Starwood Hotels in Asia-Pacific have a special Upgrade Offer rate for $20 at more than 150 hotels for stays through December 31, 2012. These rates must be booked by March 31, 2012.
The $20 upgrade rate is based on upgrade to Club Room, but hotels I checked show a variety of upgraded rooms available for Upgrade Offer rate discount. The promotion terms state these rates are prepaid and nonrefundable, yet the terms for one hotel I checked, Westin Melbourne, show a cancel by date with no penalty.
This is a promotion where there are good deals and not good rates for upgraded room types. I’ll show the results of rate checks at two hotels. They reveal widely different results using this Starwood Upgrade Offer rate.
Starwood Hotels Asia-Pacific Upgrade Offer Terms & Conditions.
Rate Analysis #1: The Westin Melbourne, Australia
I stayed in this hotel in 2003 and it was the most unnerving experience with the pull down shades in the bathroom that were sort of see through from the inside. I wasn’t quite convinced that the hotel wasn’t providing a tourist exhibitionist show for the local office workers across the street. The bathroom was huge and we spent a good deal of our time in there. Lovely property.
I see from the website photos that our room then is what the hotel now calls a Westin Spa Studio bathroom. This is exactly how our bathroom looked in 2003.
The Deluxe Room is the second category level for this hotel with a Best Available Rate (BAR) of $395AUD for April 24, 2012.
That is more than twice the rate I paid in 2003 and I received a complimentary upgrade as SPG Platinum elite to the Spa Studio room category. The Australian Dollar (AUD) is worth USD $1.05. Rates include tax so all rates shown below are 5% more in US dollars. And the hotel charges an extra 1.5% for credit card purchases.
My cousin is touring Australia and New Zealand right now. I am glad my wife and I went to Australia in 2003 when the USD was worth $1.50AUD.
The Starwood “Upgrade Offer” rate for a Westin Spa Studio is $20 more than the $395AUD BAR rate for a Deluxe Room.
The full-size Regent Suite is also on sale with the upgrade offer and $525AUD less than $1,500AUD BAR, but an Easter Sale special offer for $1,020AUD includes breakfast and is a better deal in my opinion. Just dreaming though since that is way out of my price league.
The cancellation policy for the “Upgrade Offer” rate states 3 days before arrival noon time has no penalty. This contradicts the Prepaid, nonrefundable terms of the Upgrade Offer.
“Upgrade Offer” rate is a $110AUD savings on the BAR room rate. Easter Escape includes breakfast and is $80AUD more than the upgrade rate. The prepaid rate higher than BAR indicates some odd rate pricing.
The Upgrade Offer rate is a good deal at The Westin Melbourne.
Rate Analysis #2: The Andaman, Langkawi, Malaysia
Live from a Lounge, Boarding Area blogger, posted this Upgrade offer two days ago and he was unable to find a good deal using the $20 upgrade offer in seven hotel searches. I guess I had beginner’s luck picking the Westin Melbourne.
The second example is more in line with the findings of Live from a Lounge.
April 24, 2012 rates:
The $20 rate does not seem to apply here since the room categories jump from Deluxe rooms at 43 square meters to Executive Suites at double size.
The Upgrade Offer is the lowest rate for The Andaman Executive Suite, but the Resort Offer includes breakfast for two at only USD$4.22 cents more.
I’ll take breakfast please.
Your results may vary if looking for a deal with this Asia Pacific sale. The Westin Melbourne is a good deal, and maybe there are other deals to find with this Starwood Hotels Asia-Pacific Upgrade offer.
Starwood Hotels Asia-Pacific Upgrade Offer link.
Participating Hotels:
- The Westin Resort, Guam
- The Westin Sydney
- The Westin Melbourne
- The Westin Beijing Chaoyang
- The Westin Beijing Financial Street
- The Westin Fuzhou Minjiang
- The Westin Guangzhou
- The Westin Pazhou
- The Westin Shenzhen Nanshan
- The Westin Nanjing
- The Westin Bund Center, Shanghai
- The Westin Tianjin
- The Westin Ningbo
- The Westin Denarau Island Resort & Spa, Fiji
- The Westin Hyderabad Mindspace
- The Westin Gurgaon, New Delhi
- The Westin Sohna Resort & Spa
- The Westin Mumbai Garden City
- The Westin Resort Nusa Dua, Bali
- The Westin Miyako, Kyoto
- The Westin Tokyo
- The Westin Kuala Lumpur
- The Westin Langkawi Resort & Spa
- The Westin Chosun, Seoul
- The Westin Taipei
- The Westin Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok
- The Westin Siray Bay Resort & Spa, Phuket
sheraton
- Sheraton Laguna Guam Resort
- Sheraton on the Park
