American Express Membership Rewards - Starwood point issue




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natty dread
Jul 23, 02, 2:07 pm
About 3 months ago, I got a mailing from Starwood/Amex. I still (fortunately) have the mailing.

I was offered 10K points, with 4K upon first use of my Amex/Starwood card, then 1K for first stay at Starwood, and 500 points for next 10 stays. To get the 4K bonus I had to use the card within a year of receipt.

Getting the first use (4K) points was a nightmare and I nealy canceled my Amex card. I called 7 times in the last 2 months, 5 calls to Amex and 2 calls to Starwood. Starwood finally gave me the points after they realized I was not going to give up. It shows up in my account as " SPG CC BY AMEX - RESOLUTION"

We even conferenced Amex and I am not sure who is responsible for this mess. Starwood overall tried to resolve this mess; Amex was most unhelpful.

Has anyone had a similar experience? Should I write to Starwood or Amex or both. This experience was not needed. I want to send someone a copy of the direct mail piece I received.


Snowcap
Jul 23, 02, 3:20 pm
This has been discussed in this forum ad nauseum and you should search other topics both here and in the Starwood forum. I can't even muster the energy (or patience) to provide you links to the other related topics.

Snowcap

Gaucho100K
Jul 23, 02, 4:57 pm
Natty, Im afraid Im in the same boat at you. Ive just signed up for the Amex SPG card and I know I will be pulling teeth to get the bonus...

The root of the problem is related to the fact that there seem to be 3-4 different bonus offers for the same product out in the market at the same time. As time goes on, the companies seem to increment the incentives for signing up, and this inflation creates havoc with admin. and promotion areas that have to figure out what bonuses to give which cardmembers.

Ive called Amex about this a few times, and the last call worked out well. A nice agent told me she could not do anything for me, but opened a service ticket and forwarded it to the promotion department. Im told I will get something in writing from them in 10 business days...

I have still not gone to Starwood about this, and will only use that trump card as a last resort. I will keep you informed of how this develops.

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Gaucho100K


cactuspete
Jul 23, 02, 8:33 pm
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