Originally Posted by iflyjetz

You've got the right general idea but checking in/out of the same hotel won't get you additional stays. Starwood will merge the individual stays into one stay. You need at least 2 hotels to make this work.
Example:
Sun-Mon Hotel A
Mon-Tues Hotel B
Tues-Wed Hotel A
etc

It's called hotel hopping; I've done it to keep status with hotel programs. Here's an article on it: http://thepointsguy.com/2011/02/the-...hotel-hopping/