Best Choice hotels for a free night
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Ranked from live Choice cash rates. A Choice Privileges free night costs a flat per-hotel points award — the price never moves by date, so the whole game is finding where that flat award buys the most expensive room. We rank by value per point (¢/pt): how much cash that flat award buys, typically, per point you spend.
34 trophy · 48 great. Top value right now: Comfort Hotel tom Kyle — a typical $518 night for 12k points.
See the best values ↓Top 82 Choice redemptions (34 trophy · 48 great)
More Choice hotels worth a free night
| # | Hotel | Award | ¢/pt | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Herno Gin Hotel, an Ascend Collection Hotel Härnösand, SE | 10k | 1.77¢/pt typical $177 | 4.6 |
| 14 | Quality Hotel Floro Floro, NO | 12k | 1.74¢/pt typical $209 | 4.2 |
| 15 | Comfort Inn & Suites Sombrero Adelaide, AU | 8k | 1.73¢/pt typical $138 | 4.5 |
| 16 | MainStay Suites Dover Dover, US | 15k | 1.73¢/pt typical $259 | 4.1 |
| 17 | Econo Lodge Whitehall near Michigan's Adventure Whitehall, US | 12k | 1.67¢/pt typical $200 | 4.0 |
| 18 | Quality Resort Parkhurst Parkhurst, AU | 8k | 1.65¢/pt typical $132 | 4.8 |
| 19 | Comfort Hotel Nagoya Fushimi Nagoya City, JP | 8k | 1.61¢/pt typical $129 | 4.1 |
| 20 | Grand Harbor Resort Dubuque, US | 10k | 1.61¢/pt typical $161 | 4.6 |
| 21 | Comfort Inn & Suites Karratha Karratha, AU | 16k | 1.60¢/pt typical $256 | 4.2 |
| 22 | Comfort Inn Heritage Wagga Wagga Wagga, AU | 8k | 1.58¢/pt typical $126 | 4.2 |
| 23 | Comfort Inn & Suites Myrtle Beach Oceanfront Myrtle Beach, US | 12k | 1.57¢/pt typical $188 | 4.5 |
| 24 | MainStay Suites Durango Durango, US | 20k | 1.53¢/pt typical $306 | 4.4 |
| 25 | Comfort Hotel Hiroshima Otemachi Hiroshima, JP | 8k | 1.50¢/pt typical $120 | 4.0 |
| 26 | Comfort Hotel Kyoto Horikawagojo Kyoto City, JP | 15k | 1.50¢/pt typical $225 | 4.0 |
| 27 | Quality Hotel Robertson Gardens Brisbane, AU | 8k | 1.49¢/pt typical $119 | 4.1 |
| 28 | Comfort Hotel Toyokawa Toyokawa, JP | 8k | 1.48¢/pt typical $118 | 4.0 |
| 29 | Comfort Inn Nagoya Sakae Nagoya, JP | 8k | 1.48¢/pt typical $118 | 4.0 |
| 30 | Clarion Suites Guatemala City Guatemala City, GT | 15k | 1.47¢/pt typical $220 | 4.3 |
| 31 | Clarion Congress Hotel Prague Prague 9, Vysocany, CZ | 12k | 1.46¢/pt typical $175 | 4.2 |
| 32 | Comfort Hotel Toyohashi Toyohashi, JP | 8k | 1.46¢/pt typical $117 | 4.1 |
| 33 | Ice Hotel, an Ascend Collection Hotel Kiruna, SE | 20k | 1.46¢/pt typical $292 | 4.4 |
| 34 | Hotel Aquarius Venice, an Ascend Collection Hotel Venice, IT | 20k | 1.45¢/pt typical $289 | 4.7 |
| 35 | Quality Hotel Prinsen Trondheim, NO | 12k | 1.44¢/pt typical $172 | 4.0 |
