Starwood's 1st Quarter Promo Is Double, Triple Points

In the next week or so, we'll have reviews of the first of the 2012 promotions from Hilton, InterContinental, and Marriott.

For now, here's Starwood's "Better by the Night" offer (link won't be live until January 9, according to Starwood).

Offer Details

Between January 9, 2012, and April 8, 2012, Starwood Preferred Guest members can earn bonus points at participating hotels as follows:

Double Starpoints for two night stays
Triple Starpoints for stays of three or more nights

Registration is required, and must be completed by March 15, 2012.

There's no limit to the number of bonus points that may be earned.

Deal or No Deal

In most hotel promotions, the ubiquitous "participating hotels" verbiage is just to give the chain an out in the event that a few recalcitrant properties elect not to award the bonus. In other words, you can safely ignore the implied limitation.

In this promotion, however, you ignore the caveat at your peril. While the offer boasts "over 750 participating hotels," that's well short of the 1,000-plus properties in Starwood's network. With no bonus on offer at a full quarter of Starwood hotels, you will want to consult the list of non-participating hotels (once again, the link won't be live until January 9) carefully before booking. At least if the bonus is a key component in your choice of hotel.

The bonus itself is a middling one for shorter stays and a decent one for stays of three or more nights.

And for one-night stays, the offer is irrelevant—there's no bonus at all.

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