Originally Posted by gardener

Rumor has it there will for the first time in history be no summer bonus.

http://loyaltylobby.com/2015/05/05/n...promo-in-2015/

Bummer for me (and Marriott) as I have booked 7 nights at Ren Blackstone in ORD and Marriotts up and down the CA coast for our summer PCH drive, plus many other one and two nighters. If this turns out to be true, it will be time to cash in some Starwood points on cash + points stays.