{"id":467,"date":"2012-04-10T22:16:38","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T22:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/verygoodpoints\/?p=467"},"modified":"2012-04-10T22:16:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-10T22:16:38","slug":"exciting-week-with-spg-reached-53-nights-livin-the-spglife-spginsider-announces-promo-i-need-hotel-suggestions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2012\/04\/10\/exciting-week-with-spg-reached-53-nights-livin-the-spglife-spginsider-announces-promo-i-need-hotel-suggestions\/","title":{"rendered":"Exciting week with SPG&#8230;reached 53 nights -livin the #SPGLife, @SPGInsider announces promo + I need hotel suggestions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What a week it&#8217;s been. \u00a0We&#8217;re 100 days into 2012 and I&#8217;ve spent more time in Starwood hotels in 2012 than in my own home! Not to mention that I&#8217;m blogging from the Le Meridien\u00a0Piccadilly (plus 5 more nights), plus 13 Marriott nights completed in 2012 and I begin to question why I&#8217;m paying rent! \u00a0Anyway, onto the exciting part.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ccffff\">Livin the #SPGLife<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I reached 50 nights after my stay at the Aloft Brussels last week and 53 nights after my stay at the Hotel Pulitzer Amsterdam this past weekend. \u00a0 So I have\u00a0re-qualified\u00a0for Platinum status through February of 2014, have reached lifetime Gold status and got another 10 Suite Night Awards &#8211; bringing my suite night total to 20. \u00a0\u00a0I&#8217;m also enjoying the 75-night benefits I earned last year &#8211; Your24 and 4 star points per dollar on hotel spend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/verygoodpoints\/files\/2012\/04\/spg-2012.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-468\" src=\"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/verygoodpoints\/files\/2012\/04\/spg-2012-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/spg-2012-300x205.jpg 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/spg-2012.jpg 369w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how my points earned for 2012\u00a0breakdown:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Base points \u00a0&#8211;\u00a069,589<\/li>\n<li>50% Elite Bonus &#8211; 14,832<\/li>\n<li>4th point per dollar benefit &#8211; 8593<\/li>\n<li>Better By The Night promo &#8211; \u00a033,589<\/li>\n<li>Make the Green Choice &#8211; 3,000<\/li>\n<li>Total: \u00a0129,600 points earned in 2012 (which is good since I pretty much wiped out my account in 2011)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>And that&#8217;s not all! \u00a0I received an\u00a0invitation for personal Platinum Concierge &#8211; his name is Rick (please don&#8217;t burst my bubble if that&#8217;s not so special.) \u00a0I just booked 20 nights in May at the Westin Grande Sukhumvit\u00a0\u00a0Bangkok. \u00a0(that will bring my night total to 87 nights). And have a few more nights to book in May.<\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Update:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>I forgot the other exciting SPG news of the week. \u00a0I made it to top 10\u00a0contributor\u00a0on SPG Guest reviews! \u00a0Now I hope I can keep it up!<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/verygoodpoints\/files\/2012\/04\/SPG-top-10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-475\" src=\"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/verygoodpoints\/files\/2012\/04\/SPG-top-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #ccffff\">Looking for Hotel Suggestions\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>I have 5 nights holiday I&#8217;ll spend in somewhere in Thailand in May (that would bring my total to 92 nights by the end of May). \u00a0I want to stay on the beach, the hotel must have a spa and must be a Starwood hotel. \u00a0I&#8217;ve already stayed at the Le Meridien Khao Lak, Westin Siray Bay and would go back to either. \u00a0What other suggestions do you have? \u00a0The W retreat and Naka Island resort are full &#8211; I already checked. \u00a0(someday I will stay at Naka Island!)<\/div>\n<div>While in Bangkok, I&#8217;m staying at the Westin, but would like to hotel hop on the weekends. I really want to stay at the St Regis. Any other suggestions?<\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #ccffff\">New SPG Promo Starts May 1<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Today, SPG announced its new <span style=\"color: #ccffcc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spgpromos.com\/nicechoice\/?action=main.comingsoon&amp;language=en_us\"><span style=\"color: #ccffcc\">promotion<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0will begin May 1. \u00a0The website describes it in this way:<\/p>\n<p>SPG\u00ae NICE CHOICE IS THE EXCITING NEW PROMOTION THAT GIVES SPG MEMBERS\u00a0MORE CHOICE THAN EVER. EARN AT ALL STARWOOD HOTELS AND RESORTS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE SPG PROGRAM WORLDWIDE \u2014 THAT&#8217;S MORE THAN 1,000. 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