Jun 12, 2014, 11:11 am
Last edit by: CodeAdam10
For discussion of the now expired offer for a 35K signup bonus, see Amex SPG 35,000 business and personal cards-2016 [No referral offers in this thread.]
USA-issued card benefits changed on August 11, 2015. (Announcement & extended discussion at American Express and Starwood enhance cobrand credit card benefits.) The benefits are slightly different for personal and business cards:
Public Links:
- The Annual Fee is $450.
- Earn 6x at Marriott properties; 3x on restaurants and airfare; 2x on all other purchases.
- Enjoy up to $300 in statement credits each year of Card Membership for eligible purchases at participating Marriott Bonvoy hotels
- FREE NIGHT AWARD: Receive 1 Free Night Award every year after your Card account anniversary. Award can be used for one night (redemption level at or under 50,000 Marriott Bonvoy points) at a participating hotel.
- COMPLIMENTARY GOLD ELITE STATUS: Enjoy complimentary Marriott Bonvoy Gold Elite status with your Card. Earn Marriott Bonvoy Platinum Elite status after making $75,000 in eligible purchases on your Card in a calendar year.
- Other Highlighted Benefits: Priority Pass Select Membership, Global Entry credit, No Foreign Transaction fees.
- $125 Annual Fee (If application received before 03/28/19, $0 intro annual fee for the first year, then $95)
- Earn 6x at Marriott properties; 4x at U.S. restaurants, at U.S. gas stations, on wireless telephone services & on U.S. purchases for shipping; 2x on all other purchases.
- Free Night Award: Receive 1 Free Night Award every year after your Card account anniversary. Award can be used for one night (redemption level at or under 35,000 Marriott Bonvoy points) at a participating hotel.
- Complimentary Silver Elite Status
- No Foreign Transaction Fees
Other related discussion:
USA-issued card benefits changed on August 11, 2015. (Announcement & extended discussion at American Express and Starwood enhance cobrand credit card benefits.) The benefits are slightly different for personal and business cards:
Public Links:
- Personal [Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant American Express Card]: https://www.americanexpress.com/us/credit-cards/card/marriott-bonvoy-brilliant
- The Annual Fee is $450.
- Earn 6x at Marriott properties; 3x on restaurants and airfare; 2x on all other purchases.
- Enjoy up to $300 in statement credits each year of Card Membership for eligible purchases at participating Marriott Bonvoy hotels
- FREE NIGHT AWARD: Receive 1 Free Night Award every year after your Card account anniversary. Award can be used for one night (redemption level at or under 50,000 Marriott Bonvoy points) at a participating hotel.
- COMPLIMENTARY GOLD ELITE STATUS: Enjoy complimentary Marriott Bonvoy Gold Elite status with your Card. Earn Marriott Bonvoy Platinum Elite status after making $75,000 in eligible purchases on your Card in a calendar year.
- Other Highlighted Benefits: Priority Pass Select Membership, Global Entry credit, No Foreign Transaction fees.
- Business [Marriott Bonvoy Business Card]: https://www.americanexpress.com/us/c...s-credit-card/
- $125 Annual Fee (If application received before 03/28/19, $0 intro annual fee for the first year, then $95)
- Earn 6x at Marriott properties; 4x at U.S. restaurants, at U.S. gas stations, on wireless telephone services & on U.S. purchases for shipping; 2x on all other purchases.
- Free Night Award: Receive 1 Free Night Award every year after your Card account anniversary. Award can be used for one night (redemption level at or under 35,000 Marriott Bonvoy points) at a participating hotel.
- Complimentary Silver Elite Status
- No Foreign Transaction Fees
- Discussion of Amex "one bonus per lifetime" policy (personal & business cards)
- Annual fee retention bonus for Starwood Amex Card
- American Express and Starwood enhance cobrand credit card benefits
- How to keep SPG points from expiring after 12 months of account inactivity
- New Card Art for the US Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express
SPG American Express [Master Thread]
Sep 28, 2015, 6:20 am
#2716
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,952
Sep 28, 2015, 6:25 am
#2717
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Bainbridge Island, WA
Posts: 8,960
Oct 21, 2015, 6:11 pm
#2718
Join Date: Feb 2001
Programs: IHG Diamond, HH Diamond, BW Diamond Select, Accor Silver, Marriott Gold
Posts: 4,227
Another inconsistency: I recently received my new purple card and it has no contactless technology included. I have a secondary cardholder, whose new card does! Amex didn't bother to ask what we wanted, they just sent them at random.
Oct 21, 2015, 6:19 pm
#2719
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,952
It took four attempts for American Express to send me an SPG card with contactless. Problem seemed to be that each time their records showed that a contactless card had been sent, and each time I had to persuade them that it was missing from the physical card.
Oct 27, 2015, 7:07 am
#2720
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: MSY
Programs: BA GfL
Posts: 5,925
I got the SPG Amex in August and completed my 3K spend within the 3 months; the points for the third month posted to my account yesterday. But I am not seeing any 30K bonus. When is that supposed to show up?
Oct 27, 2015, 9:00 am
#2721
Company Representative - Starwood
Join Date: Aug 2011
Programs: SPG
Posts: 713
Hi travelmad478,
Could you please email us your account details to the below address? That way we can check the conditions of the promotion you are registered for.
