Stay at Sheraton Minneapolis, receive a $100 Macy’s Gift Card

Welcome to the most wonderful place to stay during the most wonderful time of the year. Sheratons of the Twin Cities invite you and your loved ones to experience the Minneapolis area this season for pre and post-holiday shopping.

Your experience includes:
$100 Macy’s® gift card each night of your stay
Macy’s 10% Discount Visitor Coupon for each night of your stay
Great night’s rest on our Signature Sweet Sleeper Bed™
Offer valid all days of week for stays November 16 – March 31, 2010

The rate for this hotel is $140 so this a very good deal for anyone in the Minneapolis area.

3 month CLEAR membership for free for SPG members

You can sign up for Starwood at the link on the right. Once you’ve done that, and if you’re going to be travelling soon, sign up for a 3 month CLEAR membership for free by simply entering in your Starwood number.

It will be set to auto-renew, by once you get approved, you can turn it off. In the fine print it says “Your Clear Account is set by default to auto-renew. You can turn off auto-renew at any time by logging into your Clear account at flyclear.com/myaccount and changing the autorenewal setting in “My Profile”.”
Here are the airports where CLEAR is set up so you can bypass security.
Here are the full terms and conditions.
SPG® has partnered with Clear® to provide you with this complimentary three-month trial membership in their convenient “fast pass through airport security” service.

Now you can experience two new options designed to simplify your air travel. 1. SPG Flights (SPG.com/flights) takes the restrictions out of airline redemption, allowing you to redeem Starpoints to fly on more than 350 airlines — all with no blackout dates. 2. Clear® offers travelers a fast and secure way to bypass long security lines at many major airports.

This complimentary three-month Clear® trial membership offer expires February 28, 2009. You can cancel anytime during the three-month trial, but if you’re pleased you’ll be renewed automatically for a one-year membership at $199. To learn more about Clear®, please visit www.flyclear.com.

Starwood Status for CPAs

For those of you that are CPAS, here’s a link to sign up for Starwood Hotels program. You can also get upgraded if you have an existing account with Starwood.

Here are some of the benefits:

AICPA’s partnership with Starwood Hotels & Resorts, offers you a free membership in the Corporate Preferred level of the Starwood Preferred Guest® program, including these benefits:

2 Starpoints® for every eligible U.S. dollar spent at participating hotels — redeemable for Free Night Awards, award flights and more.

No blackout dates on Free Night Awards, so if we have a standard room on the date of your choice, it’s yours.

Upgrades to an enhanced room upon check-in.1

4 p.m. late checkout.2

An exclusive 50%-off award certificate after your second stay to enjoy 50% off RACK rates on a future stay.

Register using the form today for a 500 starpoint bonus after your next stay within 3 months.

2009 hotel bonuses

Here are some great hotel bonuses for the upcoming year.

Marriott is offering 2500 extra points after your first stay between February 1 and April 30, 2009. The maximum you can earn is 25,000 points on this promotion. Make sure your earning preferences are set to Marriott points.

Hilton has double points between January 6 and April 6 at these hotels

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Priority Club is giving 3000 bonus points for every third night, up to 30,000 points between January 12 and April 30.

Starwood has 500 bonus points for each qualifying night, plus 5000 additional for every 10th night between January 7 and April 30.