Starwood Preferred Guest - Platinum 2007 Roll Call

Summary for psyflyer

Member Number: 5xxxxxxxxxxxx
Starpoints: xxxxxx
Stays Year to Date: 34
Nights Year to Date: 59

all since April....

Stays Year to Date: 47
Nights Year to Date: 131

Save some space for me... :cool:

Stays Year to Date: 15
Nights Year to Date: 47

I'm booked to complete Platinum requalification tomorrow night. Then two more stays and I'm done for the year except for an award stay in conjunction with my Christmas travels.

Barring unforeseen circumstances, I'll end the year with these credits:

27 stays
27 nights

It's nice to be back....

Stays Year to Date: 30
Nights Year to Date: 36

T.

10 stays
52 nights

10 stays

65 nights

44 stays

68 nights

Now I just wish i could roll a few of these stays to next year!

I'm in. ^
25 stays for
53 nights.

Maybe one more to go this year. Not sure what next year holds...

on stays, I'm plat for 2007

Plat for the first time, despite the fact that I've spent only about 20 nights (including 4 via Priceline) in Starwoods this year. My account shows 25 stays, 28 nights. Thanks double stays!

17 stays/ 55 nts

45 Stays
72 Nights

Now if we could add in how many points we earned for the year we can have some interesting stats to analyze.

My totals are 35 stays and 43 nights. Will have 2 more of each before the end. I too wish I could roll a stay or two over til next year to get a leg up.

Stays Year to Date: 25
Nights Year to Date: 36

27 Stays
56 Nights

Will probably stay elsewhere for the night on NYE just to keep some other program's points alive. But I'm already booked for 3 stays & 5 nights in the first 11 days of January, just to get '07 off to a good start.

After joining SPG about 2 years ago (IIRC, late 2004) and spending my first year as a SPG Gold........I finally made Platinum earlier this year.

My stats for 2006:

A total of 44 nights spread over 30 stays at the following hotels:

Westin Arlington Gateway x2 :)
Westin Bonaventure x5 (Los Angeles) :cool:
Westin Chicago River North x2 :cool:
Westin City Center (Dallas) :)
Westin Copley Place (Boston) :)
Westin Embassy Row (DC) :confused:
Westin Horton Plaza (San Diego) :confused:
Westin LAX :)
Westin Long Beach :)
Westin O'Hare :)
Westin SFO x3 :)

Sheraton Boston x2 :cool:
Sheraton Grand Sacramento :)
Sheraton Inner Harbor (Baltimore) :)
Sheraton Market Center (Dallas) :)
Sheraton O'Hare :confused:
Sheraton Premiere Tyson's Corner :mad:
Sheraton Seattle x2 :cool:

Four Points O'Hare :(
Four Points Portland Downtown :)

FWIW:

:cool: = Very Satisfied
:) = Satisfied
:confused: = Mixed opinion
:( = disappointed
:mad: = Very upset/angry and will very likely never stay there again

A.J.

Stays Year to Date: 66
Nights Year to Date: 90

(and will probably have a fair number more by 31 DEC; >100 nights and >75 stays?)

The rest of the time has been on an airplane, couchsurfing, or at my office in Iraq. I guess I've technically been homeless for a couple years :) I actually rented an apartment in the UAE, since rates in the winter/conferences for hotels are so high, so I'll probably stop staying in UAE hotels, but platinum every year on both nights and points shouldn't be a problem.

I wish SPG had a Platinum Plus level, either where qual was for 2 years, or you got some additional benefits like Sheraton Towers automatic or upgrade to the category of suites above "select standard suites" or maybe free internet or airport transfer or something.

Langham (which I prefer in Hong Kong, and will probably try in Boston) has 2 tiers I'd consider equivalent to Platinum and Platinum+; IC top-tier also seems a bit better than SPG Plat (free minibar?)

In practice "known to the manager" means more in the middle east than SPG Plat.

Stays Year to Date: 16
Nights Year to Date: 50

Still to go: two stays (eight nights) to experience Platinum status for the first time.

Stays Year to Date: 30
Nights Year to Date: 60

And unless something unexpected comes up, that will cover it for SPG properties for 2006.

