SPG is offering a Gold Status Upgrade for World Mastercard users

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SPG is offering a Gold Status Upgrade for World Mastercard users

Earn Gold Preferred status for one year and make your next stay with us at Starwood Hotels & Resorts in Asia Pacific using your World or World Elite MasterCard® and enjoy:

• 4pm late checkout
• Complimentary welcome gift 
• Earn 50% bonus Starpoints® with every dollar spent at participating Starwood properties
• Enjoy room upgrades and late check out when available

Requirements:

• Enjoy Gold Preferred Status with just one night’s stay at participating SPG Hotels and Resorts in Asia Pacific

To register for this promotion, visit www.spg.com/worldmastercardgold

Example of the Gold Status Upgrade online sign up confirmation

Once you sign up, you will receive the following message. In my situation, I used a Singapore based World Mastercard credit card.

You are now entitled to receive Gold Preferred status for 1 year when you next use your World MasterCard® or World Elite™ MasterCard®, for any bookings in Asia Pacific by July 14, 2017. In addition, enjoy 20% savings when you book two nights or more before July 13, 2017 at Starwood hotels and resorts in Asia Pacific and pay with your MasterCard.

Highlights from the Terms and Conditions from SPG Gold Status Upgrade

For easy reference, here's some highlights of the terms and conditions from the program (please visit SPG website for exact details)

• The Promotion is valid only for World and World Elite MasterCard cardholders with residence in Asia Pacific who are enrolled as Starwood Preferred Guest® Program members (“SPG Members”) at the Preferred Guest® Tier, and who have registered for the Promotion, qualified with an eligible stay and made full payment for the eligible stay and all services during the eligible stay with a World and World Elite MasterCard (Qualified SPG Members”).
• The upgrade is valid for only one year after which the cardholder must maintain their status as per the standard SPG Program guidelines.
• To enjoy the complimentary upgrade to Starwood Preferred Guest® Gold Tier membership, eligible SPG Members must first register for the Promotion and then make one eligible stay in any of the hotels or resorts within the Asia Pacific region that are owned, managed or franchised by the Starwood Group before 14 July 2017, and make full payment for the eligible stay and all services during the eligible stay with a World MasterCard. This upgrade offer is a one-time upgrade per member.
• An eligible stay is defined as one (1) or more consecutive nights stay paying a qualifying rate at any Starwood Participating Property regardless of the number of check-ins or check-outs that occur, and posted to the Qualified SPG Member's Starwood Preferred Guest® account. A qualifying rate is any rate that is eligible to earn Starpoints® in the Starwood Preferred Guest® Program. Definition of Eligible Rates can be found at www.spg.com/t&c under section 4B.4.
• Upgrade to Starwood Preferred Guest® Gold Tier Membership will take place up to 4 weeks after the eligible stay posts to the Qualified SPG Members’ account and the SPG Gold Membership pack will be mailed out in 4 to 6 weeks.
• Full payment for all services, including room rates, food & beverage etc incurred by Qualified SPG Members at Starwood Participating Properties during the eligible stay must be made using a valid World MasterCard card.

Here's where the eligible stay can be defined:    