| 36 | Comfort Hotel Olomouc Centre Olomouc, CZ | 8k | 1.42¢/pt typical $114 | 4.2 |
| 37 | Comfort Suites Clubarham Golf Resort Barham, AU | 12k | 1.42¢/pt typical $170 | 4.4 |
| 38 | Clarion Congress Hotel Olomouc Olomouc, CZ | 8k | 1.41¢/pt typical $113 | 4.3 |
| 39 | Econo Lodge Williston Williston, US | 8k | 1.40¢/pt typical $112 | 5.0 |
| 40 | Cambria Hotel Traverse City Traverse City, US | 12k | 1.39¢/pt typical $167 | 4.7 |
| 41 | Clarion Hotel Sense Lulea, SE | 12k | 1.39¢/pt typical $167 | 4.4 |
| 42 | Clarion Hotel Tyholmen Arendal Arendal, NO | 12k | 1.39¢/pt typical $167 | 4.2 |
| 43 | Comfort Inn Benalla Benalla, AU | 8k | 1.39¢/pt typical $111 | 4.5 |
| 44 | Riddergaarden Mountain Lodge, an Ascend Collection Hotel Beitostolen, NO | 15k | 1.39¢/pt typical $208 | 4.6 |
| 45 | Comfort Inn Regal Park North Adelaide, AU | 8k | 1.38¢/pt typical $110 | 4.0 |
| 46 | Quality Hotel Bordeaux Centre Bordeaux, FR | 12k | 1.37¢/pt typical $165 | 4.4 |
| 47 | Comfort Hotel Hamamatsu Hamamatsu, JP | 8k | 1.36¢/pt typical $109 | 4.0 |
| 48 | Hotel Odeon, an Ascend Collection Hotel Odense, DK | 15k | 1.36¢/pt typical $204 | 4.1 |
| 49 | Quality Inn Swan Hill Swan Hill, AU | 8k | 1.36¢/pt typical $108 | 4.3 |
| 50 | Rodeway Inn Adelanto US 395 Adelanto, US | 8k | 1.36¢/pt typical $109 | 4.4 |
| 51 | Quality Hotel Ramsalt Bodo, NO | 12k | 1.35¢/pt typical $162 | 4.8 |
| 52 | Comfort Inn Lady Augusta Swan Hill, AU | 8k | 1.34¢/pt typical $107 | 4.5 |
| 53 | Comfort Inn Grammar View Toowoomba, AU | 8k | 1.32¢/pt typical $106 | 4.3 |
| 54 | Comfort Inn Whyalla Whyalla, AU | 8k | 1.30¢/pt typical $104 | 4.1 |
| 55 | Quality Hotel Jundiai Jundiai, BR | 8k | 1.30¢/pt typical $104 | 4.3 |
| 56 | Quality Hotel River Station Drammen, NO | 12k | 1.30¢/pt typical $156 | 4.0 |
| 57 | Clarion Congress Hotel Usti nad Labem Usti nad Labem, CZ | 8k | 1.29¢/pt typical $104 | 4.0 |
| 58 | Comfort Inn Glenfield Toowoomba, AU | 8k | 1.29¢/pt typical $103 | 4.0 |
| 59 | Clarion Congress Hotel Brno Brno-střed-Trnitá, CZ | 15k | 1.28¢/pt typical $193 | 5.0 |
| 60 | Econo Lodge Alabaster Cowra, AU | 8k | 1.27¢/pt typical $102 | 4.6 |
| 61 | Comfort Hotel Kushiro Kushiro, JP | 8k | 1.25¢/pt typical $100 | 4.1 |
| 62 | Comfort Hotel Niigata Niigata, JP | 8k | 1.24¢/pt typical $99 | 4.0 |
| 63 | Hotel Woodstock, an Ascend Collection Hotel Ennis, IE | 12k | 1.24¢/pt typical $148 | 4.3 |
| 64 | THE THIEF, an Ascend Collection Hotel Oslo, NO | 35k | 1.24¢/pt typical $434 | 4.6 |
| 65 | Clarion Congress Hotel Ostrava Ostrava, CZ | 10k | 1.23¢/pt typical $123 | 4.1 |
| 66 | Econo Lodge Inn & Suites Yankton Yankton, US | 12k | 1.23¢/pt typical $148 | 4.0 |
| 67 | Clarion Hotel Sundsvall Sundsvall, SE | 12k | 1.22¢/pt typical $147 | 4.2 |
