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Wyndham Rewards—the loyalty program of the largest hotel group in the world—just launched a new buy points promotion. Now through November 12, 2021, members can buy up to 45,000 Wyndham points with a 25% discount.
That cuts the cost to just 0.975¢ each. Considering the sheer scope of the program and this solid rate, this is definitely a sale worth considering.
A Note on Buying Points
We typically don't recommend buying points without a discount or a plan to use them. For most currencies, you're much better off building your stash for free through credit-card earnings and transfer partners.
There are a couple of exceptions, though. When you can buy miles at a deep discount, it can make sense to do so if you can book a lucrative award stay instead of paying for an expensive cash rate. Moreover, if you only need a few more points to complete that next, great redemption you're eyeing, purchasing points can be the quickest, simplest way. Just make sure you do the math ahead of time to ensure you're achieving a value you're comfortable with.
Buy Wyndham Points Offer Details
- This promotion is valid through November 12, 2021.
- Members who buy 5,000 or more Wyndham Rewards points will receive 25% discount
- The maximum number of points a member can purchase is 45,000 points per year.
- It may take up to 72 hours for purchased points to post to your account
- Points purchases do not count toward Wyndham elite status
- All transactions are final and non-refundable
Great Redemption Options
One of the great things about this promotion is that the 25% discount is available for virtually all purchase levels. This works out to 0.975¢ per point after the discount. But, let's use 1¢ each to make the math easier.
Wyndham Rewards offers free nights at three different price points: 7,500 points per night, 15,000 points per night, and 30,000 points per night. So, under the terms of this promotion, you can buy enough points for a free night at these hotels for just under $75, $150, and $300, respectively. To see if you're getting a good value, simply compare the cash rate with the price of purchasing enough points.
Let's take a look at some situations where buying Wyndham points could save you money compared to booking a stay with cash.
Take a TRYP to Jerusalem
Acquired by Wyndham in 2010, TRYP is a sleek hotel brand designed to channel the energies of the world's most exciting cities. With city-inspired designs, social lobby spaces, and modern amenities, these hotels may broaden your definition of a Wyndham property.
The TRYP by Wyndham Jerusalem Bat Sheva is a “boutique-like” hotel, located just over a mile away from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Like other TRYP properties, it provides modern touches like safes, flat-screen TVs, and free continental breakfast. The real star, however, is that rooftop bar (pictured above).
Cash prices often reach over $400 per night, so this property is a great place to use Wyndham Rewards points. With this promotion, you could buy the 15,000 points required for a night here for under $150.
Waste-Away in Waikiki
The Waikiki Marina Resort at the Ilikai is right in the heart of the most famed vacation destination in Hawaii. Located throwing distance from Waikiki's white sand, this all-suite property offers full kitchens and private lanais for every room.
Hawaii can be pretty pricy if you're paying with cash, and this property reflects that. Room rates average around $250 per night. Reward nights, however, only cost 15,000 points. That means you'd save over $100 per night by buying the points necessary instead of paying the cash rate.
Glamorous Getaway in Grand Cayman
If you live on the east coast, perhaps a better (closer) option to get your snorkeling fix is the world-class beaches of Grand Cayman. The Wyndham Reef Resort Grand Cayman is another all-suite property with three pools, oceanfront dining, and a poolside bar. Even better: it's all-inclusive!
As you'd expect, these amenities come at a hefty price. A four-night stay (the minimum stay length) in February next year costs over $1,800 after taxes and fees, averaging $450/night. Reward nights, on the other hand, require 30,000 points per night. Consequently, you could save more than $150 per night by buying the points instead.
Maximize Your Purchase
Unfortunately, Wyndham is another program that uses Points.com to process point purchases. This means that buying Wyndham Rewards points won't trigger a multiplier on cards with travel as a bonus category. That being the case, your best options are to use the purchase to meet a minimum spending requirement, or to use a card optimized for everyday spending. Here are a few of our favorite options:
- Chase Freedom Unlimited®
- The Blue Business® Plus Credit Card from American Express
- Citi® Double Cash Card
- Discover it® Miles
Other Ways to Earn Wyndham Rewards Points
In February 2020, Capital One added Wyndham Rewards as one of its transfer partners. Then, in April 2021, Capital One improved the transfer ratio to 1:1.
This means that cards earning Capital One Miles—like the Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card or the Capital One Spark Miles for Business—is a great way to top-off your Wyndham account. At the improved 1:1 transfer ratio, Wyndham award nights cost between 7,500 and 30,000 Capital One Miles.
