{"id":9880,"date":"2014-03-01T00:22:06","date_gmt":"2014-03-01T08:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/?p=9880"},"modified":"2014-03-01T00:24:04","modified_gmt":"2014-03-01T08:24:04","slug":"earn-starwood-platinum-elite-status-800-aloft-coimbatore-singanallur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/03\/01\/earn-starwood-platinum-elite-status-800-aloft-coimbatore-singanallur\/","title":{"rendered":"Earn Starwood Platinum Elite Status for Under $800 at the Aloft Coimbatore Singanallur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year I wrote an article on <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/06\/19\/earn-hyatt-diamond-elite-status-for-980-or-less-at-the-excalibur-hotel-in-las-vegas\/\" target=\"_blank\">how to earn Hyatt Diamond Elite Status for $980 or less<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/10\/02\/survived-staying-overnight-excalibur-hotel-las-vegas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Excalibur Hotel in Las Vegas<\/a>\u00a0(and <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/10\/02\/survived-staying-overnight-excalibur-hotel-las-vegas\/\" target=\"_blank\">I survived<\/a>). I\u2019m going to show you how to earn Starwood Preferred Guest Platinum Status for under $800 at the Aloft Coimbatore Singanallur.<\/p>\n<p>So where is the Aloft Coimbatore Singanallur you might ask? It\u2019s in India, so you\u2019re going to have to do a temporary move (or a phantom check in).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2014\/03\/aloftindia.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9881\" alt=\"aloftindia\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2014\/03\/aloftindia.jpg\" width=\"454\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/aloftindia.jpg 454w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/aloftindia-300x196.jpg 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/aloftindia-400x261.jpg 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/aloftindia-200x130.jpg 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/aloftindia-150x98.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Room Rates at the Aloft Coimbatore Singanallur are INR 2,280.00 (~$36.92) almost every day of the year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2014\/03\/aloftindia1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9882\" alt=\"aloftindia1\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2014\/03\/aloftindia1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/aloftindia1.jpg 640w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/aloftindia1-300x142.jpg 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/aloftindia1-400x190.jpg 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/aloftindia1-200x95.jpg 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/aloftindia1-150x71.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2014\/03\/aloftindia2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9883\" alt=\"aloftindia2\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2014\/03\/aloftindia2.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/aloftindia2.jpg 634w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/aloftindia2-300x138.jpg 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/aloftindia2-400x184.jpg 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/aloftindia2-200x92.jpg 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/aloftindia2-150x69.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Room Rate: INR 2,280.00 (~36.92 USD)<br \/>\nLux Tax: 12.50%, which is INR 285.00 (~$4.62 USD)<br \/>\nService Tax: 7.42% which is INR 169.18 ~($2.74 USD)<br \/>\nTotal with taxes = $44.28<\/p>\n<p>First of all, you must sign up for the Starwood Platinum Challenge by e-mailing Starwood\u2019s Platinum Liaison at platinum.liaison@starwoodhotels.com to request the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Rules: You must stay 18 nights within a 90 day period of your choice (3 month selections given via e-mail). In addition, you must not have had Platinum status within the last 5 years. You cannot complete Platinum challenge twice (only first timers).<\/p>\n<p>The 18 nights can be consecutive, so it can be completed in 1 stay. 18 nights multiplied by $44.28 comes out to $797.04.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll also be earning 665 Starpoints in the process of achieving Starwood Platinum status.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is Starwood Platinum status worth $800?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year I wrote an article on how to earn Hyatt Diamond Elite Status for $980 or less at the Excalibur Hotel in Las Vegas\u00a0(and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":9881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[49,155,50],"tags":[2599,400,31,1577,2600],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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