Wyndham Rewards Points

[Richardsdeals]

I saw an ad for "2,000 Wyndham Rewards Points" as an incentive to book at certain resorts and was curious:

1) What are Wyndham Rewards Points and how do they relate to Club Wyndham Points?

2) How do you earn points?

3) Is there any benefit to seeking to accumulate Rewards points to use with Club Wyndham Points?

Thanks,

Richard

 

[Rent_Share]

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[hjtug]

Sounds like points earned by using the Wyndham Rewards Credit Card. I don't believe they are usable to supplement Club Wyndham points. They can be used to book rental stays at Wyndham properties. They can be used to pay for Club Wyndham maintenance and program fees. There are better credit cards to use for that latter purpose.

 

[pacodemountainside]

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Try doing a search for lengthy discussion.

Compare to using extra points to pay HOA fee. You get $210 for 100K points that you pay say $550 for.

 

[Richardsdeals]

Sounds like points earned by using the Wyndham Rewards Credit Card. I don't believe they are usable to supplement Club Wyndham points. They can be used to book rental stays at Wyndham properties. They can be used to pay for Club Wyndham maintenance and program fees. There are better credit cards to use for that latter purpose.

Better cards? Which one(s)?

 

[spackler]

Well, you can simply get a Capitol One Quicksilver credit card that gives you 1.5% cash back on all purchases; no annual fee.

That's off the top of my head; there's probably even better cards out there.

 

[hjtug]

Better cards? Which one(s)?

One example is the Capitol One Venture Card which earns 2% credit on all charges. Credits can be spent on any charges that the card recognizes as travel expenses. Wyndham fees qualify. There is an annual fee but the card is still worth it if you charge enough.

 

[Ron2]

Unless you travel a lot and stay in Wyndham affiliated hotels, the Wyndham Rewards Card is not going to be your best deal. The standard Wyndham Rewards Card (no annual fee) provides 3 points for each dollar spent at their hotels (Wyndham Resorts maintenance fees not included) and 2 points for all other purchases. Translated into dollars, 2 points per dollar on a $100 purchase would yield 200 points which would give you 77 cents toward the purchase of a gift card. It requires 6500 points to buy a $25 gift card. On the other hand almost any other rewards card offers 1% cash back which would give you $1 back for a $100 purchase. Capital One’s Quicksilver (1.5% cash back) has no annual fee but the Venture Card (2% cash back) does. I had the Venture Card but converted it to the Quicksilver because of the annual fee. Another excellent card is Discover if you don’t mind dealing with their quarterly categories for purchases. Purchases within their designated categories gives you 5% credit toward purchase of gift cards among other items. They also discount some of their partner gift cards 5 to 10 percent. Currently I have my Wyndham maintenance fees auto paid using our Discover Card but on occasion switch it to Capital One or our GM MasterCard which provides 5% on all purchases which builds credit toward purchase of GM vehicles. If Wyndham Rewards would provide 3 points per dollar spent on Wyndham maintenance fees I would consider using their card but they don’t.

 

[geerlijd]

Citi has a no annual fee Double Cash card that gives 1% cash back on the purchase and another 1% cash back when you pay the bill making it a 2% cash back.

This is the best I've seen without an annual fee.

 

[hjtug]

Citi has a no annual fee Double Cash card that gives 1% cash back on the purchase and another 1% cash back when you pay the bill making it a 2% cash back.

This is the best I've seen without an annual fee.

Yes, this sounds great. A few years ago we had a Citi card that we liked but Citi reduced the amount of the rewards. At the time the Capitol One Venture seemed the best for us. We should consider the Citi Double Cash to save the $59 per year fee for the Venture Card.

We fly on Southwest Airlines frequently and also use the Southwest Rapid Rewards Card for certain purchases. It earns two "miles" per dollar charged on SW ticket and SW partner purchases. The last time I checked, each mile seems to be worth about 1.67 cents toward SW ticket purchases. There is an annual fee which is mitigated by an annual credit of a bunch of miles.

 

[NHTraveler]

We fly on Southwest Airlines frequently and also use the Southwest Rapid Rewards Card for certain purchases. It earns two "miles" per dollar charged on SW ticket and SW partner purchases. The last time I checked, each mile seems to be worth about 1.67 cents toward SW ticket purchases. There is an annual fee which is mitigated by an annual credit of a bunch of miles.

Same here. Once a year we (two of us) fly round trip from New Hampshire to Fort Lauderdale for free. Depending on the cost of the flights, sometimes we can squeeze another "half" trip in.

 

[am1]

United mileage club card gives 1.5 (real) miles per dollar spent. If you fly star alliance it is the best miles per dollar card. If you want more flexibility in transferring to other partners the starwood amex is best.

If you reach certain spending limits the status, annual bonus or companion ticket may put using that card ahead of the two I mentioned.