- Sheraton Mirage Resort and Spa Gold Coast
- Sheraton Noosa Resort & Spa
- Sheraton Mirage Port Douglas Resort
- Sheraton Beijing Dongcheng Hotel
- The Great Wall Sheraton Hotel Beijing
- Sheraton Chongqing Hotel
- Sheraton Xiamen Hotel
- Sheraton Dongguan Hotel
- Sheraton Shunde Hotel
- Sheraton Guangzhou Hotel
- Sheraton Huizhou Beach Resort
- Sheraton Qingyuan Lion Lake Resort
- Sheraton Dameisha Resort, Shenzhen
- Sheraton Shenzhen Futian Hotel
- Sheraton Zhongshan Hotel
- Sheraton Guilin Hotel
- Sheraton Haikou Resort
- Sheraton Sanya Resort
- Sheraton Shenzhou Peninsula Resort
- Sheraton Daqing Hotel
- Sheraton Changsha Hotel
- Sheraton Changzhou Wujin Hotel
- Sheraton Changzhou Xinbei Hotel
- Sheraton Jiangyin Hotel
- Sheraton Nanjing Kingsley Hotel & Towers
- Sheraton Wuxi Binhu Hotel
- Sheraton Zhenjiang Hotel
- Sheraton Jinzhou Hotel
- Sheraton Shenyang Lido Hotel
- Sheraton Xian Hotel
- Sheraton Xian North City Hotel – Opening February 15, 2012
- Sheraton Jinan Hotel
- Sheraton Shanghai Hongkou Hotel
- Sheraton Shanghai Hongqiao Hotel
- Sheraton Shanghai Pudong Hotel & Residences
- Sheraton Chengdu Lido Hotel
- Sheraton Jiuzhaigou Resort
- Sheraton Tianjin Binhai Hotel
- Sheraton Tianjin Hotel
- Sheraton Hangzhou Wetland Park Resort
- Sheraton Ningbo Hotel
- Sheraton Qiandao Lake Resort
- Sheraton Wenzhou Hotel
- Sheraton Zhoushan Hotel
- Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers
- Sheraton Denarau Villas
- Sheraton Fiji Resort
- Sheraton Bangalore Hotel at Brigade Gateway
- Sheraton New Delhi Hotel
- Sheraton Surabaya Hotel & Towers
- Sheraton Bandara Hotel
- Sheraton Media Hotel & Towers
- Sheraton Lampung Hotel
- Sheraton Bandung Hotel & Towers
- Sheraton Senggigi Beach Resort
- Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta Resort and Spa
- Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay Hotel
- Sheraton Hiroshima Hotel
- Sheraton Sapporo Hotel
- Kobe Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers
- Sheraton Grande Ocean Resort
- Sheraton Imperial Kuala Lumpur Hotel
- Sheraton Langkawi Beach Resort
- Sheraton Maldives Full Moon Resort & Spa
- Sheraton Towers Singapore
- Sheraton Incheon Hotel
- Sheraton Grande Walkerhill
- Sheraton Seoul D Cube City Hotel
- Sheraton Taipei Hotel
- Sheraton Hsinchu Hotel, Taiwan
- Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers
- Sheraton Hua Hin Resort & Spa
- Sheraton Krabi Beach Resort
- Sheraton Pattaya Resort
- Sheraton Hanoi Hotel
- Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers
- Sheraton Nha Trang Hotel & Spa
whotels
stregis
- The St. Regis Beijing
- The St. Regis Sanya Yalong Bay Resort
- The St. Regis Tianjin
- The St. Regis Lhasa Resort
- The St. Regis Bali Resort
- The St. Regis Osaka
- The St. Regis Singapore
- The St. Regis Bangkok
lemeridien
- Le Méridien Angkor
- Le Méridien Chongqing, Nan’an
- Le Méridien Xiamen
- Le Méridien Qingdao
- Le Méridien She Shan Shanghai
- Le Royal Méridien Shanghai
- Le Méridien Kochi
- Le Méridien Pune
- Le Méridien Jaipur
- Le Royal Méridien Chennai
- Le Méridien Coimbatore
- Le Méridien Jakarta
- Le Méridien Kota Kinabalu
- Le Méridien Kuala Lumpur
- Le Méridien Ile des Pins
- Le Méridien Nouméa
- Le Méridien Bangkok
- Plaza Athénée Bangkok, A Royal Méridien Hotel
- Le Méridien Chiang Mai
- Le Méridien Chiang Rai Resort, Thailand
- Le Méridien Khao Lak Beach & Spa Resort
- Le Méridien Koh Samui Resort & Spa
- Le Méridien Phuket Beach Resort
luxury
- Lilianfels Resort, Blue Mountains – Opening February 14, 2012
- The Hongta Hotel, Shanghai
- The Astor Hotel, Tianjin
- ITC Windsor, Bengaluru
- ITC Royal Gardenia, Bengaluru
- ITC Maurya, New Delhi
- ITC Mughal, Agra
- The Laguna Resort & Spa, Nusa Dua, Bali
- The Andaman, Langkawi
- Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok
- The Naka Island, Phuket
fourpoints
- Four Points by Sheraton Sydney, Darling Harbour
- Four Points by Sheraton Beijing, Haidian Hotel and Serviced Apartments
- Four Points by Sheraton Guangzhou, Dongpu
- Four Points by Sheraton Shenzhen
- Four Points by Sheraton Shenzhou Peninsula Resort
- Four Points by Sheraton Lianyungang
- Four Points by Sheraton Taicang
- Four Points by Sheraton Qingdao, Chengyang
- Four Points by Sheraton Shanghai, Daning
- Four Points by Sheraton Shanghai, Pudong
- Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa
- Four Points by Sheraton Hangzhou, Binjiang
- Four Points by Sheraton Hotel & Serviced Apartments, Pune
- Four Points by Sheraton Jaipur, City Square
- Four Points by Sheraton Kuching
- Four Points by Sheraton Langkawi Resort
- Four Points by Sheraton Bangkok, Sukhumvit 15
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