It is inevitable that, at some points, you will need to buy Avios points. (Even though I have a seven-figure pile of my own, I still had to buy a couple of thousand recently to clear out the account of a family member which was [...]
Starwood launches ‘SPG Social’ with additional special promotions
May 26, 2013 by Raffles
Starwood, the Sheraton / Westin / W / aloft etc hotel group, has launched ‘SPG Social’. Full details can be found here. Now, at this stage it is not entirely clear what is going to be offered. Starwood wants you to link your Facebook account [...]
Update on the new Starwood Amex 20,000 points sign-up offer
May 11, 2013 by Raffles
This post is for the benefit of email and RSS subscribers (about 1,200 of you!) plus anyone who read my post on the 20,000 point sign-up bonus on the Starwood Amex card before 3pm! You will find full details of the card by clicking here for the relevant [...]
20,000 SPG points (=25,000 Avios points) sign-up bonus back on the Starwood Amex!
May 10, 2013 by Raffles
Another great way to earn a pile of Avios points from a credit card sign-up has appeared! I was very surprised last night to see that the sign-up bonus on the SPG / Starwood American Express card had jumped back up to 20,000 SPG points. [...]
Starwood offers incentives for requalifying (or qualifying) for Gold or Platinum in 2013
May 2, 2013 by Raffles
Starwood, the Westin / Sheraton / W / aloft etc hotel group, has brought in a special gift for members who qualify for Gold or Platinum for the first time in 2013, or who manage to requalify. There is nothing on the Starwood website about this [...]
Registration now open for Starwood’s ‘Double Take’ promotion
April 27, 2013 by Raffles
Registration is now open for Starwood’s ‘Double Take’ promotion. This is good for stays at Sheraton, Westin, W, aloft etc hotels. The link to register is here. I orginally wrote about the promotion here. You get double points for every stay between May 1st and [...]
Introducing Starwood’s ‘Earn Your Dreams’ promotion
April 24, 2013 by Raffles
I recently wrote about ‘Double Take’, the official Starwood promotion for the May to July period. This offers double points on all stays and 500 additional points if you book via the SPG app. Starwood also has an additional promotion which it has run for a [...]
Last chance: Buy SPG Starpoints at 25% discount
April 23, 2013 by Raffles
As I posted back in mid-March, Starwood is currently offering a 15%-25% discount when you purchase SPG Starpoints before 30th April. The link to buy is here. At the top end, 20,000 points will cost you $525. These can be converted in 25,000 airline miles [...]
Starwood launches ‘Double Take’ double points promotion
April 21, 2013 by Raffles
Starwood, the aloft, Element, Four Points, Le Meridien, The Luxury Collection, St Regis. Sheraton, W, Westin hotel group, has released details of its new promotion. Called ‘Double Take’, it is a model of simplicity: You will earn double SPG points on all Starwood stays You [...]
Credit Card Reviews 2013 (15): Starwood Preferred Guest American Express card
April 7, 2013 by Raffles
(EDIT: This page was updated in May 2013 to reflect the current sign-up bonus) This is the 15th of my series of posts looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are worth applying for. These posts will be [...]
“If you had to pick one hotel program in which to accumulate miles and in which to earn status which would it be?”
March 30, 2013 by Raffles
Over Easter, I will be answering a number of the reader questions that were submitted via this article. If you didn’t take part this time, don’t worry as I will be re-running this feature in the Summer. Feel free to expand on or critique my [...]
Starwood Preferred Guest now only sending membership cards on request (but you can design your own if you do!)
March 22, 2013 by Raffles
Starwood Preferred Guest – the Westin / Sheraton / W / aloft etc loyalty scheme – is one that many Head for Points readers will be elite members of, since Gold status is a free benefit of the American Express Platinum card. (By the way, if [...]
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