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Link to download Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) Gold Preferred Member Guide.
Link to Starwood Preferred Guest Gold elite status benefit page. In part (08/2014):
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SPG has a "soft landing" policy so members will not drop more than one status tier in one year.
Updated 11 Aug 2014
(lower right wiki corner)Link to download Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) Gold Preferred Member Guide.
Link to Starwood Preferred Guest Gold elite status benefit page. In part (08/2014):
Gold status is reached after completing 10 eligible stays or 25 eligible nights in a calendar year. Eligible paid stays and nights and Award redemption stays and nights count toward elite status earning. As a Gold member, you’ll receive all the benefits of Preferred, plus much more:
- Three Starpoints for every eligible U.S. dollar spent – a 50% bonus over base-level membership.
- 4 p.m. late checkout,1 so you can sleep in, relax by the pool or see more of the local area you’re visiting.
- An enhanced room at check-in, when available.2
- Special elite customer service telephone line (available in most countries).
- New! Your choice of a welcome gift with each stay. Choose from bonus Starpoints, complimentary in-room Internet access or a complimentary beverage.
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Introducing SPG Lifetime Gold!
Be golden – for life. Never go below Gold membership level when you achieve 250 eligible nights total and any 5 years of elite SPG status.
Be golden – for life. Never go below Gold membership level when you achieve 250 eligible nights total and any 5 years of elite SPG status.
Updated 11 Aug 2014
FAQ: SPG gold benefits - what are they?
Jan 16, 2015, 11:02 pm
#181
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 47
I reach gold status via spend every year. When it resets, am I still gold in the time it takes to spend again or do I lose status until then?
Jan 17, 2015, 12:03 am
#182
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: perth
Programs: SPG(LTG), QANTAS gold, Korean, Accor Plat
Posts: 1,500
Jan 17, 2015, 6:30 am
#183
Join Date: May 2009
Location: UK
Posts: 3,951
Received a two level upgrade at the Sheraton Grand in Edinburgh last week. I suspect I got lucky though. Late check out offered without asking also. Pleasantly surprised.
Jan 17, 2015, 3:01 pm
#184
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: South Florida
Programs: AA LTG (EXP), Hilton Silver (Dia), Marriott LTP (PP), SPG LTG (P) > MPG LTPP
Posts: 11,329
So if you can manage your spend to do it in just two months, you can skip a year and keep status intact. Reach status in 2014. Complete your spend by the end of February, 2016, and status continues.
Jan 17, 2015, 7:22 pm
#185
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: perth
Programs: SPG(LTG), QANTAS gold, Korean, Accor Plat
Posts: 1,500
Actually, once you earn Gold in 2014, you are Gold until the end of February, 2016. So if you also earn Gold in 2015, your status is now good until February, 2017.
So if you can manage your spend to do it in just two months, you can skip a year and keep status intact. Reach status in 2014. Complete your spend by the end of February, 2016, and status continues.
So if you can manage your spend to do it in just two months, you can skip a year and keep status intact. Reach status in 2014. Complete your spend by the end of February, 2016, and status continues.
Jan 17, 2015, 8:58 pm
#186
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: South Florida
Programs: AA LTG (EXP), Hilton Silver (Dia), Marriott LTP (PP), SPG LTG (P) > MPG LTPP
Posts: 11,329
Read it again... IF you make Gold in 2014, you have Gold until the end of February 2016. You do NOT need to do anything during 2015, but get your 2016 spend in by the end of February 2016, and you are good until the end of February 2018.
Jan 17, 2015, 9:43 pm
#187
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: perth
Programs: SPG(LTG), QANTAS gold, Korean, Accor Plat
Posts: 1,500
Sorry I misread. it is nights and stays reset on 1st. I have no idea re spend requirements and will defer to you.
Jan 18, 2015, 7:54 am
#188
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: South Florida
Programs: AA LTG (EXP), Hilton Silver (Dia), Marriott LTP (PP), SPG LTG (P) > MPG LTPP
Posts: 11,329
The qualification year does end 12/31 and all counters are reset at that time. However, benefits continue until the end of February the second year after status was earned.
See last paragraph of http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/24185579-post184.html
Jan 18, 2015, 9:39 pm
#189
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: perth
Programs: SPG(LTG), QANTAS gold, Korean, Accor Plat
Posts: 1,500
To be very clear... What I am saying is if you earned Gold in 2014, do nothing in 2015, and then do the required Stays/Nights/Spend in the first two months of 2016, your status will remain intact.
The qualification year does end 12/31 and all counters are reset at that time. However, benefits continue until the end of February the second year after status was earned.
See last paragraph of http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/24185579-post184.html
The qualification year does end 12/31 and all counters are reset at that time. However, benefits continue until the end of February the second year after status was earned.
See last paragraph of http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/24185579-post184.html
Feb 1, 2016, 9:30 am
#190
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 102
If I "earn" my gold status by having an Amex Platinum, do those years count towards Lifetime Gold?
I know I still need to rack-up the 250 career nights, but once I hit that mark, assuming I've had SPG Gold thru Amex Platinum for 5+ years, will that get me Lifetime Gold?
I know I still need to rack-up the 250 career nights, but once I hit that mark, assuming I've had SPG Gold thru Amex Platinum for 5+ years, will that get me Lifetime Gold?
Feb 1, 2016, 10:10 am
#191
Company Representative - Starwood
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Austin, Texas
Programs: Marriott Employee Level
Posts: 31,593
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
[email protected]
Jun 17, 2016, 12:24 pm
#192
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 3
Just posting to say Gold is pointless with SPG. I get an upgrade perhaps 1/10 stays, and someone should take pictures of the club level so I know what it looks like. It used to be better, in the early 200x's, but I guess everyone is Plat now.
Jun 17, 2016, 3:50 pm
#193
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Paradise
Posts: 1,617
Not sure why someone needs to take a picture of the club level, since club level rooms/access isn't a benefit for Gold. Any property that gives a Gold a upgrade like that is doing so out of kindness.
If you truly need/want to be on the club floor, simply book the corresponding room for it or earn platinum status.
Jun 17, 2016, 5:11 pm
#194
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: On strike
Posts: 8,135
I suppose that depends on whether you prefer late checkout or free breakfast (assuming stays at full-service Hilton properties). I'm not judging; each has its advantages.
Nov 25, 2016, 8:51 pm
#195
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: YYZ, NYC
Programs: Marriott Gold, JGC, IHG Platinum, Hilton Gold, AC 25K
Posts: 1,025
If I'm upgraded to a club room/suite, and the room description (on app) says includes club lounge access, does that mean I have access or can the hotel deny it?
It's been a few times where I get a executive club room but front desk associates says I don't have lounge access but just a room upgrade.
It's been a few times where I get a executive club room but front desk associates says I don't have lounge access but just a room upgrade.