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Earn instant Gold Preferred membership plus bonus Starpoints®.

Skip Preferred Guest® member status and head straight to Gold Preferred when you use your World MasterCard for your next stay at Starwood Hotels & Resorts anywhere in Asia Pacific between April 1, 2011 and March 31, 2013.
Gold Preferred members enjoy 50% more bonus Starpoints®, automatic room upgrades at check-in, 4pm late checkout and other exclusive privileges.



Simply register now, and be sure to book online to get the best rates!

Already a Starwood Preferred Guest®? Register to ensure that you are eligible for this offer.





Not a Starwood Preferred Guest®? Just answer a few quick questions and you'll not only be registered for the promotion, you'll also start enjoying all the benefits of being a Starwood Preferred Guest, such as free nights at over 1000 hotels and resorts in nearly 100 countries with no blackout dates.

bitachu

participating hotels:

https://www.starwoodhotels.com/prefe...ml?promoID=WMQ


Australia
Four Points by Sheraton Geelong
Geelong

Sheraton Mirage Resort and Spa Gold Coast
Gold Coast

The Westin Melbourne
Melbourne

Sheraton Noosa Resort and Spa
Noosa Heads

Sheraton Mirage Port Douglas Hotel
Port Douglas

Four Points by Sheraton Darling Harbour Sydney
Sydney

Sheraton On The Park
Sydney

The Westin Sydney
Sydney

Bangladesh
The Westin Dhaka
Dhaka

Cambodia
Le Méridien Angkor
Siem Reap

China
Aloft Beijing, Haidian
Beijing

Four Points by Sheraton Beijing, Haidian
Beijing

Sheraton Beijing Dongcheng Hotel
Beijing

The Great Wall Sheraton Hotel, Beijing
Beijing

The St. Regis Beijing
Beijing

The Westin Beijing, Chaoyang
Beijing

The Westin Beijing, Financial Street
Beijing

Sheraton Changsha Hotel
Changsha

Sheraton Chengdu Lido Hotel
Chengdu

Le Méridien Chongqing, Nan'an
Chongqing

Sheraton Chongqing Hotel
Chongqing

Sheraton Dalian Xinghai
Dalian

Sheraton Dongguan Hotel
Dongguan

Aloft Nanhai, Foshan
Foshan

Sheraton Shunde Hotel
Foshan

The Westin Fuzhou Minjiang
Fuzhou

Four Points by Sheraton Guangzhou, Dongpu
Guangzhou

Sheraton Guangzhou Hotel
Guangzhou

Sheraton Huadu Resort
Guangzhou

The Westin Guangzhou
Guangzhou

W Guangzhou
Guangzhou

Sheraton Guilin Hotel
Guilin

Sheraton Guiyang Hotel
Guiyang

Sheraton Haikou Resort
Haikou City

Le Méridien Shimei Bay Beach Resort & Spa
Hainan

Four Points by Sheraton Hangzhou, Binjiang
Hangzhou

Sheraton Qingdao Hotel
Hangzhou

The Westin Hefei Baohe
Hefei

Sheraton Hohhot Hotel
Hohhot

Sheraton Huizhou Beach Resort
Huidong

Sheraton Nanjing Kingsley Hotel & Towers
Jiangsu

