Starwood Preferred Guest - Who got nothing?

Me.

Not exactly true. I got an ABA promo for 1000 bonus points for each stay at a resort. Woohoo.8o

Confirmed that's all I'm getting.

Don't get me wrong. I know why companies do targetted promos. I'm just feeling a little left out here, and looking for some support.

Anyone else not get invited to any of the bonus parties?

I got notta with an extra side of zilch... http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif

Nothing received here either.

We should form our own club the SIP's"Starwoods Ignored Platinums"--seems everyone else in and outside of the Starwood universe are included in these special promos but their top elite http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif

[This message has been edited by mauld (edited 02-03-2002).]

Nothing for me yet.

No elite, but no promos either...

Love Starwood, but agree with the thread.... The only target I have received was a discounted price at the Starwood in Ireland. Nice but not planning a trip to Ireland currently.

Hopefully pays to stay is coming or other Platinum opportunities.

Nuttin' for me, and this is a year I could really use some help!

I'm more like a SAP .. Starwood Ain't Promoting to me! (I'm Platinum)



[This message has been edited by pitflyer (edited 02-03-2002).]

No offers for me either.

Bob

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by mauld:
We should form our own club the SIP's "Starwoods Ignored Platinums"--seems everyone else in and outside of the Starwood universe are included in these special promos but their top elite http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif
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Well there should also be a club for ISGs (Ignored Starwood Golds) like me as it's not just you top elites who are getting completely left out of these promotions! Needless to say, I haven't gotten any of these promos.

[This message has been edited by Herb687 (edited 02-03-2002).]

SO far, I've been goose-egged, too. (I'm gold, chiefly because of my *wood Amex.)

Platinum and still nothing. It IS really iritating that they don't toss us something once in a while.

Overlooked Plat member here too.

Nothing here also. I sent an email to Starwood on Friday. After around 3 years as Platinum I have yet to receive anything other than the "let's include everyone" promo's.

Don't get me wrong. I like Starwood. It is just that I would like to think that Starwood would know that they could truely benefit from giving a few directed promo's to their best customers. Across the board. Not clients that are selected by a well constructed query within their vast reservations datawarehouse. In the case of Platinum's, I think a well designed promo instead of selectiveness of members would result in a good revenue return or spending of points http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif.

Jenn

Count me in as well.

I guess with 46+ stays last year, and 8 so far this year, Starwood reckons I don't need
any further motivation to stay with them.

I plan to write to Starwood HQ about this irritating trend since William has stated (on another thread) that (unlike prior instances) he cannot add us to these promotions.


[This message has been edited by Globehopper (edited 02-03-2002).]

Hi, everyone, and thanks for coming.

It takes a lot of courage to stand up and acknowledge an emotionally draining problem such as this, and we should all be proud of ourselves. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

Seriously, though, it does seem that those of us who got nothing are in the minority. There are scores and scores of people posting their receipt of great promotions, and just 16 of us thus far who didn't get any of them.

My feeling is that targetted promos are legitimate and useful. But when they are so spread out that only a small minority DOES NOT get anything, well, it's hard not to feel left out for some inexplicable reason.

I'm not trolling for William to add me or anyone else to a promotion. I'm just stating my opinion that those who do the targetting should maybe either narrow their targets so that the small minority who gets left out in the cold doesn't feel personally slighted, or expand the promotions to include everyone.

A wide swath of promotions giving more points or making it less expensive to redeem points will inevitably result in award inflation for all those who did not recieve a promotion. Thus, it will not simply benefit those who were lucky enough to receive a promotion- if and when awards require more points, the barrels of extra points awarded to many people will be a proximate cause of the award inflation, which will hit those not targetted harder than those targetted.

Hmm, I'm platinum, and already have 16 stays this year. I've been considering starting a club for annoyed platinums looking for new hotel chain that will appreciate the added business.

I'm at 16 nights already this year (well over 100 last year), and no targeted promo. I work with a lot of people in the same boat. Maybe because we stay at the same hotel all the time?

A lot of my colleagues have been looking at the shimmering Park Hyatt a few blocks down the street from the Westin...

