This promotion for 1,000 Northwest or Delta miles is combinable with the Stay Two, Earn Free Weekend Night promotion through July 31.

You must choose between earning Delta or Northwest miles. I had 7,000 miles in NW and 4,000 in my DL account from another SPG promotion in 2007. I went with NW since I anticipate 18 to 20 stays during the free night promotional period. I might even earn a frequent flier award through Starwood activity.

You need to check hotel properties to make sure your hotel stay qualifies. The hotels are limited to the Americas and mostly the USA. Most of the hotels in the San Francisco Bay Area are participating. I did not see two Palo Alto hotels on the list so there are some exclusions.

Registration is required for miles and this link will simultaneously register you for the free weekend night promotion: https://www.spgpromos.com/weekends/airline.cfm?brand=NWD&language=en_us&airline=DL&EM=VTY_SPG_DELTAWEEKEND_PROMOTION

This incredible Starwood promotion just keeps getting better.

I have completed four hotel stays so far and I have earned over 7,000 points (2 BRG claims for 4,000), two free nights, and now I will also receive 4,000 airline miles. I have received a platinum upgrade on all four stays with Starwood. I was upgraded to junior suites at the Westin St. Francis and Palace Hotel in San Francisco. We received suites at Four Points SFO and Westin Market Street San Francisco.

We are stuck in staycation mode for the next few months while Kelley has chemo and radiation treatment. Starwood is making the weekend getaways to San Francisco a better experience to remember.

Cupid's Arrow by Bay Bridge, Embarcadero, San Francisco

Hilton HHonors is offering double miles for stays at Hilton brand hotels between April 1 and June 30, 2009.

Register at this link: www.HiltonHHonors.com/Q2united

This can be a quick way to double the 500 miles from Points & Miles to earn 1,000 miles per hotel stay.

Hampton Inn and Homewood Suites only earn 100 miles per stay regularly so this promotion takes that to 200 miles.

Big spenders can set earning preference to Points and Fixed Miles to earn 1 mile per $1 and double that to 2 miles per $1 during this promotion. This is probably a better deal if staying at Hampton Inn or Homewood Suites with more than $100 in charges or spending more than $500 per stay at another Hilton brand.