Effective today, this property is now a Category 5 SPG property which means that it costs more
Starwood points per night.
This hotel should be a Starwood category 6 location, which normally costs 20,000 to 25,000
Starwood points per night.
That's an average of 15,000
Starwood points per night.
In the Dominican Republic, you can stay at the beachfront Westin Resort in Punta Cana for 10,000
Starwood points per night, or an average of 8,000 SPG points per night if you stay five nights.
Not exact matches
Chains like
Starwood and Hyatt routinely charge $ 500 to $ 1,000
per night at their high - end hotels, so using 30,000
points for those rooms is often more cost - effective.
For example, you can book a private hotel room from $ 10
per day and stay in resorts such as the Le Meridien Chiang Rai in Northern Thailand starting at 7,000
Starwood Preferred Guest
points per night.
A
Starwood Preferred Guest elite paying for stays with the American Express co-branded credit card earns 5 Starpoints
per dollar spent at
Starwood properties, and would have to spend $ 2,000 on paid stays before they earned enough
points for a single award
night at a mid-tier property.
Award
nights at
Starwood Preferred Guest ® properties start at just 2,000
points per night, making this sign - up bonus worth up to 20 free
nights!
You can also choose to transfer 10,000
Starwood Preferred Guest
points per night to Marriott Rewards at 1:3 ratio if you prefer.
Skip the parking lots and walk to Arrowhead Stadium If you enjoy the Kansas City Chiefs as my husband does, or even if you want to root for the away team, you can skip the stadium parking lots and stay within walking distance to Arrowhead Stadium with just 3,000
Starwood Preferred Guest
points per night that you can earn from the
Starwood Preferred Guest credit card or elsewhere.
19,500
Starwood points (20,000 less 500 for choosing the Green housekeeping option) Retail value
per night is around $ 350
per night.
After that we will move on to the Westin Seattle Downtown for two
nights at a cost of just 10,000
Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG)
points per night (from
Starwood AMEX card signing bonus).
The Top
Starwood hotels cost 30,000 Starpoints
per night so, not only can you not purchase enough
points for an award
night at a top
Starwood hotel, even if you were topping off an account you'd still be effectively paying almost $ 790 /
night!
Cash rates for the hotel were going for $ 550 +
per night, so one could say I got about 1.4 cents of value out of my Marriott
points, or 4.2 cents out of my
Starwood points.
Keep in mind that actual
Starwood properties in New York, like the W and Westin, cost 20,000
points per night, while the Sheraton and Four Points properties cost 16,000 points per
points per night, while the Sheraton and Four
Points properties cost 16,000 points per
Points properties cost 16,000
points per
points per night.
The Marriott Rewards chart is mostly linear in nature — the cost of an award
night goes up in cost by 5,000
points per category (between Cat 1 and Cat 2 the increase is smaller)-- so, unlike
Starwood's chart, there are no specific category moves which would see a property's award cost go up or down by more than another's.
We initially booked this hotel when it was a
Starwood category 4 hotel, meaning it cost 10,000
points per night.
«Take Two» will provide members the opportunity to earn double
points at every
Starwood hotel when you stay two
nights or more, as well a bonus of 250
points per night at select properties.
Living the dream on card rewards Those who don't know us very well may think we are living the high life, but the truth is that our $ 250 hotel room near the line of totality during the eclipse was booked for 3,000
Starwood Preferred Guest
points; our flight to Wyoming was 100 percent free on a private plane thanks to a crazy JetSmarter promotion for those who could prove they had a million miles; our resort complete with water slides and a lazy river in San Antonio was booked using an annual credit card award
night when the room normally costs $ 300 - plus
per night; our amazing room at the Park Hyatt New York was booked using 30,000 Hyatt
points per night when the selling price was almost $ 1,000
per night; and most of our other flights were booked via a collection of airline miles and credit card
points that were primarily earned by leveraging our everyday spending for major rewards.
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.
Room rates at
Starwood properties also start at just 2,000
points per night, which is a considerably lower barrier to entry than any other hotel loyalty program on the market.
Here's how it worked: Since we traveled to London during November (off - peak season for most destinations in Europe), we chose a Category 5
Starwood property that cost only 12,000
points per night instead of 16,000.
Other
Starwood properties you'll find on Oahu are the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani, where rates for December start at $ 165 or a free room
night is between 12,000 and 16,000
points as this is Category 5 property; and the Sheraton Waikiki with rates for December starting at $ 320
per night.
If you were to book through
Starwood (where the rate was also $ 440
per night), a normal SPG Preferred member would earn 3,406 Starpoints; 5,109 for SPG Gold (and remember, you get automatic SPG Gold status just for having the Amex Platinum card) and 50 -
night Platinum members, and as a 75 -
night Platinum member, I'd earn 6,812
points myself.
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.
It's costing you 1.6 cents
per point (though it's still costing you 2 cents when you redeem at a
Starwood hotel, unless you're booking the 5th
night free).
And although you earn 250 extra
points per night at
Starwood (starting with your third
night during the promotion period) and 750 at Marriott (also on the third
night), don't forget that you can transfer
points between programs, at the rate of one SPG
point equals three Marriott Rewards
points.
The Sheraton Lake Buena Vista Resort is less than a mile from the Disney World parks, has a zero - entry beach pool, a cascading waterfall pool and all of the services you would expect from a resort for just 3,000 - 4,000
Starwood Preferred Guest
points per night.
You can redeem them for
nights at
Starwood hotels for a value of 2.4 cents
per point.
Starwood properties range from 7,000 - 20,000
points per night.
If you were to redeem for free
nights at
Starwood Hotels, here's how many Amex
points you would need for each category
per night:
The Sheraton Park Hotel is a Category 4
Starwood hotel that costs 10,000
points per night for a free award
night.
Remember we booked this resort on
points, only 10,000
points per night plus the fifth
night for free for a total of 40,000
Starwood points.