Sheraton Jiangyin Hotel
Jiangyin

Four Points by Sheraton Tai’an
Jinan

Sheraton Jinan Hotel
Jinan

Sheraton Jiuzhaigou Resort
Jiuzhaigou

Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa
Lhasa

The St. Regis Lhasa Resort
Lhasa

Four Points by Sheraton Lianyungang
Lianyungang

The Westin Resort, Macau
Macau

The Westin Nanjing
Nanjing

Sheraton Ningbo Hotel
Ningbo

The Westin Ningbo
Ningbo

Sheraton Qiandao Lake Resort
Qiandao

Four Points by Sheraton Qingdao, Chengyang
Qingdao

Le Méridien Qingdao
Qingdao

Sheraton Qingyuan Lion Lake Resort
Qingyuan

Sheraton Sanya Resort
Sanya

Four Points by Sheraton Shanghai, Daning
Shanghai

Four Points by Sheraton Shanghai, Pudong
Shanghai

Le Méridien She Shan Shanghai
Shanghai

Le Royal Méridien Shanghai
Shanghai

Sheraton Shanghai Hongkou Hotel
Shanghai

Sheraton Shanghai Hongqiao Hotel
Shanghai

Sheraton Shanghai Hotel & Residences, Pudong
Shanghai

The St. Regis Shanghai
Shanghai

The Westin Bund Center, Shanghai
Shanghai

Sheraton Shenyang Lido Hotel
Shenyang

Four Points by Sheraton Shenzhen
Shenzhen

Sheraton Dameisha Resort, Shenzhen
Shenzhen

Sheraton Shenzhen, Futian Hotel
Shenzhen

The Westin Shenzhen Nanshan
Shenzhen

Four Points by Sheraton Taicang
Suzhou

Sheraton Tianjin Binhai Hotel
Tianjin

Sheraton Tianjin Hotel
Tianjin

The Astor Hotel, Tianjin
Tianjin

The Westin Tianjin
Tianjin

Sheraton Urumqi Hotel
Urumqi

Sheraton Wenzhou Hotel
Wenzhou

Sheraton Wuxi Binhu Hotel
Wuxi

Le Méridien Xiamen
Xiamen

Sheraton Xiamen Hotel
Xiamen

Sheraton Xian Hotel
Xian

Aloft Haiyang
Yantai

The Westin Nine Dragon Hill Resort, Zhejiang
Zhejiang

Four Points By Sheraton Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou

Sheraton Zhongshan Hotel
Zhongshan

Sheraton Zhoushan Hotel
Zhoushan

Fiji Islands
Sheraton Denarau Villas
Nadi

Sheraton Fiji Resort
Nadi

The Westin Denarau Island Resort & Spa, Fiji
Nadi

Guam
Sheraton Laguna Guam Resort
Guam

The Westin Resort Guam
Tumon

Hong Kong
Le Méridien Cyberport
Hong Kong

Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers
Hong Kong

W Hong Kong
Hong Kong

India
ITC Mughal, Agra
Agra, Uttar Pradesh

Le Méridien Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad

aloft Bangalore, Whitefield
Bangalore

Le Méridien Bangalore
Bangalore

Sheraton Bangalore Hotel At Brigade Gateway
Bangalore

ITC Windsor, Bengaluru
Bangalore, Karnataka

ITC Royal Gardenia, Bengaluru
Bengaluru

aloft Chennai, OMR – IT Expressway
Chennai

Le Royal Méridien Chennai
Chennai

Sheraton Chola Hotel, Chennai
Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Sheraton Park Hotel & Towers, Chennai
Chennai, Tamil Nadu