Add Mr. Fish to those Plats who didn't receive any promos. Been checking the mailboxes, nothing seen as of yet.... Curiously, he never received the "pays to Stay More" promo either (I think that's the right one; big points for 25 stays last year (or something like that). But when I called to sign him up, it turns out he was eligible... Is his mail getting lost? If so, perhaps he and all of you are eligible for one of these other promos; the question is, how do we find out???

Zip. Nada. Nothing for this Platinum.

Nothing for this Platinum either. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif

C'mon Starwood, how about something for us neglected Platinums?

Guaranteed suite upgrade or Free Weekends would really make me hurry up and get my but into a Starwood property right about now.

Neither misterplatinum or the Mrs. have received this promotion. We're hoping to get some Starwood lovin real soon.

Got nothing here. Platinum for 3 years and 26/70 last year.

Has anyone considered that it is only the end of January, and maybe there will be other promos coming for us? I highly doubt that the Starwood marking department does all of its work during the first 31 days of the year, sends out the promos, and then does nothing for the next 11 months. Most likely they are working on other promos which will be launched later.

Also, another possibility is that they tested these first three promos on some percentage of their customers to see who liked what and why, and then will adjust and re-launch in the coming months.

Just a thought. Any comments?

Of course it is just January. It's entirely possible that next time, we'll be the targetted ones and the others will be left out.

I doubt it, though. These promos are good for the vast majority of the year.

We didn't get these for a reason. I doubt those reasons, whatever they are will change with the "next round".

I for one, know that I have no others coming my way in the near future. There may be general promotions, which I'm sure we'll all be happy about.

Who knows, though. All I know is that lots of people got lots of goodies, and some of us got bubkus.

That's incredible insight, rgoel. What's more, it is precisely what is being done. The marketing department is testing various offers to see which is more popular across the board, so they are not elite member driven promotions.

I am assured that there will be more promotions coming in the next 11 months, some of which will be directed specifically to elite members, some not. By preserving the integrity of these test promotions now, it will only benefit the overall membership later if they reappear in a less conceptualized form.

I can assure you that the marketing folks have visited this thread and are aware of all your concerns. All of us at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and Starwood Preferred Guest appreciate the exceptional loyalty displayed by our elite members and we look forward to your active participation going forward.

Best regards,

William R. Sanders
Specialist, E-Communications Department
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide

guest.forum@starwoodhotels.com

Hopefully there will be promotions targeted for us Platinum members but what annoys me the most is that my colleague who is Platinum and stays as many nights as I do received the promo for the 50% award night certificate. My wife is a gold member and received it. Why are some members rewarded and some not and what differentiates them from us?

Plat here. Maybe soon to be a former plat. Count me in as not receiving anything. Idea may be how to impress your best customers and keep them coming back.

Oh oh. Should have read rgoel and lurker postings first. Hope there will be some nice promotions for us LOP’s (left out plats). Am not a marketing person so do not understand these things.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Starwood Lurker:
The marketing department is testing various offers to see which is more popular across the board, so they are not elite member driven promotions...I can assure you that the marketing folks have visited this thread and are aware of all your concerns. All of us at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and Starwood Preferred Guest appreciate the exceptional loyalty displayed by our elite members and we look forward to your active participation going forward.

Best regards,

William R. Sanders
Specialist, E-Communications Department
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide

guest.forum@starwoodhotels.com </font>

I hereby volunteer to let SPG Marketing test out all their promotions and offers on me. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

Since marketing reads these threads, here is a wishlist message from a LOP ("left out plats" as coined by GiveMeATicket4AnAirplane). I hope that SPG Marketing comes up with something that benefits us members personally and in a meaningful way (actually, which benefits the Mrs. because she is the one who is putting up with all my traveling away from home) like the free weekends again. She really enjoyed the weekends at the St. Regis and basically told me to "hurry up and stay at some more Starwood properties pronto so that we can stay at the St. Regis again."

A promotion which lets me extend my stay through friday night at the same hotel as I have been staying during the week is absolutely useless to me. Come friday afternoon (or thursday if I can sneak home early), I am on the plane and heading home. I (and the Mrs. expects me home pronto to take the young Pupster off her hands) could care less about extending my stay into the weekend.

