Elwing, Earendil, Elros, Elrond, and Elrond's children when he went to Aman, had a choice.
No other of the (albeit few, legendary) elf-man unions had a choice.
The reasons an exception was made for Elwing/Earendil/offspring are as follows:
--They set foot in the Undying Lands.
--Elwing was decended from a Maia.
--Earendil's mother was a High Elf who had been born and dwelt in Valinor.
HoME IV & V give one a greater appreciation of Idril and Melian, compared to what is found in the published Silmarillion, and why their decendants warranted favor.
The above are very special and unique factors, and they seem to provide ample grounds for the Valar to have made an exception in that case, if no other.
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The hoes unrecked in the fields were flung, __ and fallen ladders in the long grass lay __ of the lush orchards; every tree there turned __ its tangled head and eyed them secretly, __ and the ears listened of the nodding grasses; __ though noontide glowed on land and leaf, __ their limbs were chilled.
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