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Even when you are not a guest, Starwood Hotels lets you earn Starwood Preferred Guest SPG Starpoints on dining. This is a great option – particularly if, like me, you live near to an SPG hotel with a quality restaurant (or two).

There is, however, a substantial added bonus.

As a Starwood Hotels Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) member (join for free, here), not only will you earn SPG Starpoints on your food and drink spend at Starwood Hotel restaurants, you will also get a discount of up to 30% at the restaurant, as an SPG member of any level.

To find out what the applicable discount is in your nearest Starwood Hotel restaurant, simply use the search tool on this page, as follows:

However, the web page should also “geolocate you”, to offer you a link to the nearest restaurants to you, wherever you are searching the internet from:

In short, I have made a huge number of SPG Starpoints from this option. The key is not to be lured, honey trap style, to eating at a restaurant that you otherwise would not have eaten at, simply because you will earn SPG Starpoints. That’s not “earning” points – it’s (probably) wasting money. However, if you find a good restaurant (ideally with a good discount on it), then by all means benefit from the additional SPG Starpoints you will earn from the meal.