Starwood's Q3 promo has been announced - and it's both great, and very disappointing.

[Febs]

Great, because you can earn up to triple points (if your stay includes a Thurs or Sun, double points otherwise), but very disappointing because of the huge list of non-participating properties, which includes:

AUSTRALIA
Four Points by Sheraton Sydney, Darling Harbour
Sheraton on the Park
The Westin Melbourne
The Westin Sydney

https://www.spgpromos.com/triple/

Cheers,
- Febs.

 

[drron]

Re: Starwood's Q3 promo has been announced - and it's both great, and very disappoint

I am going to make a motza of points on this one even though my 4 points and Westin sydney stays will not count.
Yet in true points junkie fashion I am still disappointed.Am coming up 4 nights short of requalifying Plat due to Westin auckland leaving SPG so was hoping for a double stay/nights promo.
So have had to bite the bullet and have arranged our mattress run!

 

[Febs]

I am going to make a motza of points on this one even though my 4 points and Westin sydney stays will not count.
Yet in true points junkie fashion I am still disappointed.Am coming up 4 nights short of requalifying Plat due to Westin auckland leaving SPG so was hoping for a double stay/nights promo.
So have had to bite the bullet and have arranged our mattress run!

Nice one. This is the first time in a long time I haven't needed a double stay promo to requalify for Plat, so I was pretty happy when the rumours said double/triple pts. Especially with a LOT of SPG stays left to book for our honeymoon next year, and almost all of Sept/Oct/Nov in SPG hotels. With those hotels not participating though...not so great.

Suddenly Hyatt's promo looks more appealing than it did yesterday.

Cheers
Febs.

 

[Alanslegal]

Re: Starwood's Q3 promo has been announced - and it's both great, and very disappoint

Looks like this promo will be the 3rd and final for 2011. I was quietly hoping for a double stay promo but oh well, not this time around though.

Currently I'm sitting on 17 stays / 32 nights so a double stay would have been nice for me.

I have 6 nights in Bangkok next month and I really didn't want to do a mattress run, but I guess I'll end up doing it.

 

[pshepvic]

I am going to make a motza of points on this one even though my 4 points and Westin sydney stays will not count.
Yet in true points junkie fashion I am still disappointed.Am coming up 4 nights short of requalifying Plat due to Westin auckland leaving SPG so was hoping for a double stay/nights promo.
So have had to bite the bullet and have arranged our mattress run!

I had a booking at Westin Auckland for November which they've obviously now cancelled, but they did give me a nice little bonus of 10,000 SPG points for the inconvenience!

Now don't tell them that I was planning to reschedule that trip...

 

[drron]

Re: Starwood's Q3 promo has been announced - and it's both great, and very disappoint

I had a booking at Westin Auckland for November which they've obviously now cancelled, but they did give me a nice little bonus of 10,000 SPG points for the inconvenience!

Now don't tell them that I was planning to reschedule that trip...

Yes that little bonus came in handy-but my booking was to get me back to Plat.

 

[pshepvic]

Yes that little bonus came in handy-but my booking was to get me back to Plat.

Not so handy unfortunately then!

 

[serfty]

Not so handy unfortunately then!

Unlike HHonors where points can be used towards status ... (although 10K is really only ¼ stay in Oz)

 

[drron]

Re: Starwood's Q3 promo has been announced - and it's both great, and very disappoint

Unlike HHonors where points can be used towards status ... (although 10K is really only ¼ stay in Oz)

Ah but only base points which I doubt these would be classified as.
Also with SPG need 25 stays or 50 nights rather than 28 stays or 60 nights with Hhonors for top status.

 

[serfty]

Re: Starwood's Q3 promo has been announced - and it's both great, and very disappoint

Ah but only base points which I doubt these would be classified as.
...

I was referring to award stays/nights which indeed count toward status (hence my ¼ stay note).

...
Also with SPG need 25 stays or 50 nights rather than 28 stays or 60 nights with Hhonors for top status.

Of course that's paid stays - last year I had 28 stays, 6 of them were Awards.

 

[futaris]

Re: Starwood's Q3 promo has been announced - and it's both great, and very disappoint

Don't forget 20k SPG = 25k AA.

And till the end of this month (when it expires):
24k AA + 30 USD = 40k HH.

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