aloft Coimbatore Singanallur
Coimbatore

The Westin Sohna-Gurgaon, Resort & Spa
Gurgaon

The Westin Mumbai Garden City
Haryana

ITC Kakatiya, Hyderabad
Hyderabad

The Westin Hyderabad Mindspace
Hyderabad City

Four Points by Sheraton Jaipur, City Square
Jaipur

Le Méridien Jaipur
Jaipur

Sheraton Rajputana Palace Hotel, Jaipur
Jaipur, Rajasthan

Le Méridien Cochin Resort & Convention Centre
Kerala

ITC Sonar, Kolkata
Kolkata

Four Points by Sheraton Navi Mumbai, Vashi
Mumbai

ITC Maratha, Mumbai
Mumbai, Mahrashtra

The Westin Mumbai Garden City
Mumbai

ITC Maurya, New Delhi
New Delhi

Le Méridien New Delhi
New Delhi

Sheraton New Delhi Hotel
New Delhi

The Westin Gurgaon, New Delhi
New Delhi

ITC Grand Central, Mumbai
Parel, Mumbai

Four Points by Sheraton Pune, Nagar Road
Pune

Le Méridien Pune
Pune

The Westin Pune Koregaon Park
Pune

Sheraton Udaipur Palace Resort & Spa
Udaipur

Indonesia
The St. Regis Bali Resort
Bali

W Retreat & Spa Bali - Seminyak
Bali

The Laguna Resort & Spa, Nusa Dua, Bali
Nusa Dua, Bali

The Westin Resort Nusa Dua, Bali
Nusa Dua, Bali

Sheraton Lampung Hotel
Bandar Lampung

Sheraton Bandung Hotel & Towers
Bandung

Le Méridien Jakarta
Jakarta

Sheraton Bandara Hotel
Jakarta

Sheraton Media Hotel & Towers
Jakarta

Sheraton Senggigi Beach Resort
Mataram

Sheraton Surabaya Hotel & Towers
Surabaya

Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta, Resort & Spa
Yogyakarta

Japan
Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay Hotel
Chiba

The Westin Miyako Kyoto
Higashiyama-ku

The Westin Awaji Island Resort & Conference Center
Hyogo

Kobe Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers
Kobe

The Westin Nagoya Castle Hotel
Nagoya

Sheraton Miyako Hotel, Osaka
Osaka

The St. Regis Osaka
Osaka

The Westin Osaka
Osaka

Sheraton Sapporo Hotel
Sapporo

The Westin Sendai
Sendai

Sheraton Miyako Hotel, Tokyo
Tokyo

The Westin Tokyo
Tokyo

Sheraton Grande Ocean Resort
Yamasaki-Cho

Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers
Yokohama, Kanagawa

Korea
W Seoul Walkerhill
Gwangjin-Gu

Sheraton Grande Walker Hill
Kwangjin-ku

The Westin Chosun Beach Busan
Pusan

Sheraton Incheon Hotel
Seoul

The Westin Chosun Seoul
Seoul

Malaysia
Le Méridien Kota Kinabalu
Kota Kinabalu

Le Méridien Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur

Sheraton Imperial Kuala Lumpur Hotel
Kuala Lumpur

The Westin Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur

Four Points by Sheraton Kuching
Kuching

The Andaman, Langkawi
Langkawi

The Westin Langkawi Resort & Spa
Langkawi

Sheraton Langkawi Beach Resort
Pulau Langkawi

Maldives
W Retreat & Spa - Maldives
Ameeru Ahmed Magu

Sheraton Maldives Full Moon Resort & Spa
Male

New Caledonia
Le Méridien Ile des Pins
Ile Des Pins

Le Méridien Noumea
Noumea

Singapore
Sheraton Towers Singapore
Singapore

The St. Regis Singapore
Singapore

Taiwan
Four Points By Sheraton Chung Ho, Taipei
Chung Ho City

Sheraton Hsinchu Hotel, Taiwan
Hsingchu

Four Points By Sheraton Penghu
Penghu

Sheraton Penghu Hotel
Penghu

Le Méridien Taipei
Taipei

Sheraton Taipei Hotel
Taipei

The Westin Taipei
Taipei

W Taipei
Taipei

Sheraton Yilan Resort
Yilan

Thailand
Sheraton Hua Hin Resort & Spa
Amphur Cha-Am

Vana Belle Samui Resort & Spa
Amphur Koh Samui

Le Méridien Khao Lak Beach & Spa Resort
Amphur Takua Pa

Aloft Bangkok - Sukhumvit 11
Bangkok

Four Points by Sheraton Bangkok, Sukhumvit 15
Bangkok

Le Méridien Bangkok
Bangkok

Plaza Athénée Bangkok, A Royal Méridien Hotel
Bangkok

Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers
Bangkok

The St. Regis Bangkok
Bangkok

Le Méridien Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai

Le Méridien Chiang Rai Resort, Thailand
Chiang Rai

Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok
Klong Toey

Sheraton Krabi Beach Resort
Krabi

Sheraton Pattaya Resort
Pattaya

The Westin Siray Bay Resort & Spa, Phuket
Phuket

W Retreat Koh Samui
Surat Thani

Le Méridien Phuket Beach Resort
Tambon Karon

The Westin Grande Sukhumvit Bangkok
Wattana

Vietnam
Sheraton Hanoi Hotel
Hanoi

Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers
Ho Chi Minh City

Sheraton Nha Trang Hotel & Spa
Nha Trang

bitachu

Terms:
https://www.starwoodhotels.com/prefe...ml?promoID=WMQ

Earn instant Gold Preferred membership plus bonus Starpoints®.




