Another 4,000
Starpoints got us a free night in the Miami Element hotel so we could explore the city before we boarded our cruise.
Not exact matches
You can
get even more value by staying longer at SPG ® properties since you receive 1
free night when redeeming your
Starpoints ® for 4
nights or more.
Plus, when you redeem
Starpoints for 5 consecutive
nights, you
get the 5th
night free (excluding Category 1 and 2 hotels).
Starpoints can be very valuable not only for
free award
nights (fifth
night free) and Cash & Points awards but also by transferring them to dozens of other airlines, typically
getting 25,000 miles for every 20,000 points.
If you make the most of Starwood's 5th
night free benefit then you can
get a 5
night stay down to just 9,600
Starpoints /
night.
For the hotel
nights, category four hotels usually cost 10,000
Starpoints per
night, and you always
get the fifth
night free when booking with
Starpoints, so technically, you could say that we only saved 10,000
Starpoints.
Since you
get the 5th
night free on an award stay, it only costs 40,000
Starpoints to stay at the Disney Dolphin for 5
nights.
With the new bonuses on the Amex SPG cards, you
get 2
free nights instead of
Starpoints.
Starwood Gold (normally attained after 25
nights or 10 stays)
gets you perks including a 50 % bonus on
Starpoints (so you earn 3 points per $ 1 spent at Starwood properties), room upgrades, 4 pm late checkout and a choice of welcome amenity: either 250 bonus points,
free internet or a complimentary beverage.
Starwood Gold is normally attained after 25
nights or 10 stays, and
gets you a 50 % bonus on
Starpoints (so you earn 3 points per $ 1 spent at Starwood properties),
free internet, room upgrades, 4 pm late checkout and overall better customer service.
SPG gives a
free 5th
night on category 3 - 7 properties, so 6
nights at the Dolphin is 50,000
Starpoints and at the Swan 48,000 points will
get you 5
nights.