PROMO: SPG Free Weekends 2010 earn thru July 31; redeem through Dec. 19
Apr 16, 2010, 6:57 pm
#136
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Pasadena,Ca.,US.
Programs: AA, Delta, United, SPG plat, Hyatt dia
Posts: 7,140
for $63 on May 1!
Apr 16, 2010, 7:09 pm
#137
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Los Angeles, California
Programs: All of them.... mostly United and Starwood
Posts: 160
This is very very disappointing for me. Not that I expected anything differently since they never really run them back to back, but I have 15 days that I am going to be in a hotel between 4/15 and 5/1 and now I don't see that much benefit to staying at *wood. I know I'm going to regain my platinum status. One of my stays is a prepaid stay at the W Lakeshore in Chicago, so I won't be cancelling it. Should have stayed at the Westin for the Amazon promo.
However, 10 of the 15 nights are going to be going somewhere else. Given the cities I was going to be in, the rates they charge for parking, and the number of people I bring with me to stay at the same hotel as me, it's a significant chunk of revenue that is going to be going to Hyatt, Hilton or Kimptom.
However, 10 of the 15 nights are going to be going somewhere else. Given the cities I was going to be in, the rates they charge for parking, and the number of people I bring with me to stay at the same hotel as me, it's a significant chunk of revenue that is going to be going to Hyatt, Hilton or Kimptom.
Apr 16, 2010, 7:15 pm
#138
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Benicia, California, USA
Programs: AA PLT,AS,UA PP,J6,FB,EY,LH,SQ,HH Dmd,Hyatt Glbl,Marriott Plat,IHG Plat,Accor Gold
Posts: 10,820
I do appreciate any Starwood promo and might even take advantage of this one a bit. But basically the HH and Hyatt promos are better. Between taking my business during the promotion period to HH or Starwood, I'm going with HH for most of it.
Apr 16, 2010, 7:23 pm
#139
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: TSV, Australia
Posts: 2,401
Look at all the extra choice you have now
Last edited by camsean; Apr 16, 2010 at 7:24 pm Reason: typo
Apr 16, 2010, 7:26 pm
#140
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: SCL
Programs: UA 1K, LATAM Comodoro, SPG PLT, WOH Globalist, *G, OW Emerald
Posts: 369
I am going to earn as much as I can through this promo. Starwoods are now my first choice and I would have stayed with them even in the absence of the promo anyway (blasphemy on FT, I know...) because of the locations, brands, in-property experience, and excellent customer service. I hope that you Hyatt defectors find happiness and everything you are looking for; plus I can't wait for you to free up those suites so that my Platinum upgrades come even easier. Thanks SPG!
Right now the grass is greener at Hyatt.
Btw is interesting to analyze SPG's Q1 and Q2 promos. Q1 was to keep us with long stays at their properties (anti-MR), but Q2 is a clear incentive to revive our MR spirit...
Apr 16, 2010, 7:42 pm
#141
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 2,894
Just booked 5 stays with SPG and 4 stays with Hyatt on my 13 day trip to China (in between, short stops in the US). I was initially contemplating to push all my stays to SPG since, this year, I need all I can get to requalify for PLAT, but couldn't resist getting free nights with Hyatt, especially given that I also got an email offer for one free night after one stay at Hyatt (in addition to the registered promo for this Q). This will net me 3 free nights at any Hyatt vs. no free nights (but 5000 extra SPG points from FT promo) with SPG.
Had this promotion started earlier than May 1st, I would have pushed all my stay to SPG... then I'd at least earn 2-3 free weekend night...
oh well.
Had this promotion started earlier than May 1st, I would have pushed all my stay to SPG... then I'd at least earn 2-3 free weekend night...
oh well.
Apr 16, 2010, 7:53 pm
#142
Join Date: Jun 2003
Programs: Plat. Starwood, Fairmont Premier, Omni Black, Hyatt Diamond, USAir Gold
Posts: 12
Please explain the 1,500 customer busy?
Well, I definitely have no complaints. Coupled with the other promo, it's a great opportunity for a mattress run in Kuala Lumpur.
What I Pay:
3 stays at LM = RM250/night x 3 = RM750 ($235)
What I Get:
a) Points = 705 + 1,500 (Platinum Amenity) + 1,500 (Customer Busy) = 3,705
b) 1 FWN in St Regis Singapore, worth min. S$350 ($253)
c) 3 stays towards Elite level
What I Pay:
3 stays at LM = RM250/night x 3 = RM750 ($235)
What I Get:
a) Points = 705 + 1,500 (Platinum Amenity) + 1,500 (Customer Busy) = 3,705
b) 1 FWN in St Regis Singapore, worth min. S$350 ($253)
c) 3 stays towards Elite level
Apr 16, 2010, 8:08 pm
#143
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Depends on the day!
