Originally Posted by BigLar
I'm not sure if that 60 days applies to Preferred Hotels or not, but since you mention it, I have enough for one night so maybe I should try booking it.
Only being able to book 60 days out for Preferred might be a deal breaker as I would assume that most of the better Preferred properties might be full that close to arrival dates. Please report back when you find out all the details!
In London I noticed that the Plaza on the River Club and Residences looked very nice for 30k.
http://www.plazaontheriver.co.uk/index.html Reviews on Tripadvisor are also pretty good! The Landmark and Lanesborough are 50k so you could almost get two nights at the River Club for the price of one night at the other properties. I think it's pretty funny that you can use Choice points for a stay at the Lanesborough but you cannot use SPG points there since it doesn't participate in SPG.