• The Westin Resort Guam
• The Westin Sydney
• The Westin Melbourne
• The Westin Dhaka
• The Westin Hefei Baohe
• The Westin Beijing Chaoyang
• The Westin Beijing Financial Street
• The Westin Chongqing Liberation Square
• The Westin Fuzhou Minjiang
• The Westin Xiamen
• The Westin Guangzhou
• The Westin Pazhou
• The Westin Shenzhen Nanshan
• The Westin Blue Bay Resort & Spa
• The Westin Sanya Haitang Bay Resort
• The Westin Shimei Bay Resort
• The Westin Wuhan Wuchang
• The Westin Nanjing
• The Westin Changbaishan Resort
• The Westin Xian
• The Westin Qingdao
• The Westin Bund Center, Shanghai
• The Westin Tianjin
• The Westin Ningbo
• The Westin Zhujiajian Resort, Zhoushan
• The Westin Denarau Island Resort & Spa, Fiji
• The Westin Gurgaon, New Delhi
• The Westin Sohna Resort & Spa
• The Westin Mumbai Garden City
• The Westin Pune Koregaon Park
• The Westin Pushkar Resort & Spa
• The Westin Chennai Velachery
• The Westin Hyderabad Mindspace
• The Westin Resort Nusa Dua, Bali
• The Westin Jakarta
• The Westin Chosun, Busan
• The Westin Chosun Seoul
• The Westin Kuala Lumpur
• The Westin Langkawi Resort & Spa
• The Westin Singapore
• The Westin Taipei
• The Westin Tashee Resort, Taoyuan
• The Westin Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok
• The Westin Siray Bay Resort & Spa, Phuket
• sheraton
• Sheraton Laguna Guam Resort
• Sheraton on the Park
• Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort, Gold Coast
• Sheraton Mirage Port Douglas Resort
• Sheraton Melbourne Hotel
• Sheraton Chuzhou Hotel
• Sheraton Hefei Xinzhan Hotel
• Sheraton Grand Beijing Dongcheng Hotel
• The Great Wall Sheraton Hotel Beijing
• Sheraton Chongqing Hotel
• Sheraton Fuzhou Hotel
• Sheraton Xiamen Hotel
• Sheraton Dongguan Hotel
• Sheraton Shunde Hotel
• Sheraton Grand Guangzhou Huadu Resort
• Sheraton Guangzhou Hotel
• Sheraton Bailuhu Resort, Huizhou
• Sheraton Huizhou Beach Resort
• Sheraton Qingyuan Lion Lake Resort
• Sheraton Shantou Hotel
• Sheraton Dameisha Resort, Shenzhen
• Sheraton Shenzhen Futian Hotel
• Sheraton Zhanjiang Hotel
• Sheraton Zhongshan Hotel
• Sheraton Zhuhai Hotel
• Sheraton Guilin Hotel
• Sheraton Guiyang Hotel
• Sheraton Haikou Hotel
• Sheraton Sanya Haitang Bay Resort
• Sheraton Sanya Resort
• Sheraton Shenzhou Peninsula Resort
• Sheraton Langfang Chaobai River Hotel
• Sheraton Qinhuangdao Beidaihe Hotel
• Sheraton Daqing Hotel
• Sheraton Harbin Xiangfang Hotel
• Sheraton Grand Zhengzhou Hotel
• Sheraton Grand Wuhan Hankou Hotel
• Sheraton Changde Wuling Hotel
• Sheraton Changsha Hotel
• Sheraton Hohhot 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 Nanchang Hotel
• Sheraton Changbaishan Resort
• Sheraton Changchun Jingyuetan Hotel
• Sheraton Jinzhou Hotel
• Sheraton Shenyang South City Hotel
• Sheraton Xi'an North City Hotel
• Sheraton Xian Hotel
• Sheraton Jinan Hotel
• Sheraton Huangdao Hotel
• Sheraton Qingdao Jiaozhou Hotel
• Sheraton Qingdao Licang Hotel
• Sheraton Yantai Golden Beach Resort
• Sheraton Zibo Hotel
• Sheraton Grand Shanghai Pudong Hotel & Residences
• Sheraton Shanghai Hongkou Hotel
• Sheraton Shanghai Hongqiao Hotel
• Sheraton Shanghai Jiading Hotel
• Sheraton Shanghai Waigaoqiao Hotel
• Sheraton Chengdu Lido Hotel
• Sheraton Jiuzhaigou Resort
• Sheraton Tianjin Binhai Hotel
• Sheraton Tianjin Hotel
• Sheraton Urumqi Hotel
• Sheraton Grand Xishuangbanna Hotel
• Sheraton Grand Hangzhou Binjiang Hotel
• Sheraton Grand Hangzhou Wetland Park Resort
• Sheraton Qiandao Lake Resort
• Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort
• Sheraton Ningbo Hotel
• Sheraton Wenzhou Hotel
• Sheraton Zhoushan Hotel
• Sheraton Resort & Spa, Tokoriki Island, Fiji
• Sheraton Denarau Villas
• Sheraton Fiji Resort
• Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers
• Sheraton Grand Bangalore Hotel at Brigade Gateway
• Sheraton Grand Pune Bund Garden Hotel
• Sheraton New Delhi Hotel
• Sheraton Hyderabad Hotel
• Sheraton Bali Kuta Resort
