Frequent Flyer Bonuses just posted that he received a targeted SPG offer (via email) which is similar to the previous targeted “Bonus Beginnings” offer which I wrote about here. If you are targeted it looks pretty lucrative.
You access your eligibility here. Check, you never know!
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It seems that if you are targeted you could get a free award night after one paid stay:
complete one stay between August 1 and October 31 and get a free night award at a Category 1-5 hotel that can be redeemed up to December 31st.
Email Offer
Unfortunately the four accounts I manage was not targeted. If you do get targeted for a free night it’s not a bad idea to do a mattress run as a Cat 5 free night award can be worth it at a nice hotel. I am assuming that theses are for new/lapsed (elite) members who haven’t stayed in a while, but I have no idea, as 3 of the accounts I manage have gold status and a few nights this year, and one other is a dummy that’s never been used.
Sorry
Leave a comment if you got (or didn’t get) anything!
not eligible, sent me to “spgpromoms.com” to sign up for SPG Take Two, lol.
Too bad 🙁
The accounts you managed? A euphemism for multiple accounts?
No, I manage my parents/relative’s accounts as well.
I just started staying at Starwood properties recently and have 9 stays so far this year. I was targeted for automatic upgrade to gold.
I’m already a Platinum with SPG and have had elite status with them for the past 5 years. I got the big goose egg on this one.
A co-worker received a similar email in 2012. “Ramp up with extra rewards. Stay with us and choose from: 5,000 bonus Starpoints® or a Free Night Award”. The stay had to be completed by June 30, 2012.
http://www.spgpromos.com/bonusbeginnings/
I don’t think he had ever used the Starwood account prior to receiving the offer.
Yep, I linked to that in my post.
It works in my friend’s account which I set up for him. It appears to target folks who had only one stay or two in the past year. The confirmation message says”we miss you, blah blah”. I really don’t like SPG’s promotion direction, you stay more, you got NOTHING.
Didn’t get it either. Qualified for platinum for next year so probably stayed with them too much.
cool promo!
I received that email. I had only stayed once this year, so I guess it’s for people like me that don’t stay much!