Originally Posted by
FlyingOnceMore
Now if I could just find someone to put me up in the St. Regis for 2.5 months !
I'm guessing that was a nice bill
Yes -- and I was under a triple points promotion as well!! So every night at the St Regis earned me a free night at a cat 1 Egyptian Red Sea resort...
Starwood really needs a "safety net" like Hilton HHonors has. If you spend > US$10k with Hilton in a year, you get top-tier status, even if you didn't quite stay enough nights. This is an explicit policy, posted on their website. With Starwood though, I spent >$20k, staying just under 50 nights in a cat 6 property, but because it was less than 50 nights, I'm just Gold. (It was under 50 nights despite being 2.5 months because I'd go out of town for a few days every once in a while to go home or for meetings elsewhere in the region).
Time for -- what's the hotel equivalent of a mileage run?