Programs: Marriott/Lifetime Titanium Hyatt/Explorist, Hilton/Silver, IHG Spire,UA Gold
Posts: 17,832
Apr 16, 2010, 8:16 pm
#144
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Jakarta
Programs: *wood & marriott plat, Hyatt, Accor
Posts: 410
Well, I definitely have no complaints. Coupled with the other promo, it's a great opportunity for a mattress run in Kuala Lumpur.
What I Pay:
3 stays at LM = RM250/night x 3 = RM750 ($235)
What I Get:
a) Points = 705 + 1,500 (Platinum Amenity) + 1,500 (Customer Busy) = 3,705
b) 1 FWN in St Regis Singapore, worth min. S$350 ($253)
c) 3 stays towards Elite level
What I Pay:
3 stays at LM = RM250/night x 3 = RM750 ($235)
What I Get:
a) Points = 705 + 1,500 (Platinum Amenity) + 1,500 (Customer Busy) = 3,705
b) 1 FWN in St Regis Singapore, worth min. S$350 ($253)
c) 3 stays towards Elite level
I've stayed at the St. Regis Singapore several times, not once a paid stay. Just told my wife last night, quite embarrassed all of my stay was FWN or gift stays.
Apr 16, 2010, 8:19 pm
#145
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Jakarta
Programs: *wood & marriott plat, Hyatt, Accor
Posts: 410
Free night after just 1 night? Wow! please explain. Good for just 1 time thing?
Apr 16, 2010, 9:08 pm
#146
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Chicago
Programs: AA ExP, Hyatt Diamond, MR Platinum, PC Platinum, SPG Platinum, HH Gold
Posts: 498
Not to add to the "Hyatt's promo is superior", but I did a MR last weekend and tonight. AAA rate 55.20, plus Hyatt Costco savings of $10, costs me 51.94 all in. So total 104.00 for two stays, which gets me a free night anywhere I want, G2 code and ammenity for both stays is 6000 points, add the 700 plus points for the stay so total 6700+ points and free night at some expensive hotel 
I love Hyatt!
I love Hyatt!
Apr 16, 2010, 9:23 pm
#147
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 2,894
I got an email earlier from Hyatt (b/c I hadn't had a stay at Hyatt this year - I am Diamond with Hyatt) saying that they wanted to offer me a free night after completing a stay at any Hyatt by end of May. So, that's where I'd get my first free night.
Apr 16, 2010, 9:27 pm
#148
Moderator: GLBT Travelers & Hyatt Gold Passport
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: CVG
Posts: 15,300
I'm planning a 5-week vacation to SE Asia with my wife in mid-December. That's the only real travel I'll do this year. Until then, I'll likely have no paid hotel stays.
So when I compare this promo to the others that are out there, everything is framed from the perspective of what it will do for me on this trip. For me, these types of promos are strictly leverage (arbitrage?) opportunities, as many of you guys have noted for yourselves.
Hyatt? Awesome promo, but just doesn't work for the time period I need it to. Even if it did, as was noted above, where I am going, it's more cost effective to use C&P awards. (Many, many Cat 1-4 in SE Asia.)
So when I compare this promo to the others that are out there, everything is framed from the perspective of what it will do for me on this trip. For me, these types of promos are strictly leverage (arbitrage?) opportunities, as many of you guys have noted for yourselves.
Hyatt? Awesome promo, but just doesn't work for the time period I need it to. Even if it did, as was noted above, where I am going, it's more cost effective to use C&P awards. (Many, many Cat 1-4 in SE Asia.)
FWIW, the Hyatt forum (which I moderate) has been exploding with a lot of "newbies" to the forum in the last 5-6 months.
As to number of properties in any given area, they change all the time. Here in greater Cincinnati, there are 4 Hyatts and only 1 SPG now (with 2 properties recently leaving the affiliation).
Apr 16, 2010, 9:28 pm
#149
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: EWR
Programs: UAPlat; *Gold; Hyatt Diam; SPG Plat; PWP goddess
Posts: 16,524
Apr 16, 2010, 9:38 pm
#150
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: NYC
Programs: Hyatt Diamond, AA Plat
Posts: 1,138
The same happened to me - I stayed once at a Hyatt last July and I received an email this March with the stay 1 night, get 1 free night offer. I booked the offer in April (and also status matched to Diamond at the same time) and I received another email with another such offer (this valid until Sep 2010). I had one stay in April in Chicago and two free nights were deposited into my account the same week...