{"id":1324,"date":"2013-06-29T11:47:24","date_gmt":"2013-06-29T18:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/?p=1324"},"modified":"2013-06-29T11:47:24","modified_gmt":"2013-06-29T18:47:24","slug":"why-i-bought-80k-choice-hotel-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/2013\/06\/why-i-bought-80k-choice-hotel-points\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Bought 80k Choice Hotel Points"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am trying to go for the Southwest Companion pass this year and I was only able to apply for one card (biz version) since I already had the personal version. So that means I had to find a way to come up with the remaining 60k points within a few months. In hind site, I should have started earlier this year but oh well.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I came across MMS post on 10 ways to get extra points towards a <a href=\"http:\/\/millionmilesecrets.com\/2012\/01\/09\/southwest-companion\/\" target=\"_blank\">Companion Pass <\/a>and saw all the many great options. A few have to do with transferring hotel points to SWA which would count toward the pass.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily for me, the<a href=\"https:\/\/dailygetaways.ustravel.org\/Calendar.aspx?week=2\" target=\"_blank\"> Daily Getaways<\/a> this past Thurs was selling Choice hotel points. I could get 40k points for $150 with my Amex card. According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.choicehotels.com\/en\/choice-privileges\/gp\/airlinerewards\" target=\"_blank\">hotel website<\/a>, 6,000 Choice hotel points would convert to 1,800 SW Rapid Reward points.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2013\/06\/southwest.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1325 aligncenter\" alt=\"southwest\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2013\/06\/southwest.png\" width=\"313\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2013\/06\/southwest.png 313w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2013\/06\/southwest-300x133.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am serious about getting this Companion Pass so I stalked the Daily Getaways website, and right when the time came, I decided to buy 2 packages of 40k points. This total of 80k points would cost me $300 and would convert to 23,400 SW points. This cost I feel would be worth it since someone could fly with me for free for the remaining time in 2013 and all of 2014. This gets me a third of the way there. I guess I jumped on the gun when I posted that actually getting a <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/actually-getting-an-amex-daily-getaways-is-a-joke\/\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Getaways was a joke<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other ways I&#8217;m earning miles is going through their shopping portal whenever I shop and flying southwest for trips I am taking soon.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m also doing manufactured spending for free by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chase.com\/gift-cards\" target=\"_blank\">buying Chase gift cards<\/a> which will also earn me miles.<\/p>\n<p>Oh the things we will do for miles and points \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am trying to go for the Southwest Companion pass this year and I was only able to apply for one card (biz version) since&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[193,192,261],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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