Stays Year to Date: 44
Nights Year to Date: 70

i did qualify through a run too.

end of year it will be

29 Stays
64 Nights.

well 69% went to meridien.

without meridien i wouldnt be platinum :)

so spg this was a good buy for you, as i did spent an extra 10K on the meridien stays .

dp

Stays to date: 37
Nights: 70

One week in February I spent 5/7 nights in 5 different Sheratons...

Stays: 36
Nights: 47

Requalified for 07:D

31 stays
44 nights

Stays Year to Date: 30
Nights Year to Date: 46

Did "22" stays under Double-Stay promo during recent 3 week biz trip to Silicon Valley to qualify for Plat for the 1st time; am currently at Sheraton Towers Singapore until Wed - got a nice room with balcony (5th floor) + Welcome Amenity (fruit, water, wine).

Looking forward to good fortune in '07. Merry Christmas everyone!

Cheers, Simon.

Stays: 34
Nights: 42

Maybe a couple more by the end of the year?

Now I just need to book a SPG vacation for 2007!

...In practice "known to the manager" means more in the middle east than SPG Plat.

I think this is the same wherever you are, middle east or otherwise.

Stays Year to Date: 39
Nights Year to Date: 83

2 stays away from Plat (booked for this upcoming weekend)
Stays Year to Date: 23
Nights Year to Date: 28

Probably sounds stupid, but I've become a hardcore SPG member in just my first year--no double stay credit promo or Four Points stays, with only 2 stays being for business. Hoping my Platinum experiences in 2007 will prove my 2006 efforts worthwhile.

26 stays
34 nights

Not there yet but I will reach PLT level during the last week of Dec. Probably 10-15 stays less this year mostly due to the type of promotion being offered this year. Couldn't get any free nights promotions which are the one I look for.

BlissWorld = Platinum 2007 :D

Paging nroscoe :D

Yeap, I have crossed the magic 25 stays line as of Nov ....Have been Plat for so many years I forget......I find the service at SPG far superior to other chains but it could always be improved.....

For example, I think Plat members should get the bonus 500 points PLUS another amenity, either a free gift in the room ----this varies greatly within the program, some non NA hotels really deliver goodies, fruit trays, bottles of wine or other gift, whereas most NA hotels deliver next to nothing extra-----.

I am also vacating my IC/PC program to concentrate more on programs that work better like SPG or Hilton Honors. For me, IC/PC has been a waste and I was a Royal Ambassador which is supposed to be top of the heap. The service I received from them was disappointing......at SPG I do not have to grovel for an up/grade most of the time....at IC I had to grovel all the time.

26 stays, 30 nights. Year 6!

Year # 6 for me also

33 stays and 39 nights.

I made it at the end of November (and IIRC have made it every year since Starwood formed):

Stays Year to Date: 26
Nights Year to Date: 45

Stays Year to Date: 46
Nights Year to Date: 141

Stays Year to Date: 24*
Nights Year to Date: 33

* 2 stays scheduled between now and year-end so I'll requalify for PLT

Member Number: xxxxxxxxxxx

Stays Year to Date: 15
Nights Year to Date: 48


Two more nights in Canada on 12/29 and 12/30 will put at Platinum for the 4 year in a row. :)

Stays Year to Date: 26
Nights Year to Date: 42

Going to try to get another 2-3 stays by then end of 2006 to get the 3k *pts per every 3 stays (max of 9k) and the new promo

"In addition to the Starpoints you'll earn as a member, you'll also earn 2,000 bonus Starpoints (up to 6,000) on each of your first three eligible stays at participating Sheraton hotels or resorts between December 1, 2006, and February 28, 2007. Free nights can be redeemed for as little as 2,000 Starpoints in extraordinary destinations around the world, so book a Sheraton stay today at SPG.com."

25 stays & 25 nights!

Stays Year to Date: 57
Nights Year to Date: 71

Platinum again this year with SPG (and Gold with Marriott & Hilton).

In combination with 70 nights between Marriot and Hilton. That brings me to 141 nights in hotels this year (not thrilled about it). And that doesn't even count Ritz Carlton stays:(

20/53 for me and I'm working on other programs for the remainder of the year.

Stays Year to Date: 29
Nights Year to Date: 39

It sure was nice getting the suite upgrade at the Sheraton Vancouver, and I'm hoping it'll work over the holidays in Chicago and at the W Seattle.

