Dec 9, 2013, 10:11 am
Last edit by: itsaboutthejourney
Dates: January 5, 2014 through April 30, 2014
Register by February 28, 2014
Earn 2500 extra points after your 5th, 10th, 15, and 20th eligible nights during the promo period; earn 5000 extra points at the 25th eligible night for a potential total of 15,000 extra points.
Exclusions: There are no hotel exclusions - if a hotel participates in the SPG program, they will be eligible to earn during this promotion
Registration is live. Follow the link spg.com/bringonthenights to register and get a confirmation by email.
Check back after January 5 to keep an eye on your earnings with the SPG Bring On The Nights promotion by visiting spg.com/trackbotn
Terms and Conditions (in English) here
Register by February 28, 2014
Earn 2500 extra points after your 5th, 10th, 15, and 20th eligible nights during the promo period; earn 5000 extra points at the 25th eligible night for a potential total of 15,000 extra points.
Exclusions: There are no hotel exclusions - if a hotel participates in the SPG program, they will be eligible to earn during this promotion
Registration is live. Follow the link spg.com/bringonthenights to register and get a confirmation by email.
Check back after January 5 to keep an eye on your earnings with the SPG Bring On The Nights promotion by visiting spg.com/trackbotn
Terms and Conditions (in English) here
2014 Q1 Global Promo : SPG Bring On the Nights, Jan 5 - Apr 30
Nov 26, 2013, 9:35 am
#46
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Snooze. Is this even considered a promo? It's like 2013 Q4 minus the blackout properties.....
A promo is supposed to entice new bookings. This doesn't.
A promo is supposed to entice new bookings. This doesn't.
Nov 26, 2013, 9:39 am
#47
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As someone that loves the Starwood properties in general, and looks for a reason to make bookings over our other 3 (Hyatt, Hilton), I typically go with the best promo for our quick one night stays. We have about 25 or so of those per year. For our longer stays of multiple nights, its usually about the property and of course price and location play a large role.
While any promotion is a fine addition and no exclusions are a nice twist, I would much rather see a very aggressive promotion with some unique rewards rather and lose a few properties (if that would actually happen) than something like this.
Nothing against this, but as someone that has multiple choices (as we technically all do), I am going to go with the best offer rather than blind loyalty. Nothing is wrong with either and its not a knock against a fabulous reward system in general (that we love), but I find promotions like this more of a "Nothing factor" than a "wow factor".
While any promotion is a fine addition and no exclusions are a nice twist, I would much rather see a very aggressive promotion with some unique rewards rather and lose a few properties (if that would actually happen) than something like this.
Nothing against this, but as someone that has multiple choices (as we technically all do), I am going to go with the best offer rather than blind loyalty. Nothing is wrong with either and its not a knock against a fabulous reward system in general (that we love), but I find promotions like this more of a "Nothing factor" than a "wow factor".
Nov 26, 2013, 12:12 pm
#48
Join Date: Apr 2003
Programs: B6 Mosaic, Bonvoy LT Titanium (x SPG LT), IHG Spire, UA Silver
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Nothing wrong with being blindly loyal if the properties are in places you want to be and you have consistently good experiences. Not going to waste my time at other chains just for the sake of staying elsewhere.
Nov 26, 2013, 2:49 pm
#49
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You could literally max out this promo and still not have enough points for 1/2 a night at a top tier hotel!!
This "promo" is getting panned, across the board. These are just from today:
http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/5103639...ll-Properties/
http://boardingarea.com/viewfromthew...ter-promotion/
http://thepointsguy.com/2013/11/star...-bonus-points/
Last edited by pricesquire; Nov 26, 2013 at 2:55 pm
Nov 26, 2013, 4:08 pm
#50
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: BKK
Programs: World of Hyatt Globalist; Marriott Bonvoy LTP; IHG Plat
Posts: 2,232
personally, i totally dissapointed. don't know why too.
Nov 26, 2013, 7:00 pm
#52
Company Representative - Starwood
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Nov 26, 2013, 7:13 pm
#53
Join Date: Sep 2013
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This is totally dependent on how the properties post the stays.
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Thyetus Lee | Social Media Specialist
Starwood Customer Contact Centre (AP) Pte Ltd
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Thyetus Lee | Social Media Specialist
Starwood Customer Contact Centre (AP) Pte Ltd
Thanks for replying but could you please be more specific?
