Starwood Preferred Guest has this ingenious incentive to encourage customers to hang up the phone and book online when the call centers are collapsing under extreme load: A recorded message refers callers to an online site that awards 500 bonus points when booking online. But this booking bonus is only available during those very specific, and highly unpredictable, busy times.
Since it's impossible to predict the offer's availability, a reasonable booking strategy would be to book as usual, and later rebook if - and when - the offer becomes available, provided that the room rate did not increase.
But how would you know when to (re)book if you fancy those 500 points? A new website, still in beta, seems to take care of that. Called BusyPoints.com, it offers an RSS feed that will alert you as soon as the bonus status changes.
Since it's impossible to predict the offer's availability, a reasonable booking strategy would be to book as usual, and later rebook if - and when - the offer becomes available, provided that the room rate did not increase.
But how would you know when to (re)book if you fancy those 500 points? A new website, still in beta, seems to take care of that. Called BusyPoints.com, it offers an RSS feed that will alert you as soon as the bonus status changes.
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