Originally Posted by
itsaboutthejourney
I agree that some of these hotels are doing very well and don't need to offer the promo, but if they are doing so well and don't want to agree to the basic terms of the SPG program then maybe they would be even better as independents or in another chain? Starwood is undercutting its own brands by letting hotels go 'rogue' ....with or without this promo.
I stay at the San Diego Marina, which is a corporate hotel. I think all the other San Diego Starwood properties on the 'non-participating' list are also corporate. Bummer...
There are other participating properties in the area; however, IMO the extra ~10K points I could get are not worth switching to the older hotels in the area with less quality comforts.