Every year Starwood publishes some fascinating member statistics (here's their 2013 year in review and 2014 year in review). Anyone who is passionate about loyalty programs probably wishes all programs published similar recaps every year. Some statistics are really surprising, others are what you'd expect, and some are even less than you'd expect. Starwood has…
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imagine redeeming 677k starpoints for that stupid boxing match. unbelievable. to each his/her own, i guess!
That's... 250,000 turned into... SKYPESOS????
We should rename them SKYZIMBABWEANDOLLARS™
safe to the the 30mm user wasn't the guy who bought 170 mm art on his amex. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/11/arts/international/liu-yiqian-modigliani-nu-couche.html?_r=0
Perhaps some of the $30 million spend was for SPG hotels - in which case maybe they were earning 3 points per dollar?
"The Westin Maui Resort is the property at which most SPG members redeemed points". I think you need to reword that one. I don't think most members (i.e. more than 50%) stayed in Maui this year.
The Westin Maui may be the best SPG option to redeem points in the island but there are several better hotels in Maui in terms of quality and luxury than the Westin.
This year I made 12MM spg points but 99% of that was SM which I think would count against the total. I am pretty sure I am a 1%er based on what I see around FT and MP
@James Ukich
12 MILLION of manufactured spend?! What did they do, flip an apartment on Central Park West and put it on their SPG Amex?! I can't even imagine how that would be accomplished.
But I would certainly like to know 🙂
You can collect star points without using their credit card. That figure probably includes points through hotel spend.
im surprised you didn't think/mention it in your post - but then again, you do need the referrals
I bet the person with 30,000,000 points in a year really doesn't care too much about the points.
in talking with my ambassador he has some clients who travel a lot and get several million points thru credit card spend yearly, and always use them to stay in suites around the world, and don't really care too much or understand the redemption rates, they just call for a room.
You don't see Marriott posting anything like this & their members getting excited about it. Sad Face to SPG
Could you please advice any credit card that has insurance on luggage delay or lost and also any other travel inconvenience?
Thank you very much for your help.
Peter