- requalified for Plat with SPG
- somewhat late with HH Diamond (will use the rolling VIP tier to requalify by end of January)
- need to focus on IC RA for requalification in July

Stays Year to Date: 30
Nights Year to Date: 95

Not bad, given that I also qualified for Platinum on Marriott and InterContinental, Gold on Hilton, and Platinum on Hyatt!

Stays Year to Date: 24 (26 by year's end)
Nights Year to Date: 73 (81 by year's end)

Also qualified for Marriott Plat this year :rolleyes:

Stays Year to Date: 62
Nights Year to Date: 67

Hilton Diamond and Marriott Gold (will be close to Plat in Marriott)

...title says it all.

Stays Year to Date: 26
Nights Year to Date: 38

... thanks to a major matress run in November...15 stays within 40 days ...

Stays: 29
Nights: 50

Haven't had a paid SPG night since September.

just made it to Plat for the first time and am looking forward to using some of the great tips on theis board in 2007 to get max benefits

stays - 25
nights - 30 - have to love 8 stays at double stay rate in Nov

53 stays
54 nights

Stays Year to Date: 27
Nights Year to Date: 39

:D

Stays Year to Date: 38
Nights Year to Date: 41

Bonus Points, elite bonuses, thank you amenities, etc ~ 50,000 ytd. Not a bad year

Stays Year to Date: 27
Nights Year to Date: 39

hopefully 2007 will be a suite year for me...

41 stays
105 nights

spending lots of time in yokohama and tokyo..

Stays Year to Date: 64
Nights Year to Date: 72

Plat for me as well.

About 40 stays and 50 nights for 2006. About 10th year as Platinum.

Stays Year to Date: 24
Nights Year to Date: 73

Probably will have a few more before the end of the year as well. Finished up Diamond with HH a while ago and just finished Silver with Marriott. ^

Requalified last night:

25 stays
30 nights

Relatively unimpressive compared with others on this board, but I'll take it!

Stays Year to Date: 14
Nights Year to Date: 15
(As of 12/12)

I have been Pl for many years. What can I do this year?

44 stays
140 nights

And there are probably another 6 nights before the year is over (I'm typing this from a sheraton right now...)

Stays Year to Date: 80_____Someone please have more stays than me :(
Nights Year to Date: 105____With at least 9 more nights (x more stays) this year
1.31 nights per stay

About 40 stays and 50 nights for 2006. About 10th year as Platinum.

Has SPG even been around for 10 yrs?!

Has SPG even been around for 10 yrs?!

nope.

Stays Year to Date: 40+
Nights Year to Date: 50+

Hit Platinum in 1Q

Regards,

Scho

Just requalified

14 stays
58 nights

26 stays
71 nights...
Way to many nights on the road and more to come before the end of the year

Second year as Plat coming up:
Stays to date: 23
Nights to date: 50

Stays Year to Date: 37
Nights Year to Date: 49

Was scheduled for two nights this week, but went home early.
May stay at SPG prop in Boston next week, but might do priceline to save some $$, as it's a personal stay. Glad there were the promos earlier this year that gave more bonus points for more stays - bag dragging just for stays, as done in past years, was a hassle for only PLT status.

Tonight's the night!

Nights 27

Stays 25

Requalified for a third year as Plat:

Stays Year to Date: 23
Nights Year to Date: 66

No more stays, though, for the rest of 2006.

~36 stays, ~96 nights. Shame I won't hit 100 :( [although if you include my stays on points, then yes].

I think that *W got about 70% of my business this year (I think I'm at ~150 nights this year)

14 stays
53 nights!

27 stays
65 nights

28 stays
59 nights

Only used SPG for the last half of the year though.

Add me in:
Stays Year to Date: 33
Nights Year to Date: 46

I've been enjoying all my free nights for the past few months- it's nice to cash in all those starpoints, even if you don't get credit for a stay.

Completed plus booked thru 12/30:

25 stays,
44 nights.

Stays Year to Date: 27
Nights Year to Date: 37

stopped travelling since May...

53 stays
73 nights

25 stays
53 nights

As of 6/30:25 stays
25 nights
....then concentrated on other programs, except for the occasional Starwood promotion to grab an extra 9k, 10k, 18k Starpoints. FWIW, I make sure to re-qualify for Starwood before the other programs--this is year 6.

