Starwood / SPG points to AA miles 20% bonus [July 2014]
Jul 1, 2014, 10:39 am
#1
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Starwood / SPG points to AA miles 20% bonus [July 2014]
Well, this is a new promo that I saw this morning that has not been discussed. Apparently this 20% is on top of the 5000 bonus miles. So 20000 SPG points becomes not 29000, but 30000. 1.2*25k. The T&C states that names have to be the same on both accounts, is that something that is really monitored?
Convert your Starpoints into AAdvantage miles - Earn 20% bonus miles
Convert your Starpoints into AAdvantage miles
The American Airlines AAdvantage® and Starwood Preferred Guest® programs are excited to offer you this exclusive opportunity to earn more miles toward your next trip.
From July 1 through July 31, 2014, simply convert your Starpoints® to American Airlines AAdvantage miles and earn a 20% bonus. As always, for every 20,000 Starpoints transferred within the same transaction, SPG® will automatically add another 5,000 miles. With the additional 20% mileage bonus offered by the AAdvantage program, you will receive a total of 30,000 miles from the transaction.
20,000 Starpoints = 20,000 AAdvantage miles
Standard SPG bonus = 5,000 AAdvantage miles
AAdvantage 20% mileage bonus = 5,000 AAdvantage miles
Total = 30,000 AAdvantage miles
Converting your Starpoints into AAdvantage miles will bring you closer to reaching your dream destination.
Convert Now
Terms and Conditions
AAdvantage Bonus Mile Offer Terms and Conditions
To qualify for this AAdvantage bonus mile offer, member must initiate the AAdvantage mileage conversions with the Starwood Preferred Guest® program between 12:00 a.m. CT July 1, 2014, and 11:59 p.m. CT July 31, 2014, (the “Promotion Period”), and be in good standing in the AAdvantage program. Members can convert multiple times during the Promotion Period.
To earn the 20% conversion bonus, member must convert points from the Starwood Preferred Guest program. This offer is non-transferable and non-reversible.
Bonus miles will be posted by American Airlines to the qualifying AAdvantage member's account within seven business days after the initial conversion activity has been posted by Starwood Preferred Guest. Bonus miles earned in this promotion do not count toward elite status qualification.
American Airlines, AAdvantage, the Flight Symbol logo and MileSAAver are marks of American Airlines, Inc.
Starwood Guest Preferred Transfer to Miles Terms and Conditions
Starwood Preferred Guests can transfer up to 79,999 of their Starpoints per transaction per program within a 24-hour period to the American Airlines AAdvantage program. Plus, for every 20,000 Starpoints transferred within the same transaction, Starwood will automatically add another 5,000 Starpoints! This means that up to 94,999 Starpoints can be transferred into your AAdvantage account.
There is no minimum Starpoint transfer requirement for Platinum Preferred Guest members. Gold Preferred Guest members have a minimum transfer requirement of 1,500 Starpoints, and Preferred Guest members have a minimum transfer requirement of 2,500 Starpoints.
Transfer maximums are based on a combination of member Starpoints and the Starwood Preferred Guest airline transfer transaction bonus. Only one airline transfer transaction per member per 24-hour period is allowed; multiple transfer transactions within the same 24-hour period will reject. Both the Starwood Preferred Guest and AAdvantage account must have identical member names in order to complete this request; different names will cause the transfer to reject. Airline transfers are one-way, non-reversible and non-refundable.
Starwood Preferred Guest and Starpoints are marks of Starwood Hotels & Resort Worldwide, Inc.
Convert your Starpoints into AAdvantage miles - Earn 20% bonus miles
Convert your Starpoints into AAdvantage miles
The American Airlines AAdvantage® and Starwood Preferred Guest® programs are excited to offer you this exclusive opportunity to earn more miles toward your next trip.
From July 1 through July 31, 2014, simply convert your Starpoints® to American Airlines AAdvantage miles and earn a 20% bonus. As always, for every 20,000 Starpoints transferred within the same transaction, SPG® will automatically add another 5,000 miles. With the additional 20% mileage bonus offered by the AAdvantage program, you will receive a total of 30,000 miles from the transaction.
20,000 Starpoints = 20,000 AAdvantage miles
Standard SPG bonus = 5,000 AAdvantage miles
AAdvantage 20% mileage bonus = 5,000 AAdvantage miles
Total = 30,000 AAdvantage miles
Converting your Starpoints into AAdvantage miles will bring you closer to reaching your dream destination.
