Choice Hotels are Underrated with Carissa from @justplanepoints | Ep 197

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Today, I'm chatting with Carissa, a veteran who travels the world while talking about points and miles.

In this episode we discuss why the Choice hotel program is underrated, the best ways to transfer points for stays at Choice hotels, how living at an all-inclusive hotel could be more affordable than your rent, and so much more!

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Timestamps: 
00:00 - Get to know Carissa
04:15 - When Carissa got into Choice hotels
08:30 - Ideal scenarios for Choice hotels
09:52 - Best use of Citi points
14:40 - Amazing styles of Choice hotels
19:20 - Choice privileges and Citi points
22:11 - Cheaper to live overseas in hotels than in America
25:35 - Avoiding status FOMO
28:12 - Rio problems
29:15 - Does Choice have partners
34:09 - Beginners should avoid this
35:30 - Easy vs hard bookings
36:17 - Useful tools
37:24 - Fantom availability
38:11 - Don’t make this mistake
40:38 - Roame.travel
42:00 - Outro

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