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EXTENDED: SPG Gold Status After One Stay In Asia For World & World Elite MasterCard Holders Offer Valid Now Until July 14, 2017

by John Ollila
May 9, 2016
Reading Time: 4 mins read

Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) has been offering Gold status for members in Asia after just one paid stay now for several years and this offer has now been extended by a year (for the very last time) until July 14, 2017.

SPG Gold

This offer is targeted to World or World Elite MasterCard holders in Asia-Pacific (Japan excluded) and they have launched new verification process to authenticate that you have a correct card. There is no need to contact your bank to request special enrollment code, however, as was previously the case.

You can access this offer on SPG’s website here.

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Note that this offer is valid for new or existing SPG members.

Here are the SPG Gold benefits:

Starwood Preferred Guest SPG Gold Asia Pacific Offer After One Stay Gold Benefits

Here’s the new verification process to authenticate that you have the correct card:

SPG Gold Verification

The terms and conditions state that you would need to use World or World Elite MasterCard to settle the hotel bill, but this hasn’t been enforced in the past. I doubt that the information about payment method used is transferred to Starwood from the Asia Pacific properties.

The terms state that the stay must be at participating property, but ALL SPG properties in the region do.

Conclusion

SPG Gold status that usually requires 10 stays comes with worthwhile benefits such as 4PM check out (non-resort and non-convention properties), welcome gift, some extra Starpoints, and upgrades.

This is a worthwhile offer to take advantage of if you have an address in the region that you can use and have eligible MasterCard.

The SPG program cease to exists in 2018 (will merge to Marriott Rewards). It remains to be seen if Marriott Rewards will offer similar promotions for the members in the Asia-Pacific in the future.

Here are 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 World and World Elite MasterCard cardholders with residence in Asia Pacific who are enrolled as Starwood Preferred Guest® Program members (“SPG Members”) at the Preferred Guest® Tier, and who have registered for the Promotion, qualified with an eligible stay and made full payment for the eligible stay and all services during the eligible stay with a World and World Elite MasterCard (Qualified SPG Members”).
  • If not already an SPG Member, World and World Elite MasterCard cardholders may enroll online for free at http://www.spg.com/worldmastercardgold.
  • Membership in the Starwood Preferred Guest® Program is governed by terms and conditions of the Starwood Preferred Guest® Program which can be found at http://www.spg.com/worldmastercardgold or www.spg.com. The Starwood Preferred Guest® Program Terms and Conditions and the terms and conditions of the Promotion are subject to change without notice.
  • To register for the Promotion, all existing or new eligible SPG Members can register online at http://www.spg.com/worldmastercardgold.
  • This program is only eligible for World and World Elite MasterCard’s issued in Asia Pacific. Members will have to do a test transaction to verify their eligibility. Members account will not be charged for the test transaction.
  • World MasterCard cardholders who are residents of Japan shall not be eligible to participate in the Promotion.
  • To enjoy the complimentary upgrade to Starwood Preferred Guest® Gold Tier membership, eligible SPG Members must first register for the Promotion and then make one eligible stay in any of the hotels or resorts within the Asia Pacific region that are owned, managed or franchised by the Starwood Group before 14 July 2017, and make full payment for the eligible stay and all services during the eligible stay with a World MasterCard. This upgrade offer is a one-time upgrade per member.
  • An eligible stay is defined as one (1) or more consecutive nights stay paying a qualifying rate at any Starwood Participating Property regardless of the number of check-ins or check-outs that occur, and posted to the Qualified SPG Member’s Starwood Preferred Guest® account. A qualifying rate is any rate that is eligible to earn Starpoints® in the Starwood Preferred Guest® Program. Definition of Eligible Rates can be found at www.spg.com/t&c under section 4B.4.
  • Upgrade to Starwood Preferred Guest® Gold Tier Membership will take place up to 4 weeks after the eligible stay posts to the Qualified SPG Members’ account and the SPG Gold Membership pack will be mailed out in 4 to 6 weeks.
  • Full payment for all services, including room rates, food & beverage etc incurred by Qualified SPG Members at Starwood Participating Properties during the eligible stay must be made using a valid World MasterCard card.
  • Blackout dates and other restrictions may apply to the Promotion.
  • The Promotion is not applicable to groups.
  • The Promotion cannot to be combined with other offers or promotions, with the exception of certain mutually agreed programs between MasterCard and Starwood.
  • Subject to applicable laws, Starwood reserves the right to discontinue this Promotion at any time without prior notice due to unusual, unforeseeable events beyond Starwood’s reasonable control including, but not limited to, the cessation of a Starwood Participating Property’s participation in the Promotion and/or any actual, anticipated or alleged breach of any applicable law or regulation.
  • Not responsible for omissions or typographical errors unless otherwise provided under applicable laws to the contrary.
  • The Promotion shall be 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.
  • The upgrade is valid for only one year after which the cardholder must maintain their status as per the standard SPG Program guidelines.
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