That means you can get 8 days worth of free nights from the current 60,000-mile signup bonus on the Capital One Venture:
- Earn 60,000 Miles once you spend $3,000 on purchases within 3 months from account opening; worth $600 in travel if redeemed for a fixed-value, or potentially much more when transferred to airline partners
- 2 Miles on every purchase
- Fee credit for Global Entry or TSA Pre✔® (up to $100)
- No foreign transaction fees
- $95 annual fee
- 2 Miles per dollar on every purchase, every day.
If you happen to be a Wyndham fanatic, you may want to consider signing up for a Wyndham co-branded credit card. Barclays partners with the hotel brand to offer two consumer products.
| Card Name | Annual Fee | Benefits |
|---|---|---|
| Wyndham Rewards® Earner℠ Plus Card | $75 | • Earn up to 90,000 Bonus Points. Earn 60,000 bonus points after spending $1,000 on purchases in the first 90 days, plus earn an additional 30,000 bonus points after spending a total of $2,000 in the first 6 months. • Complimentary Gold status • 6X points on Hotels By Wyndham and gas purchases • 4x points on eligible dining and grocery purchases (excluding Target® and Walmart®) • 1 point per dollar on all other purchases (excluding Wyndham timeshare down payments) |
| Wyndham Rewards® Earner℠ Card | $0 | • Earn up to 60,000 Bonus Points. Earn 45,000 bonus points after spending $1,000 on purchases in the first 90 days, plus earn an additional 15,000 bonus points after spending a total of $2,000 in the first 6 months. • Complimentary Platinum status • 5X points on Hotels By Wyndham and gas purchases • 2x points on eligible dining and grocery purchases (excluding Target® and Walmart®) • 1 point per dollar on all other purchases (excluding Wyndham timeshare down payments) |
Besides the initial sign-up bonus, the major difference between the two cards is the increased return on spending for the premium card, plus a higher elite status tier. For many, the no-fee version will make the most sense for the long term. If you value Wyndham points at one cent each, you'd have to spend thousands more with the premium card each year to come out ahead on the $75 annual fee.
Bottom Line
Wyndham's loyalty program doesn't always get the credit it's due. With a large footprint, and plenty of award sweet spots, you might be surprised at the value it can present.
We always stress that buying points generally should be your last option. But, at the rock-bottom price of 0.975¢ per point, there are lots of places where you can beat the cash price with a reward stay.
Are you buying Wyndham points at under 1¢ each?
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I realized there’s advantage to buy points for certain stays. Thanks for letting us know. It usually doesn’t pay back, while converting points/miles either to stays or flights.
Some of the wyndham properties look nice and under 1 cent is not a bad redemption rate!
Wyndham has some nice properties but overall I dont really go to those places. The points might be cheap but it still a losing proposition to just buy and keep the points.
Wyndham is an often overlooked, but potentially valuable hotel points program with a surprising number of high end properties (don’t forget the Bonnet Creek resort in the heart of Disneyworld) if you know where to look.
Agreed, the only downside was the move to 3 tiers. We always knew 15,000 points was too good to be true for high end properties.
Pretty good deal for this third grade hotel chain
For me the value is in the all-inclusives. I know many don’t care for them, but the value to me to relax and enjoy almost all free items is worth it.
I’m not. I had terrible experience with recent redemption. I remember the time, whenever it was worth purchasing them to book a stay in Europe. Unfortunately, these times are definitely over.
Wyndham is a good hotel network. I will definitely try this. Thanks
Wyndham gets knocked for their low level properties (often rightfully so), but there is value in the portfolio if you look. I wouldn’t buy the points, but it’s not the worst thing in the world.
I fully agree, there are some nice spots with a good redemption value.
Of course is not for people who look for luxury hotels and/or resorts.
Again buy only if you have use for the points immediately. Loyalty programs have been known to devalue without giving notice making your purchase expensive instead of a bargain.
I haven’t paid much attention to Wyndham properties but some in this article look enticing. Thanks!
Interesting that so many hotel chains are offering bonus promotions now.
I appreciate they are generally not so popular however I’m a big fan of Wyndham points
Have never stayed at a wyndham property and a 25% points bonus won’t help change that1
I don’t find a 25% bonus very enticing, hotels should do better.
I checked my account and it seems for me it showed that i needed to purchase atleast 4000 points in order to get 40% bonus so it seems like the min threshold for the bonus points might be different for others
Quite good promo especially for the people having some stays in the future.
Some hotels could have a good value. The selection you mention in the article is a good example.
Excellent post
Wyndham is one of my favorite hotel chains. For now I only have a Gold category, but we are going for more trips in 2021…
Will any of your travels be “international”?
