The Offer
- SPG are offering a discount of 35% when you book a points stay by phone for the following resorts:
- W Retreat Koh Samui, Koh Samui, Thailand: Normally 60,000 points, now 39,000 points
- The Naka Island, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Phuket: Normally 40,000 points, now 26,000 points
- Vana Belle, a Luxury Collection Resort, Koh Samui, Thailand: Normally 40,000 points, now 26,000 points
- W Retreat and Spa Maldives, Maldives: Normally 90,000 points, now 58,5000 points
- The St. Regis Bora Bora Resort, French Polynesia: Normally 60,000 points, now 39,000 points
- Le Méridien Bora Bora, French Polynesia: Normally 40,000 points, now 26,000 points
- Al Maha Desert Resort & Spa, a Luxury Collection Resort, Dubai, UAE: Normally 60,000 points, now 39,000 points
- Mystique, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Santorini, Greece: Normally 60,000 points, now 39,000 points
The Fine Print
- Must be booked between September 1st, 2016 and February 28th, 2017
- Offer only applies to the participating property’s most basic room category that can be booked using a Free Night Award redemption (which in some cases may include suites) and is subject to the participating properties existing SPG redemption policies.
- This offer cannot be reserved online and must be booked by calling the SPG Customer Contact center. Discounted Starpoints will be deducted from Member’s account at time of booking.
- 5th Night Free offer may be used in combination with this offer.
- Rooms reserved using Cash & Points, 50% off Awards, and Nights & Flights are not eligible.
- Award stays under this promotion will count towards the SPG Member reaching the Eligible Night and Eligible Stay milestones needed to earn elite membership status.
- Offer cannot be combined with other redemption promotions unless specifically permitted according to these terms and conditions.
- There is no limit on the number of times or nights a member may reserve using this special offer during the Promotion Period within the guidelines of SPG Free Night Award redemption.
- All promotions are subject to the Starwood Preferred Guest program terms and conditions, which are subject to change without notice and can be found at spg.com.
- Offer is applicable to single members only and not to groups.
- Not responsible for omissions or typographical errors.
- Void where prohibited by law.
Our Verdict
35% is a nice discount, but these properties are extremely overpriced to begin with in my opinion. That being said, I’m also not the type of person to spend $500+ cash on a single night stay either so I’m not exactly the target market. If anybody has stayed at any of these properties, feel free to share your experiences in the comments. Similarly if you plan to book any of these properties let us know.
Hat tip to OMAAT
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The St. Regis Bora Bora is mindblowing. I stayed on my honeymoon and it was by far the best hotel / resort experience I've ever had. We had a private butler, access to private island, over-water bungalo with great snorkeling, incredible service... it is definitely not over-priced. It's legit worth $1,500 per night for a special occasion so 39,000 SPG points is actually good value from those points IMO.
I went there too during holiday 2012.
Rained 5 days out of 6... so disappointed but there's nothing we can do.
Hardware is indeed very good, but the weather ruined it.
On the other hand when we visited IC Le Moana Bora Bora, weather was super nice and it was the best vacation I've ever had in my life. The concierge did anything and beyond what we asked for.
St Regis Bora Bora constantly goes for under $600 per night if you know where to look. So 39K SPG is not worth it since I want to get at least 3 cents redemption. My last SPG points redemption I got 8 cents at St Regis Maldives.
Hi, could you tell me where to look at the under $600 St Regis Bora Bora? Thanks
Al maha is not overpriced IMHO. I spend there 2 nights in my honeymoon on points and it was a unique experience completely worth it!! The room is a huge luxury house in the middle of the desert with your own pool overlooking the deserts and animals. All food is included and its luxurious food, I had filet mignon as breakfast lol. 2 activities per day are included and they are awesome and luxurious at the same time.
Can you give some examples of the activities or are they listed on the site somewhere? Filet mignon for breakfast, love it.
We booked 2 nights at Al Maha for early November. So glad to see the discount showing up again this year. It looks amazing!
"normally 90,000 points"
who is doing this?