SPG Starpoints to Avios - 10% Bonus
Sep 24, 2014, 4:33 am
#1
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SPG Starpoints to Avios - 10% Bonus
Just received:
The email small print also says "Enjoy an additional 5,000 bonus Avios when you exchange 20,000 Starpoints ", so we can presume we'll get the extra 10% on that too, as happened with previous similar offers.
Dear Paralytic,
Did you know that you can convert your Starpoints® into Avios?
You can use Avios to fly to hundreds of destinations with British Airways or use them for flight upgrades, hotels and car rental. And if you convert your Starpoints® now, we'll give you a 10% Avios bonus.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts are partnering with British Airways in this offer so if you've stayed with any of them and collected points before, you'll be able to convert them to Avios. All you have to do is enrol via the 'Convert to Avios' button below.
To qualify for your 10% Avios bonus, make sure you convert your points before midnight 30 September 2014.
Did you know that you can convert your Starpoints® into Avios?
You can use Avios to fly to hundreds of destinations with British Airways or use them for flight upgrades, hotels and car rental. And if you convert your Starpoints® now, we'll give you a 10% Avios bonus.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts are partnering with British Airways in this offer so if you've stayed with any of them and collected points before, you'll be able to convert them to Avios. All you have to do is enrol via the 'Convert to Avios' button below.
To qualify for your 10% Avios bonus, make sure you convert your points before midnight 30 September 2014.
Sep 24, 2014, 5:22 am
#3
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Wimbledon, UK
Programs: Budding BA Bronze, MPC Gold
Posts: 370
Thanks, good for a few SPG points already in the account.
Don't think this will be much use converting AMEX MR points to Starwood then to BA though as it says:
2 Membership Rewards points is equal to 1 Starwood Preferred Guest Point
Don't think this will be much use converting AMEX MR points to Starwood then to BA though as it says:
2 Membership Rewards points is equal to 1 Starwood Preferred Guest Point
Sep 24, 2014, 6:34 am
#5
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Sheffield, UK
Programs: BA, Emirates, IHG, Accor, Marriott, Hilton
Posts: 637
Absolutely not!!! 10,000 MR points would mean 5,000 Starwood and then 5,500 BA.
Sep 24, 2014, 7:25 am
#7
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Geneva/Sydney
Programs: Mucci; BA, LT GGL; QF, platinum; Marriott LT Titanium; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 926
Sep 24, 2014, 7:28 am
#8
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: US of A
Programs: Delta Diamond, United 1K, BA Blue, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Gold, Amex Platinum
Posts: 1,775
Sep 24, 2014, 8:39 am
#10
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Geneva/Sydney
Programs: Mucci; BA, LT GGL; QF, platinum; Marriott LT Titanium; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 926
The SPG 25% bonus on 20K is always there! If you change those 40k SPG in two 20K lots before 30 Sept you will get 55,000 avios credited to BA.
Sep 24, 2014, 11:30 am
#11
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 343
Sep 24, 2014, 11:49 am
#12
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: YYZ
Programs: BA Gold/Marriott Gold/HH Diamond/IC Plat Amba
Posts: 5,988
Agreed I prefer the flexibility of just leaving them to top up other FFP for things like LH F. I've got too many Avios as it is. I no longer transfer other loyalty program miles and reward points to Avios
Sep 24, 2014, 11:52 am
#13
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA Gold (OW Emerald) & Jet Airways - Thank goodness i never got started.......most awful FF program
Posts: 2,385
I cherish my SPG and MR points too much to transfer them into Avios unless a stupendous conversion offer comes along.
My preference is to use the aforementioned currencies for SQ, CX, EK redemptions.
My preference is to use the aforementioned currencies for SQ, CX, EK redemptions.
Sep 24, 2014, 12:04 pm
#14
Join Date: Mar 2014
Programs: BAEC Bronze (woohoo)
Posts: 156
Has anyone got any experience of using Starwood. Points for hotels in Europe? Are there any in the lower cats that are good value for points for a long weekend? I've got 22k points and trying to decide whether to use on a weekend away hotels or avios and look to UUA a flight at some point
Sep 24, 2014, 12:10 pm
#15
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Has anyone got any experience of using Starwood. Points for hotels in Europe? Are there any in the lower cats that are good value for points for a long weekend? I've got 22k points and trying to decide whether to use on a weekend away hotels or avios and look to UUA a flight at some point