Starwood 2008 Elite Gift Promo!

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I don’t believe that this is a targeted promotion, as a reader sent this to me and I qualified without a hitch as a Starwood Gold member!

Starwood Gold elite status can be earned by spending $30,000 in a calendar year on a Starwood AMEX card, or by having the AMEX Platinum charge card.

David Z., who sent me the promo, wanted to know what would be better a $25 Starwood GC or 1,000 Starpoints.  I would say unless you know for sure that you will be staying on a paid rate at a Starwood hotel this year to take the 1,000 Starpoints.

Starwood 2008 Elite Gift Promo Linky

Platinum members:

Choose from:

-Free Friday/Saturday/Sunday night in any category 1-5 Starwood hotel through 12/27/09

Or

-$75 Starwood GC exp 12/31/09.

Gold members:

Choose from:

-1,000 Starpoints

Or

-$25 Starwood GC exp 12/31/09.

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20 Comments On "Starwood 2008 Elite Gift Promo!"

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milechazzer

Do you know who is eligible for this offer?

I’m a gold member and when I tried to register, I got this message:

Sorry, you are not eligible.

You are currently not eligible for this Starwood Preferred Guest® experience.

Simon says

Dear Dan,
If you sign up to *wood AMEX card online NOW you will get 10,000 starpoints + 15,000 if you spend $15,000 in 6 months,
is this the best promo? or is there anywhere where I can get the old promo of 30,000 points if you spend $15,000 in 6 months?
Is there any good cash back cards out there?

Dan/Ctownbochur

@Simon says:
You do still get 30,000 points if you spend $15,000 in 6 months. You get 15,000 points for the base spending and a 15,000 point bonus. In total you will have 40,000 Starpoints when you open a new card and spend $15,000 within 6 months.

This is the best Starwood AMEX signup offer available.

Doug

I also got the “Sorry, you are not eligible” message. I called SPG and the CSR looked up the promo and confirmed it’s for ALL gold and platinum members. She said they just started sending emails yesterday, and that once I got the email, I will be able to register for the promo.

Doesn’t make much sense to me… why would the system not just check my status to allow me to register…. But, I’ll watch out for the email and keep trying every day or so.

sweety

i just cliked on the link and it when threw

levi

I chose the free weekend night.
Hopefully I will use it at the Mona Surfrider and get a great value out of it

moshe

Hi Dan,
I am a gold member, and also got a ‘you are not elgible’ message, so what PROMO should i tell customer service that i am lookig for?
2- on another note, my spg card says my gold status will expire feb.28. How can i get them to retain my status as a gold member? [I have the amex spg card and cant spend 30,000 to retain it]
Thanks

David Z.

moshe,

you can call and ask for it…they will give it to you once in your lifetime complimentary. Thats how i got it

AsherO

Worked for me.

Thanks 🙂

simon says

Hi Dan,
I used the link you have for this post & it says you only get a total of 25,000 points (10,000 for signing up & 15,000 in 6 months etc.) I want to sign up now but I don’t see that promo of 10k, 15k, 15k, for a total of 40,000. I called them but they can’t give you the online promo’s. Thanks from all of the DansDeals family.

zev

I have the same question as simon. I’d also like to sign up but want to maximize on the points…
Dan, please advise.

YYZ

Thanks for reminding me of the email i got a couple days ago from them.

I’m Plat and took the free night.

I like how its good at a Cat 5 property…

Dan/Ctownbochur

@simon says: and @zev:
Guys, re-read my comment above.
It’s fairly straightforward, the best offer is the one at the top of this site-
10,000 points for signup and if you spend $15,000 in the first 6 months you will get the 15K bonus as well as the 15K points that are earned for spending the $15,000 at 1 starpoint per dollar spent!

BklynBoy

anoyne know an easy way to platinum?

GABE

This sounds like a great time to get the platinum status for $400 check out the forums!

shlomie

i have gold i got to design my new card(they extended my exp date) but it didnt say anything about 1000 points or a gc ??

AL

ALL I GOT AT THE LINK WAS TO GET A NEW DESIGN ANY IDEAS WHY I WASNT OFFERD THE FREE NIGHT FOR PLATNIUM

Dan/Ctownbochur

@AL:
Try calling SPG.

AL

i called and they told me its only for someone that was gold or platinum at the end of december what about the link is it dead?

Dan/Ctownbochur

@AL:
The link is fine, you’re just not eligible.

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