Originally Posted by PresRDC

...The one downer was the Platinum amenity. I was not offered the 500 points, but only a mystery local gift, a $10 mini bar credit and soem other things of minimal value. I chose the mini bar credit, but consider a $10 credit (not $10 per day), pretty chinsey. I thought all Starwood hotels except those in Europe offered the 500 (or 250 for a 4 Points) points and I am pretty sure I was offered the points at the Sheraton el Gezirah in Cairo last year. William, should I have been offered the points?...