We’ve used CLC for a few years and had some pretty good experiences. No mystery charges, no other shenanigans, and we saved a ton of money. Recently though, we’ve run into problems with getting substandard rooms. Two of the last four times we’ve used the card the rooms were outright nightmares. I don’t know if the hotels are handing out the worst rooms to CLC members or if we’ve just had bad luck, but it is something to consider.
The OOIDA program mentioned by a previous poster might be the “Wyndham Rewards" program(https://www.wyndhamrewards.com/trec/consumer/home.). We’ve used that as well, but CLC seems to save us more money.
I like Bigmon’s idea of just working a deal with them. Makes sense if you can get to talk to somebody who has the power to play “Let’s Make a Deal.”