Every year Starwood Preferred Guest makes category changes to it’s properties. This year the changes will take effect on March 1, 2016. You can review these changes here. If somewhere you want to book is moving up, you can still book at the current redemption rate before the 2016 […]
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Expiration Information For SPG Points
The Marriott Rewards Program has been combined with the SPG Program to become one program. You can get all the details of the combined Marriott/SPG Program here. In the SPG Program, you are considered inactive if during a 12-month period: (a) you have not had a Stay at an SPG Participating Hotel; (b) you […]
Starwood Preferred Guest Points Got Us A Free July 4th Weekend at the Equinox in Manchester, Vermont and a Savings of $1,350
Last year, Rob and I spent 3 nights over July 4th weekend with our friends, at the Equinox, in Manchester, Vermont. We used the hotel as our base to go to Stratton Golf School, (only 9-1 each day thank goodness!), as Stratton Mountain is only 20 minutes away. The Equinox is a Starwood Resort and […]
Ski Weekend In Vermont And A Savings Of $1,100
Since we are not taking our big ski trip to Whistler until March next year (we usually go in February), I am going to book a few ski weekends in Vermont prior to. In fact, I just booked one at the Equinox, in Manchester, Vermont. We can use the hotel as our base to ski at Stratton […]
The email From Marriott About The Merger
“As a valued member, we’re excited to share the news that Marriott International will join together with Starwood Hotels & Resorts to create the world’s largest hotel company. For our Marriott Rewards members, this will mean even more choices in even more places, giving you access to 1.1 million rooms across 5,500 hotels in […]
Marriott Buys Starwood-11/16/2015
After lots and lots of rumors as to who was going to buy Starwood, it was announced today that the winner is Marriott at a price of $12.2 billion. This acquisition, will make this the biggest hotel company in the world. Together, the companies will operate or franchise 5,500 hotels with a total […]
What Happens To Your SPG Points Upon Death?
The Marriott Rewards Program has been combined with the SPG Program to become one program. You can get all the details of the combined Marriott/SPG Program here. The SPG program terms state that upon death, Starwood will likely permit, the deceased’s unredeemed Starpoints to be transferred to a family member or a friend […]
Sharing And Transferring Starwood Preferred Guest Points
The Marriott Rewards Program has been combined with the SPG Program to become one program. You can get all the details of the combined Marriott/SPG Program here. SPG has a very flexible transfer policy in that you can transfer Starpoints to any person that shares your home address for a minimum of 30 days prior […]
7 Free Nights In Whistler And A Savings of $5,250
We are going back to Whistler, British Columbia during our early March spring break, If you recall, we were just in Whistler this past summer. We loved it and looked forward to coming back in the winter to ski. Now we are. We are staying at the same hotel, the Westin Resort and Spa, Whistler. Overall […]
Hello From The Westin New York Grand Central-We Saved $260
We have no school tomorrow, Monday, and my family and I have an 1130 am appointment in the city for TSA Pre√. When I decided to take advantage of our free Sunday afternoon and head to the city to go to the 911 museum, I opted against us trekking back to the city the very next […]