2.1.b. Eligible Events.
i. Ability to Earn Starpoints for Eligible Events. If any SPG Member enters into an agreement with an SPG Participating Hotel to hold an Eligible Event at an SPG Participating Hotel ("Eligible Event Agreement"), the SPG Member will earn:
A. one base Starpoint for every $3 US dollar or the currency equivalent that is incurred and paid for Eligible Event Charges, up to a maximum of 20,000 Starpoints per Eligible Event Agreement if he/she is not a Gold Preferred Guest or a Platinum Preferred Guest as of the date that Starpoints are posted to the SPG Member's account;
B. one base Starpoint for every $2 US dollar (one base Starpoint and one-half bonus Starpoint for every $3 US dollar) or the currency equivalent that is incurred and paid for Eligible Event Charges, up to a maximum of 30,000 Starpoints per Eligible Event Agreement, if he/she is a Gold Preferred Guest or is a Platinum Preferred Guest and has not earned a minimum of 75 Eligible Nights in a Qualifying Period as of the date that Starpoints are posted to the SPG Member's account; or
C. one base Starpoint and one bonus Starpoint for every $3 US dollar or the currency equivalent that is incurred and paid for Eligible Event Charges, up to a maximum of 40,000 Starpoints per Eligible Event Agreement, if he/she is a Platinum Preferred Guest and has earned a minimum of 75 Eligible Nights in a Qualifying Period as of the date that Starpoints are posted to the SPG Member's account.
An SPG Member may only earn Starpoints for Eligible Events pursuant to one of Section 2.1.b.i.(A), Section 2.1.b.i.(B) or Section 2.1.b.i.(C).
(1) An "Eligible Event" is an event or meeting that is booked by an SPG Member who provides his/her SPG Member number in the applicable Eligible Event Agreement and is held at an SPG Participating Hotel. An Eligible Event will not include: (a) any booking of guest rooms, regardless of the number of guest rooms, that is booked in any manner other than under an Eligible Event Agreement, (b) any booking of guest rooms on behalf of an employer, client or principal that has elected (whether through an agreement with an SPG Participating Hotel or otherwise) to have Starpoints awarded to another individual or entity, or (c) any booking of guest rooms that are complimentary or barter rooms or meetings.
(2) "Eligible Event Charges" are any amounts incurred and paid for an Eligible Event under the applicable Eligible Event Agreement including, without limitation, all group room revenue, meeting room rental revenue, and catering revenue that is included in the Eligible Event Agreement, and excluding charges for guest room incidentals and for food and beverage that is not included in the Eligible Event Agreement (e.g. charges at a restaurant within the SPG Participating Hotel), taxes, gratuities, and related charges.