A certificate for $xx is good, but only/especially if I can use a bunch of them at a time whenever I want. Again, the Mrs. plays a big part in deciding how my free ( http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif) time and our (mine/our somehow usually becomes hers) money is spent. If it means that we have to spend some big dough to stay at the St. Regis in order to use up a $50 certificate, I am not sure the Mrs. is gonna go for that in these uncertain economic times.

Just miscellaneous wishes and rambling from a LOP. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Thanks SPG.

Agrees wholeheartedly with onedog. Like your writing style too!

I am glad to see so many people responding to this thread. Good job Bosox for starting it (HOW BOUT THEM PATS?) Anyway, as a Platinum member for some time now - I have yet to be including in on any promotion. If it were not for this board and my friend who constantly monitors it, I would have missed out on many promotions last year. I just don't understand what is needed to be done in order to get on this "special list." Maybe if we stop patronizing Starwood, they would beg for us back. I just wish that at least once in my lifetime I can receive an email from Starwood that is a special "targeted" promotion that I can't read about on the front page of their site. If a new club is started for jilted Plat members - count me in!

One thing I can say with relative confidence is that the selection is not random. It will have been tuned to meet some combination of vectors such as age, gender, profession, industry, home location, travel location, frequency, preferred room type, marital status, pet species, etc. so that the marketing department can extract the most information from the responses for future programs. The final selection to receive the promo's would have been a randomised selection from the result set.

Now either we have had the bad luck to have been randomised out of the current promotions or we just do not fit the target groups Starwood is currently studying.

Ultimately though, I will remain a Starwood client. Why? It's simple really. I like their product http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif.

Jenn

Update: I've now been taken out of the "got nothing" club. I called SPG yesterday (the normal Gold customer svc number on the back of my membership card) to explain that I was very frustrated over being left out of promotions that others were getting. Specifically mentioned the 8000 pts/5 stays structure and the agent checked my account, mentioned past promotions that I had been in enrolled in (not related to any of the current ones), talked about how there are several current promotions going out in batches and that I might still be getting something, and after putting me on hold briefly to "look something up" said that I was now registered for the 8000/5 offer. I think she specifically said that she registered me for it right then, but not positive about this. It is possible that I was actually targeted for this promotion all along and just never got the email or postcard advertising it. Should have confirmed whether this was truly an exception or I was targeted all along, but hey it's great news either way so why argue! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Anyway I'm curious if others have had similar or different experiences when calling SPG about these targeted promos.

[This message has been edited by Herb687 (edited 02-05-2002).]

William has stated that these absolutely can't be added to anyone's account who is not originally targetted. I think he deserves to be taken at his word, so I choose to believe that you were orginially targetted.

Good for you, and congratulations on your good fortune.

FWIW - Starwood just finished the implementation of their new e-mail marketing and data mining software. I would expect that you will see even more targeted marketing from Starwood in the future.

BTW. I was left out also.

Nothing since the special rate at the W times square !!! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

I too am bummed not to be getting these promotions. I called the Platinum Desk first to see if the info for contacting was correct and two to see if I could take advantage of any of the offers even if I wasn't targeted (doesn't hurt to ask). Well, the platinum desk passed me to the website desk who passed me to White Plains Marketing where no one was home....maybe they do just work during the month of January????

I tried, so don't waste your time or your nickel calling on this one.

Called SPG Platinum UK today and asked about promotions (none of which has made its way to me), especially the "stay for 2 nights for half SPG points" one. Imagine my surprise then when the kind lady suggested that this was not a targetted promotion but was available to all, and has now enrolled me. It appears to be the same promotion (called something like 'Redeeming is Believing') whereby 2 stays between now and end-April allow half-point stays until end-Sep.

What's going on?

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by influential:
Called SPG Platinum UK today and asked about promotions (none of which has made its way to me), especially the "stay for 2 nights for half SPG points" one. Imagine my surprise then when the kind lady suggested that this was not a targetted promotion but was available to all, and has now enrolled me. It appears to be the same promotion (called something like 'Redeeming is Believing') whereby 2 stays between now and end-April allow half-point stays until end-Sep.

