Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) Asia Pacific MasterCard Promotion ‘Two Days of Happy’ – Stay 5 Nights Get One Free Night Certificate – Stay 9 Nights Get Two Free Night Certificates – 4MCFN.

Starwood is again running MasterCard affiliated promo ‘Two Days of Happy’ 4MCFN in the Asia Pacific region. After five nights during the promotional period the SPG member will receive one promotional fee night award, or after nine nights two promotional awards. The stays must be reserved and paid using a MasterCard, and must occur between November 29^th, 2011 and 15^th of March 2012. These promotional awards can be redeemed from January 1^st, 2012 and are valid until 10^th of April 2012. The full terms and conditions of this promotions can be found at http://www.spg-asiapacific.com/2daysofhappy/en/terms.html  and the frequently asked questions at http://www.spg-asiapacific.com/2daysofhappy/en/faqs.html.

You need to register for this promotion by March 15^th, 2012. The registration link is at http://www.spg-asiapacific.com/2daysofhappy/en/. The participating properties for earning the awards and for redeeming them are not exactly the same. Apparently, on the burning side these awards are capped to category 6 properties. Please note that not ALL the hotels participate on the redemption side i.e. W Seoul is category 5 hotel but you cannot redeem these promotionals awards there.

After having a quick look, it appears, at least on my case, that the SPG properties that I normally stay in the region are all on the participating properties list for earning purposes. It does, however, make sense to check before booking that the property is participating just in case. You can find the list of hotels where you can earn and use these awards at http://www.spg-asiapacific.com/2daysofhappy/en/participating.html.

You can see when the award is deposited to you SPG account by choosing My Account and then clicking My Earned Awards which is under Starpoints Awards. You cannot book these online, but rather need to call the SPG. These awards come from the same bucket as points based ones so it is easy to see whether they are available or not. When calling, you need to specify that you want to use one of your promotion awards. You can also refer to 4MCFN’s.

My favorite hotels for redeeming these awards night are the St Regis and W ones. Also, the participating properties in Sydney are rather pricey at the moment due to the strength of the AUD, and thus good use for these awards.

Participating hotels for earning the free nights:

Westin

• The Westin Resort, Guam
• The Westin Sydney
• The Westin Melbourne
• The Westin Dhaka
• The Westin Hefei Baohe
• The Westin Beijing Chaoyang
• The Westin Beijing Financial Street
• The Westin Fuzhou Minjiang
• The Westin Guangzhou
• The Westin Pazhou
• The Westin Shenzhen Nanshan
• The Westin Wuhan Wuchang
• The Westin Nanjing
• The Westin Resort, Macau
• The Westin Xian – Opening Soon
• The Westin Bund Center, Shanghai
• The Westin Tianjin
• The Westin Ningbo – Opening Soon
• The Westin Denarau Island Resort & Spa, Fiji
• The Westin Hyderabad Mindspace
• The Westin Gurgaon, New Delhi
• The Westin Sohna Resort & Spa
• The Westin Mumbai Garden City
• The Westin Pune Koregaon Park
• The Westin Resort Nusa Dua, Bali
• The Westin Nagoya Castle
• The Westin Awaji Island Resort and Conference Center
• The Westin Miyako, Kyoto
• The Westin Sendai
• The Westin Osaka
• The Westin Tokyo
• The Westin Kuala Lumpur
• The Westin Langkawi Resort & Spa
• The Westin Chosun, Busan
• The Westin Chosun, Seoul
• The Westin Taipei
• The Westin Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok
• The Westin Siray Bay Resort & Spa, Phuket