After reading through the HH re-qual thread, I realized that I only need to stay 25 times every other year, as long as I can manage 25 stays in two months: My current SPG Plat lasts through February 2008, so if I stay 25 times in Jan and Feb 2008, I have status through Feb 2010, and so on.

As of 12/14:

Stays Year to Date: 57
Nights Year to Date: 91

Plus requalified for Hilton Diamond although have mostly been using Starwood this year. Might schedule in a few more stays to lock in the 3K bonuses and double points.

29 stays

58 nights

26 Stays
29 Nights

39 stays, 45 nights

requalified in April, then did Hyatt Diamond in the beginning of the summer and now am about to finish Marriott Gold (I'll hit plat with their rolling qualification).

starwood is my choice among the three, but there aren't any starwoods in the daytona area, so its Marriott these days

38 stays
60 nights

. . . about to finish Marriott Gold (I'll hit plat with their rolling qualification).

Not to get off-topic, but does Marriott have rolling qualification? I don't think so. Only Hilton, I believe.

19 stays, 50 nights, just finished up with a two-night and a three-night stay in the last week.

No out-and-out mattress runs this year, but I paid a ridiculous $129+tax per night last weekend to stay at the TPA Sheraton Suites instead of waiting to the last minute and pricelining something for half that price. It turns out that I picked the weekend of the local Pepsi bottler's holiday party, so the hotel was nearly full on Saturday night and rates were inflated. I probably overpaid by about $250 over the course of the year on stays where, if I didn't enjoy the status benefits, I'd have stayed at a comparable property for less money.

Next year is going to be different: 25 stays, 33-35 nights, with more nights going to Hilton and Hyatt. But I'm starting the year with two outright mattress runs, $49+tax at the local Westin.

26 stays
55 Nights

29 stays
34 nights

(although had 19 additional nights in 4 additional stays for which no credit was earned)

First off-congrats to all new Platinums. The difference in service/benefits between Platinum and the lower levels is bigger than in any of my other loyalty programs. I have 20 stays and 44 nights this year and travel is done. Ouch. About to miss Platinum for first time in many years. I live in Boston and the only lower price stay options are hours away. Is it possible to no show a stay, pay the bill and get credit for the stay? It would be worth spending some $$ to carry me over, but I was looking at some $50-70 rates, not the hundreds it will be around me. Any way around this tough spot?? Thanks for your advice.

Eligible Stays/Nights:
Stays: 28
Nights: 47

Award Nights during 2006: Total 22 nights / 6 stays
Cash & Points: 4 nights Cat4
Free weekend promo: 2 nights Cat4
Fifth Night Free: 5 nights Cat4
Regular awards: 11 nights (1 night Cat4, 10 nights Cat1)
(Note: My fifth night free and regular award nights were all booked at the end of 2005 before each hotel's category was increased for 2006. Total savings by booking early: 22,000 points)

Average price paid per night for paid stays: approx $90
Total spending for HSIA at Starwood properties: approx $430
Total nights in the Aladdin Las Vegas during 2006: 38

I took an unusual 4 month hiatus from business travel late this year. I also qualified for Hilton Diamond primarily with HGVC Las Vegas properties, and that drew a good number of nights away from my Aladdin stays.

Failures to provide noteworthy upgrades: 11 nights
Westin Casuarina Las Vegas: 3 of 3 nights (3 stays)
Westin Los Cabos: 6 of 6 nights (1 stay)
Sheraton Gateway ATL: 2 of 2 nights (2 stays)

First off-congrats to all new Platinums. The difference in service/benefits between Platinum and the lower levels is bigger than in any of my other loyalty programs. I have 20 stays and 44 nights this year and travel is done. Ouch. About to miss Platinum for first time in many years. I live in Boston and the only lower price stay options are hours away. Is it possible to no show a stay, pay the bill and get credit for the stay? It would be worth spending some $$ to carry me over, but I was looking at some $50-70 rates, not the hundreds it will be around me. Any way around this tough spot?? Thanks for your advice.

The Sheraton Ferncroft (Danvers) seems to be available for $79 the next couple of nights. The Sheraton Framingham and Sheraton Colonial (Wakefield) seem to be available for $89 the next couple of nights. You could swap back and foruth between 2 or 3 of them and get platinum for less than $500. All of these hotels are within 30-60 minutes of Boston.

