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Exhibit 12

MERISTAR HOSPITALITY CORPORATION
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

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|                                                                                                                                                                                                         |                                               |   | Year
Ended December 31,
|                                                                                                                                                                                                         |                                               |   |                        
|                                                                                                                                                                                                         |                                               |   | 2002                    |         | 2001 |   | 2000    |         | 1999 |   | 1998   
|                                                                                                                                                                                                         |                                               |   |                         |         |      |   |         |         |      |   |        
|Income from continuing operations before
minority interests, income tax expense
and extraordinary items (1)                                                                                              |                                               | $ | (139,032                | )       |      | $ | (37,640 | )       |      | $ | 102,897 |         |  | $ | 108,701 |         |  | $ | 66,491  |       
|Fixed charges:                                                                                                                                                                                           |                                               |   |                         |         |      |   |         |         |      |   |         |         |  |   |         |         |  |   |         |       
|                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Interest expense                              |   |                         | 136,429 |      |   |         | 122,472 |      |   |         | 117,613 |  |   |         | 100,464 |  |   |         | 63,647 | 
|                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Interest capitalized                          |   |                         | 3,993   |      |   |         | 6,098   |      |   |         | 8,613   |  |   |         | 12,540  |  |   |         | 5,182  | 
|                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Amortization of debt expense                  |   |                         | 7,673   |      |   |         | 4,651   |      |   |         | 3,951   |  |   |         | 3,143   |  |   |         | 1,635  | 
|                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Preferred distributions to minority interests |   |                         | 554     |      |   |         | 554     |      |   |         | 554     |  |   |         | 574     |  |   |         | 650    | 
|                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Rent deemed as interest                       |   |                         |        |      |   |         |        |      |   |         |        |  |   |         |        |  |   |         | 11     | 
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Total fixed charges                           |   |                         | 148,649 |      |   |         | 133,775 |      |   |         | 130,731 |  |   |         | 116,721 |  |   |         | 71,125 | 
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|Income from continuing operations before
minority interest, income tax expense,
extraordinary items and fixed charges
(excluding capitalized interest and
preferred distributions to minority
interests) |                                               |   | 5,070                   |         |      |   | 89,483  |         |      |   | 224,461 |         |  |   | 212,308 |         |  |   | 131,784 |       
|Divided by fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                               |   | 148,649                 |         |      |   | 133,775 |         |      |   | 130,731 |         |  |   | 116,721 |         |  |   | 71,125  |       
|Ratio of earnings to fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                       |                                               |   | 0.03                    |         |      |   | 0.67    |         |      |   | 1.72    |         |  |   | 1.82    |         |  |   | 1.85    |       

(1)  This amount is before minority interests since the
minority interests relate to majority-owned subsidiaries
that have fixed charges.