Is there no bonus in 2017 for staying in all 11 SPG Brands?
Jan 7, 2017, 3:36 pm
#1
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Is there no bonus in 2017 for staying in all 11 SPG Brands?
Was this just a promo in 2016? I did not realize this was an annual thing. Might there be some bonus for doing this in 2017?
Jan 7, 2017, 4:30 pm
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Dashboard Promos: Stay a night in XX SPG Brands by <date> and get YY Starpoints
Jan 7, 2017, 5:53 pm
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It's 30 brands this year. 
Jan 7, 2017, 6:16 pm
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Jan 7, 2017, 6:25 pm
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Jan 8, 2017, 7:04 am
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Not every year. I had a full house in 2014 (it was only 9 then) and got sweet nothing.
Jan 8, 2017, 11:22 am
#8
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Perhaps they found a bug. In the App it shows me earning the 11K bonus points 9 times last month! Unfortunately my points total only went up 11k points.
Jan 8, 2017, 12:05 pm
#9
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I got my 500 points credited at end of Dec for the 5 brands out of 11 that I stayed in (seems odd to offer 500 for 5 and 11K for 11)
Jan 8, 2017, 1:50 pm
#10
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Why? It is very simple to stay at 5 brands. 11 requires some effort given the limited number of Element, Tribute and Design properties. St. Regis can also be quite expensive depending on the location and occupancy levels.
Jan 8, 2017, 3:26 pm
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As sfozrhfco says, 5 brands is easy. Some consolation prize for 9 or 10 would have been nice, though. Maybe another 500 at each level? (For the record, I only had 4 brands last year, so this is not a self-serving suggestion.)
Jan 8, 2017, 5:52 pm
#12
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ddjen11
As in the case of generally any collection, the value of entire set is way more than the value of individual items, even the last few ones to complete the set are usually much harder to achieve.
Feb 9, 2017, 12:23 pm
#13
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A month later than this thread, and still nothing showing up for a brand bonus this year... 
Affects my plans... sigh.
Affects my plans... sigh.
Feb 9, 2017, 12:34 pm
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Feb 9, 2017, 1:01 pm
#15
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I think jumping to "entitled perk" is a little much. I'm about to book some business travel for the coming weeks, and it's simply:
A) with promo: try out some new hotels to get an extra brand (or 2 or 3)
B) without promo: optimize purely around usual priorities
I think it was a fun thing that encouraged me to spread my business around a little more.
I'm not going to bemoan it departing, but it was fun. Not enough of a "perk" to worry about, but fun!