Sheraton

• Sheraton Laguna Guam Resort
• Sheraton on the Park
• Sheraton Mirage Resort and Spa Gold Coast
• Sheraton Noosa Resort & Spa
• Sheraton Mirage Port Douglas Resort
• Sheraton Beijing Dongcheng Hotel
• The Great Wall Sheraton Hotel Beijing
• Sheraton Chongqing Hotel
• Sheraton Xiamen Hotel
• Sheraton Dongguan Hotel
• Sheraton Shunde Hotel
• Sheraton Guangzhou Hotel
• Sheraton Guangzhou Huadu Resort – Opening Soon
• Sheraton Huizhou Beach Resort
• Sheraton Qingyuan Lion Lake Resort – Opening Soon
• Sheraton Dameisha Resort, Shenzhen
• Sheraton Shenzhen Futian Hotel
• Sheraton Zhongshan Hotel
• Sheraton Guilin Hotel
• Sheraton Guiyang Hotel
• Sheraton Haikou Resort
• Sheraton Sanya Resort
• Sheraton Shenzhou Peninsula Resort
• Sheraton Daqing Hotel – Opening Soon
• Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers
• Sheraton Changsha Hotel
• Sheraton Hohhot Hotel
• Sheraton Changzhou Wujin Hotel
• Sheraton Changzhou Xinbei Hotel – Opening Soon
• Sheraton Jiangyin Hotel
• Sheraton Nanjing Kingsley Hotel & Towers
• Sheraton Wuxi Binhu Hotel
• Sheraton Zhenjiang Hotel
• Sheraton Jinzhou Hotel
• Sheraton Shenyang Lido Hotel
• Sheraton Xian Hotel
• Sheraton Xian North City Hotel – Opening Soon
• Sheraton Jinan Hotel
• Sheraton Shanghai Hongkou Hotel
• Sheraton Shanghai Hongqiao Hotel
• Sheraton Shanghai Pudong Hotel & Residences
• Sheraton Chengdu Lido Hotel
• Sheraton Jiuzhaigou Resort
• Sheraton Tianjin Binhai Hotel
• Sheraton Tianjin Hotel
• Sheraton Urumqi Hotel
• Sheraton Hangzhou Wetland Park Resort – Opening Soon
• Sheraton Ningbo Hotel
• Sheraton Qiandao Lake Resort
• Sheraton Wenzhou Hotel
• Sheraton Zhoushan Hotel
• Sheraton Denarau Villas
• Sheraton Fiji Resort
• Sheraton Bangalore Hotel at Brigade Gateway
• Sheraton New Delhi Hotel
• Sheraton Rajputana Palace Hotel, Jaipur
• Sheraton Udaipur Palace Resort & Spa
• Sheraton Park Hotel & Towers, Chennai
• Sheraton Surabaya Hotel & Towers
• Sheraton Bandara Hotel
• Sheraton Media Hotel & Towers
• Sheraton Lampung Hotel
• Sheraton Bandung Hotel & Towers
• Sheraton Senggigi Beach Resort
• Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta Resort and Spa
• Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay Hotel
• Sheraton Hiroshima Hotel
• Sheraton Sapporo Hotel
• Kobe Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers
• Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers
• Sheraton Grande Ocean Resort
• Sheraton Miyako Hotel, Osaka
• Sheraton Miyako Hotel, Tokyo
• Sheraton Imperial Kuala Lumpur Hotel
• Sheraton Langkawi Beach Resort
• Sheraton Maldives Full Moon Resort & Spa
• Sheraton Towers Singapore
• Sheraton Incheon Hotel
• Sheraton Grande Walkerhill
• Sheraton Seoul D Cube City Hotel
• Sheraton Taipei Hotel
• Sheraton Hsinchu Hotel, Taiwan
• Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers
• Sheraton Hua Hin Resort & Spa
• Sheraton Krabi Beach Resort
• Sheraton Pattaya Resort
• Sheraton Hanoi Hotel
• Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers
• Sheraton Nha Trang Hotel & Spa

W Hotels

• W Hong Kong
• W Retreat & Spa Bali – Seminyak
• W Retreat & Spa – Maldives
• W Seoul – Walkerhill
• W Taipei
• W Retreat Koh Samui

St. Regis

• The St. Regis Beijing
• The St. Regis Shenzhen – Opening Soon
• The St. Regis Sanya Yalong Bay Resort
• The St. Regis Shanghai
• The St. Regis Tianjin
• The St. Regis Lhasa Resort
• The St. Regis Bali Resort
• The St. Regis Osaka
• The St. Regis Singapore
• The St. Regis Bangkok

Le Meridien

• Le Méridien Angkor
• Le Méridien Chongqing, Nan’an
• Le Méridien Xiamen
• Le Méridien Shimei Bay Beach Resort & Spa
• Le Méridien Cyberport
• Le Méridien Qingdao
• Le Méridien She Shan Shanghai
• Le Royal Méridien Shanghai
• Le Méridien Ahmedabad
• Le Méridien Bangalore
• Le Méridien Kochi
• Le Méridien Pune
• Le Méridien New Delhi
• Le Méridien Jaipur
• Le Royal Méridien Chennai
• Le Méridien Coimbatore
• Le Méridien Jakarta
• Le Méridien Kota Kinabalu
• Le Méridien Kuala Lumpur
• Le Méridien Ile des Pins
• Le Méridien Nouméa
• Le Méridien Taipei
• Le Méridien Bangkok
• Plaza Athénée Bangkok, A Royal Méridien Hotel
• Le Méridien Chiang Mai
• Le Méridien Chiang Rai Resort, Thailand
• Le Méridien Khao Lak Beach & Spa Resort
• Le Méridien Koh Samui Resort & Spa
• Le Méridien Phuket Beach Resort

