Starwood Targeted Promotion: Free Night Award, Double Elite Credit, Extra Points…or Nothing

Starwood Targeted Promotion: Free Night Award, Double Elite Credit, Extra Points or Nothing

A Starwood Promotion is targeted to select SPG members, and could give you double elite credit, extra Starpoints….or nothing at all. Go to the SPG promotion link to check what your SPG offer is, if anything. Note that as a TravelSort Client, you can enjoy Starwood Luxury Privileges or Virtuoso benefits on stays at certain Starwood luxury properties, such as the Luxury Collection and St. Regis hotels and resorts.

Here are some of the promotions my clients have been offered:

1. Free Night Award

  • Earn one Free Night Award on your first eligible paid stay
  • Earn an additional one Free Night Award on your second eligible paid stay for a total of two Free Night Awards
  • Redeem your Free Night Awards by January 31, 2017
  • Free night awards valid for standard rooms at Category 1-5 Starwood hotels and resorts

 

2. Double Elite Qualifying Credit

  • Earn double elite qualifying credits for stays between August 15 – November 15, 2016
  • Register by October 15, 2016
  • No earning limits
  • No credit for nights/stays completed before registration
  • Paid stays only, award nights and Cash & Points stays do not qualify

 

3. Extra Points

There seem to be a number of variations with the extra points offers; here's but one example:

  • 2nd stay earns 2000 Starpoints
  • 4th stay earns another 2000 Starpoints
  • 6th stay earns another 2000 Starpoints
  • Maximum bonus of 6000 Starpoints
 
4. Nothing
 
My husband and I were not targeted for this offer, so we got the following message:
 
Starwood Promotion: Not Targeted
 
Frankly, I think those who will actually take advantage of the offer and switch spend to Starwood will be those who got one of the first two offers. The extra points offers seem too stingy to me to motivate any switching of stays to Starwood hotels. And if I were Starwood, I would seriously rethink the logic of offering nothing at all to a number of SPG members.
 
While I can understand not offering anything to my husband and me, since we rarely stay at Starwood properties and definitely prefer Four Seasons and Aman Resorts over even Starwood's most luxurious properties, it doesn't make sense to me that some of my clients with significant spend at Starwood were not targeted. That frustrates guests who have in fact been loyal, and encourages them to start looking elsewhere. I think I'll be making some more Four Seasons Preferred Partner bookings for a few of these clients…
 
If you were targeted for this Starwood Promotion, what was your offer?
 
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