{"id":3012,"date":"2013-04-02T11:22:41","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T15:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/?p=3012"},"modified":"2013-04-02T11:22:41","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T15:22:41","slug":"starwood-q2-promo-none-of-my-hotels-are-participating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2013\/04\/02\/starwood-q2-promo-none-of-my-hotels-are-participating\/","title":{"rendered":"Starwood Q2 Promo – None of my hotels are participating!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Details about Starwood’s Q2 have been posted on their website –\u00a0Earn double Starpoints<\/a><\/span>\u00ae<\/strong>\u00a0on all eligible stays from May 1 through July 31, 2013, at more than 1,000 participating Starwood hotels and resorts worldwide.\u00a0Hotels and Resorts Not Participating<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately for me, none of my planned May or June stays are at participating hotels. \u00a0Here are the UK Starwood properties not participating:<\/p>\n

UNITED KINGDOM<\/h3>\n
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  • Le M\u00e9ridien Piccadilly, London<\/li>\n
  • Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa, Edinburgh<\/li>\n
  • Sheraton Park Tower, London<\/li>\n
  • The Lanesborough, a St. Regis Hotel, London<\/li>\n
  • The Park Lane Hotel, London<\/li>\n
  • W London \u2014 Leicester Square, London<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    So, that’s just about every affordable Starwood Property in London (yes, there’s the Aloft, but that’s not convenient and 2x points isn’t worth an hour commute)<\/p>\n

    There’s always a\u00a0possibility\u00a0of an\u00a0unscheduled\u00a0trip popping up in May or June and I don’t know what July holds in store yet. \u00a0So the question is, what to do in May\/June?
    \nI think there are two options, 1) since I’ll have already qualified\u00a0for\u00a0Platinum\u00a0status by May, I could focus those two months on earning Hyatt status,\u00a0especially\u00a0if\u00a0they\u00a0have a good promo. 2) I could just say who care and stick with the 4 points I currently earn.<\/p>\n

    This is a tough choice…. what would you do?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Details about Starwood’s Q2 have been posted on their website –\u00a0Earn double Starpoints\u00ae\u00a0on all eligible stays from May 1 through July 31, 2013, at more than 1,000 participating Starwood hotels and resorts worldwide.\u00a0Hotels and Resorts Not Participating. Unfortunately for me,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3013,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[91,92,742],"tags":[745,245],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nStarwood Q2 Promo - None of my hotels are participating! - VeryGoodPoints<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Starwood Q2 Promo, Starwood\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2013\/04\/02\/starwood-q2-promo-none-of-my-hotels-are-participating\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Starwood Q2 Promo - None of my hotels are participating! 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