With Preferred Plus, you'll enjoy personalized attention and unparalleled service at more than 850 of the best hotels in the world, including Sheraton® Hotels & Resorts, Four Points® by Sheraton, St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, Le Meridien ®, W Hotels ® and Westin® Hotels & Resorts. Benefits include:

Complimentary upgrades to a Preferred Room upon arrival
4 p.m. late checkout
Personalized check-in
2 Starpoints(SM) earned for every eligible U.S. dollar spent.

Existing Members - If you are already enrolled in Starwood Preferred Guest, please call 1-888-625-4988 and select option 3 to upgrade to Preferred Plus. Mention Promotion Code AP2."

http://www.starwoodhotels.com/preferredguest/promotions/registration/landing_page.html?promoID=tdameritrade

awesome! i just joined starwood when i booked my honeymoon last week. i will call and try this promotion in the morning.

Yeah, and I just ended up with that same person!!!!! He drew a complete blank.

I pushed option 1, spoke with a person, and had no problem with the upgrade. Thanks OP.

Is this only for TDAmeritrade clients?

I had no luck with the account rep (via Option 1). I am no longer with TDAmeritrade.

Talked to the member services via Option1. I was told my Gold status has better benefits than the Preferred Plus. If you have Gold or Platinum membership don't call for this upgrade. She said Preferred Plus is one tier less than the Gold.

Doesn't work..You need be Ameritrade member..whoever posted this promotion on FW should have metioned that clearly.
I dialed in, option 3 goes to AMEX application so i Hit 1 and spoke to SPG cust care , after mentioning the promo code rep asked for Ameritrade Account # , which i do not have.

robertw477 said:I would like to clarify a few things. I have starwood gold so I can point a few things out. You are not guaranteed 4PM checkout with pref plus. Sometimes with gold I cant get 4PM checkout. Try that in Vegas hotels and I might get late checkout but not 4PM.Pref plus personalized checkin, whats that? Usually golds and plat can use the other checkin only.

Also gold upgrades only on availability. In big cities there are usually tons of plats which get priority over me. I doubt you see any real upgrades with this.
If you throw in that all SPG members earn 2 point/$, this is a pretty accurate description.

I was Preferred Plus for about six months when I first joined SPG, due to having the SPG AMEX. The best that it got me was a room on the SPG floor, even at a hotel that was at less than 50% capacity. It's better than nothing, but a half-step above garbage still stinks.

Frankly, this status level has no real value. Upgrades are iffy given that there are ton of Gold members floating around and there are no extra points.

Thanks OP. I use Starwood AMEX and with points I stay at hotels during my vacation. So, I am always at preferred level. Hopefully, this preferred plus would add some meat to the bone