What's going on?</font>


I'm particularly glad you got this one... should help you out a lot with Turnburry and your wedding. I'm sure you'll make the most of it. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Is this now open for all, or did influential get lucky and PLanigan not?

Nothing has changed. We are still not making exceptions to participating in these promotions.

In order for me to know what exactly is going on, I would have to have influential and Herb687 send me their Starwood Preferred Guest account numbers to see if they were added or already selected to participate.

Best regards,

William R. Sanders
Specialist, E-Communications Department
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide

guest.forum@starwoodhotels.com

[This message has been edited by Starwood Lurker (edited 02-05-2002).]

Two years of Plat and I have received "DIK". We shouldn't have to call for a ***** and beg session. It's really time the Marketing Dept took a customer service class.

William - without wanting to rock my particular boat, will send you my SPG number to see what's what.

Also today, received the "Elite Status Faster" promotion mentioning the virtues of gold and plat status. Not that well targetted given I'm already a plat!

Add one more to the neglected plat list. I was once told that the reason I didn't get promotions was because I had too many periods in my email address (a response that at least made me laugh out loud, especially since it was the same address he/she had used to send me that message).

Can you guys please keep us updated as to whether influential got added to this promotion or if he was already picked to participate?

Thank you in advance!

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Starwood Lurker:
Nothing has changed. We are still not making exceptions to participating in these promotions.

In order for me to know what exactly is going on, I would have to have influential and Herb687 send me their Starwood Preferred Guest account numbers to see if they were added or already selected to participate.
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William,

No problem. I can email you with my membership # and info. if you want to look into this. Question though, as I've never emailed you before, is the "guest.forum@" address in your signature the best way to cntact you? Wasn't sure since that sounds like a kind of "generic" email address. Let me know... Thanks.

I would suspect that influential was targeted for the promo, but perhaps he just got very lucky with the agent! But this does bring up another question for William:

How does one find out IF they were targeted for promotion(s)? Perhaps you never get the e-mail or postcard for whetever reason (I have much trouble with my e-mail and snail-mail). Since most of the SPG promos Mr Fish has participated in have required registration, how would one find out about it? I tried to find out today, by calling SPG Plat, if Mr Fish was eligible for any of the current promos. The Plat Conc asked me which programs specifically I was looking for.. Without names or code, how would I check them? I DID ask whether he was "marked" for ANY promos; the response was to ask me which ones I was looking for.. This is quite a dilemma! If he is not targeted, so be it. But what if he is and we just don't know about it???

UPDATE: I called back and played dumb, asking about promos again. This time I was told Mr Fish was on none of the e-mail promo lists, BUT she was able to enroll him in one of the BONUS PTS/5 STAYS promos (slightly different than the others posted here), so perhaps this one is NOT targeted??? Now I am more confused than ever...

[This message has been edited by Fishbait (edited 02-06-2002).]

dbk10 - have emailed William (I hope that generic address is the right one!) and will let you know what he responds with. If I've opened up a can of worms here, my account will probably be marked with a bad, black asterisk and I'll be auto-removed from any future promotions. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/rolleyes.gif

fishbait - re: my post a few back on this thread - try calling again and mentioning the "Redeeming is Believing" promotion and see if you're added to the list...

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by influential:
Called SPG Platinum UK today and asked about promotions (none of which has made its way to me), especially the "stay for 2 nights for half SPG points" one. Imagine my surprise then when the kind lady suggested that this was not a targetted promotion but was available to all, and has now enrolled me. It appears to be the same promotion (called something like 'Redeeming is Believing') whereby 2 stays between now and end-April allow half-point stays until end-Sep.

What's going on?</font>

Does anyone know the "official" promotion name for the 1/2 point stays? This one is very interesting for me as the Mrs. and I are planning on burning some SPG points this summer for a nice holiday. I would like to check with the Platinum desk to see if I was originally "targeted" for this promotion buy I didn't get the email or mailing.