But, you are not going to succeed with no-shows unless you are luckier than everyone else.

Stay 25 last night. Phew! (29 nights)
Will have a total of 26 stays w/30 nights, plus a year-ending stay with a checkout on 1 Jan (counting for '07). This year was a challenge, especially with 3 award stays totaling 8 nights.

Re-qualified 2 weeks ago. Will have another 2 stays before year-end.

Stays Year to Date: 25
Nights Year to Date: 31

Also, made HHonors Gold this year on the rolling qual schedule.

25 Stays
33 nights

90 nights from other people I made stay at *Woods becuase I was.

45 stays
50 nights

Also Hilton diamond...love this forum for all the information you guys share!!

I was PLT in '04 and '05 but only GLD this year. I almost didn't make PLT again, but thanks to a 16 night and $8k stint at the Sheraton Belgravia in London, I'm back! :D

Stays Year to Date: 19
Nights Year to Date: 72

It would have been a shame too if I couldn't qualify for some PLT status... I spent over 150 nights away from home this year. Too bad a big chunk of it was in a corporate apartment (Johannesburg) and a non-chain hotel (Moscow).

1Konsultant

Will be 35 stays and 80 nights by end of year. Should be getting over 100 nights next year and really hoping for a platinum elite.

Will be 35 stays and 80 nights by end of year. Should be getting over 100 nights next year and really hoping for a platinum elite.

Good luck luskinj, I had 185 nights during 55 stays in 2005 without getting Platinum Elite. If you make it let me know what your formula for success was.

27 stays 79 nights ^

Good luck luskinj, I had 185 nights during 55 stays in 2005 without getting Platinum Elite. If you make it let me know what your formula for success was.
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Stays Year to Date: 47
Nights Year to Date: 175

And the year is not over yet. What's Platinum Elite? I have never heard of it..

They don't have platinum elite. Just crossing my fingers that they add one next year.

Stay 25 last night. Phew! (29 nights)
Will have a total of 26 stays w/30 nights, plus a year-ending stay with a checkout on 1 Jan (counting for '07). This year was a challenge, especially with 3 award stays totaling 8 nights.

Your stay that ends on Jan 1 will probably be logged in 2006, not 2007.
Others might know differently, but I've always heard that the stay/nights count when they begin, not when they end.

Back to Platinum for me this year.. Moved from Norway to Chicago in September, really hard to qualify for SPG when there's only 1 hotel in the 3 countries you travel in (Scandinavia)...

Had 1 stay/1 night/Gold before September. Thanks to double stays and lots of travel domestic US I now have:

25 stays, 39 nights, mostly Ws and Westins, only one Four Points (Miami Beach)

Your stay that ends on Jan 1 will probably be logged in 2006, not 2007.
Others might know differently, but I've always heard that the stay/nights count when they begin, not when they end.

From the current T&C: [Emphasis added]

4B.2. An "Eligible Stay" is one or more consecutive nights at the same Participating Property, whether or not you checked-out and checked back in, during which you paid an Eligible Rate and presented your Preferred Guest number at registration. An "Eligible Night" is each night during an Eligible Stay. All stays and nights are deemed to occur on the date of check-out.

60 nights/ 19 stays in less than 3 months :)

I amde sure to nail Platinum again!

YTD Stays: 35
Nights: 60

(with 2 more to be added before the end of the year).


Starwood: Thanks for the upgrades all year including a few really memorable ones!

I asked about platinum elite and they say there is a VIP status. You have to be invited for it. Considering last 2 years i spent 200 nights a year at SPG at did not get an invitation... i am not sure what needs to be done for it. Has anyone here been invited?

Stays Year to Date: < 25
Nights Year to Date: > 195

I would have had 15 more Nights and 15 fewer Stays if it had not been for the 4 Stays/8K Bonus up to 32K promo for which I had to check in/out 15 times - it was a hassle for me and cost *wood 15 nights of my business. In the future I'd like to see some promos based on Nights, not Stays.

I asked about platinum elite and they say there is a VIP status. You have to be invited for it. Considering last 2 years i spent 200 nights a year at SPG at did not get an invitation... i am not sure what needs to be done for it. Has anyone here been invited?

