Update 08/26/18: La Quinta properties are now showing up when you do searches on the Wyndham website. It’s not possible to book these properties online yet, they are marked as ‘coming soon’. Coming soon actually means in 2019, so not that soon unfortunately. Hat tip to reader Abey
Update: You can now transfer status & points between the two programs. Status is as follows:
- Wyndham Gold = La Quinta Gold
- Wyndham Platinum, Diamond = La Quinta Elite
- La Quinta Elite = Wyndham Platinum
When converting points the ratio is 1:1 and names must match unfortunately. No opportunity to get orphaned points out of La Quinta accounts.
Wyndham has announced that it will acquire La Quinta Holdings hotel operations for $1.95 billion. This will add another 900 hotel properties to Wyndham’s collection. La Quinta will spin off it’s real estate assets into real estate investment trust CorePoint Lodging Inc. After the acquisition Wynham will have 9,000+ properties spanning 21 different brands. As this is the initial announcement it isn’t clear how La Quinta’s loyalty program will be integrated into Wyndham. Wyndham has a simple rewards program where you can redeem 15,000 points for a free night at any Wyndham property. Given that most La Quinta properties are mid to lower tier, there likely won’t be a lot of value for Wyndham loyalty members on the redemption side (feel free to point out any expensive La Quinta properties in the comments). In August of 2017 the LaQuinta card issued by FNBO was discontinued and replaced with a 2% cash back card.