Luxury Collection

• The Astor Hotel, Tianjin
• ITC Kakatiya, Hyderabad
• ITC Windsor, Bengaluru
• ITC Royal Gardenia, Bengaluru
• ITC Grand Central, Mumbai
• ITC Maratha, Mumbai
• ITC Maurya, New Delhi
• ITC Grand Chola, Chennai – Opening Soon
• ITC Mughal, Agra
• ITC Sonar, Kolkata
• The Laguna Resort & Spa, Nusa Dua, Bali
• The Andaman, Langkawi
• Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok
• The Naka Island, Phuket

Four Points

• Four Points by Sheraton Sydney, Darling Harbour
• Four Points by Sheraton Geelong
• Four Points by Sheraton Beijing, Haidian Hotel and Serviced Apartments
• Four Points by Sheraton Guangzhou, Dongpu
• Four Points by Sheraton Shenzhen
• Four Points by Sheraton Shenzhou Peninsula Resort – Opening Soon
• Four Points by Sheraton Lianyungang
• Four Points by Sheraton Taicang
• Four Points by Sheraton Yangzhou, Hanjiang – Opening Soon
• Four Points by Sheraton Qingdao, Chengyang
• Four Points by Sheraton Tai’an
• Four Points by Sheraton Shanghai, Daning
• Four Points by Sheraton Shanghai, Pudong
• Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa
• Four Points by Sheraton Hangzhou, Binjiang
• Four Points by Sheraton Visakhapatnam
• Four Points by Sheraton Navi Mumbai, Vashi
• Four Points by Sheraton Pune, Nagar Road
• Four Points by Sheraton Jaipur, City Square
• Four Points by Sheraton Kuching
• Four Points by Sheraton Langkawi Resort
• Four Points by Sheraton Chung Ho, Taipei
• Four Points by Sheraton Bangkok, Sukhumvit 15

Aloft Hotels

• Aloft Beijing, Haidian
• Aloft Nanhai, Foshan
• Aloft Zhengzhou Shangjie
• Aloft Haiyang
• Aloft Bengaluru Whitefield
• Aloft Chennai, OMR – IT Expressway
• Aloft Coimbatore Singanallur
• Aloft Bangkok – Sukhumvit 11 – Opening Soon

Participating properties for using the awards:

Westin

• The Westin Sydney
• The Westin Melbourne
• The Westin Hefei Baohe
• The Westin Fuzhou Minjiang
• The Westin Xiamen – Opening Soon
• The Westin Pazhou
• The Westin Shenzhen Nanshan
• The Westin Wuhan Wuchang
• The Westin Nanjing
• The Westin Xian – Opening Soon
• The Westin Tianjin
• The Westin Ningbo – Opening Soon
• The Westin Nine Dragon Hill Resort, Zhejiang – Opening Soon
• The Westin Wenzhou – Opening Soon
• The Westin Gurgaon, New Delhi
• The Westin Mumbai Garden City
• The Westin Nagoya Castle
• The Westin Awaji Island Resort and Conference Center
• The Westin Miyako, Kyoto
• The Westin Sendai
• The Westin Osaka
• The Westin Tokyo
• The Westin Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok
• The Westin Siray Bay Resort & Spa, Phuket