Thanks.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Fishbait:
How does one find out IF they were targeted for promotion(s)? Perhaps you never get the e-mail or postcard for whetever reason (I have much trouble with my e-mail and snail-mail). Since most of the SPG promos Mr Fish has participated in have required registration, how would one find out about it? I tried to find out today, by calling SPG Plat, if Mr Fish was eligible for any of the current promos. The Plat Conc asked me which programs specifically I was looking for.. Without names or code, how would I check them? I DID ask whether he was "marked" for ANY promos; the response was to ask me which ones I was looking for.. This is quite a dilemma! If he is not targeted, so be it. But what if he is and we just don't know about it???

UPDATE: I called back and played dumb, asking about promos again. This time I was told Mr Fish was on none of the e-mail promo lists, BUT she was able to enroll him in one of the BONUS PTS/5 STAYS promos (slightly different than the others posted here), so perhaps this one is NOT targeted??? Now I am more confused than ever...

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Yes, this would be especially helpful. For all I know, I may have been targeted for all the cool promotions and never knew. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif Maybe my email is being filtered and the (two)dogs are chasing the mail carrier away and/or eating the snailmail. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

An easy solution would be to have a notification of what promotions we are being targeted for posted on our SPG account online. This way, when I check my account, I can see what promotions I have been targeted for and then enroll as I see fit.

I understand the concept of targeted promotions, but when we don't even know if we have been targeted is kind of silly. Kind of defeats the purpose of trying to determine which promotions provide the best feedback and response when the responses may not necessarily accurately reflect the targeted population. If SPG marketing targets 1,000 "select" members for a promotion to determine if the overall membership would be interested in free dog toys with every stay, but the only five members who received their email or snail mail and responded were dog owners and therefore biased in favor of the promotion, probably not too accurate of a study.

Maybe SPG marketing is secretly testing the efficiency of the various delivery methods for the direct marketing association (junk mailers) and just using the "targeted promotions" concept as the research vehicle? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

I can understand targeted promotions involving bonus points, but as a "real" Starwood Platinum (i.e 20+ stays last year) I am angry that Starwood is now offering double stay credit to some members. I, on the other hand, have still not received a single offer.

I seem to recall Starwood mentioning something about how they wanted to maintain the integrity of the Platinum level. Doesn't seem to be the case, does it?

I just asked my Plat Concierge and he confirmed the bad news -- I got nothing. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Just spoke to SPG and it's definitely called "Redeeming is Believing". Unfortunately, the foreigners manning the SPG centre in Cork can barely speak English(/Irish), so couldn't get much more than that. Confirmed also that one can only be enrolled as a result of receiving the email (even though I didn't) and there's nowhere on the website to show what the promotion is all about. When I explained that I had never received an email and I'd been enrolled purely by calling and asking to be enrolled, they couldn't explain it - they've now agreed to send the email onto me (a sort of reverse promotion).

To add further confusion, the lady mentioned that I'd been auto-enrolled on another promotion called "Redeeming is Believe 50%" whereby you can stay a 2nd night for 50% of the points required for the 1st night. Given the qualification for this offer is the same as the original (2nd night free) offer, can't see where this one really fits in.

Now, I'm confused...

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by pitflyer:
I just asked my Plat Concierge and he confirmed the bad news -- I got nothing. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif </font>

Yeah, I tried calling mine too. No go http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif(

The email address I use as a tag-line is my email address dedicated to the Flyertalk forum. We set this up so my work email address would not become a confusing mess of unrelated subjects. Unless I am not in the office for an extended period of time, it is solely answered by me. Otherwise, it is answered by my immediate supervisor or another member of management. Feel free to use it whenever you would like to have a question answered regarding Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide or Starwood Preferred Guest. As long as the information you are asking for is not proprietary or security-sensitive, I will be glad to assist however I am able.

I am not surprised at the confusion that has occurred due to the feeding frenzy that has erupted the past few days. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif Everyone who was selected to participate in these promotions will be contacted via email or direct mail. It takes time for marketing send out these offers, so some of you who have called to discover you were enrolled without your knowledge will very likely be receiving something soon.

