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For stays over the New Year, checking-in in December and checking-out in January, how are the stay credits and night credits accounted for ?

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The stay credit goes to whichever year your stay began.
The night credits belong to whichever year each individual night begins.

Examples
Check in 30 Dec 2017, check out 1 Jan 2018 :
1 stay credit for 2017.
2 night credits for 2017.

Check in 31 Dec 2017, check out 2 Jan 2018 :
1 stay credit for 2017.
1 night credit for 2017 & 1 night credit for 2018.

FAQ: Night & Stay credits for New Year Stays (check-in in Dec, check-out in Jan)

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Nov 16, 2010, 9:12 am

#61

bseller

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CIPAS

2010 and it doesn't matter since SPG's stay counts till Feb. each year.

What does this mean???

Dave

Nov 16, 2010, 9:19 am

#62

62asr

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Uhhhh, yeah...let me clarify, will staying the 31st, checing out the first go towards my 2012 qualification?

Nov 16, 2010, 9:28 am

#63

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CIPAS

2010 and it doesn't matter since SPG's stay counts till Feb. each year.

You are confusing this program with the Hyatt program perhaps?

Quote:

Originally Posted by 62asr

Uhhhh, yeah...let me clarify, will staying the 31st, checing out the first go towards my 2012 qualification?

Stays count towards the year of check-in. Nights count for the year they began in. So staying from Dec 30 - Jan 2 would give you one stay for 2010, 2 nights for 2010, and one night for 2011.

Nov 16, 2010, 9:30 am

#64

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What I was tying to say is, let's say if you need ONE more stay/night to re-qualify for Gold or Plat, you will re-qualify even if it post on Jan 2011.

And staying 31st of 2010 night is for 2010.

Last edited by CIPAS; Nov 16, 2010 at 9:36 am

Nov 16, 2010, 11:08 am

#65

KENNECTED

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 62asr

If I stay at SPG hotel Dec 31, shcking out Jan 1, does this stay count for 2010 or 2011?

Thx

FAQ: Year end stay credits to year that stay begins

A lot of good information in the "Everything you wanted to know about status at SPG" thread

Nov 18, 2010, 2:28 am

#66

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CIPAS

What I was tying to say is, let's say if you need ONE more stay/night to re-qualify for Gold or Plat, you will re-qualify even if it post on Jan 2011.

And staying 31st of 2010 night is for 2010.

if you begin your 25th stay on the 31st of december then it will count towards 2010....no matter when you checkout....

Dec 3, 2011, 9:01 pm

#67

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Is this still accurate? I asked a plat concierge today and they told me if i checked in on the 30th and checked out on the 2nd, the stay counted in the new year...

bad information?

lurker--any thoughts?

Dec 4, 2011, 4:00 am

#68

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Stays count in the month/year/promo period where they start. Nights cound in the monh/year where they fall.

Dec 4, 2011, 7:27 am

#69

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DGS822

in this scenario you would get 1 stay & 2 nights to count towards 2011 & 0 stays & 1 night towards 2012....

Dec 4, 2011, 7:51 am

#70

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Thanks guy.. that's what I thought but was surprised when the agent on the phone told me the opposite.

Hm.. I'm trying to start January by maximizing stays to start requalifying as I wont' be traveling a ton for work.. I guess I'll need to re-think this through and if there's anywhere to get my Meridien Koh Samui stay to count as a stay in 2012.

Thanks

Dec 4, 2011, 9:07 am

#71

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If you aren't by yourself then you could make a booking for the second night under your partner's SPG number and the last night back on yours.

Dec 4, 2011, 11:42 am

#72

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Yea.. if only she had an SPG number, let alone any points.. The hotel also seems booked, but I'll have to see if there any other creative ways to nab it.. oh well

thanks for the info!

Dec 4, 2011, 6:06 pm

#73

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How hard is it to create an SPG number?

Dec 4, 2011, 6:17 pm

#74

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Apologies -- I should be more clear

I'm staying with points at the LM Koh Samui. Can't find any availability to try to book one-off nights or modify my reservation in any way, so would be challenging to go that route for this hotel / stay.