#2 Among Hotels
Point Value
1.00 ¢
Hobby Score
5.7
Wyndham is towards the bottom of our hotel points list. It’s not a good utility point system to just hold points.
There are several ways to earn Wyndham points. The easiest are by staying at Wyndham properties or opening one of their co-branded credit cards. Wyndham is also a transfer partner with Capital One and Citi, so points earned with those systems can be transferred for hotel stays.
Wyndham has three co-branded cards from Barclays: two personal cards and one business card. You can find details on which cards we recommend below.
Special Offers Related to Wyndham Rewards. Click the arrow to see more.
1. Wyndham Rewards Earner Card - 45,000 Points - Spend $1000 in 3 months - $0 Annual fee.
2. Wyndham Rewards Earner Plus Card - 60,000 Points - Spend $1000 in 3 months - $75 Annual fee.
3. Wyndham Rewards Earner Business Card - 75,000 Points - Spend $2000 in 3 months - $95 Annual fee
- IHG extends anniversary night certificates until 12/2022 & Elite Status until 02/2023.
- Citi Thank You Rewards adding Wyndham as a transfer partner.
- Expiration of AAdvantage Miles paused until 3/31/2022.
- Earn Flying Blue Elite Status twice as fast through June 2022.
- New Northeast Alliance allows you to earn AA points and JetBlue points while traveling on all flights operated by the 2 airlines.
- Wyndham gives you a chance to earn 6,500 bonus points up to 3x/year. Sign up, register & book by September 6, 2021.
The most valuable way to use your Wyndham Rewards is to redeem them for stays at Wyndham properties. Wyndham keeps things simple with three award tiers: 7500, 15,000, or 30,000 points per night. If you hold a Wyndham Earner card, you’ll receive a 10% discount on all award stays, bringing redemptions down to 6750, 13,500, or 27,000 points. More than half of their properties fall into the lowest tier, including a few all-inclusive resorts.
You can also stretch your points further with a points+cash “Go Fast” redemption, which allows you to pay part of the rate in cash and part in points.
Discover your points' highest-value redemption options. Use the filters to find the optimal sweet spot for your next trip.
You can see the cash price for two months at a time. Perform a search (using cash), then click on the "price calendar" dropdown for each property after it displays a price. Use the dates that have cash availability to search by points redemptions.
There are Wyndham properties that charge the same amount for all rooms, suites included. We’ve found rooms all at the 7500 point price point at the same property, with cash prices ranging from $125-$400! Get a suite at the upper range and you’ll earn over 5¢/point
Wyndham Rewards is best for travelers who stay at budget and mid-tier hotels. While Wyndham properties can work for a full vacation, the program shines for one-off stays on road trips or overnight stops on longer drives. With Wyndham’s large footprint, finding a property to redeem points at is usually easy.
The simple award structure is another major perk. Knowing a hotel will cost 7,500, 15,000, or 30,000 points per night is far easier than dealing with dynamic pricing systems that swing from 6,000 to 45,000 points. One downside with Wyndham is that it lacks true luxury brands.
There are four levels of elite status with Wyndham Rewards. Blue is the entry tier you receive for signing up. Benefits include:
All higher tiers must be earned by completing a required number of qualifying nights or by opening one of Wyndham’s co-branded credit cards.
Here are the elite status levels for Wyndham Rewards, what it takes to reach each level, and the benefits and perks for each
Even if you hold one of the two Wyndham cards with an annual fee, you can still get solid value as long as you stay at a Wyndham property at least once per year. The anniversary points and complimentary status on the Earner Plus and Business cards generally justify their $75 and $95 annual fees. Regardless of whether you keep a card, your points will expire three years after they are earned. You will also forfeit your points if you have no account activity for 18 months.