Sheraton

• Sheraton Beijing Dongcheng Hotel
• Sheraton Chongqing Hotel
• Sheraton Guangzhou Hotel
• Sheraton Guangzhou Huadu Resort – Opening Soon
• Sheraton Bailuhu Resort, Huizhou – Opening Soon
• Sheraton Qingyuan Lion Lake Resort – Opening Soon
• Sheraton Zhongshan Hotel
• Sheraton Sanya Haitang Bay Resort – Opening Soon
• Sheraton Shenzhou Peninsula Resort
• Sheraton Daqing Hotel – Opening Soon
• Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers
• Sheraton Hohhot Hotel
• Sheraton Changzhou Wujin Hotel
• Sheraton Changzhou Xinbei Hotel – Opening Soon
• Sheraton Jiangyin Hotel
• Sheraton Wuxi Binhu Hotel
• Sheraton Zhenjiang Hotel
• Sheraton Jinzhou Hotel
• Sheraton Xian North City Hotel – Opening Soon
• Sheraton Yantai Golden Beach Resort – Opening Soon
• Sheraton Shanghai Hongkou Hotel
• Sheraton Tianjin Binhai Hotel
• Sheraton Hangzhou Wetland Park Resort – Opening Soon
• Sheraton Qiandao Lake Resort
• Sheraton Wenzhou Hotel
• Sheraton Bangalore Hotel at Brigade Gateway
• Sheraton Udaipur Palace Resort & Spa
• Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay Hotel
• Sheraton Hiroshima Hotel
• Sheraton Sapporo Hotel
• Kobe Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers
• Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers
• Sheraton Grande Ocean Resort
• Sheraton Miyako Hotel, Osaka
• Sheraton Miyako Hotel, Tokyo
• Sheraton Imperial Kuala Lumpur Hotel
• Sheraton Maldives Full Moon Resort & Spa
• Sheraton Towers Singapore
• Sheraton Seoul D Cube City Hotel
• Sheraton Hsinchu Hotel, Taiwan
• Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers
• Sheraton Hua Hin Resort & Spa
• Sheraton Krabi Beach Resort
• Sheraton Pattaya Resort
• Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers
• Sheraton Nha Trang Hotel & Spa

W Hotels

• W Retreat & Spa Bali – Seminyak
• W Taipei

St. Regis

• The St. Regis Shenzhen – Opening Soon
• The St. Regis Sanya Yalong Bay Resort
• The St. Regis Tianjin
• The St. Regis Lhasa Resort
• The St. Regis Osaka
• The St. Regis Bangkok

Le Meridien

• Le Méridien Xiamen
• Le Royal Méridien Shanghai
• Le Méridien Coimbatore
• Le Méridien Taipei
• Le Méridien Bangkok
• Plaza Athénée Bangkok, A Royal Méridien Hotel
• Le Méridien Chiang Mai
• Le Méridien Chiang Rai Resort, Thailand
• Le Méridien Khao Lak Beach & Spa Resort
• Le Méridien Koh Samui Resort & Spa
• Le Méridien Phuket Beach Resort

Luxury Collection

• The Royal Begonia, Sanya – Opening Soon
• The Astor Hotel, Tianjin
• Keraton at the Plaza, Jakarta – Opening Soon
• Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok

Four Points

• Four Points by Sheraton Shenzhou Peninsula Resort – Opening Soon
• Four Points by Sheraton Lianyungang
• Four Points by Sheraton Taicang
• Four Points by Sheraton Yangzhou, Hanjiang – Opening Soon
• Four Points by Sheraton Qingdao, Chengyang
• Four Points by Sheraton Tai’an
• Four Points by Sheraton Visakhapatnam
• Four Points by Sheraton Pune, Nagar Road
• Four Points by Sheraton Langkawi Resort
• Four Points by Sheraton Sandakan – Opening Soon
• Four Points by Sheraton Bangkok, Sukhumvit 15

Aloft Hotels

• Aloft Nanhai, Foshan
• Aloft Zhengzhou Shangjie
• Aloft Zhengzhou Zhengdong New District – Opening Soon
• Aloft Haiyang
• Aloft Ahmedabad, SG Road – Opening Soon
• Aloft Bengaluru Whitefield
• Aloft Chandigarh Zirakpur – Opening Soon
• Aloft Chennai, OMR – IT Expressway
• Aloft Coimbatore Singanallur
• Aloft Bangkok – Sukhumvit 11 – Opening Soon

The terms and conditions of this offer:

