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Old Aug 16, 2007, 4:07 pm
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aaupgrade
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
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I went back to spg.com and looked up a couple hotels as that is all I could do in 1 day. Their web site is really slooooooooowwwwwwwww.

So I looked up Whistler Westin which is a category 4 (but all suite so more points I think but for the purpose of this exercise we will ignore that). I would say it is comparable to the Vail Marriott which is a category 6.

Cayman Westin is a Cat 5 whereas Cayman and Curacao Marriott, and Aruba Renaissance properties are all Category 6. So equating Marriott Cat 6 to Westin Cat 4 is more than fair. Below is a new chart for those who might be interested.

Code:
Hotel                         Marriott    Starwood
Dollars Spent                  $25,000     $25,000
Base points earned             250,000      50,000
Bonus points earned             62,500      25,000
Credit card points earned      125,000      50,000
Total points earned            437,500     125,000
Award Category                       6           4
Award length                         7           5
# of points for award          135,000      40,000
# Award Nights for $25K             22          15
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