Originally Posted by
Andain
I signed up for this promotion or one very similar in early 2012, right after joining SPG, and mostly forgot about it, because I did not have a World MasterCard. However after a stay in Asia in July the same year, paid by a regular MasterCard, I was upgraded to Gold a few days after checking out. Maybe it was a one off, YMMV.
At least it was a nice incentive, as I'm now Platinum, and do 90% of my stays at SPG hotels :-)
Wow, thanks, might stay at a SPG property and pay with my regular Mastercard just to try it out then. Though Accor is still my preferred because even if their loyalty sucks and the give out status to everyone (like me), they have quite a few properties in this area, prices are reasonable and their points are somewhat useful too.