New Starwood promotion for Asia Pacific travelers! Stay 2 nights at any of over 110 Starwood Hotels and Resorts in Asia Pacific with MasterCard® and get another day to call your own. Book by 31 March 2013 and you can spend it creating a new adventure, digging your toes in the sand or just sleeping in. It’s your day. Do whatever ... Read More »
In case you missed my post six months ago about the Instant Gold status with Starwood Hotels, I am mentioning it again. Recently I stayed at the brand new Sheraton Macao and was given gold status as soon as my points posted, which was about two days after check-out, nice. Recently I stayed at the Sheraton Macao and as soon ... Read More »
The Sheraton Macao Hotel is the newest property in the Sheraton chain. They do have a few opening offers, including one here for $1,388. My rate was $1,388 on a Friday night including breakfast in the morning. Upon arriving at Macau Taipa ferry terminal, I took one of the green coach buses to the hotel. Getting off the bus, the ... Read More »
The SPG App for Android is eligible for the SPG Better by the Night promotion, earning 500 bonus Starpoints for booking through the App. You can download the SPG: Starwood Hotels & Resorts android app on Google Play. There’s also an existing iPhone app available on iTunes which is also available for the bonus points. Read More »
Save up to 50% on hotels and resorts in Indonesia, Malaysia & Singapore when you book by 11 November 2012. Applicable for stays from now till 28 February 2013. Pretty straightforward sale which ends November 11th. Read More »
American Express Canada is offering a Starwood Preferred Guest credit card with 15,000 bonus Starpoints until November 12, 2012. There is a $120 annual fee but it is waived the first year if you use RSVP code 15000. This card is worthwhile for the bonus points as you can use those along with cash + points options to maximize the ... Read More »
SPG has a new promotion starting October 1 “Better by the night”, you can sign-up here. Here’s the lowdown, basically it’s a points multiplier promotion; also if you have an iPhone, use the SPG App to book your room: Double Starpoints® on eligible stays of 1 or 2 nights Triple Starpoints on eligible stays of 3 or more nights Register ... Read More »
SPG has a 20% off sale for buying Starpoint from their web site. The price is $14 USD for each 500 block of points, you must purchase in 500 mile blocks. Please Note: Cost is $.035 per point. Purchase up to 20,000 per account per calendar year; points are applicable toward all Starpoint awards but do not count toward elite status. ... Read More »
Starwood has a double Asia Miles promotion going on until Jan 31, 2013. This is run off the China SPG site, so as you would expect, it’s clunky and slow. They also spell “Asia” wrong. (It’s not Asian Miles, SPG!) Sign up here: http://www.china-spg.com/asiamiles/en/ First two hundred registrants get 750 bonus miles, but I’m sure that’s already occurred. Read More »
Here’s a collection of the most popular free status posts for Gold and Platinum Elite status, which are still active as of today: 1. Free Hilton Gold Status After you get Hilton Gold, you can get a match from Best Western to Platinum level. 2. Best Western Status Match Then get Starwood Gold Preferred status after one stay in Asia. The ... Read More »
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