Ctrix65513

Funny you mention the Britney seats. I actually redeemed Starpoints and attended the show just last week. Did you sit in Section 104 Row A? While I agree those seats where indeed premium, I pulled up tickets morning of the show 2 seats down in the same section and row for a 3rd person in my party on Ticketmaster for $250 (pit was only $179 which I also thought was a great deal as most of the show is performed off the catwalk). So $500 for 2 tickets plus + crazy Ticketmaster fees isn't all that bad for 20,000 points. What surprises me is the Celine Dion tickets didn't double from 10K to 20K as those have an even higher face value per ticket. I guess their is no rhyme or reason to how they price these.

Waiting anxiously for them to post Mariah Carey tickets for next year.

took

Any speculation if Bayern Munchen suite tickets will continue throughout 2016? Does SPG offer suite tickets for all Bayern games or only some? Trying to decide whether to buy expensive tickets online for a game next May or whether to wait ot see if an SPG moments opportunity is likely to come up.

tjbrooks

Not that good, only 103/C. We asked SPG if we could buy another two seats, and they quoted us ~$650 + fees. I didn't look day of, but I couldn't find any sites discounting tickets and the resale sites had very little at high prices.

tjbrooks

Just got back from the Staples Center SPG Suite and thought I'd report back. It said snacks provided, but there was a full catering really. Tonight it was a selection of three meatballs (the Thai/Mexican ones were really good) with rolls, roasted veggies, a hearty (vegan) salad, some pasta dish, and roast chicken w/ potatoes. The usual bar snacks too (peanuts/chips/pretzels). For drinks there was a fridge of water, soda, and wine. And another of beer (Goose Island IPA, Corona, Heineken, Stella, some domestic). And perhaps best of all, Staples has a crazy dessert cart in the suite sections and SPG let everyone choose one. There was a Starwood rep there the whole time assisting with anything. We were given purple SPG hockey pucks too. A steal for 15K. Kicking myself for missing the bidding on the Lightning game (they went as low as 8K) and not getting the Ducks game when it was offered (it appears to have been pulled).

applecow

Do you remember which suite number it was? I know they have different configurations, but I'm considering buying a Lakers or Clippers package there and wanted to see which one I'd be in. Thanks!

Nevermind: read up and saw your suite number. Thanks!

robertw477

I hate to say it but most likely Marriott will hose this program once they take hold of things. Or it is greatly reduced. Over the years I have done many of the SUPER VIP events and never overpaid either. Sometimes they have short expiration dates etc.

dcstudent

I've done a number of the Cirque du Soleil events and have always been happy. I especially enjoyed the Camp Cirque + VIP at Kurios in Montreal and the Zarkana behind the scenes in NYC. All the events have been very well done and the *wood Staff accompanying the winners at Camp Cirque were very professional and fun.

Sadly though, I've been seeing less and less Cirque opportunities even though *wood is still a Cirque sponsor. Cirque is about to open a Broadway Show in NYC, Toruk is touring the US and OVO is about to start up again in the Eastern US.

And, I've never seen a *wood Moment for Cirque in Vegas but that's more understandable.

Obviously this is not a huge deal and I won't lose sleep over it if *wood's partnership with Cirque is winding down...but it would be nice if more events kept popping up.

fayraree

I read through this thread to try and figure out how the "Concert Series" at MSG auction works. I see a number of you have gone, and many refer to specific artists. The way the Moments auction site is set up is that you are bidding on 2 passes for the "Series" and there's a link to show which concerts are coming up at MSG.

My question is, if you win the auction (currently at 55,000 points which is high, but a couple of the platinum seats are going for $1k per person (face value) on ticketmaster, so it might be worth while), do you get to pick any concert you want to go to? The date on the action is "January 2, 2016" so does that mean this auction is only for the event taking place on that date, or can I attend any event?

For e.g., on Jan 2, Phish will be playing at MSG. Although they have good music, I'm not spending 55k *points on that concert...I'd much rather take my niece to Justin Bieber in July 2016. Any advice? Thanks in advance!

https://auction.starwoodhotels.com/redeem/moment/1994

Ctrix65513

The date on the auction corresponds with the date of the event at MSG.

fayraree

thanks for responding! yeah, that was slowly dawning on me. oh well, will wait until something better comes along!

nycspg

any official word on this program, or any rumblings?

i noticed there are no shows listed at all for madison square garden. are they ditching this in the new year? is it time to stop using the starwood amex?

lebowski2222

It could just be a dead period between late Jan and Early March so maybe nothing is being offered. If they don't offer Spring Training Tickets in the next couple weeks this program might be finished.

nycspg

im worried it may be finished. theres some big msg concerts coming up in a few weeks like bruce springsteen and they havent offered them. i feel like an idiot for switching from my platinum to an spg amex to rack up these points. without this program id rather have regular amex points. i guess the merger ruined it.

boognish24

This is slowly dawning on me as well... would be a huge bummer.

I was hoping to see some tickets for the NHL stadium series coming up in February. I snagged an All-Star Game package for Nashville, gotta burn those points somehow.

lebowski2222

It doesn't look like its dead, I see new moments for Phx Open as well as Mardi Gras that looks really cool.

BTW, congrats on the All Star game, i really wanted that one and I bid several times on it. It looks like a great package with tons of stuff to do.