Your non-committal answer kind of worry me as you seem to imply that the rules of the game can be interpreted differently by each property.
Every promotion should have a fixed T&C isn't it?
Nov 26, 2013, 7:18 pm
#54
Join Date: Sep 2013
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Then again, good/bad promo are all in relative terms. We've not seen what others got to offer for Q1.
Nov 26, 2013, 7:52 pm
#55
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Let's look at others Q4, not Q1, considering this promo is identical to the Take Two promo going on now (without the blackout properties).
By your standards, I'd say this promo is weak.
For the record, I don't need the kitchen sink every time there's a promo. IHG's last promo was pumping out 70k/customer at times. I know point values are relative, and I don't expect SPG to throw out the equivalent of 2 nights stay at a Cat. 7. But, this promo is almost identical to last quarter. Common!
Nov 26, 2013, 7:55 pm
#56
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Nov 26, 2013, 8:14 pm
#57
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Miami, FL
Programs: UA 1MM, AA Plat, Marriott LT Titanium, Hyatt Glob, IHG ♢ Amb, Hilton ♢, Hertz Pres
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So what does this mean for the customer? We get the short end of the stick because SPG is making more money?
Let's look at others Q4, not Q1, considering this promo is identical to the Take Two promo going on now (without the blackout properties).
By your standards, I'd say this promo is weak.
For the record, I don't need the kitchen sink every time there's a promo. IHG's last promo was pumping out 70k/customer at times. I know point values are relative, and I don't expect SPG to throw out the equivalent of 2 nights stay at a Cat. 7. But, this promo is almost identical to last quarter. Common!
Let's look at others Q4, not Q1, considering this promo is identical to the Take Two promo going on now (without the blackout properties).
By your standards, I'd say this promo is weak.
For the record, I don't need the kitchen sink every time there's a promo. IHG's last promo was pumping out 70k/customer at times. I know point values are relative, and I don't expect SPG to throw out the equivalent of 2 nights stay at a Cat. 7. But, this promo is almost identical to last quarter. Common!
And yet - even though they are doing well - they are giving us all 500 points per night at every and any property. For doing whatever it was we were going to do in the first place. To me, that's a nice gesture.
Nov 26, 2013, 8:24 pm
#58
Company Representative - Starwood
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When this happens, you can email a copy of your hotel folio to [email protected] to correct the stay credits.
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Thyetus Lee | Social Media Specialist
Starwood Customer Contact Centre (AP) Pte Ltd
Nov 27, 2013, 6:58 am
#59
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: GVA
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I fully agree with others, and although I'll take the meagre extra points for now, I'd much rather see a stronger promo with more exclusions going forward (any chance we'll ever see FRN promos again??).
Nov 27, 2013, 7:11 am
#60
Join Date: May 2013
Programs: HHonors Diamond AA Platinum
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So what does this mean for the customer? We get the short end of the stick because SPG is making more money?
Let's look at others Q4, not Q1, considering this promo is identical to the Take Two promo going on now (without the blackout properties).
By your standards, I'd say this promo is weak.
For the record, I don't need the kitchen sink every time there's a promo. IHG's last promo was pumping out 70k/customer at times. I know point values are relative, and I don't expect SPG to throw out the equivalent of 2 nights stay at a Cat. 7. But, this promo is almost identical to last quarter. Common!
Let's look at others Q4, not Q1, considering this promo is identical to the Take Two promo going on now (without the blackout properties).
By your standards, I'd say this promo is weak.
For the record, I don't need the kitchen sink every time there's a promo. IHG's last promo was pumping out 70k/customer at times. I know point values are relative, and I don't expect SPG to throw out the equivalent of 2 nights stay at a Cat. 7. But, this promo is almost identical to last quarter. Common!
This is not a promo. A promo is a promotional tool to entice. If this entices a single booking away from another hotel chain I would be surprised.
Saying something "negative" in here is starting to become like criticizing the iPhone for its "revolutionary" products that have been out by Samsung and others for over a year.
As a consumer, I will never understand defense/loyalty. I love the properties compared to others, but if they all of the sudden made the reward redemptions double what they are now...Guess what, I would go elsewhere.
The idea that "any promo" is a good promo and is "not needed" is absurd. Companies do this in place of all of the devaluations to stay in the news and conversation and entice. This one does little to entice.