Spg Announces New Fall Promotion Better By The Night

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Starwood just announced the details of their Fall Promotion, Better by the Night, which will run from October 1 through December 20, 2012. Registration is not open yet, but you can sign up for a text message reminder on their site for when it does (I will also put a reminder post when it does).Here are the details of the promotion:-Earn double Starpoints on stays of 1 or 2 nights.- Earn triple Starpoints on stays of 3 nights or more.- Plus, earn 250 additional bonus Starpoints for stays booked at spg.com, or 500 additional bonus Starpoints for stays booked through the SPG mobile app for iPhone.The double and triple bonuses will be based on stays from October 1 through December 20, 2012. Find a list of non-participating properties for this promotion below. The booking bonuses are eligible for all Starwood hotels and resorts that participate in the SPG program, regardless of whether or not the hotel is participating in this promotion.My TakeI’ve been gung-ho with SPG this year since they introduced their new tiered benefits for those who stay 50, 75 and 100 nights. I’m about to surpass 75 nights once my 10 elite night credits post from my new Starwood Amex and Business Starwood Amex cards, so I’ll be earning a boatload of Starwood points per stay: 4x base for being a 75-night Platinum member, 500 Platinum amenity per stay and 2x additional for paying with my Starwood Amex - plus any additional promo points.My only hesitation is that I do like maintaining Hyatt Diamond and I’m only at about 5 stays there, so need to kick it up a notch this fall to requalify. Their fall promotion is based on the number of nights you stay, regardless if they are consecutive and I generally have a lot of one-night stays, so if I end up doing about 20 one-night stays, I’ll requalify for Diamond, earn 42,000 bonus points through their promo (35,000 + 20% bonus for having the Hyatt Visa) and then 6.5 base points per dollar spent for being a Hyatt Diamond plus 3 points per dollar for using my Hyatt Visa - plus 1,000 points per stay for Diamond amenity! While I like SPG’s elite program better, Hyatt has a better earning ratio and lower redemption rates for top tier hotels - only 22,000 points a night vs. 30,000+ with Starwood.So with all that being said, I’ll likely be focusing my attention on Hyatt this fall, but that doesn’t mean the SPG promotion isn’t good - it’s just not perfect for my needs. For those who have expensive stays of 3 nights or more, the SPG promo is a nice way to pad your account balances all while working towards great new elite benefits.Non-Participating Property List (for double/triple points)Sign up for our daily newsletterEmail addressSign upI would like to subscribe to The Points Guy newsletters and special email promotions. The Points Guy will not share or sell your email. See privacy policy.While there doesn’t seem to be a list of participating properties, in a rather backwards fashion, SPG has at least provided a list of non-participating properties throughout the world, so be sure to check it before booking any stays:AustraliaLilianfels Resort, Blue MountainsEchoes Resort, Blue MountainsAustriaFour Points by Sheraton Panoramahaus DornbirnBangladeshThe Westin DhakaBrazilSheraton Sao Paulo WTC HotelFour Points by Sheraton CuritibaCanadaThe Westin OttawaChinaThe Great Wall Sheraton Hotel BeijingSheraton Chengdu Lido HotelSheraton Dongguan HotelSheraton Changsha HotelThe Westin GuangzhouSheraton Urumqi HotelSheraton Guangzhou HotelAloft Beijing, HaidianSheraton Shunde HotelLe Méridien Shimei Bay Beach Resort & SpaAloft Nanhai, FoshanFour Points by Sheraton LuoheThe Westin PazhouColombiaSheraton Bogota HotelFour Points by Sheraton MedellinFour Points by Sheraton CaliGermanySheraton Munich Airport HotelFour Points by Sheraton Munich OlympiaparkFour Points by Sheraton Munich CentralLe Méridien MunichSheraton Munich Westpark HotelThe Westin Bellevue, DresdenThe Westin Grand MunichThe Westin LeipzigLe Méridien StuttgartSheraton Hanover Pelikan HotelSheraton Munich Arabellapark HotelGreeceSheraton Rhodes ResortHong KongSheraton Hong Kong Hotel & TowersHungaryLe Méridien BudapestIndiaITC Maurya, New DelhiThe Westin Gurgaon, New DelhiITC Kakatiya, HyderabadITC Sonar, KolkataLe Méridien PuneThe Westin Sohna Resort & SpaItalySheraton Firenze Hotel & Conference CenterJapanKobe Bay Sheraton Hotel & TowersThe Westin OsakaSheraton Miyako Hotel, TokyoJordanSheraton Amman Al Nabil Hotel & TowersKuwaitSheraton Kuwait Hotel & TowersFour Points by Sheraton KuwaitLebanonFour Points by Sheraton Le VerdunMalaysiaSheraton Langkawi Beach ResortFour Points by Sheraton Langkawi ResortPakistanSheraton Karachi HotelRussiaSheraton Palace Hotel, MoscowSaudia ArabiaSheraton Jeddah HotelSheraton Riyadh Hotel & TowersSheraton Dammam Hotel & TowersLe Méridien MedinaSingaporeThe St. Regis SingaporeSouth KoreaThe Westin Chosun, SeoulSheraton Incheon HotelTaiwanSheraton Taipei HotelLe Méridien TaipeiTurkeyW IstanbulSheraton Istanbul Ataköy HotelUnited Arab EmiratesLe Méridien Abu DhabiAloft Abu DhabiLe Méridien Al Aqah Beach ResortGrosvenor House, DubaiAl Sondos Suites by Le MéridienLe Méridien DubaiLe Méridien Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & MarinaLe Royal Méridien Beach Resort & SpaThe Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & MarinaLe Méridien FairwayUnited KingdomThe Lanesborough, a St. Regis HotelUnited StatesCaliforniaSheraton Palo Alto HotelThe Westin Palo AltoPalace Hotel, San FranciscoSheraton Sunnyvale HotelSheraton Anaheim HotelLe Parker Méridien Palm SpringsThe Westin Verasa NapaFour Points by Sheraton San Jose DowntownColoradoThe Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa at Beaver Creek MountainFloridaWalt Disney World DolphinFour Points by Sheraton Destin-Fort Walton BeachThe Westin Tampa BayGeorgiaThe St. Regis AtlantaHawaiiMoana Surfrider, A Westin Resort & Spa, Waikiki BeachSheraton WaikikiIllinoisSheraton Chicago Hotel & TowersThe Westin Michigan Avenue ChicagoThe Westin Chicago River NorthThe Westin Chicago North ShoreW Chicago-LakeshoreW Chicago-City CenterThe Tremont Chicago Hotel at Magnificent MileKentuckySheraton Louisville Riverside HotelLouisianaSheraton Metairie – New Orleans HotelMichiganThe Westin Book Cadillac DetroitMinnesotaThe Westin Edina GalleriaMissouriFour Points by Sheraton Kansas City AirportNew JerseyThe Westin Princeton at Forrestal VillageNew YorkThe Manhattan at Times SquareW New York-Union SquareLe Parker Méridien New YorkW New YorkPennsylvaniaSheraton Great Valley HotelSheraton Erie Bayfront HotelSouth CarolinaSheraton Columbia Downtown HotelTennesseeFour Points by Sheraton Knoxville Cumberland House HotelTexasThe Westin Galleria HoustonAloft Las ColinasThe Westin Houston, Memorial CityAloft PlanoW AustinAloft FriscoUtahSheraton Salt Lake City HotelVirginiaThe Westin Washington Dulles AirportWashingtonThe Westin BellevueFour Points by Sheraton Downtown Seattle CenterYemenSheraton Sana’a Hotel