Nov 11, 2014, 3:57 am
Last edit by: Oxon Flyer
Add your stay preferences on your spg.com profile to earn 500 bonus Starpoints from 15 October until 15 December 2014
To earn the bonus you must be registered for the SPG More For You promotion. Registration for this closed at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on November 30, 2014
Originally Posted by T&Cs
My Stay Preferences bonus: Registered members are eligible to receive 500 bonus Starpoints when updating the members spg.com profile online between October 15, 2014 and December 15, 2014. Updates made prior to registration are eligible, but only if the update falls within October 15 to December 15, 2014. The bonus will post to the registered member's account 2-4 weeks after the end of the promotion period. All members who are registered for the More For You promotion are eligible for the My Stay Preferences bonus regardless of whether they have an eligible booking in the promotion.
Promo: 500 bonus Starpoints for updating your stay preferences profile, 15 Oct-15 Dec
Nov 11, 2014, 10:14 am
#16
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Nov 11, 2014, 10:19 am
#17
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Ugh, 2-4 weeks! Has that been everyone's actual experience?
Nov 11, 2014, 10:21 am
#18
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"2-4 weeks after the end of the promotion period"
Nov 11, 2014, 10:26 am
#19
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Yeah, I just saw 2-4 weeks and "assumed" it was after sign-up. Sorry.I'm antsy to pull the trigger on a points stay and just need a few more points (and I don't want to buy them) so I'm a little anxious at the bit here.
Nov 11, 2014, 10:41 am
#20
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I don't think the link is relevant. Sign up to the Stay More Nights promo, and update your preferences by going into your account at spg.com. I'm not sure if a stay is then physically required to trigger this - but that should be all. There is nothing special about the link, it just takes you to the page to update your preferences.
Nov 11, 2014, 11:10 am
#21
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Best regards,
William R. Sanders
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
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Nov 11, 2014, 11:36 am
#22
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Excellent! Thank you William. ^
Nov 11, 2014, 12:50 pm
#23
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Does it matter which order we do it in? I clicked on the one link first in the email, and that was the one for updating my profile, and so I did that first. Some minutes later I went back to the email and clicked the other link and registered for the promotion. I got no confirmation email for the SPG More For You registration (even though I got two different kinds of confirmation emails for the profile update!), but when I tried right now to register for SPG More For You again it says I'm already registered.
Nov 11, 2014, 12:55 pm
#24
Company Representative - Starwood
Join Date: Nov 2000
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Does it matter which order we do it in? I clicked on the one link first in the email, and that was the one for updating my profile, and so I did that first. Some minutes later I went back to the email and clicked the other link and registered for the promotion. I got no confirmation email for the SPG More For You registration (even though I got two different kinds of confirmation emails for the profile update!), but when I tried right now to register for SPG More For You again it says I'm already registered.
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
[email protected]
Nov 11, 2014, 1:22 pm
#25
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Just a hypothetical...what if you have NO changes? What if everything in your profile was already the way you wanted it to be? Do you have to change "something" to get the bonus points?
Nov 11, 2014, 1:42 pm
#26
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Nov 11, 2014, 1:44 pm
#27
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Yes, I did just that. But wondering "why" if everything was fine.
Nov 11, 2014, 2:32 pm
#28
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club, Marriott Bonvoy
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IIRC, the new "stay preferences" profile option, which you have to update in order to qualify for this bonus, was introduced with the new website launch on October 15, so this hypothetical situation will (should) not arise.
Nov 11, 2014, 2:47 pm
#29
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Thanks to the OP and others for the information on this. Not a huge bonus, obviously, but glad to get 500 points each for my wife and myself.
Nov 11, 2014, 4:03 pm
#30
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There has always been a "stay preferences" profile option. It was just expanded to add the Platinum preferences. It used to just have things like smoking/non-smoking. Therefore, this situation definitely arises. I had to add some bogus perferences just to force a change for +1's account.