Techgirl,

Thanks for the info - since it has been awhile (i.e. months) since I stayed at Starwood, I sincerely did not know that the PLT bonuses, # of nights stayed, getc. post a couple of days later - I just assumed everything related to the stay posted at one time. Seems like a strange system to me - silly me.

It was not a "last minute deal", it was a published rate on Star's own site - and it said nothing about not earning points.