Sep 24, 2015, 7:49 am
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2016 Promo
Global Promo on the SPG Dashboard, with two different threshold levels; this promo is available at the bottom of the SPG Dashboard, below your world map.
https://www.spgpromos.com/dashboard/site/index
All eligible stays between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2016, count towards bonus earnings. For the purposes of this promotion, Free Night Awards and Cash & Points Award nights are eligible toward the promotional earnings.
Stay at 11 brands, earn 11,000 bonus Starpoints
Stay at 5 brands, earn 500 bonus Starpoints
Members must log in to the SPG Dashboard between January 4 and December 31, 2016, 11:59 p.m. ET to be eligible for this promotion. Members can earn 500 Starpoints for staying at five Starwood brands. Members can earn 11,000 Starpoints for staying at 11 Starwood brands. For purposes of this promotion an eligible stay at the brands listed here will count toward this earning promotion: St. Regis, Luxury Collection, W, Le Méridien, Westin, Sheraton, Aloft, Element, Four Points., Tribute Portfolio and SPG-participating Design HotelsTM Member Hotels. Members only earn one bonus for this promotion, up to 11,000 Starpoints. Stays completed from January 1 - December 31, 2016 are eligible for the promotion.
2015 Promo
Targeted Promo on the SPG Dashboard :
Stay at 10 brands, earn 10,000 bonus Starpoints
Note that the '10th brand' is Tribute, in which there are currently only 2 properties : South Beach and London
Stay at 5 brands, earn 500 bonus Starpoints
An eligible member can earn 500 Starpoints for staying at five different Starwood-owned hotel brands between January 1 and December 31, 2015.
A member can only earn the bonus once. Bonus Starpoints can take up to 2 to 4 weeks to post to your account after confirmation that you have stayed at a total of five different Starwood-owned hotel brands between January 1 and December 31, 2015.
Previous version of the promo:
Surprise for staying at all 9 spg brands
Global Promo on the SPG Dashboard, with two different threshold levels; this promo is available at the bottom of the SPG Dashboard, below your world map.
https://www.spgpromos.com/dashboard/site/index
All eligible stays between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2016, count towards bonus earnings. For the purposes of this promotion, Free Night Awards and Cash & Points Award nights are eligible toward the promotional earnings.
Stay at 11 brands, earn 11,000 bonus Starpoints
Stay at 5 brands, earn 500 bonus Starpoints
Members must log in to the SPG Dashboard between January 4 and December 31, 2016, 11:59 p.m. ET to be eligible for this promotion. Members can earn 500 Starpoints for staying at five Starwood brands. Members can earn 11,000 Starpoints for staying at 11 Starwood brands. For purposes of this promotion an eligible stay at the brands listed here will count toward this earning promotion: St. Regis, Luxury Collection, W, Le Méridien, Westin, Sheraton, Aloft, Element, Four Points., Tribute Portfolio and SPG-participating Design HotelsTM Member Hotels. Members only earn one bonus for this promotion, up to 11,000 Starpoints. Stays completed from January 1 - December 31, 2016 are eligible for the promotion.
2015 Promo
Targeted Promo on the SPG Dashboard :
Stay at 10 brands, earn 10,000 bonus Starpoints
Note that the '10th brand' is Tribute, in which there are currently only 2 properties : South Beach and London
Stay at 5 brands, earn 500 bonus Starpoints
An eligible member can earn 500 Starpoints for staying at five different Starwood-owned hotel brands between January 1 and December 31, 2015.
A member can only earn the bonus once. Bonus Starpoints can take up to 2 to 4 weeks to post to your account after confirmation that you have stayed at a total of five different Starwood-owned hotel brands between January 1 and December 31, 2015.
Previous version of the promo:
Surprise for staying at all 9 spg brands
Dashboard Promos: Stay a night in XX SPG Brands by <date> and get YY Starpoints
Apr 14, 2016, 7:56 am
#121
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Apr 21, 2016, 2:51 pm
#122
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I just checked my SPG Dashboard, and 2 of my hotel stays are now missing. Pagegirl and I stayed at a Le Meridien and my son and buddy stayed across the street at a Sheraton from 12/31/15-1/2/16. I checked in both and paid for both. It was a College Bowl game FWIW. Both of these brands were checked off my "brand challenge" board, but now are removed and shows I need the stay. Not really a big deal, as I'll stay at each of these franchises again, soon.
Lurkers, do these "year-straddling" stays count for the 11 brand challenge for 11k points?
Lurkers, do these "year-straddling" stays count for the 11 brand challenge for 11k points?
Apr 21, 2016, 2:56 pm
#123
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So, if this was a stay that began in 2015 and we are counting stays rather than nights, it would not be counting towards anything in the current calendar year.
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
[email protected]
Apr 21, 2016, 3:20 pm
#124
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As usual, the stay belongs to the year in which it began and the nights of the stay belong to the year in which they fall.
