Choice Privileges Pros and Cons | Coffee Break Ep95 | 3-3-26

Choice Privileges is a hotel chain with brands like Clarion, Comfort Inn, Quality Inn, Radisson Americas etc. In today's podcast, we'll talk about the pros and cons of this program.

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Choice Privileges Pros and Cons

Pros / items of interest...

(01:37) - Earn elite status through credit card spend thanks to an update in early 2026.

(05:59) - (Somewhat) fixed award chart

(07:16) - Ability to book premium rooms with points sometimes

(09:53) - Preferred Hotels partnership

Learn more about this partnership here

(11:53) - Transfer 1:2 from Citi or Wells Fargo

(12:31) - Buy points for around .7cpp during sales

(13:14) - Titanium Travel Award: 50% off award stay up to 7 nights

Cons...

(16:23) - Not much elite benefit. Breakfast at Diamond, Titanium Travel Award at Titanium.

(17:10) - Points expire after 18 months of inactivity

(17:37) - Fewer aspirational properties (apart from Preferred Hotels, and even that experience is complicated)

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