Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
AFAIK even if a Starwood hotel doesn't participate in SPG, you can still book it through the Starwood website. It sounds to me like the hotel is saying it joined on September 1st, but according to Starwood it isn't a Starwood yet despite what the hotel's website claims.
That's how I read it yet
CPRich thinks otherwise. I hope lurker can clarify if Four Points by Sheraton Hakodate did or did not re-flag on September 1, 2016.