35% Off at SPG Resorts

Starwood has a pretty easy to understand award chart with 7 categories ranging from 3,000 to 35,000 SPG points for a free night.  Beyond that, you can redeem five nights for the price of four (25% discount) and there's also a cash & points option.

But...Starwood has properties in the system where the "standard" room is a villa, suite, bungalow, etc...so essentially the standard room doesn't exist.  Redeeming SPG points for free nights at these properties is typically 2x the category 7 price making them out of reach for most people.

Starwood launched a promotion a couple weeks ago offering 35% off the standard redemption rate for seven seemingly out of reach resort properties through 3/8/16.  We explored staying at one of the resorts (Naka Island) included in the promotion before realizing that we'd need hundreds of thousands of Starwood points for a few nights.

35% off at 7 SPG resorts

This promotion also stacks with the fifth night free meaning you could conceivably stay at the St. Regis Bora Bora for under 47,000 SPG points per night.  Still pricey but given that it's normally 90,000 SPG points per night, you'd be saving nearly 50%.  To take advantage of the promotion, you'll need to call the number on the landing page and may have to educate the customer service rep about the promotion details (I did).

Given the promotion, Emily and I are headed to one of these resorts in November.  Can you guess which one?  More on our trip details over the coming weeks!