| 68 | Comfort Inn Gateway Tamworth Tamworth, AU | 8k | 1.22¢/pt typical $98 | 4.2 |
| 69 | Home Hotel Norre Park Halmstad, SE | 12k | 1.22¢/pt typical $147 | 4.0 |
| 70 | Park Plaza Resort - Park City, an Ascend Collection Hotel Park City, US | 15k | 1.22¢/pt typical $184 | 4.1 |
| 71 | Quality Hotel Ostrava City Ostrava, CZ | 10k | 1.22¢/pt typical $122 | 4.3 |
| 72 | Quality Hotel The Box Linkoping, SE | 12k | 1.22¢/pt typical $147 | 4.1 |
| 73 | Comfort Inn & Suites Augusta Westside Port Augusta, AU | 8k | 1.21¢/pt typical $97 | 4.1 |
| 74 | Clarion Congress Hotel Bratislava Bratislava, SK | 10k | 1.20¢/pt typical $120 | 4.4 |
| 75 | Comfort Hotel Miyazaki Miyazaki, JP | 8k | 1.20¢/pt typical $96 | 4.0 |
| 76 | Comfort Suites Londrina Londrina, BR | 8k | 1.18¢/pt typical $95 | 4.2 |
| 77 | Hobo Oslo, an Ascend Collection Hotel Oslo, NO | 15k | 1.18¢/pt typical $177 | 4.3 |
| 78 | Home Hotel Plaza Karlstad, SE | 12k | 1.18¢/pt typical $141 | 4.0 |
| 79 | Comfort Hotel Akita Akita, JP | 8k | 1.16¢/pt typical $93 | 4.0 |
| 80 | Comfort Hotel Kista Kista, SE | 12k | 1.15¢/pt typical $139 | 4.0 |
| 81 | Comfort Hotel Kure Kure, JP | 8k | 1.15¢/pt typical $92 | 4.0 |
| 82 | Comfort Hotel Toyama Toyama, JP | 8k | 1.15¢/pt typical $92 | 4.0 |
How we score it
Each hotel has one flat award (its standard points price). Across our forward scan we take the hotel’s median value per point — a night’s cash ÷ the flat award — over all priced future dates (≥20 nights), keep only TripAdvisor 4.0+ hotels, and rank highest ¢/pt first. We use the median, not a single best night, so the badge means a hotel is consistently good value (a best-night metric flags almost everything). Because Choice points are cheap and flat, what matters is efficiency — where that fixed award stretches furthest. A hotel counts as worthy when its median beats the ~0.7¢ the points cost you; 💎 great ≥ 1.15¢ · 🏆 trophy ≥ 1.45¢ — the top 30% and top 10% of worthy hotels. Upscale brands — Ascend, Cambria, Clarion, Radisson — in pricey markets top the list.
Choice awards are flat, so unlike a dynamic-points program there’s no “off-peak” points window — the lever is picking a hotel whose cash rate runs high while the award stays the same.
Good to know
- Choice awards are flat per hotel — the points price doesn’t move by date or demand — so there’s no “off-peak” points window; the lever is picking a hotel whose cash rate is high.
- Best on dynamic-cash brands (Ascend, Cambria, Clarion, Radisson) in high-cost markets, where a pricey room redeems for the same flat award.
- Values are the median night in our scan; your dates may differ. Confirm on choicehotels.com before booking.
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