PROMO: Westin Bonaventure giving away free nights: book Tues AM thru April 14

satori · Mar 24, 09, 10:14 am

I am simply amazed that so few people are participating in the free night giveaway for the Westin Bonaventure. On Tuesdays between 9am and noon, Pacific time there are 5 rooms available for free through Twitter and 45 rooms available online throught this link http://www.thebonaventure.com/give_away/index.cfm.

Twitter was a sure thing if you were there at 9am and I was still seeing free rooms online just three minutes ago before starting to write this post.

Is the economy so bad that people do not even want to stay in hotels for free?

**SanDiego1K** · Mar 24, 09, 11:31 am

mod/

I moved this out from the master thread so that it would get better visibility. I know that I, myself, had been oblivious to the offer. Thank you, satori.

/mod

rdchen · Mar 24, 09, 11:44 am

Thanks OP!!!, Just booked 1 room for this weekend

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The T&Cs for the free room promo:

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Enjoy a Stress Free Night

• Offer valid at The Westin Bonaventure only.
• One free room reservation per person for the promotional period.
• Guests must be 18 years of age or older.
• Free room night is valid for Standard guest rooms and may not be applied towards an upgrade of any kind.
• Complimentary nights will be on a first come first serve basis up to the first 50 per night that the offer is valid.
• When booking a stay guests will see a $0.01 rate and will receive confirmation when they book. A secondary confirmation reflecting a $0.00 rate will follow shortly after.
• Eligible dates are: 27 and 28 and April 3, 4, 10 and 11
• Bookings will be accepted between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. PT each Tuesday prior to the weekend of arrival via the website only.
• Offer is not valid for any upgraded room or Suite.
• Offer is valid for Friday and Saturday arrivals between March 27th and April 11th, 2009.
• Credit card will be taken at the time of booking to hold the room and CC with valid ID must be presented at check-in.
• Parking, room service, in room movies and all other on property spends are not included in the room.
• Free room is for room rate and tax only.
• Free room night is only valid for one night stays. Guests looking to extend their stay may do so by calling
• Starwood Hotels and Westin Bonaventure employees and family members are not eligible for the offer.
• Guests will not earn SPG points for the free night or receive an upgrade regardless of SPG status.
• The free night cannot be exchanged for cash and cannot be transferred, sold or rented to a third party.
• The free night cannot be canceled and re-booked for another date. It must be used on the reserved date or else it will be cancelled.
• Not valid with any other offers or group rates.
• Free rooms are limited to the first 50 guests who book for a particular day and may not be available at the time of booking.
• If there are cancellations rooms will be made available on a first come first serve basis.
• Blackout dates and other restrictions may apply.
• Offer not applicable to groups.
• Not to be combined with other offers or promotions and subject to change.
• Not responsible for omissions or typographical errors.
• Void where prohibited by law.
• Starwood reserves the right to discontinue this offer at any time.

thepointsguy · Mar 24, 09, 12:06 pm

Nice promo.. think the St Regis NY will do a similar one!?

mahasamatman · Mar 24, 09, 12:39 pm

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Originally Posted by rdchen

When booking a stay guests will see a $0.01 rate and will receive confirmation when they book. A secondary confirmation reflecting a $0.00 rate will follow shortly after.

I'd rather see the $0.01 stick for stay credit...

anchor79 · Mar 24, 09, 12:40 pm

shoot! I am out of the town this weekend!!!

sc flier · Mar 24, 09, 12:44 pm

Nice! Free rooms are still available for this weekend!

itsaboutthejourney · Mar 24, 09, 12:58 pm

Nice! Booked one. At this rate the hotel will be seeing me spend some decent $ in the bar & restaurant!

sc flier · Mar 24, 09, 1:12 pm

Rate still available for either night even though it's past the T&Cs noon Pacific deadline!

elihu1991 · Mar 24, 09, 1:39 pm

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Originally Posted by sc flier

Rate still available for either night even though it's past the T&Cs noon Pacific deadline!

wow, i didn't know this was going on. i missed it!

BlissWorld · Mar 24, 09, 1:58 pm

How did I miss this???

Stupid brazilian bbq and guarana distracted me from SPG forum...

I couldn't have gone anyway...will be enjoying my trip to LHR in UA new business lie flat seats

bigguyinpasadena · Mar 24, 09, 3:39 pm

Anybody else?Let's meet up

satori · Mar 24, 09, 6:14 pm

Thanks SanDiego1K for making this its own thread.

I was too busy telling others about the availability of the deal this morning and I just quickly added to the Westin Bonaventure master hotel thread.

Here was my blog post last week about this Bonaventure promotion.

I wondered if people would notice the post "Twitter and the Westin Bonaventure" on my blog since I left "free room" out of the title. After the LHW fiasco last October I was amazed to see how easy it was to get a free room during this second Tuesday of the promotion.

The online availability (45 rooms for March 27-28) was easier than Twitter this week (5 rooms).

**SanDiego1K** · Mar 24, 09, 7:20 pm

For those who don't track satori's blog, it's must reading for those of us who like to analyze hotel loyalty programs. And I thought I was reading it faithfully, but somehow missed this promo. Thanks for bring the info over to the Starwood forum.

SportsTech · Mar 24, 09, 8:14 pm

Didn't score the free room, but did book 3 nights 1st week of April for $125 INCLUDING PARKING. Cancellable, no less.

This hotel is really making an effort. Wish that more SPG properties would be so aggressive!