• Participation in the Promotion constitutes acceptance of and agreement with these Terms of Promotion.
• The Promotion is valid only for MasterCard cardholders who are members of the Starwood Preferred Guest® Program (“SPG Members”) and who have registered for the Promotion.
• If not already an SPG Member, you can join for free at www.spg.com/mastercard2days or enroll at the time of making your first eligible room booking either via the nearest Customer Contact Centre or the hotel directly.
• Membership in the Starwood Preferred Guest® Program (“SPG Program”) is governed by terms and conditions of the SPG Program which can be found at www.spg.com/t&c.
• SPG Members must register for this promotion at www.spg.com/mastercard2days or by calling the nearest Customer Contact Center and saying “I want to register for 2 days of Happy!” requesting Registration Code “4MC” no later than March 15, 2012.
• Eligible nights must be consumed between November 29, 2011 and March 15, 2012 (“Earning Period”).
• SPG Members may earn one (1) Free Weekend Night Award after five (5) eligible nights consumed and a second Free Weekend Night Award after and additional four eligible nights consumed (for a total of nine(9) nights) at any hotels and resorts in the SPG Program in Asia Pacific and paid for with a MasterCard during the Earning Period. Nights do not have to be consecutive and can be accumulated across multiple stays. Free Weekend Nights Awards can be redeemed at participating hotels and resorts in the SPG Program in 2011 and 2012 and at hotels in key destinations (“SPG Participating Redemption Hotels”). A list of SPG Program Hotels and SPG Participating Redemption Hotels can be found at www.spg.com/mastercard2days/participating. The list of hotels and resorts in the SPG Program Hotels and SPG Participating Redemption Hotels are subject to change without notice.
• A maximum of two (2) Free Weekend Nights Awards can be earned for this promotion period.
• An eligible night is defined as a night consumed at a participating SPG Program property between November 29, 2011 and March 15, 2012 (“Earning Period”) inclusive, regardless of the number of check-ins or check-outs that occur, paying an Eligible Rate and settled with a MasterCard, and posted to the SPG Member’s account.
• An Eligible Rate is any rate that is eligible to earn Starpoints in the SPG Program. Definition of Eligible Rates can be found at www.spg.com/t&c under section 4B.4.
• Multiple rooms charged to the same SPG Member during the same night stay will only count as one night stay.
• Free Weekend Nights Awards may be redeemed by contacting the Customer Contact Center and mentioning award ID 4MCFN. An earned Free Weekend Night Award can be redeemed for a Friday, Saturday or Sunday night for a future stay at 100 SPG Participating Properties in Asia Pacific between January 1, 2012 and April 10, 2012. A list of SPG Participating Properties available for award redemption can be found at www.spg.com/mastercard2days/participating under the “SPG Participating Redemption Hotels” tab.
• Free Weekend Nights Awards are valid only for stays including a Friday, Saturday or Sunday night between January 1, 2012 and April 10, 2012, in a single or double occupancy standard room, and includes the cost of the hotel room and room tax only. Other hotel charges, service charges and other applicable taxes (other than the room rate and the room tax) are the responsibility of the SPG Member and are not covered by the Free Weekend Nights Awards.
• The Free Weekend Nights Award is subject to availability of hotel standard rooms at time of reservation.
• No refund will be given for any unused portion of the Free Weekend Nights Award. The Free Weekend Nights Award will be available within 72 hours of the fifth (5th) and ninth (9th) eligible nights posting to the SPG Member’s account during the Earning Period. SPG Members will not automatically be notified of the availability of the Free Weekend Nights Award, but earned awards can be seen on the member’s account online at www.spg.com under Earned Awards.
• The Free Weekend Nights Award is not transferable even among members of the same household and may not be given as a gift.
• Advance reservations for the Free Weekend Nights Award stays are required. All Free Weekend Nights Awards reservations must be made directly through a Starwood Customer Contact Center.
• SPG Members must mention “I want to redeem 2 days of Happy!” or quote Award Redemption Code “4MCFN” when calling to redeem the Free Weekend Nights Award.
• Full payment for all services, including food & beverage etc. incurred by SPG Members at the SPG Program hotels and resorts during the five (5) or nine (9) eligible nights as well as during the Free Weekend Nights Award stays must be made using a MasterCard card.
• The Promotion is subject to the Starwood Preferred Guest program terms and conditions. The Starwood Preferred Guest program terms and conditions and these Terms of Promotion can be found at www.spg.com/mastercard2days/tc and subject to applicable laws, are subject to change without notice.
• Void where prohibited by law and all conditions, warranties or other terms implied by law are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations. Offer not applicable to groups. Not responsible for omissions or typographical errors unless otherwise provided under applicable laws to the contrary.
• Starwood reserves the right to discontinue the Promotion at any time.
• Starpoints, SPG, Starwood Preferred Guest, Sheraton, Four Points, W Hotels, Aloft, Le Méridien, The Luxury Collection, Element, Westin, St. Regis and their respective logos are the trademarks of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., or its affiliates.