I suppose you can also check into a cash and points 1600pts $30 hotel for a month
and just leave... checking in 25 times is just annoying as all hell haha.
But I would then wonder how much of a "return" one would get.... Lets see.... At 30 'legitimate' nights a year:
10 suite night upgrades x $50 = $500
Breakfast for 2 x $15 x 30 = $900
Plat Upgrade 20% of the time (6 x $50) = $300
Total = $1700
In another words, barely breaking even at the values placed on the certain plat benefits.
On another subject, they should seriously consider a new tier for cardholders whose spend exceeds say, $250k a yr. I don't really think this would "water down" the exlusivity of being a platinum.
Look at how high the discount rate to take Amex cards, I'm paying 2.9% each time a customer swipes a card at my place of business... so high that I tell customers that no amex is accepted until they insist or say "its my only card"
Originally Posted by
RichardKopf
There are 2 ways:
1/ as previous poster indicated, you can use the SPG points earned from CC spend to redeem free nights. 25 separate redeemed nights will make you plat, which can be achieved with 50000 points.
2/ I'm being cheeky - you can pay for 25 separate, nights in Starwood hotels, with your card, but you can't stay at the same hotel for 2 nights in a row. I think you could acheive this with only a $2000.00 spend, but it would cost you the $2000.00
The main downside is that you have to check in to a crappy hotel 25 times.
I do have to ask though, why you would want status if you are not a regular guest. It's only of benefit if you stay at Starwood hotels. If it's just for a single trip and you are hoping for upgrades and internet, etc, I doubt it would worth the effort.