• Sheraton Surabaya Hotel & Towers
• Sheraton Bandara Hotel
• Sheraton Grand Jakarta Gandaria City Hotel
• Sheraton Lampung Hotel
• Sheraton Bandung Hotel & Towers
• Sheraton Senggigi Beach Resort
• Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta Resort & Spa
• Sheraton Grand Incheon Hotel
• Sheraton Grande Walkerhill
• Sheraton Seoul D Cube City Hotel
• Sheraton Seoul Palace Gangnam Hotel
• Sheraton Grand Macao Hotel, Cotai Central
• Sheraton Imperial Kuala Lumpur Hotel
• Sheraton Maldives Full Moon Resort & Spa
• Sheraton New Caledonia Deva Resort & Spa
• Sheraton Samoa Aggie Grey's Hotel & Bungalows
• Sheraton Samoa Aggie Grey's Resort
• Sheraton Towers Singapore
• Sheraton Grand Taipei Hotel
• Sheraton Taitung Hotel - Opening December 24, 2016
• Sheraton Hsinchu Hotel
• Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers
• Sheraton Hua Hin Resort & Spa
• Sheraton Samui Resort
• Sheraton Hua Hin Pranburi Villas
• Sheraton Hanoi Hotel
• Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers
• Sheraton Nha Trang Hotel & Spa
• whotels
• W Beijing - Chang'an
• W Guangzhou
• W Hong Kong
• W Goa
• W Bali - Seminyak
• W Seoul - Walkerhill
• W Maldives
• W Singapore - Sentosa Cove
• W Taipei
• W Bangkok
• W Retreat Koh Samui
• stregis
• The St. Regis Beijing
• The St. Regis Shenzhen
• The St. Regis Sanya Yalong Bay Resort
• The St. Regis Chengdu
• The St. Regis Tianjin
• The St. Regis Lhasa Resort
• The St. Regis Mumbai
• The St. Regis Bali Resort
• The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Central
• The St. Regis Kuala Lumpur
• The St. Regis Langkawi
• The St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort
• The St. Regis Singapore
• The St. Regis Bangkok
• lemeridien
• Le Méridien Dhaka
• Le Méridien Paro, Riverfront
• Le Méridien Thimphu
• Le Méridien Angkor
• Le Méridien Chongqing, Nan'an
• Le Méridien Xiamen
• Le Méridien Huizhou
• Le Méridien Shimei Bay Beach Resort & Spa
• Le Méridien Zhengzhou
• Le Méridien Yixing
• Le Méridien Qingdao
• Le Méridien Qingdao West Coast Resort
• Le Méridien Shanghai, Minhang
• Le Méridien She Shan Shanghai
• Le Royal Méridien Shanghai
• Le Méridien Cyberport
• Le Méridien Gurgaon, Delhi NCR
• Le Méridien Bangalore
• Le Méridien Kochi
• Le Méridien Mahabaleshwar Resort & Spa
• Le Méridien Nagpur
• Le Méridien New Delhi
• Le Méridien Jaipur
• Le Royal Méridien Chennai
• Le Méridien Coimbatore
• Le Méridien Bali Jimbaran
• Le Méridien Jakarta
• Le Méridien Kota Kinabalu
• Le Méridien Kuala Lumpur
• Le Méridien Putrajaya
• Le Méridien Ile des Pins
• Le Méridien Nouméa
• Le Méridien Singapore, Sentosa
• Le Méridien Taipei
• Le Méridien Bangkok
• Plaza Athénée Bangkok, A Royal Méridien Hotel
• Le Méridien Chiang Mai
• Le Méridien Chiang Rai Resort, Thailand
• Le Méridien Koh Samui Resort & Spa
• Le Méridien Phuket Beach Resort
• Le Méridien Suvarnabhumi, Bangkok Golf Resort & Spa
• Le Méridien Saigon
• luxury
• The Royal Begonia, a Luxury Collection Resort, Sanya
• Meixi Lake Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Changsha
• The Grand Mansion, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Nanjing
• The Castle Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Dalian
• The Hongta Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Shanghai
• Twelve at Hengshan, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Shanghai
• The Astor Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Tianjin
• The Azure Qiantang, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Hangzhou
• ITC Grand Bharat, a Luxury Collection Retreat, Gurgaon, New Delhi Capital Region
• ITC Gardenia, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Bengaluru
• ITC Windsor, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Bengaluru
• ITC Grand Central, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Mumbai
• ITC Maratha, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Mumbai
• ITC Maurya, a Luxury Collection Hotel, New Delhi
