{"id":6525,"date":"2013-09-27T19:25:46","date_gmt":"2013-09-28T02:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/?p=6525"},"modified":"2013-09-27T19:26:26","modified_gmt":"2013-09-28T02:26:26","slug":"requesting-starwood-gold-platinum-thank-certificates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/09\/27\/requesting-starwood-gold-platinum-thank-certificates\/","title":{"rendered":"Requesting Your Starwood Gold and Platinum Thank You Certificates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today, I received an e-mail from Starwood asking me to request my Platinum Thank You certificates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/09\/spgcerts1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6515\" alt=\"spgcerts1\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/09\/spgcerts1.jpg\" width=\"647\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/09\/spgcerts1.jpg 647w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/09\/spgcerts1-269x300.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve always received them in the postal mail automatically with each year of achieving Platinum status with Starwood. In the email, it says that you have to manually request them via <a href=\"http:\/\/spg.com\/platinumthankyou\" target=\"_blank\">spg.com\/platinumthankyou<\/a> and you can either choose your certificates to be sent to your home or print them electronically. By the way, if you&#8217;re Gold, you can try to request them via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/spg.com\/goldthankyou\" target=\"_blank\">spg.com\/goldthankyou<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These certificates come in handy when you want to recognize an employee of Starwood Hotels. The employee could be your Platinum Ambassador, Platinum Concierge, hotel front desk agent, housekeeping maid, and etc. The employee then keys in the unique code found on the back of the certificate and can redeem them for Starpoints. I\u2019m not sure what the amount is, but I\u2019ve heard it\u2019s 500 Starpoints or more.<\/p>\n<p>I requested my certificates on <a href=\"http:\/\/spg.com\/platinumthankyou\" target=\"_blank\">spg.com\/platinumthankyou<\/a> and chose the postal mail option because I like to hand out hard-copies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/09\/spgcerts3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6517\" alt=\"spgcerts3\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/09\/spgcerts3.jpg\" width=\"355\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/09\/spgcerts3.jpg 355w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/09\/spgcerts3-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/09\/spgcerts5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6519\" alt=\"spgcerts5\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/09\/spgcerts5.jpg\" width=\"441\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/09\/spgcerts5.jpg 441w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/09\/spgcerts5-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/09\/spgcerts7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6521\" alt=\"spgcerts7\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/09\/spgcerts7.jpg\" width=\"458\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/09\/spgcerts7.jpg 458w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/09\/spgcerts7-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/09\/spgcerts7-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/09\/spgcerts9.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6523\" alt=\"spgcerts9\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/09\/spgcerts9.jpg\" width=\"387\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/09\/spgcerts9.jpg 387w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/09\/spgcerts9-281x300.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are some reasons why Starwood employees love to receive these Thank You certificates:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/09\/spgcerts4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6518\" alt=\"spgcerts4\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/09\/spgcerts4.jpg\" width=\"336\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/09\/spgcerts4.jpg 336w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/09\/spgcerts4-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/09\/spgcerts6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6520\" alt=\"spgcerts6\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/09\/spgcerts6.jpg\" width=\"358\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/09\/spgcerts6.jpg 358w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/09\/spgcerts6-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/09\/spgcerts8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6522\" alt=\"spgcerts8\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/09\/spgcerts8.jpg\" width=\"294\" height=\"263\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/09\/spgcerts10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6524\" alt=\"spgcerts10\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/09\/spgcerts10.jpg\" width=\"342\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/09\/spgcerts10.jpg 342w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/09\/spgcerts10-300x280.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you requested your Thank You Certificates yet?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Today, I received an e-mail from Starwood asking me to request my Platinum Thank You certificates. 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