Multiple posts on flyertalk about this. Basically, must be responsible for controlling travel for large numbers of people. In addition, there are some celebrities/hotel owners that have this status. You don't ask to be invited to this club. :eek:

40+ stays
60+ nights

Just made it with stays at the Sheraton NY and W Court last week! ^

25 stays; 44 nights. (and a little help from the double stay credit promo!).

44 Stays puts me back up there

27 stays
153 nights with *wood

+another 80 nights in other programs

25 stays
27 nights

4th time since 2002 when I discovered this program.

I used the double stays promotion instead of points, and blew past my stays expectation at the end of the year. Doh.

Member Number: 5xxxxxxxxxx
Starpoints: 180xxx
Stays Year to Date: 35
Nights Year to Date: 42

I need to get rid of 180K before the end of the year!!!!

Yesterday I just made 60 segments on AA, so just slid under the door there too.

25 Stays
40 Nights

Missed it last year, but back to Platinum (barely!)

Stays: 24
Nights: 73

Had a dry spell with business travel earlier in the year, but that'll probably change in '07. :)

Stays: 24
Nights: 73

Had a dry spell with business travel earlier in the year, but that'll probably change in '07. :)

You aren't going to stop when you are only one short are you???? :confused:

There must be a 4 Points or something else nearby at which you could find a cheap one night rate before year end. Just check in and leave and check out the next day (assuming it's nearby). If I hadn't had my last trip to NY last week I had reserved a $55 room at a nearby 4 points for just that purpose.

Stays Year to Date: 23
Nights Year to Date: 59

You aren't going to stop when you are only one short are you???? :confused:

There must be a 4 Points or something else nearby at which you could find a cheap one night rate before year end. Just check in and leave and check out the next day (assuming it's nearby). If I hadn't had my last trip to NY last week I had reserved a $55 room at a nearby 4 points for just that purpose.

LOL. No problem for prashok. He/she obliterated the necessary 50 eligible nights, even though the stays are one short. ;)

Sincerely,


William R. Sanders
Customer Service Coordinator
Starwood Preferred Services

guest.forum@starwoodhotels.com

2006 stays 44
2006 nights 96

Stays: 36
Nights: 44
Award nights : 29....
All for the fun of it!!!:D

It's always good to be Platinum:

2006 Stays: 27
2006 Nights: 39


53 nights in Marriott and wish they all could have been Starwood....

Member Number:
Stays Year to Date: 51
Nights Year to Date: 178 and counting

Stays to date: 26
Nights: 36

Stays Year to Date: 43
Nights Year to Date: 67

Another good year for me:

Stays = 27
Nights= 31

I also requalified for Hilton and Hyatt Diamond!

Stays : 29
Nights : 69

Stays: 27
Nights: 31

Toward the end of the year, the rest will be all award stay so this is it.

LOL. No problem for prashok. He/she obliterated the necessary 50 eligible nights, even though the stays are one short. ;)

If I completed that one last stay, would I get two Platinum cards in the mail instead? :D

If I completed that one last stay, would I get two Platinum cards in the mail instead? :D

LOL. The minute I say "no", two will undoubtedly show up after the 25th stay is completed. :D

Sincerely,


William R. Sanders
Customer Service Coordinator
Starwood Preferred Services

guest.forum@starwoodhotels.com

OK, I'm now done for the year at 47 stays and 70 nights with the kind folks at SPG.

Stays: 24
Nights: 25

I have one more stay planned for the 24th to make it to Plat so will just make it. After SPG did not target me for promos, I began to stay at Hilton where I just had to email to sign up for promos. Prior to this I used to do about 50-70 nights a year.

Yesterday I just made 60 segments on AA, so just slid under the door there too.

congrats! For me, yesterday was first time I ever made Exp Plt on AA.
Now have to check the website for add'l goodies....

