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Targeted: Bonus Starwood Points for Booking a Cash & Points Hotel Stay

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Via One Mile at a Time, some Starwood members are being targeted to earn 500 bonus Starwood points for booking and completing a Cash & Points hotel stay by August 14, 2017.  Just sign-in to your Starwood account to see if you’re targeted!

Folks Targeted for This Promotion Will Earn Bonus Points Automatically After Completing a Cash & Points Booking – No Registration Required!

Here’s what you need to know about this bonus!

Bonus Starwood Points for Booking Cash & Points Stay

Link:   Ultimate Guide to Starwood points

Link:   How Starwood’s Cash & Points Program Gets You Big Hotel Savings

Check your SPG Dashboard!  Starwood is targeting folks to earn 500 bonus Starwood points after making a Cash & Points booking.  Here are the details: Starwood Cash & Points is great way to stretch your Starwood points further (and to save money!) at Starwood hotels. Note:   You will NOT earn base Starwood points for Cash & Points stays, although you will earn stay credits toward Starwood elite status.

Other Ways to Earn Starwood Points

Link:   Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express

Link:   Starwood Preferred Guest® Business Credit Card from American Express

The easiest way to earn Starwood points is to sign-up for the AMEX Starwood cards!

With the personal AMEX Starwood card, you’ll earn 25,000 Starwood points after spending $3,000 on purchases within the first 3 months of account opening.  And with the AMEX Starwood small business card, you’ll earn 25,000 Starwood points after spending $5,000 on purchases within the first 3 months of account opening.

Note:   You’re only eligible to earn AMEX sign-up bonuses ONCE per card, per lifetime.

You can also get more Starwood points by transferring Marriott points to Starwood at a ratio of 3:1 (3 Marriott points = 1 Starwood points).

Bottom Line

Certain Starwood members can earn 500 bonus Starwood points for booking and completing a Cash & Points stay by August 14, 2017.  Sign-in to see if you’re targeted!

This is a nice bonus if you had plans to stay at a Starwood hotel anyway!  And using Cash & Points is a great way to stretch your Starwood points!

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