 20,000 points Thursday
- 25,000 points Friday
6. Rodeway Inn Monterey Fremont St.
- 8,000 points Thursday
- 10,000 points Friday
7. EconoLodge Monterey Fairgrounds
- 6,000 points Thursday
- 8,000 points Friday
8. EconoLodge Bay Breeze Seaside
- 8,000 points Thursday
- 10,000 points Friday
9. Quality Inn Monterey Beach Dunes Marina
- 12,000 points Thursday
- 16,000 points Friday
10. EconoLodge Salinas
- 6,000 points Thursday
- 8,000 points Friday
11. Comfort Inn Carmel-by-the-sea
- 30,000 points Thursday
- 30,000 points Friday
12. Comfort Inn Monterey By The Sea (Munras)
- 16,000 points Thursday
- 16,000 points Friday
13. Comfort Inn Monterey Bay (Fremont)
- 16,000 points Thursday
- 16,000 points Friday
14. Comfort Inn Marina
- 16,000 points Thursday
- 16,000 points Friday
15. Comfort Inn & Suites Salinas
- 20,000 points Thursday
- 20,000 points Friday
16. Quality Inn Salinas
- 12,000 points Thursday
- 12,000 points Friday
Choice Privileges FlexRewards are an option to remember when you are traveling to places on the less crowded nights of the week.
Loyalty Traveler – *Choice Privileges 2016 program changes (Feb 17, 2016).
In my post linked above, I questioned whether the Choice Privileges changes eliminated the option to redeem Choice Privileges points for hotel reward nights at Nordic Choice Hotels in Scandinavia.
Nordic Choice Hotels operates its own hotel guest loyalty program with Nordic Choice Club. Choice Privileges members can book reward nights at Nordic Choice Hotels, however, paid stays at 180 Nordic Choice Hotels do not earn points in the Choice Privileges program. You need to join Nordic Choice Club to earn points for paid stays.
I received an email from the head of Choice Privileges stating the inability to book reward nights at Nordic Choice Hotels is a temporary glitch in the new website redesign. They are working to fix this function. Choice Privileges members will still be able to use points for Nordic Choice Hotel stays in Scandinavia. This is far and above the best value for Choice Privileges points in my travels when hotel rates are often over $200 USD per night in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
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