Choice Hotels is once again offering members a gas card with stays. Stay two times at any Choice Hotels property with arrival between March 3 and May 4, 2011, and you can get a $50 gas card with the 8,000 points you’ll earn. Book at choicehotels.com or 800-4CHOICE to qualify with qualifying rates.

For Econo Lodge, Rodeway Inn, Suburban Extended Stay Hotel, or MainStay Suites hotels, a stay is defined as two or more consecutive nights at one hotel regardless of check-ins or checkouts. For Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Sleep Inn, Clarion, Cambria Suites or Ascend Collection hotels, a stay is defined as any number of consecutive nights at one hotel regardless of check-ins or checkouts at any property included in the Choice Privileges program.

Elite members can earn up to five gas cards with this promotion, while other members can earn up to two.

Another Choice Privileges promotion is offering double points in the new Southwest Rapid Rewards program. Rapid Rewards members who stay at Choice Hotels will now be earning 600 points per stay instead of 0.5 credit. And for every qualifying stay between March 1 and April 13, 2011 you’ll earn double points at participating Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Sleep Inn, Clarion, Cambria Suites and Ascend Collection hotels in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Middle East, Mexico, Central America, Australasia and the Caribbean.