Best regards,

William R. Sanders
Specialist, E-Communications Department
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide

guest.forum@starwoodhotels.com

Add two more (Mr. Honu and myself) to the list of those who were not targeted so far. I sure hope that we are, and, if so, that it'll happen through email. Even with recent Outlook (major) problems, email is still waaay more reliable than snailmail here in beautiful Hawai'i.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by honu:
Add two more (Mr. Honu and myself) to the list of those who were not targeted so far. I sure hope that we are, and, if so, that it'll happen through email. Even with recent Outlook (major) problems, email is still waaay more reliable than snailmail here in beautiful Hawai'i.</font>

Hee hee hee, it's not much better here in NJ. I think our snail-mail is still being sent to the midwest to be "decontaminated". I received another hotel's mailing yesterday for an offer that expired on Nov. 30, 2001. Good thing I couldn't use it anyway!

Tried to get an exception as well; got great news instead: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum74/HTML/003096.html

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by pitflyer:
I just asked my Plat Concierge and he confirmed the bad news -- I got nothing. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif </font>

Not receiving any offers from Starwood in 2002 has simplified my where-to-stay decision-making for Q1. Because I maintained HHonors Diamond status with stays is 2001, HHonors is doubling all of my stay credits during the first quarter of 2002. By March 31, with 14+ stays, I will have assured my Diamond status for 2003, and will be ready to take advantage of all those Starwood promotions coming to Platinums in Q2, Q3 and Q4.

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Biggest Little 1K (in The Biggest Little City) In The World

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by BL1KITW:
Not receiving any offers from Starwood in 2002 has simplified my where-to-stay decision-making for Q1. Because I maintained HHonors Diamond status with stays is 2001, HHonors is doubling all of my stay credits during the first quarter of 2002. By March 31, with 14+ stays, I will have assured my Diamond status for 2003, and will be ready to take advantage of all those Starwood promotions coming to Platinums in Q2, Q3 and Q4.

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My preference is always a SPG hotel. But in Silicon Valley right now, SPG hotels prices are a bit out of touch with reality. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif

It is hard to justify to the bean counters back at the office paying SPG prices when they know that there are better prices at the other major chains in Silicon Valley(work does regular surveys of hotel room prices and puts out "recommended" hotels.

I know "competitor's program" isn't quite as good as SPG, but due to the lack of promotions from SPG, right now (until March 31, 2002) I am staying at the "competitor". Why?...their prices put them on the "recommended list" and also, their promotions are excellent right now. For me, 2 stays for a box of Top Flite golf balls, 4 stays for your choice of Top Flite pitching wedge or san wedge, 6 stays for a $50 gift certificate, 10 stays for a set of Top Flite clubs and golf bag!!!!!!! 10 stays by the end of this quarter and I have myself a new golf bag, a new set of clubs, some golf balls and $50. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

(edited by onedog to remove competitor's name as I am not trying to drive business to this competitor, just trying to highlight what else is out there for us LOPs.)

[This message has been edited by onedog (edited 02-11-2002).]

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by BL1KITW:
Not receiving any offers from Starwood in 2002 has simplified my where-to-stay decision-making for Q1. </font>


Agreed.

I'm also concentrating on maintaining status with Hilton, and since I'm one of the FOPs (Forgotten Overlooked Platinums)I've been taking advantage of other special offers, such as a $100.00 Amazon Gift certificate for booking Candlewood Suites on line (min. 4 night stay). Just snagged a couple of those certificates with a recent two room booking.

Well, just checked my on-the-road AOL account and emails for the first time in a week, and low and behold, I was selected for one of these promos! I just need to stay 5 times at Starwood properties between Feb 1st and April 30th, and I will get a bonus of 10K. Already have one stay from last weekend in Vancouver, and another coming up in Edmonton next weekend, with Melbourne a week later...

Guess I'm happy now. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif Hope the rest of you get something soon.

I have received a mailing from a hotel offering double points through the first quarter, but none of those other high point offers.

I'll wait, I'm sure something will come along. And if not, it's not like lives depend on it. And I won't stop staying at my favourite hotels over some imagined slight. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif