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Re: Starwood Question
« Reply #340 on: December 24, 2015, 04:13:34 PM »

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Pggm this time of year, GE, and a quick phone call to get spg gold.

Let's not go way OT within this thread.

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Re: Starwood Question
« Reply #341 on: December 24, 2015, 04:14:24 PM »

Pggm x3 and platinum gives spg gold

No need to even go into 3x vs 2x to make up the AF.
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Re: Starwood Question
« Reply #342 on: December 24, 2015, 04:16:07 PM »
No need to even go into 3x vs 2x to make up the AF.
True but why not

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Re: Starwood Question
« Reply #343 on: December 24, 2015, 04:17:13 PM »

True but why not

Yep.

To conclude, don't spend 12k. Get yourself a plat. It pays for itself.
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Re: Starwood Question
« Reply #344 on: December 24, 2015, 04:33:58 PM »
Is there a,way to get SPG Pt other than the hard way?

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Re: Starwood Question
« Reply #345 on: December 24, 2015, 04:42:19 PM »

Is there a,way to get SPG Pt other than the hard way?

No
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Re: Starwood Question
« Reply #346 on: December 24, 2015, 04:48:41 PM »
Is there a,way to get SPG Pt other than the hard way?
yes you can call up and do a platinum challenge. Basically if you stay 18 nights in 3 months they will give you platinum for a year (if you want gold you have to do 9 nights in 3 months)

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Re: Starwood Question
« Reply #347 on: December 24, 2015, 05:19:23 PM »
yes you can call up and do a platinum challenge. Basically if you stay 18 nights in 3 months they will give you platinum for a year (if you want gold you have to do 9 nights in 3 months)

is that also in effect for the first 3 months of 2016? to hold through the entire 2017?
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Re: Starwood Question
« Reply #348 on: December 24, 2015, 05:22:57 PM »
is that also in effect for the first 3 months of 2016? to hold through the entire 2017?
not sure I did mine july-september and they gave me the rest of that year and the following year. so it probably would work jan-march. but call to find out forsure and I would record the call for back-up

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Re: Starwood Question
« Reply #349 on: December 30, 2015, 09:08:05 AM »
If the St Regis Bal Harbor didnt have the room ready until 5:30pm (guy is a gold member fwiw) can compensation be had?

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Re: Starwood Question
« Reply #350 on: December 30, 2015, 09:52:18 AM »
If the St Regis Bal Harbor didnt have the room ready until 5:30pm (guy is a gold member fwiw) can compensation be had?
definitely

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Re: Starwood Question
« Reply #351 on: December 30, 2015, 02:05:50 PM »
Do SPG Prices vary by dates? When I look online a given hotel is offering 3k per night. When I login and select my dates it comes up as 3.5k per night.
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Re: Starwood Question
« Reply #352 on: December 30, 2015, 02:08:19 PM »
Do SPG Prices vary by dates? When I look online a given hotel is offering 3k per night. When I login and select my dates it comes up as 3.5k per night.

Yes, weekday/weekend. When selecting multiple days, it will give you the average.

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Re: Starwood Question
« Reply #353 on: December 30, 2015, 02:12:45 PM »
Yes, weekday/weekend. When selecting multiple days, it will give you the average.

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Re: Starwood Question
« Reply #354 on: December 31, 2015, 11:12:51 AM »

Do SPG Prices vary by dates? When I look online a given hotel is offering 3k per night. When I login and select my dates it comes up as 3.5k per night.
Any chance your referring to LM in CNX ? I was wondering the same thing, bec. my total for 5 nights (mon.-sat.) came out to 19k, and that's after 5th night free. Average comes out to 4.75k a night, even though reserving sat.-sun. itself was only 3k
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Re: Starwood Question
« Reply #355 on: December 31, 2015, 12:56:03 PM »
that's after 5th night free. Average comes out to 4.75k a night

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Re: Starwood Question
« Reply #356 on: December 31, 2015, 01:00:34 PM »

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Your saying the fifth night gets rebated afterwards ?
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Re: Starwood Question
« Reply #357 on: December 31, 2015, 01:01:43 PM »
Your saying the fifth night gets rebated afterwards ?

No. I'm saying a catagory 2 hotel doesn't have 5th night free.

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Re: Starwood Question
« Reply #358 on: December 31, 2015, 01:03:50 PM »

No. I'm saying a catagory 2 hotel doesn't have 5th night free.
Oh. I didn't realize that. So then the average is 3.8k
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Re: Starwood Question
« Reply #359 on: December 31, 2015, 01:05:20 PM »
Oh. I didn't realize that. So then the average is 3.8k

That makes more sense