Terms and Conditions

The Promotion is valid only for eligible World MasterCard cardholders who are enrolled as Starwood Preferred Guest® members (“SPG Members”) at the Preferred Guest® Tier (“Qualified SPG Members”).
If not already an SPG member, World MasterCard cardholders may enroll online at www.spg.com/WorldMasterCardGoldUpgrade or call the nearest Customer Contact center and enroll with enrollment code WMQ.
Membership in the Starwood Preferred Guest® Program is governed by terms and conditions of the Starwood Preferred Guest® Program which can be found at www.spg.com/WorldMasterCardGoldUpgrade or www.spg.com. The Starwood Preferred Guest® Program Terms and Conditions and the terms and conditions of the Promotion are subject to change without notice.
To register for the Promotion, all existing qualified SPG Members or new SPG Members can register online at www.spg.com/WorldMasterCardGoldUpgrade.
To enjoy the complimentary upgrade to Starwood Preferred Guest® Gold Tier membership, Qualified SPG Members must first register for the Promotion and then make one eligible stay in any of the hotels or resorts within the Asia Pacific region as listed in the Participating Properties page between 1 April, 2011 and 31 March, 2013 (“Eligible SPG Members”).
Upgrade to Starwood Preferred Guest® Gold Tier Membership will take place up to 4 weeks after the first eligible stay posts to the Qualified SPG Members’ account, and the SPG Gold Membership pack will be mailed out in 4 to 6 weeks.
The list of participating hotels and resorts are subject to change without notice. For a complete and updated list, members may visit www.spg.com/WorldMasterCardGoldUpgrade.
Full payment for all services, including room rates, food & beverage etc incurred by Qualified SPG Members at Starwood Participating Properties during the eligible stay must be made using a World MasterCard card.
An eligible stay is defined as one (1) or more consecutive nights stay paying a qualifying rate at any Starwood Participating Property regardless of the number of check-ins or check-outs that occur, and posted to the Qualified SPG Member's Starwood Preferred Guest® account.
A qualifying rate is any rate that is eligible to earn Starpoints® in the Starwood Preferred Guest® Program. Definition of Eligible Rates can be found at www.spg.com/t&c under section 4B.4
Blackout dates and other restrictions may apply.
Promotion not applicable to groups.
Not to be combined with other offers or promotions, with the exception of programs between MasterCard and Starwood with written mutual agreement.
Not responsible for omissions or typographical errors.
The Promotion shall be void where prohibited by law and all conditions, warranties or other terms implied by law are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations.
Starpoints, SPG, Starwood Preferred Guest, Sheraton, Four Points, W, Aloft, Le Méridien, The Luxury Collection, Element, Westin, St. Regis and their respective logos are the trademarks of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., or its affiliates.

mia

World MasterCard is a specific type, explained here:

http://www.mastercard.us/credit-card-world.html

lin821

Since when Australia is in Asia?

Or is the thread title misleading? From the Terms and Conditions:

TorontoSingh

For SPG, it looks like they consider Australia as part of the Asia Pacific region.

bergcy

Do you think a reward stay (free night) would count?

amolkold

I have a few stays in Asia where I can do this, unfortunately, don't have a World Mastercard.

Heard the Chase Sapphire Preferred can be done as a World Mastercard rather than a Visa Signature, but I think it'd be a new card ...

Edit: Have a Barclay's US Air MC, but don't think that's World. It's in my drawer back home so can't refer to it at the moment.

TorontoSingh

There is nothing in the T&C that excludes this, so I think free night should work. Once someone has tried, please report back!

TorontoSingh

If you got the higher category US Airways card, it is a World Master card.

TorontoSingh

Mod: I don't think this offer is exactly a targetted offer as you edited eventhough it says:

"The Promotion is valid only for eligible World MasterCard cardholders who are enrolled as Starwood Preferred Guest® members (“SPG Members”) at the Preferred Guest® Tier (“Qualified SPG Members”).
If not already an SPG member, World MasterCard cardholders may enroll online at www.spg.com/WorldMasterCardGoldUpgrade or call the nearest Customer Contact center and enroll with enrollment code WMQ."

With the code WMQ, it sounds like as long as you use to code to enrol and have a World Master card and an SPG member you should be ok. I just enrolled without being targetted, and the system successfully registered me.

Perhaps if you want to err on the site of caution, the tile could be edited to : ``Maybe targeddted``

lin821

Asia Pacific Region is not the same as "in Asia", what you had originally put it.

That's the point I tried to raise and had MOD edit the thread title to avoid the geographic confusion.

In such case, it's targeted. The prerequisite is World MasterCard cardholders.

bitachu

i dunno..looking at the mastercard page..looks like the title of the US Air card is World mastercard

http://www.mastercard.us/find-a-card...electedIndex=1

JapanFlyerT

I went to the SPG page and saw the offer after my auto login, so it is probably not really targeted.

Was planning on making this my next card, and it says MasterCard BusinessCard it the T&C, but as it is not a credit card I guess it is out.

Hmm. I have a bunch of Visa now, but no Mastercards. Which Mastercard has the best offer?

amolkold

Not mine. Just got home, mine is the Platinum card. Weird, because I got the higher sign-up bonus associated with the World.