I spent some time over the holidays compiling a few
stats from 2013. We stayed in some awesome hotels (and had some great flights) all over the world.
There was less business and more personal travel I ended the year with 55 total nights across Starwood, Hyatt, Hilton, and IHG. About 8 of the nights were business travel and I earned 10 total "night credits" with my Starwood American Express credit cards. I closed out the year with four "mattress runs" to re-qualify for Starwood Platinum for 2014.
The four incremental stays brought me to 25 nights and cost about $250. I'll have more on on the value of Starwood Platinum in a future post but for me...the combination of the renewal gift, free internet, upgrades, and free breakfast during each stay for the next 14 months far outweighs the $250 spent to re-qualify at the end of this year.
Here are a few of the highlights and pictures from 2013: