{"id":288,"date":"2012-02-29T11:38:04","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T11:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/verygoodpoints\/?p=288"},"modified":"2012-02-29T11:38:04","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T11:38:04","slug":"starwoods-beat-the-timer-how-did-i-not-know-about-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2012\/02\/29\/starwoods-beat-the-timer-how-did-i-not-know-about-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Starwood’s Beat The Timer \u2013 how did I not know about this!?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is this one of Starwood\u2019s best kept secrets?\u00a0 Starwood\u2019s Beat the Timer<\/a> website offers deeply discounted hotels throughout Europe and the Middle East.\u00a0 For 72 hours, featured hotels offer a limited number of rooms via this site.\u00a0 All rates are pre-paid and do<\/span> count towards status and are eligible to earn points.<\/p>\n

Since I\u2019m in Europe and have three weekends to fill, I decided to check out the deal at the Le Meridien Etoile, Paris.\u00a0 The Beat The Timer rate is EUR 139.00.\u00a0 The best available rate (pre-paid) on SPG.com is EUR 143.00, my corporate rate is EUR 150 and AAA is EUR 161.\u00a0 In this case, the Beat The Timer rate isn\u2019t a huge savings over the standard pre-paid rate.<\/p>\n

The Westin Excelsior Rome is a much better deal. The Beat the Timer rate is EUR 224.00 The best available rate (pre-paid) on SPG.com is EUR 300.00, my corporate rate is EUR 240 and AAA is EUR 270.\u00a0 In this case, if you\u2019re planning a last minute trip to Rome, the Beat the Timer rate might be perfect for you.<\/p>\n

Next time you\u2019re looking to book with Starwood in Europe or the Middle East, check out Beat the Timer<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Starwood's Beat The Timer Website<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is this one of Starwood\u2019s best kept secrets?\u00a0 Starwood\u2019s Beat the Timer website offers deeply discounted hotels throughout Europe and the Middle East.\u00a0 For 72 hours, featured hotels offer a limited number of rooms via this site.\u00a0 All rates are…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[742],"tags":[31,745],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nStarwood's Beat The Timer \u2013 how did I not know about this!?! - VeryGoodPoints<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2012\/02\/29\/starwoods-beat-the-timer-how-did-i-not-know-about-this\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Starwood's Beat The Timer \u2013 how did I not know about this!?! 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