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You can transfer Choice hotel points to Southwest and earn the Southwest Companion Pass.

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Your Choice hotel points can earn you a Southwest Companion Pass

 

Southwest Companion Pass

With the Southwest Companion Pass, you can bring a companion with you on any Southwest flight for free*.

*Your companion only pays the airport taxes and fees.

You have to earn 110,000 Southwest points in a calendar year to get a Southwest Companion Pass.

One of the quickest ways to earn the Companion Pass is by applying for two 50,000 points Southwest credit cards, completing the required minimum spending, and transferring hotel points (50,000 + 50,000 + 4,000 + 6,000 = 110,000).

Transfer hotel points and earn a Southwest Companion Pass

Transferred hotel points count towards earning the Southwest Companion Pass.

You can transfer the following hotel points to Southwest:

Choice

Choice hotel points transfer at a ratio of 6,000 Choice points to 1,800 Southwest points.

Club Carlson

Club Carlson hotel points transfer to Southwest as follows:

  • 2,000 Club Carlson Points = 200 Southwest Points
  • 50,000 Club Carlson Points = 5,000 Southwest Points
  • 100,000 Club Carlson Points = 10,000 Southwest Points

Hyatt

Hyatt hotel points transfer at a ratio of 2.5 Hyatt points to 1 Southwest point.

You have to transfer a minimum of 5,000 Hyatt points.  And transfers after 5,000 Hyatt points must occur in 1,250 point increments.  You get a bonus of 6,000 points when you transfer 50,000 Hyatt points.

Marriott

Marriott hotel points transfer to Southwest as follows:

  • 10,000 Marriott Points = 2,000 Southwest Points
  • 20,000 Marriott Points = 5,000 Southwest Points
  • 30,000 Marriott Points = 10,000 Southwest Points
  • 70,000 Marriott Points = 25,000 Southwest Points
  • 140,000 Marriott Points = 50,000 Southwest Points

Wyndham

Wyndham hotel points to Southwest as follows:

  • 6,000 Wyndham Points = 1,200 Southwest Points
  • 16,000 Wyndham Points = 3,200 Southwest Points
  • 30,000 Wyndham Points = 6,000 Southwest Points

You get more Southwest points for fewer hotel points when you transfer Choice hotel points to Southwest.

Buy Choice hotel points for less

If you don’t have any Choice hotel points, you can buy Choice hotel points for cheap.

You can buy Choice hotel points for $11 per 1,000 points, buy discounted point through the Daily Getaways, or get a 50% point bonus during sales.

How to transfer Choice hotel points to earn a Southwest Companion Pass

3 Easy steps to transfer Choice hotel points to Southwest

1.  Sign into your Choice account and click on “Redeem Points”

From the list on the left side of your screen, click on “Redeem points.”

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Redeem your Choice hotel points for Southwest points

 

2.  Scroll down to Airline Rewards and click on “View Options”

Scroll down the various options to redeem your Choice hotel points until you reach the Airline Rewards square, click on “View Options.”

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Choose airline rewards

Click on “Redeem” in the Southwest rectangle.

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Redeem 6,000 Choice points for 1,800 Southwest points

 

3.  Choose the amount of Choice hotel points you want to transfer and click “Redeem Points”

Select how many Choice hotel points you want to transfer and click “Redeem Points.”

6,000 Choice hotel points transfer to 1,800 Southwest points.

You can transfer a maximum of 150,000 Choice hotels points for 45,000 Southwest points at one time.

Transferring three sets of Choice hotel points (18,000) will get you 5,400 Southwest points.

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Transferring Choice hotel points are a quick way to get Southwest points

Enter your Southwest account number.  (must have 14 digits)

If you’ve had your Southwest account for a long time, you may have to add several zeros before your Southwest account number to get to 14 digits.

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Add your Rapid Rewards number to confirm the transfer

You’ll be given a confirmation number.

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Confirmation of point transfer

After 9 days, you’ll see the points posted to your Southwest account.

Choice hotels points count towards Southwest Companion Pass

Points post in 9 days

Have you transferred Choice hotel points to Southwest?

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Jp

Saturday 16th of July 2016

Hi, Debra, I just reviewed your page, but since it is dated Nov 2014, do you know if the rules are still the same? I have read from MMS that this reader - "Rachelle | January 18, 2016 at 5:58 pm | I called SW, and they told me that bonuses from any of their partners do not count toward the companion pass"

Would you happen to have any updated transfering information?

thanks for your time.

Debra Schroeder

Tuesday 19th of July 2016

Hi Jp,

Transfers from partners do count.

In the comment your referenced, transfers are not the same thing as bonus promotion offers.

Working on a blog post to explain in detail and give examples.

Janice Moyer

Tuesday 1st of December 2015

Does Choice still allow one to exchange Choice hotel points for Southwest miles? I logged into www.choicehotels.com, but Southwest isn't listed.

Debra Schroeder

Wednesday 9th of December 2015

Hi Janice,

You can still transfer Choice hotel points to Southwest. With their new website, you have to call. But they hope to bring back the online transfer feature soon.

https://www.travelingwellforless.com/2015/12/09/choice-stopped-allowing-southwest-transfers/

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