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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 5:57 am
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Originally Posted by SunshineStay
You get that already with the starpoints.

If I rack up 50 nights a year for 80$, that will only net me 11200 points:
  • 1600 points - 160 points for each of the first ten nights
  • 9600 points - 240 points for the following 40 nights, as I've reached Gold level

However with just 10 nights for 1000$ each, that will net you 20,000 points, an increase of nearly 80%. That's not bad and it would get even better if you would spend 20 nights for 500$ each, which would net you 25,000 points.
So you would trade Plat status for 15k points would you?

I know I get more value each year from SPG Plat than I ever would from a 15k redemption.
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