Best regards,
Alice Kons
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
[email protected]
Oct 27, 2015, 10:10 am
#2722
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: MSY
Programs: BA GfL
Posts: 5,925
Hi travelmad478,
Could you please email us your account details to the below address? That way we can check the conditions of the promotion you are registered for.
Best regards,
Alice Kons
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
[email protected]
Could you please email us your account details to the below address? That way we can check the conditions of the promotion you are registered for.
Best regards,
Alice Kons
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
[email protected]
Oct 27, 2015, 11:54 am
#2723
Company Representative - Starwood
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Austin, Texas
Programs: Marriott Employee Level
Posts: 31,593
We got a notice that your email could not be delivered because it appears to have contained a credit card number. All we really need is your SPG account number, so if you could delete any sensitive data and re-send, it would be greatly appreciated.
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
[email protected]
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
[email protected]
Oct 27, 2015, 11:59 am
#2724
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: MSY
Programs: BA GfL
Posts: 5,925
We got a notice that your email could not be delivered because it appears to have contained a credit card number. All we really need is your SPG account number, so if you could delete any sensitive data and re-send, it would be greatly appreciated.
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
[email protected]
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
[email protected]
Nov 1, 2015, 4:41 am
#2725
Join Date: Oct 2011
Programs: TK E+
Posts: 398
I'm close to the $30K spend on a new SPG Biz card, and since I don't have plans to very soon stay in a SPG hotel, I wonder how should I time hitting the $30K threshold.
The offer terms mention "Please allow 12-16 weeks after your Eligible Purchases equal or exceed such amount for the applicable year for enrollment to become effective."
What is the approximate time that others here have had to wait between hitting the spend threshold and getting the Gold level?
The offer terms mention "Please allow 12-16 weeks after your Eligible Purchases equal or exceed such amount for the applicable year for enrollment to become effective."
What is the approximate time that others here have had to wait between hitting the spend threshold and getting the Gold level?
Nov 1, 2015, 1:46 pm
#2726
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 8,135
I'm close to the $30K spend on a new SPG Biz card, and since I don't have plans to very soon stay in a SPG hotel, I wonder how should I time hitting the $30K threshold.
The offer terms mention "Please allow 12-16 weeks after your Eligible Purchases equal or exceed such amount for the applicable year for enrollment to become effective."
What is the approximate time that others here have had to wait between hitting the spend threshold and getting the Gold level?
The offer terms mention "Please allow 12-16 weeks after your Eligible Purchases equal or exceed such amount for the applicable year for enrollment to become effective."
What is the approximate time that others here have had to wait between hitting the spend threshold and getting the Gold level?
Nov 2, 2015, 2:48 pm
#2727
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 5
Free premium in-room Internet access - question
Does a stay booked with starpoints through the SPG.com site qualify for the Free premium in-room Internet access benefit from the Starwood Preferred Guest Amex credit card?
I ask because the qualifier in the description "Booking requirements apply" with the extra footnotes - is not entirely clear to me what a "qualifying rate" means.
I've tried looking through this thread and other related threads, but difficult to find this information in the 185+ pages.
Thanks!
I ask because the qualifier in the description "Booking requirements apply" with the extra footnotes - is not entirely clear to me what a "qualifying rate" means.
I've tried looking through this thread and other related threads, but difficult to find this information in the 185+ pages.
Thanks!
Nov 2, 2015, 3:23 pm
#2728
Company Representative - Starwood
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Austin, Texas
Programs: Marriott Employee Level
Posts: 31,593
Does a stay booked with starpoints through the SPG.com site qualify for the Free premium in-room Internet access benefit from the Starwood Preferred Guest Amex credit card?
I ask because the qualifier in the description "Booking requirements apply" with the extra footnotes - is not entirely clear to me what a "qualifying rate" means.
I've tried looking through this thread and other related threads, but difficult to find this information in the 185+ pages.
Thanks!
I ask because the qualifier in the description "Booking requirements apply" with the extra footnotes - is not entirely clear to me what a "qualifying rate" means.
I've tried looking through this thread and other related threads, but difficult to find this information in the 185+ pages.
Thanks!
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
[email protected]
Nov 16, 2015, 9:21 am
#2729
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Upper Sternistan
Posts: 10,028
Anyone spending money on this card might want to put that on pause due to the coming Marriott merger:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/starw...t-reached.html
I, for one, will not be using this card at all until I'm convinced that my SPG points will have some real value down the road. I'm clearly sitting on too many already. If one SPG point becomes one Marriott point . . .
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/starw...t-reached.html
I, for one, will not be using this card at all until I'm convinced that my SPG points will have some real value down the road. I'm clearly sitting on too many already. If one SPG point becomes one Marriott point . . .
Nov 16, 2015, 9:53 am
#2730
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: NYC
Posts: 27,222
I wonder if MAR would be able to do a dual-conversion. 1 MR point for every 1 *P that was earned via CC spend (so just like base spend on the Chase card I think), and 5 MR points for every 1 *P that was earned via a hotel stay (the current base earn ratio). Probably impossible to figure that out though for each person.
But yeah, 1:1 would be a total disaster. Even in Amex stays and transitions to the new program, that's going to be a huge devaluation of the card.
Hopefully we'll have some notice about the conversion...
But yeah, 1:1 would be a total disaster. Even in Amex stays and transitions to the new program, that's going to be a huge devaluation of the card.
Hopefully we'll have some notice about the conversion...