SPG Appreciation Weeks - Have you won anything?

I'm going to file this under Things I Didn't Know, but apparently Starwood runs something called Appreciation Week - at least for some corporates that have arrangements with Starwood. A reader emailed this in to me today*.

SPG assigns a every week of the year to the business houses that it has arrangements with, but each organisation is assigned only one week. And during that week, SPG gives out some freebies to employees of those organisation. I couldn't find much information on this anywhere in the blogsphere, so I thought you should know about it.

*The reader who gave me the lead provided information on this, because it was SPG Appreciation Week for their employer; but requested that their employer name be withheld for personal reasons. So you could try this if you want, and see if your employer has an arrangement with SPG. And if it doesn't work, you could try this every week of the year! The prizes are instant, and you could receive one of:

• 250 bonus Starpoints, 
• 500 bonus Starpoints, 
• 1,000 bonus Starpoints, 
• 2,000 bonus Starpoints, 
• One Free Night Award (Category 1-5). 

You will need to head to the landing page here, and input your corporate email address and your SPG account number. It does not matter if your corporate email ID is not the email ID registered with SPG.

Once you click on Get Started, an email is sent to your corporate email address, with an link. Click on the link, which will take you to the prize page.

You could use your mouse to scratch the ticket on the right, or click on Reveal Prize. In this case, the reader who sent me this received 500 Starpoints.

There's a limit of one instant win prize per person, during the Appreciation Week. However, from what I've seen, you could have multiple accounts and register for this promotion at the landing page using the same corporate email ID.

Here are the full T&Cs:

Eligibility: Members must be employed by select companies to be eligible for this promotion. Members must enter their work email address during registration in order to validate place of employment. Registration and instant win prizes only available during select company’s specific Appreciation Week dates (contact your company’s Travel Manager for specific date information). Nonmembers who would like to participate must enroll in the SPG program online at www.spg.com/join and complete the SPG program enrollment form; then visit the registration site to register for the promotion.

Registration & Instant Win: SPG® Members must register online at spg.com/yourluckystay by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the Saturday during Appreciation Week. Registered members are then shown their instant win prize on the landing page which consists of one of the following possible prizes: (1) 250 bonus Starpoints, (2) 500 bonus Starpoints, (3) 1,000 bonus Starpoints, (4) 2,000 bonus Starpoints, and (5) One Free Night Award (Category 1-5).  LIMIT: One (1) instant win prize per person, during the Appreciation Week.

Fulfillment: Prizes consisting of (1) 250 bonus Starpoints, (2) 500 bonus Starpoints, (3) 1,000 bonus Starpoints, or (4) 2,000 bonus Starpoints will post to member’s accounts within 2-4 weeks.  Use and expiration of Starpoints is pursuant to the terms and conditions of the SPG Program. The Free Night Award prize will post to member’s accounts within 1-3 days. Free Night Awards are valid any night of the week and can be redeemed through March 31, 2017 at any Category 1–5 hotel or resort that participates in the SPG® program. To redeem, contact SPG customer service at 1-888-625-4988 in the US, or visit spg.com/contact for other international phone numbers. Mention Award ID A3WFN to the SPG customer service associate. Free Night Awards are nontransferable, may not be given as gifts, and are not redeemable at hotels and resorts that do not have standard rooms. Unused Awards will be forfeited.

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 individual Members only and not to groups. Not responsible for omissions or typographical errors. Starwood reserves the right to discontinue this offer at any time. To update your communication preferences or learn about our privacy practices, view our Privacy Statement at spg.com/privacy, or access our privacy information line by calling 1-877-782-0071 in the U.S. and Canada or +353-21-4930474 in all other countries. Void where prohibited.

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Readers: Do give it a shot and see if it works for you! Have you won anything during the SPG Appreciation Week for your employer organisation?