When do you expect the next SPG point sale?
Oct 2, 2015, 6:47 pm
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When do you expect the next SPG point sale?
Hi everyone,
I am looking to buying some SPG points in preparation for a trip to Europe next summer. In your opinion, will there be a point sale this November?
I find that the points & cash price is usually a great deal at many Westin-type properties in Europe.
Thank you!
I am looking to buying some SPG points in preparation for a trip to Europe next summer. In your opinion, will there be a point sale this November?
I find that the points & cash price is usually a great deal at many Westin-type properties in Europe.
Thank you!
Oct 2, 2015, 9:13 pm
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Sorry, but at the risk of being difficult, does anyone's opinion here really help you short of input from a Lurker if you're depending on it for making travel plans?
Oct 3, 2015, 12:08 am
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Previously SPG point sale discount 25%
The last sale discount only 20%
The last sale discount only 20%
Oct 3, 2015, 1:01 am
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Sometimes getting a one nighter BRG is much better than buying points. You would also get nights/stay credits.
Oct 3, 2015, 9:50 am
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Oct 3, 2015, 11:14 am
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OTOH, free nights (paid with points) earn night/stay credit (but don't count as eligible nights for promos).
Oct 3, 2015, 11:43 am
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I would say sometime within the next 30 days there will be a points sale. They have offered it for many years in a row now towards the end of Oct/early Nov.
Oct 3, 2015, 2:20 pm
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I'm confused. A BRG gives you a discount on an inexpensive room rate as well as point/night/stay credit for what you spend on the room, counted as a SPG booking. You don't get a ton of bonus points for it.
OTOH, free nights (paid with points) earn night/stay credit (but don't count as eligible nights for promos).
OTOH, free nights (paid with points) earn night/stay credit (but don't count as eligible nights for promos).
Oct 4, 2015, 2:01 am
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I'm confused. A BRG gives you a discount on an inexpensive room rate as well as point/night/stay credit for what you spend on the room, counted as a SPG booking. You don't get a ton of bonus points for it.
OTOH, free nights (paid with points) earn night/stay credit (but don't count as eligible nights for promos).
OTOH, free nights (paid with points) earn night/stay credit (but don't count as eligible nights for promos).
If you have status, you will also earn 250/500 points as a welcome amenity. Plus, base points plus promo points.
Fairly easy to get 2500-3000 points from a one-night mattress run (or actual stay). If you do it in a part of the world where the one-night stay costs $80 or less, you're buying points cheaper than during the sale... And picking up stays and nights for status / lifetime status...
P.S. Last year's autumn promo with the 25% discount ran from mid-November until the end of December. In 2013, it ran from mid-November until mid-December...
Oct 10, 2015, 8:21 pm
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For some high-end hotels in Europe that have cash and points promotion, the 2.65 cents per point is a good deal. Not always but sometimes it is.
Oct 11, 2015, 1:43 pm
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You can choose 2,000 points instead of the discount.
If you have status, you will also earn 250/500 points as a welcome amenity. Plus, base points plus promo points.
Fairly easy to get 2500-3000 points from a one-night mattress run (or actual stay). If you do it in a part of the world where the one-night stay costs $80 or less, you're buying points cheaper than during the sale... And picking up stays and nights for status / lifetime status...
P.S. Last year's autumn promo with the 25% discount ran from mid-November until the end of December. In 2013, it ran from mid-November until mid-December...
If you have status, you will also earn 250/500 points as a welcome amenity. Plus, base points plus promo points.
Fairly easy to get 2500-3000 points from a one-night mattress run (or actual stay). If you do it in a part of the world where the one-night stay costs $80 or less, you're buying points cheaper than during the sale... And picking up stays and nights for status / lifetime status...
P.S. Last year's autumn promo with the 25% discount ran from mid-November until the end of December. In 2013, it ran from mid-November until mid-December...
Oct 11, 2015, 2:05 pm
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