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Old Mar 1, 2009, 8:36 pm
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Originally Posted by mario33
Question is whether Starfriend rates earn points/stay credit.
In my experience, some do, some don't. My best friend has a family member who works for Starwood. I've stayed with him from time to time on StarHOT rates. Sometimes, the stays have gotten credit, other times not.

If I had to guess, the times we received credit it was probably not a true StarHOT/Starfriend rate, but some sort of discount afforded to the employee by the property.
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