Comped SPG Platinum!

[Febs]

I fell a bit (OK more than a bit) short of SPG Plat over the last year, and was going to e-mail them this week (ahead of my 28/2 status change) to see if I could be comped a year, as I'm likely to re-qualify this year.

Checked my e-mail this afternoon, and I didn't need to. Received an e-mail basically saying I'm part of a select group of Platinum members who will be given an extra year of Platinum.



Together with my recent WP re-qualification, this should make for a very nice honeymoon in Jan 2012. Anyone else get a similar offer? I know we hear a lot about proactive comps from QF, but this is the first I've heard of one from SPG.

Cheers,
- Febs.

 

[yeldarb8]

I fell a bit (OK more than a bit) short of SPG Plat over the last year, and was going to e-mail them this week (ahead of my 28/2 status change) to see if I could be comped a year, as I'm likely to re-qualify this year.

Checked my e-mail this afternoon, and I didn't need to. Received an e-mail basically saying I'm part of a select group of Platinum members who will be given an extra year of Platinum.



Together with my recent WP re-qualification, this should make for a very nice honeymoon in Jan 2012. Anyone else get a similar offer? I know we hear a lot about proactive comps from QF, but this is the first I've heard of one from SPG.

Cheers,
- Febs.

I was comped in to SPG Platinum from HHonors Diamond some time back. It's definitely worth trying the reverse in your case and I'd check with Hyatt too... you may have more options available to you than you think.

 

[drron]

Glad to hear this.I may fall a little short of requalifying SPG plat this year due to Knee replacement curtailing travel.

 

[Alanslegal]

congrats on the comped Platinum status Febs, it seems a few others got comped as well by reading the FT Starwood thread.

 

[Febs]

I was comped in to SPG Platinum from HHonors Diamond some time back. It's definitely worth trying the reverse in your case and I'd check with Hyatt too... you may have more options available to you than you think.

Been there done that. Somewhere on here there's the story of how I status-matched by way from SPG Gold to SPG Platinum, via Hyatt.

That was a few years ago now though, and unfortunately my Hyatt Diamond has now dwindled down to Hyatt Gold (however I've re-qualified for SPG Platinum legitimately every year since).

Cheers,
- Febs.

 

[docjames]

Congrats. Double platinum.

 

[Keith009]

No such love here. Brave New World of Gold it is come Feb... My employer puts me up in serviced apartments so no help from work travel. And in some locales it's been hard to justify a ho hum Sheraton or Westin (or in Singapore - that dreadful St Regis) over something off Tablet Hotels or designhotels.com - a well-designed and fetching room is far more interesting than another boxy suite IMO.

I booked an upcoming stay at the new W Retreat & Spa Bali as a Platinum. Here's hoping the status sticks even after getting busted to Gold. Then again, they don't do suite upgrades apparently. Might just write a TR on this one since I planned the trip around the W's opening - stay tuned!