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Is Wyndham a legit first tier hotel program? | Ep98 | 5-15-21

Frequent Miler on the Air

Frequent Miler

Aviation, Society & Culture, Leisure, Places & Travel

4.9638 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

00:43 Giant Mailbag: Wyndham is great! No, Wyndham stinks! Or maybe it's all the same feedback....

5:28 What crazy thing....did Days Inn do this week?

https://frequentmiler.com/days-inn-offering-10k-to-atay-at-the-best-days-inn-properties-write-about-it/

10:22 What crazy thing did....Wyndham Rewards do this week?

14:57 Mattress Running the Numbers: Best Western offers 5K per night for 1-3 nights. Is it worth it?

https://frequentmiler.com/best-western-earn-5k-points-per-night-for-3-nights-or-20-gift-card-per-night-for-5-nights-then-5k-points-per-5-nights/

20:48 Main Event: Is Wyndham a legit first-tier program?

https://frequentmiler.com/which-hotel-loyalty-program-is-most-rewarding-on-paid-stays/

https://frequentmiler.com/what-are-wyndham-points-worth/

Credit cards: https://frequentmiler.com/WyndhamEarnerBiz/#Goto https://frequentmiler.com/WyndhamEarnerPlus/#Goto https://frequentmiler.com/WyndhamEarner/#Goto

42:30 Post Roast https://frequentmiler.com/gregs-wrong-the-choice-privileges-visa-is-totally-worth-a-look-right-now/

46:12 Question of the Week: Is the Hyatt or Hilton card better for hotel spend? https://frequentmiler.com/ask-us-anything/#comment-2318621

https://frequentmiler.com/the-under-valued-hilton-surpass-card-why-this-offer-is-better-than-it-looks/

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0:00.0

This is a Voyescape podcast. You can find all of our travel podcasts from around the world at voyescape.com.

0:12.2

Frequent Miller on the air starts now.

0:19.3

Today's main event is Wyndham a legit first-tier hotel program.

0:25.6

Hmm. Hmm. Good question. Good question. Things are changing. The times they are a change in

0:29.8

Greg. Things are changed. I can't even believe we're asking this question. I mean, a year ago.

0:34.2

Nobody would have asked like. It would have asked it. It would have been like shortest show ever what crazy thing did

0:39.1

Greg and Nick do this week they suggested that maybe Windham was worth thinking about right

0:43.2

that's probably what it would have been but yeah now today we're going to talk about it are they

0:46.8

legit yeah there's a lot of good things happening on the Windham side so okay let's drag out the

0:52.7

giant mailbag first.

0:58.7

And today I have it digitally because I'm not set out with a printer.

1:11.4

Two pieces of feedback came from my post on the value of Wyndham points where I redid the point valuations.

1:15.1

And first, Pam says,

1:20.6

Wyndham is a distinct two-tiered company, unlike any of the other major brands.

1:23.9

I know you were considering Wyndham as a whole, which is fair,

1:28.6

but I doubt I'll ever use my Wyndham rewards on a travel lodge or super eight.

1:35.7

Wyndham Grand, Dulce, trademark collection, and timeshare resorts consistently earned well over one cent per point. I think she meant redeemed for better than that. I am top tier with

1:42.0

Hyatt, Hylton, and Marriott, but Wyndham gives me the best bang for my buck.

1:47.0

All right. And then, wait, there's more. Okay, there's more. All right. Read a little bit from

1:50.9

Steaver, STVR, who said, among other things, I truly don't associate Wyndham with Chicago, Denver,

1:58.3

Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, and Seattle.

2:05.1

Now, that was the collection of cities I looked in to do the point valuations.

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