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Save With This Week’s SPG Hot Escapes: New York, DC, Chicago, Boston

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It’s Wednesday meaning Starwood just released this week’s SPG Hot Escapes, where you can save a bunch on upcoming hotel stays. Every week, they offer savings at select properties which are bookable now through Saturday. Offer Details: Weekly savings start at 20% off SPG members save more and earn Starpoints Stay over the next 6 weeks at…

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Starwood’s New 2016 1st Quarter Promo: Take Two

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Starwood announced its new 1st quarter promotion for 2016, which will run from January 11, 2016 through  April 10, 2016, and will allow SPG members to earn double Starpoints on all stays, with an option of an additional 250 bonus points per night at select hotels in popular cities. Promotion Details: Register now through April 10, 2016, to earn double…

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SPG Adds Aegean As Transfer Partner

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You can now transfer your SPG Starpoints to Aegean, a member of the Star Alliance, as announced via BusinessWire. SPG Adds Aegean As Transfer Partner SPG members can now convert their Starpoints into Aegean Miles+Bonus award miles. In addition, SPG members will be given an extra 5,000 miles for every 20,000 Starpoints converted to Aegean Miles+Bonus…

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How I Won a 1,000 Free Starpoints from SPG

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As we’ve written about earlier this month, Starwood Preferred Guest has launched a new contest called SPG and Design Hotels, where you can enter to win a bunch of prizes including Free Night Awards and Bonus Starpoints now through December 18, 2015.  I’ve been playing every day and yesterday I finally won 1,000 free Starpoints, which will be deposited into my account. How…

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How To Score a Free 2,500 SPG Points On Your Next Stay

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We’ve written about SPG Keyless before here: SPG Launches New Keyless Check-In Option, however since the launch it’s been rolled out at more hotels and to celebrate, Starwood is offering SPG members who sign-up and register and pay with their American Express card and use SPG Keyless, a free 2,500 Starpoints.   Offer Details: Earn 2,500…

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SPG Platinum Benefits At 50 Nights

There is one milestone that matters to every frequent business traveler who stays in SPG hotels, that is the SPG Platinum Benefits at 50 nights. The benefits you gain access to once you hit 50 nights staying in Starwood Preferred Guest hotels can be rewarding. I recently hit this milestone and was able to select from several great…

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Goodbye Starwood Preferred Guest? I Will Miss You!

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As an update, Marriott CEO To Starwood Members: Don’t Worry About Your Points as reported by Forbes. Big news this morning as the announcement hits that, “Marriott International will buy Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in a cash and stock deal valued at $12.2 billion to create the world’s largest hotel chain.” As reported by CNBC, “The deal is expected to…

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Starwood Launches New Partnership With Design Hotels

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Starwood announced that they have begun their partnership with Design Hotels, and a few Design Hotels have even started to join the SPG program in a limited capacity starting on Monday. The first five hotels to join are Gramercy Park Hotel, Ten Bompas Hotel, Johannesburg, C-Hotel & Spa, Cassago Brianza, Nira Montana, La Thuile, and Kruisherenhotel Maastricht. Here are the…

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Save With This Week’s SPG Hot Escapes: New York, San Francisco, Toronto

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It’s Wednesday meaning Starwood just released this week’s SPG Hot Escapes, where you can save a bunch on upcoming hotel stays. Every week, they offer savings at select properties which are bookable now through Saturday. Offer Details: Weekly savings start at 20% off SPG members save more and earn Starpoints Stay over the next 6…

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Starwood Acquires SLS Las Vegas Property

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Starwood Hotels & Resorts announced that they would be acquiring the SLS Las Vegas property, which used to be part of Hilton’s Curio collection. As part of the acquisition by Starwood, the property will be split up into two hotels, one being SLS Las Vegas, a Tribute Portfolio Resort and the other will be the W Las Vegas. Per Starwood…

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Thanks SPG for the $50 Amazon Gift Card

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As we’ve written about earlier, Starwood Preferred Guest had a contest called Open the World, where you could enter to win a bunch of prizes including Free Night Awards, Gift cards from Amazon.com and American Express, and Bonus Starpoints which ended September 30, 2015.  I had been playing every day and finally won a $50 Amazon.com Gift Card! Well, it turns out the gift card was…

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Top Sheraton Hotels in the United States

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We recently wrote about an American Express offer, where cardholders can earn $50 back after spending $250 at a Sheraton Hotel now through December, 31, 2015. With this offer currently going on, here’s a look at some top Sheraton Hotels within the United States that you may want to stay at through the end of the year where you can use this great…

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Save With This Week’s SPG Hot Escapes: Chicago, Montreal, Toronto

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It’s Wednesday meaning Starwood just released this week’s SPG Hot Escapes, where you can save a bunch on upcoming hotel stays. Every week, they offer savings at select properties which are bookable now through Saturday. Offer Details: Weekly savings start at 20% off SPG members save more and earn Starpoints Stay over the next 6…

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Top Westin Hotels in the United States

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We recently wrote about an American Express offer, where cardholders can earn $50 back after spending $250 at a Westin Hotel now through December, 31, 2015. With this offer currently going on, here’s a look at some top Westin Hotels within the United States that you may want to stay at through the end of the year where you can use…

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Why This Starwood Hotel Wants You To Redeem Your Starpoints

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I just received an email from the St. Regis Monarch Beach encouraging me to redeem my Starpoints at their property for stays from now through March 31, 2016, with an added incentive to use points vs. paying for the room outright. The hotel is offering some added perks for redeeming Starpoints here including the following: Waived…

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