Best Caribbean / Central America Resort w/ Full SPG Participation (Plat Upgrades)?
Jan 6, 2014, 5:05 pm
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Best Caribbean / Central America Resort w/ Full SPG Participation (Plat Upgrades)?
I'm an SPG Platinum looking to plan a trip this summer for four adults, and we'd like to go to a great beach resort somewhere in the SPG portfolio.
Ideally, it'd be a category 4 or 5, as I'll be redeeming points and using a 35% off cert for the stay.
Most of the resorts I've found seem to have limited SPG participation, and I'd really like to use SNA's for this stay (and at least get upgraded to a decent room at checkin) since there will be four adults in a single room.
What good beach resorts offer full SPG participation? Mainly concerned about being able to use SNA's and / or getting upgraded to a decent room at checkin.
[Also: not a necessity, but we'll be coming from San Francisco, and our friends will be arriving from Orlando, so decent airfare from these cities to the destination would be great]
Ideally, it'd be a category 4 or 5, as I'll be redeeming points and using a 35% off cert for the stay.
Most of the resorts I've found seem to have limited SPG participation, and I'd really like to use SNA's for this stay (and at least get upgraded to a decent room at checkin) since there will be four adults in a single room.
What good beach resorts offer full SPG participation? Mainly concerned about being able to use SNA's and / or getting upgraded to a decent room at checkin.
[Also: not a necessity, but we'll be coming from San Francisco, and our friends will be arriving from Orlando, so decent airfare from these cities to the destination would be great]
Jan 6, 2014, 5:12 pm
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Have you read this existing thread?
Starwood in the Caribbean [Master Thread]
There is also a section of this forum dedicated to Puerto Rico, Caribbean, Mexico & Central America.
Some of those threads may help.
Starwood in the Caribbean [Master Thread]
There is also a section of this forum dedicated to Puerto Rico, Caribbean, Mexico & Central America.
Some of those threads may help.
Jan 6, 2014, 5:21 pm
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Have you read this existing thread?
Starwood in the Caribbean [Master Thread]
There is also a section of this forum dedicated to Puerto Rico, Caribbean, Mexico & Central America.
Some of those threads may help.
Starwood in the Caribbean [Master Thread]
There is also a section of this forum dedicated to Puerto Rico, Caribbean, Mexico & Central America.
Some of those threads may help.
Jan 6, 2014, 9:45 pm
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Finding a SNA-eligible suite with multiple beds could be especially tricky. You could find yourself upgraded from 2 queen beds to 1 king! Or were you planning to give your friends a pull-out sofa? 
Jan 6, 2014, 10:09 pm
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Limited Participation just means you have to call the concierge to book.
Jan 7, 2014, 11:58 am
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Jan 7, 2014, 1:00 pm
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To be able to fit 4 adults you'd need a million category upgrade to a presidential suite. Try the 2 or 3 bedroom at St. John's, book 2 rooms or try a vacation rental. We just paid for a stay at Bahia beach and were upgraded to probably the biggest 1bdr spg suite in the Caribbean, a multi-category upgrade, and even then 4 adults would have been very uncomfortable. Without two rooms, I'd avoid.... And the continual vs. full breakfast is just a footnote.