Those properties are enticing! I’m not planning to travel anytime soon, but I registered for the promo just in case; thank you for the heads up.
As a Wyndham Rewards member, I think this offer sounds really good to book a couple of expensive hotels.
I will not be buying any Wyndham points at this time. The only points I have bought in the past year were IHG points. With the IHG® premier credit card giving the fourth night free on awards stays I found that benefit very beneficial to me.
Ditto here on the IHG points! However, different travelers have different styles. So, we wanted to point out where this promo might make sense.
Wish I knew what this year will hold with travel. Due to Covid it prevents me from purchasing points. Sad!
That All inclusive in the Caymans is enticing. I’m sure it’s not easy to find availability for points stays. Sometimes the locations I work make a Wyndham the best choice, so I’ll continue to earn the points in that manner. That being said, the hard expiration of their points makes it difficult to hoard them over time. I might take the advice of another poster and try one of their timeshare presentations: If you are good at points and miles, you can politely keep asking them “How will this be better than what I already do? Since it won’t, at some point they will give up on you!” It is a great feeling to have them admit that they can’t add anything to your travel strategy and invite you to leave (with the reward, of course)
Wyndham points are only worth about .5c each.
It all depends on your travel style! Agreed that the value may be as low as 0.5 cents if you’re having to redeem 15k for a crummy roadside hotel. But, they can also be a lot more valuable!
Nonsense Steve! I just redeemed 81k points for 6 nights at a Vacasa property for a ski trip next March. Worked out to 3.3 cents per point.
I would consider that value the floor value, not the value that you can get with the right planning and depending on your vacation plans.
Good promo.
The Whyndham Rewards programme is also quite good anyway the hard expiration of points after 4 years is annoying.
The weak expiry policy makes this promotion useless to someone who does not stay at Wyndham hotels often. Would only make sense if there was a specific reward redemption in mind.
The expiration policy is very quirky; I always wonder why.
I agree with the fact that there could be very nice opportunities for some hotels when use points instead of cash.
In my opinion what it’s bad about this programme it’s the “hard” expiration of points after 4 years.
In case of problems, points simply expire.
The absolute expiration date clause is shockingly rare among the US loyalty programs.
Nice to see this offer, but still a rough time to stay at hotels. Good offer to top up an account or to keep it active though.
These are one of the cheapest points for buying that I have ever seen
Remember that cash rates can also be low now too.
Looks like a good value to buy Wyndham points at this time of the year. There is always more value to be had than just one cent each.
There are not really a lot of aspirational properties with wyndham that I really like so I will give this a pass.
Are these hotels also in Europe?
Points.com has become more a payment processor than rewards exchange / conversion website.
Oh look, another points sale. With so many sales, these companies really need to stand out and offer something groundbreaking.
I have decided to not buy any points as I have some points expiring.
Actually, I had a reservation for the Tryp hotel in Jerusalem which I had to cancel because of Covid-19.
When I did the booking the redemption was even more exceptional: only 7500 per night!
Now they ask 15000 points per night.
It would be nice to find out how a stay at the Jerusalem property is like.
Don’t want to buy point in advance. I can’t go to anywhere as COVID-19.
Does anyone know if there will be a Daily Getaway from US Travel Association this year? This usually was the annual event to buy points cheap from various airlines&hotels programs.
Thanks.
When the program was delayed in April, word was that the program would still happen sometime in the fall. But I haven’t heard or seen anything since. We will let you know if we do!
In a word, staying at Waste Away in Waikiki with points through this promotion is 20 cheaper than actually paying for the stay. Do buy the points with your “new” Marriott Bonvoy card to earn the sign-up bonus too.
When you put it that way, it’s incredible value!
Seeing those photos of paradisiacal beaches and resorts when you have been home for more than four months is almost a crime. I want to travel again now!
If you’re planning a stay at the Wyndham could be a better deal than paying cash- otherwise, I’d rather not
I do agree with you. If you really want a specific Wymdham hotel due to its location, amenities or something special, it is a good idea. If not, you will probably find another hotel o resort for a cheaper price. So it really depends on your needs and if you have to stick to Wyndham or can go anywhere else.
This is a good strategy to travel, currently, combined with the promotions of the world’s airlines, travel can be cheaper.
Good information!
There are several Wyndhams on Waikiki. It’s almost impossible to ever get one on points. Waikiki is one of the few spots that hasn’t upped the reward price to 30K…..yet.
It’s easy to get 45K points on the credit card and most of us get plenty of Wyndham points on their timeshare presentations. 30-45K a pop. I’ve said “no” 3 times for 135K pts. total.