http://www.elliott.org/the-troubleshooter/freebasing-points/ Consumer advocate Christopher Elliott's site. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.elliott.org/the-troubleshooter/freebasing-points/comment-page-1/#comment-12453 Kris Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:16:04 +0000 http://beta.elliott.org/photos/freebasing-points/#comment-12453 I just realized today, that Starwood only pays points on some of the rates offered. Many of the rates (the better ones) does not earn points or count towards higher membership levels. The problem is, that the "terms & conditions" does not show if the rate is qualifying for points or not. Not even the SPG Gold customer service knows. You have to call the actual hotel to find our. Let's just say I'm really disappointed. It means that as a private person traveling you'll probably always be better of booking through priceline, hotwire or something like that. I just realized today, that Starwood only pays points on some of the rates offered. Many of the rates (the better ones) does not earn points or count towards higher membership levels. The problem is, that the “terms & conditions” does not show if the rate is qualifying for points or not. Not even the SPG Gold customer service knows. You have to call the actual hotel to find our. Let’s just say I’m really disappointed. It means that as a private person traveling you’ll probably always be better of booking through priceline, hotwire or something like that.

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