Starwood Preferred Guest has announced their 2014 award category changes. Most of the negative impact is in North America while folks in Asia will see lots of properties with cheaper award nights.
Today is the last day to vote for your favorite picture and help someone win a free airline ticket. Finding a great low fare that everyone doesn’t know about is one of the toughest things to do if you don’t obsess about travel like…
I received an e-mail today from Starwood Preferred Guest touting a new benefit, discounts at restaurants and bars. The website is really not very explanatory at all, and when I did some random searches in the US, only 5 restaurants come up: What I…
The Westin was our final stop in our trip to Toronto and Niagara Falls. We stayed at the Sheraton Centre Toronto first. Then, on to Niagara falls (read here and here), with a stay at the Sheraton on the Falls. I also previously detailed…
A final wrap-up on our awesome trip to the US Open. First, there was our awesome experience with Andre Agassi. Then, there was a great day hanging in the SPG luxury box to watch some tennis. And, finally, on our way out the door…
One of the many new benefits of the Starwood Preferred Guest program is that award stays count towards earning elite status on a yearly basis AND count towards lifetime status. Since I hadn’t yet re-qualified for Platinum this year and still need about 200…