Stays 18
Nights 54

Stays Year to Date: 38
Nights Year to Date: 41

Guess I should change my screen name to 'onenightstand'!

tagandrelease3 is in for 2007

26 stays
40 nights

Stays Year to Date: 25 :-)
Nights Year to Date: 27

I love these double stay promotions

LOL. No problem for prashok. He/she obliterated the necessary 50 eligible nights, even though the stays are one short. ;)

Sincerely,


William R. Sanders
Customer Service Coordinator
Starwood Preferred Services

guest.forum@starwoodhotels.com

Whoops....I guess I'd had too much Christmas "cheer" when reading his post! :D

29 stays; 35 nights

Also made Hilton Diamond for 2007, but with the Reno Hilton gone and no more $29 double dip stays there, 2008 may not be a Diamond year.

Sure would love to see a Four Points sign atop the former Reno Hilton. It should qualify based on the condition it's in -- and the new owners hedging their bets with "Need Not Be Built" disclaimers on all of their Grand Sierra Resort promotional materials. Who wouldn't want to spend $250,000 to buy a studio condo that's been a $29 a night hotel room for decades?

Stays Year to Date: 25 :-)
Nights Year to Date: 27

I love these double stay promotions

Yep, me too!
Starpoints: 52416
Stays Year to Date: 25
Nights Year to Date: 25

Well, unless we get inspired for one last quick stay our final tally is

stays 30

nights 67



Now if they only counted award stays!

Can you say project from hell...

Stays Year to Date: 39
Nights Year to Date: 258

My stay from this week hasn't posted yet... so should be 1 more stay and 4 more nights.

Can you say project from hell...

Stays Year to Date: 39
Nights Year to Date: 258

My stay from this week hasn't posted yet... so should be 1 more stay and 4 more nights.
I pity, and admire you, all at the same time

Save some space for me... :cool:

Stays Year to Date: 15
Nights Year to Date: 47


Stays Year to Date: 16
Nights Year to Date: 51

:cool: :D ^ ^ ^ :-: :-:

Can you say project from hell...

Stays Year to Date: 39
Nights Year to Date: 258

My stay from this week hasn't posted yet... so should be 1 more stay and 4 more nights.

Isn't there only 261 working days in a year? I assume this was always in the same hotel.

Ouch.

Sounds like you owned the hotel. Hopefully they got to know you and upgraded you every week. :)

[QUOTE=high_flyer;6894178]Isn't there only 261 working days in a year? I assume this was always in the same hotel.[QUOTE]

There are fewer than 261 working days in a year, if only counting week days. Don't forget to subtract the "standard" 6-9 holidays.

delayed had 261 nights and 39 stays, which works out to more than 6 nights/stay. delayed had many stays that included weekend nights.

I'm in for 2007 as a once again long time SPG Platinum.
Currently well over the min stay requirements…….
I was positive last year I was not going to requalify as the program, value and customer service slipped dramatically to historic lows. In fact last year was the first year I had no votes for Starwood at the Freddie’s.
But Starwood surprised me here this year. And although some chronic problems still remain outside of SPG all in all the good folks at Starwood turned in an impressive performance.^

SPG marketing kept seducing me throughout the year with compelling promotions (thankfully) and the Lancaster call center that I use to look at as a number of steps below Austin became a stellar performer the majority of times I made contact with the center.

All in all it was great year to be a Starwood Platinum member. I am back with SPG as long as this is their future commitment to continue the renewed performance and superior service levels.All of which Starwood originally set the standard for years ago back in the early days of Austin and Salt Lake City.
And I must say it feels great to have any of the magic back at Starwood and SPG again.
Starwood can count on my vote again at the Freddie’s and my cheer leading support again year round.
My congratulations to all at Starwood who didn’t throw in the towel because they missed a few Freddies in 2005.No they said lets make an attempt to come back to the best of our ability. For that alone they deserve a Freddie.
Let the Freddie’s voting begin^ A great holiday to all :cool:
By the way does anybody really care what my stay and night count is? :D
Cheers

I am back although modestly in comparison to some,

SYTD: 27
Nights: 29

This will be my gazillionth year as a Plat. Best program anywhere despite the rise in points redemptions.

I'm in for the first time. I have a lot to learn :cool:

Stays Year to Date: 28
Nights Year to Date: 41

27 stays
35 nights

Stays Year to Date: 37
Nights Year to Date: 115

Stays Year to Date: 21
Nights Year to Date: 50

I currently have

23 stays
58 nights

but by year end I will have

24 stays
64 nights

39 Stays
46 nights
about half personal travel, upgraded almost every time when traveling with my wife - good job by SPG.