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Choice Privileges offers an auction tool that allows you to redeem your points for various experiences, such as music and sporting events. Now is a great time to check it out — especially if you're in the mood for a little adventure. Choice Privileges Experiences has just expanded its catalog with new packages for concerts, weekend getaways, food tours, and racing events.
For example, you can currently bid as few as 30,000 points to get two 1-day Whiteface Mountain lift tickets and a 2-night hotel stay at the Cambria Lake Placid. And a modest amount of 10,000 points will allow you to brag about having dinner with Ross Chastain for at least a year.
Here's a look at using your Choice Privileges points for sports experiences.
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Choice Privileges Experiences Auction Overview
Choice Privileges Experiences auctions are subject to the following rules:
- To bid, you must log into your Choice Privileges account.
- You must have the required points in your account to bid.
- Bidding takes place in 100-point increments.
- You must maintain a points balance equal to or greater than your bid until either of the following:
- The auction is over, and you are the winning bidder.
- Another member places a successful higher bid.
- Members will not be notified when they are outbid and must monitor the bidding themselves.
- All bids must be entered manually by the bidder.
- If you are the first to bid, you can make an introductory bid subject to the minimum bidding requirements.
Click here to view the full terms and conditions.
Current Choice Privileges Experiences
At the time of writing, Choice Privileges is offering 7 adventure experiences for you to choose. You can use the offers any time before March 1 (with some exceptions for February 14). The racing events take place in February 2026.
Music City Escape
Grand Ole Opry + 2 Night Hotel Stay at Cambria Nashville Midtown
- Date: stay must occur before March 1, 2026
- Location: Nashville, Tennessee
- Bidding closes: January 22, 2026
- Current lowest bid: 40,000 points
- Package includes: 2 tickets to the Grand Ole Opry and a 2-night hotel stay at the Cambria Nashville Midtown
Asheville Brewery Experience
Brewery Tour + 2 Night Hotel Stay at Cambria Asheville
- Date: stay must occur before March 1, 2026
- Location: Asheville, North Carolina
- Bidding closes: January 22, 2026
- Current lowest bid: 30,000 points
- Package includes: 2 Asheville Original Brew Tour tickets and a 2-night hotel stay at the Cambria Asheville
Lakeside Resort Adventure
Lift tickets + 2 Night Hotel Stay at Cambria Lake Placid
- Date: any time in January or February, except the weekend of February 14, 2026
- Location: Lake Placid, New York
- Bidding closes: February 22, 2026
- Current lowest bid: 30,000 points
- Package includes: two 1-day Whiteface Mountain lift tickets and a 2-night hotel stay at the Cambria Lake Placid
VIP Dinner
Dinner with Ross Chastain
- Date: Thursday, January 29
- Time: 6pm
- Location: Charlotte, NC area
- Bidding closes: January 22, 2026
- Current lowest bid: 10,000 points
- Package includes: a dinner for two people (winner can bring a guest), a photo, and an autograph
- There are two identical packages (A and B).
Racing events
For racing events, each VIP package includes 2 passes, a tour of the Trackhouse Racing team transporter and pit road, a meet and greet with the pit crew and drivers, plus pre-race hospitality with food and drinks.
VIP Racing Experience at Winston Salem
- Date: February 1, 2026
- Location: Winston Salem, NC
- Bidding closes: January 22, 2026
- Current lowest bid: 40,000 points
- There are five identical packages available (A, B, C, D, and E).
VIP Racing Experience at Daytona
- Date: February 15, 2026
- Location: Daytona, FL
- Bidding closes: January 27, 2026
- Current lowest bid: 40,000 points
- There is one package available.
VIP Racing Experience at Atlanta
- Date: February 22, 2026
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Bidding closes: January 27, 2026
- Current lowest bid: 40,000 points
- There is one package available.
Boosting Your Choice Privileges Points Balance
If you're interested in bidding for an event but find yourself a few points short, you have a few options available. Choice Privileges is a transfer partner with four major flexible points currencies. Of these, the best options are transferring Citi ThankYou points or Wells Fargo Rewards, thanks to the excellent 1:2 transfer ratio.
One thing to keep in mind if you are a Choice Privileges fan is that Wells Fargo offers two Choice Privileges co-brand credit cards. These allow you to earn points for everyday spending. Also, Wells Fargo cardholders can transfer their points to Choice Privileges.
Rates & Fees
- 5x points on stays at participating Choice Hotels® properties plus on Choice Privileges point purchases
- 3x points on purchases at gas stations, grocery stores, home improvement stores and on phone plan services
- 1x points on other purchases
Rates & Fees
- 10x points on stays at participating Choice Hotels® properties plus on Choice Privileges point purchases
- 5x points on purchases at gas stations, grocery stores, home improvement stores, and on phone plan services
- 1x points on other purchases
Related: Do Choice Privileges Points Expire?
Our Take
Redeeming hotel points for experiences is gaining popularity as increasing numbers of brands get in on the act. While Choice is not the first to offer this option, it will not be the last brand to jump on the bandwagon.
Redeeming your Choice Privileges points for experience can provide excellent value. You often can't purchase these experiences directly, so it's hard to put a price on them — whether in cash or points.
That said, it’s easy to get caught up in the thrill of bidding. Be sure to crunch the numbers and bid based on what the experience is worth to you.
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