Convert Now
Terms and Conditions
AAdvantage Bonus Mile Offer Terms and Conditions
To qualify for this AAdvantage bonus mile offer, member must initiate the AAdvantage mileage conversions with the Starwood Preferred Guest® program between 12:00 a.m. CT July 1, 2014, and 11:59 p.m. CT July 31, 2014, (the “Promotion Period”), and be in good standing in the AAdvantage program. Members can convert multiple times during the Promotion Period.
To earn the 20% conversion bonus, member must convert points from the Starwood Preferred Guest program. This offer is non-transferable and non-reversible.
Bonus miles will be posted by American Airlines to the qualifying AAdvantage member's account within seven business days after the initial conversion activity has been posted by Starwood Preferred Guest. Bonus miles earned in this promotion do not count toward elite status qualification.
American Airlines, AAdvantage, the Flight Symbol logo and MileSAAver are marks of American Airlines, Inc.
Starwood Guest Preferred Transfer to Miles Terms and Conditions
Starwood Preferred Guests can transfer up to 79,999 of their Starpoints per transaction per program within a 24-hour period to the American Airlines AAdvantage program. Plus, for every 20,000 Starpoints transferred within the same transaction, Starwood will automatically add another 5,000 Starpoints! This means that up to 94,999 Starpoints can be transferred into your AAdvantage account.
There is no minimum Starpoint transfer requirement for Platinum Preferred Guest members. Gold Preferred Guest members have a minimum transfer requirement of 1,500 Starpoints, and Preferred Guest members have a minimum transfer requirement of 2,500 Starpoints.
Transfer maximums are based on a combination of member Starpoints and the Starwood Preferred Guest airline transfer transaction bonus. Only one airline transfer transaction per member per 24-hour period is allowed; multiple transfer transactions within the same 24-hour period will reject. Both the Starwood Preferred Guest and AAdvantage account must have identical member names in order to complete this request; different names will cause the transfer to reject. Airline transfers are one-way, non-reversible and non-refundable.
Starwood Preferred Guest and Starpoints are marks of Starwood Hotels & Resort Worldwide, Inc.
Jul 1, 2014, 11:37 am
#2
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: BOS, LAX
Programs: AA Gold, HH Diamond
Posts: 804
Who sent this promo: Starwood or AA? Is it possible to use it if you haven't received a targeted email?
EDIT: The offer is available on aa.com:
http://www.aa.com/viewPromotionDetai...&_locale=en_US
EDIT: The offer is available on aa.com:
http://www.aa.com/viewPromotionDetai...&_locale=en_US
Last edited by grrizzli; Jul 1, 2014 at 11:57 am Reason: Answering myself
Jul 1, 2014, 12:33 pm
#3
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: SAN
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I just transferred 20K, I will report back with details (unless other people do first).
A few things of interest, it looks like you might not have to click through any of the links, because it ends up just taking you to the regular SPG transfer site. Also, the T&C states that the bonus 20% will be added "by AA" 7 days after the transfer. So I'm guessing there will be two separate postings on the AA account. Also, there was nothing on the email confirmation stating the 20% extra bonus, so a small leap of faith is required.
I wonder who is paying for the extra miles, AA or SPG?
A few things of interest, it looks like you might not have to click through any of the links, because it ends up just taking you to the regular SPG transfer site. Also, the T&C states that the bonus 20% will be added "by AA" 7 days after the transfer. So I'm guessing there will be two separate postings on the AA account. Also, there was nothing on the email confirmation stating the 20% extra bonus, so a small leap of faith is required.
I wonder who is paying for the extra miles, AA or SPG?
Jul 1, 2014, 1:20 pm
#4
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Here are the T&Cs for those of you who don't want to click through:
I'm intrigued though have no immediate need for AA miles so not worth the transfer since I'm SPG poor right now and need to save what I have for an AS transfer
Terms and Conditions
AAdvantage Bonus Mile Offer Terms and Conditions
To qualify for this AAdvantage bonus mile offer, member must initiate the AAdvantage mileage conversions with the Starwood Preferred Guest® program between 12:00 a.m. CT July 1, 2014, and 11:59 p.m. CT July 31, 2014, (the “Promotion Period”), and be in good standing in the AAdvantage program. Members can convert multiple times during the Promotion Period.
To earn the 20% conversion bonus, member must convert points from the Starwood Preferred Guest program. This offer is non-transferable and non-reversible.
Bonus miles will be posted by American Airlines to the qualifying AAdvantage member's account within seven business days after the initial conversion activity has been posted by Starwood Preferred Guest. Bonus miles earned in this promotion do not count toward elite status qualification.
American Airlines, AAdvantage, the Flight Symbol logo and MileSAAver are marks of American Airlines, Inc.
