not just for 'comped' or newed spg members
I just received the offer, and I only qualified for gold this year because of SPG AMEX spend last year. Also, to note, I am not going to qualify as Gold next year, as I haven't been working and therefore not travelling, and don't have the qualified spend via AMEX. And yet I still got the email... though a day later than most, not sure what that means!