So, if this was a stay that began in 2015 and we are counting stays rather than nights, it would not be counting towards anything in the current calendar year.
So, it appears to me that Dashboard reporting changed in the last couple of weeks (unannounced) from the "night" method to the "stay" method. Is this reasonable to assume?
So, if this was a stay that began in 2015 and we are counting stays rather than nights, it would not be counting towards anything in the current calendar year.
So, it appears to me that Dashboard reporting changed in the last couple of weeks (unannounced) from the "night" method to the "stay" method. Is this reasonable to assume?
Apr 21, 2016, 3:24 pm
#125
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I think it would be safe to say that the SPG Dashboard is a venue that is always in a state of flux, but it is not out of the realm of possibility that stays which occured 90+ days ago are no longer reflected there.
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
[email protected]
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
[email protected]
Apr 21, 2016, 3:57 pm
#126
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I've lost you somewhere, here. This 11 Brand Challenge is a year long program. My Dashboard (2 weeks ago) showed 7 franchises where I've stayed this year. Today it shows 5. The two that dropped off were my stays that straddled year end.
Did find this from the T&C-
Stays completed from January 1 - December 31, 2016 are eligible for the promotion.
Did find this from the T&C-
Stays completed from January 1 - December 31, 2016 are eligible for the promotion.
Last edited by pageboy; Apr 21, 2016 at 4:08 pm
Apr 21, 2016, 4:09 pm
#127
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So, feel free to send whatever you think will help my understanding to the email address below and I'll be glad to have someone look into it further.
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
[email protected]
Apr 24, 2016, 7:32 am
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Has anybody noticed brands dropping off (apart from those year-end adjustments some are reporting)?
I've had a March stay at a Design hotel but it has dropped off. I'm not too concerned about chasing until I get the other 10 done. But still a bit worrying as some of these brands I'm only doing once because of this promo.
I've had a March stay at a Design hotel but it has dropped off. I'm not too concerned about chasing until I get the other 10 done. But still a bit worrying as some of these brands I'm only doing once because of this promo.
Apr 24, 2016, 9:05 am
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Has anybody noticed brands dropping off (apart from those year-end adjustments some are reporting)?
I've had a March stay at a Design hotel but it has dropped off. I'm not too concerned about chasing until I get the other 10 done. But still a bit worrying as some of these brands I'm only doing once because of this promo.
I've had a March stay at a Design hotel but it has dropped off. I'm not too concerned about chasing until I get the other 10 done. But still a bit worrying as some of these brands I'm only doing once because of this promo.
Apr 24, 2016, 10:41 am
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Has anybody noticed brands dropping off (apart from those year-end adjustments some are reporting)?
I've had a March stay at a Design hotel but it has dropped off. I'm not too concerned about chasing until I get the other 10 done. But still a bit worrying as some of these brands I'm only doing once because of this promo.
I've had a March stay at a Design hotel but it has dropped off. I'm not too concerned about chasing until I get the other 10 done. But still a bit worrying as some of these brands I'm only doing once because of this promo.
Apr 24, 2016, 10:52 am
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Could it be that brands where one has used points, free nights, or C&P initially are counted when the nights/stays post but are removed later because they're not eligible according to standard SPG rules for promos? There could also have been some issues with stays that cross calendar years if the count is based on stays rather than nights.
If a Design hotel isn't participating at the time of the stay, it probably doesn't count.
If a Design hotel isn't participating at the time of the stay, it probably doesn't count.
Apr 24, 2016, 10:56 am
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Could it be that brands where one has used points, free nights, or C&P initially are counted when the nights/stays post but are removed later because they're not eligible according to standard SPG rules for promos? There could also have been some issues with stays that cross calendar years if the count is based on stays rather than nights.
If a Design hotel isn't participating at the time of the stay, it probably doesn't count.
If a Design hotel isn't participating at the time of the stay, it probably doesn't count.
Apr 24, 2016, 10:59 am
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I don't know and don't know whether the rules are the same for both last year and this year. I just know that as I was approaching the 9,000 points for 9 brands at the end of last year, I carefully audited my account and did my own list of brands that should count rather than assuming that award stays were OK for the promo.
Apr 24, 2016, 11:09 am
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I don't know and don't know whether the rules are the same for both last year and this year. I just know that as I was approaching the 9,000 points for 9 brands at the end of last year, I carefully audited my account and did my own list of brands that should count rather than assuming that award stays were OK for the promo.
also, i got the 500 points for staying at the first 5 brands out of which one brand was an award stay....
Apr 24, 2016, 8:57 pm
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Has anybody noticed brands dropping off (apart from those year-end adjustments some are reporting)?
I've had a March stay at a Design hotel but it has dropped off. I'm not too concerned about chasing until I get the other 10 done. But still a bit worrying as some of these brands I'm only doing once because of this promo.
I've had a March stay at a Design hotel but it has dropped off. I'm not too concerned about chasing until I get the other 10 done. But still a bit worrying as some of these brands I'm only doing once because of this promo.