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This is not your typical frequent mile on the air episode. This is a standalone segment we're calling coffee break.

Each coffee break segment will cover a single topic related to miles and points.

And each coffee break is limited to 20 minutes or your money back.

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Today we're talking about Greg's experience booking a preferred hotel with choice privileges

points. So we've talked a bunch about preferred hotels recently, both for the ability to book

them with choice privileges points and for the ability to book them with preferred hotel

points because both are transfer partners

of city. And so you can transfer your city thank you points one to two to choice privileges or one

to four to preferred hotels. And either way, you can book preferred hotels. We've talked about the

complexity of that, the various different ways, and sometimes it's better with one or the other.

And Greg is fresh off of a preferred

hotel stay that he booked with Choice Privileges Points. And I'm really, really curious to hear about

how this all went, because we've had a number of reports from readers, some good, some little shaky,

in terms of how it all played out. Not the hotels themselves. Of course, that's always going to vary.

But I'm talking about just the process of booking and having a reservation.

So I guess let's just kick it off by finding out, well, where'd you go?

Where'd you stay?

Yeah.

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