Starwood Preferred Guest “Earn Away” Summer Promotion Until July 31, 2014

Starwood has rolled out its summer 2014 promotion and registration is now available here (must be done by June 30). I always like to register as soon as it’s available so I don’t forget to do it, even if I have no Starwood stays planned; after all, there’s no downside to registering!

For stays between May 1 and July 31, you can earn double points for stays at Starwood properties or triple points that include a Sunday night stay. There is a list of about 100 hotels that are not participating and the full non-participating list can be found here.

My Thoughts

Summer doesn’t tend to bring too many exciting promotions as it’s already a very busy travel time and hotels are fairly full anyhow. As expected, Starwood didn’t come out with anything amazingly enticing – especially for those stays that don’t include a Sunday. If you’re already staying at a Starwood property and paying cash, it of course doesn’t hurt to earn a multiple of the points, but I wouldn’t move my hotel stays toward the Starwood chain just to take advantage of this.

Regardless, I am looking forward to my own summer travel to Prague and Vienna and to hearing everyone else’s stories!