• ITC Rajputana, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Jaipur
• ITC Grand Chola, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Chennai
• ITC Kakatiya, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Hyderabad
• ITC Mughal, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Agra
• ITC Sonar, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Kolkata
• The Laguna, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Nusa Dua, Bali
• Keraton at The Plaza, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Jakarta
• The Andaman, a Luxury Collection Resort, Langkawi
• Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Bangkok
• Vana Belle, a Luxury Collection Resort, Koh Samui
• The Naka Island, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Phuket
• fourpoints
• Four Points by Sheraton Brisbane
• Four Points by Sheraton Melbourne Docklands - Opening March 28, 2017
• Four Points by Sheraton Perth
• Four Points by Sheraton Dhaka, Gulshan
• Four Points by Sheraton Hefei, Shushan
• Four Points by Sheraton Beijing, Haidian Hotel & Serviced Apartments
• Four Points by Sheraton Guangzhou, Dongpu
• Four Points by Sheraton Heyuan Resort
• Four Points by Sheraton Shenzhen
• Four Points by Sheraton Guilin, Lingui
• Four Points by Sheraton Bijie
• Four Points by Sheraton Hainan, Sanya
• Four Points by Sheraton Shenzhou Peninsula
• Four Points by Sheraton Langfang, Guan
• Four Points by Sheraton Luohe
• Four Points by Sheraton Suzhou
• Four Points by Sheraton Taicang
• Four Points by Sheraton Yangzhou, Hanjiang
• Four Points by Sheraton Changchun, Hi-Tech Zone
• Four Points by Sheraton Qingdao, Chengyang
• Four Points by Sheraton Qingdao, West Coast
• Four Points by Sheraton Tai'an
• Four Points by Sheraton Shanghai, Daning
• Four Points by Sheraton Shanghai, Pudong
• Four Points by Sheraton Chengdu, Anren
• Four Points by Sheraton Chengdu, Pujiang Resort
• Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa
• Four Points by Sheraton Hangzhou, Binjiang
• Four Points by Sheraton Taizhou, Yuhuan
• Four Points by Sheraton Visakhapatnam
• Four Points by Sheraton Ahmedabad
• Four Points by Sheraton Vadodara
• Four Points by Sheraton Bengaluru, Whitefield
• Four Points by Sheraton Navi Mumbai, Vashi
• Four Points by Sheraton Hotel & Serviced Apartments, Pune
• Four Points by Sheraton New Delhi, Airport Highway
• Four Points by Sheraton Jaipur, City Square
• Four Points by Sheraton Agra
• Four Points by Sheraton Dehradun
• Four Points by Sheraton Bali, Kuta
• Four Points by Sheraton Bali, Seminyak
• Four Points by Sheraton Surabaya
• Four Points by Sheraton Jakarta, Thamrin
• Four Points by Sheraton Makassar
• Four Points by Sheraton Bandung
• Four Points by Sheraton Seoul, Namsan
• Four Points by Sheraton Penang
• Four Points by Sheraton Puchong
• Four Points by Sheraton Sandakan
• Four Points by Sheraton Singapore, Riverview
• Four Points by Sheraton Penghu
• Four Points by Sheraton Taipei, Zhonghe
• Four Points by Sheraton Bangkok, Sukhumvit 15
• alofthotels
• Aloft Beijing, Haidian
• Aloft Dongguan Dynamic Town
• Aloft Dongguan Songshan Lake
• Aloft Nanhai, Foshan
• Aloft Guangzhou Tianhe
• Aloft Guangzhou University Park
• Aloft Zhengzhou Shangjie
• Aloft Zhengzhou Zhengdong New District
• Aloft Yancheng
• Aloft Dalian
• Aloft Haiyang
• Aloft Ahmedabad SG Road
• Aloft Bengaluru Cessna Business Park
• Aloft Bengaluru Whitefield
• Aloft Chennai OMR – IT Expressway
• Aloft Coimbatore Singanallur
• Aloft Seoul Gangnam
• Aloft Seoul Myeongdong - Opening February 1, 2017
• Aloft Kuala Lumpur Sentral
• Aloft Taipei Beitou - Opening January 1, 2017
• Aloft Taipei Zhongshan
• Aloft Bangkok Sukhumvit 11
• element
• Element Suzhou Science and Technology Town
• tribute
• Sthala, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel, Ubud Bali
• The Hermitage, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel, Jakarta
• Hotel Vagabond, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel, Singapore