Starwood Guest Preferred Transfer to Miles Terms and Conditions
Starwood Preferred Guests can transfer up to 79,999 of their Starpoints per transaction per program within a 24-hour period to the American Airlines AAdvantage program. Plus, for every 20,000 Starpoints transferred within the same transaction, Starwood will automatically add another 5,000 Starpoints! This means that up to 94,999 Starpoints can be transferred into your AAdvantage account.
There is no minimum Starpoint transfer requirement for Platinum Preferred Guest members. Gold Preferred Guest members have a minimum transfer requirement of 1,500 Starpoints, and Preferred Guest members have a minimum transfer requirement of 2,500 Starpoints.
Transfer maximums are based on a combination of member Starpoints and the Starwood Preferred Guest airline transfer transaction bonus. Only one airline transfer transaction per member per 24-hour period is allowed; multiple transfer transactions within the same 24-hour period will reject. Both the Starwood Preferred Guest and AAdvantage account must have identical member names in order to complete this request; different names will cause the transfer to reject. Airline transfers are one-way, non-reversible and non-refundable.
Starwood Preferred Guest and Starpoints are marks of Starwood Hotels & Resort Worldwide, Inc.
AAdvantage Bonus Mile Offer Terms and Conditions
To qualify for this AAdvantage bonus mile offer, member must initiate the AAdvantage mileage conversions with the Starwood Preferred Guest® program between 12:00 a.m. CT July 1, 2014, and 11:59 p.m. CT July 31, 2014, (the “Promotion Period”), and be in good standing in the AAdvantage program. Members can convert multiple times during the Promotion Period.
To earn the 20% conversion bonus, member must convert points from the Starwood Preferred Guest program. This offer is non-transferable and non-reversible.
Bonus miles will be posted by American Airlines to the qualifying AAdvantage member's account within seven business days after the initial conversion activity has been posted by Starwood Preferred Guest. Bonus miles earned in this promotion do not count toward elite status qualification.
American Airlines, AAdvantage, the Flight Symbol logo and MileSAAver are marks of American Airlines, Inc.
Starwood Guest Preferred Transfer to Miles Terms and Conditions
Starwood Preferred Guests can transfer up to 79,999 of their Starpoints per transaction per program within a 24-hour period to the American Airlines AAdvantage program. Plus, for every 20,000 Starpoints transferred within the same transaction, Starwood will automatically add another 5,000 Starpoints! This means that up to 94,999 Starpoints can be transferred into your AAdvantage account.
There is no minimum Starpoint transfer requirement for Platinum Preferred Guest members. Gold Preferred Guest members have a minimum transfer requirement of 1,500 Starpoints, and Preferred Guest members have a minimum transfer requirement of 2,500 Starpoints.
Transfer maximums are based on a combination of member Starpoints and the Starwood Preferred Guest airline transfer transaction bonus. Only one airline transfer transaction per member per 24-hour period is allowed; multiple transfer transactions within the same 24-hour period will reject. Both the Starwood Preferred Guest and AAdvantage account must have identical member names in order to complete this request; different names will cause the transfer to reject. Airline transfers are one-way, non-reversible and non-refundable.
Starwood Preferred Guest and Starpoints are marks of Starwood Hotels & Resort Worldwide, Inc.
Jul 1, 2014, 1:46 pm
#5
Join Date: Aug 2012
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Wondering if 2x 20k (as separate transactions on separate days within the promo window) turns into 60k. T&Cs for this particular promo aren't too clear to me.
Jul 1, 2014, 2:01 pm
#6
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: MSY
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Very interesting. The way it's written, doesn't look like there's any limit.
As someone with 212k AA, 140k US, and 276k SPG, I wasn't plan on converting any miles right now but this might put me over the edge on redeeming a nights and flights award.
As someone with 212k AA, 140k US, and 276k SPG, I wasn't plan on converting any miles right now but this might put me over the edge on redeeming a nights and flights award.
Jul 1, 2014, 2:35 pm
#7
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Perhaps AAdvantage are after folks who, like me, have stopped accumulating miles beyond what is a side-effect of maintaining status. I cut up my Citi Executive card shortly after receiving it, unsubscribed from all AAdvantage emails, and stopped transferring SPG points following the recent program changes figuring that event was just the first in a string of bad news to come.
Jul 1, 2014, 3:12 pm
#8
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This also means there is an avenue to convert Amex Membership Rewards points to AA miles at a rate of 2:1.5, vs the normal rate of 2:1.25. 2 MR points -> 1 SPG point -> 1.5 AA miles.
Jul 1, 2014, 5:41 pm
#9
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Perhaps AAdvantage are after folks who, like me, have stopped accumulating miles beyond what is a side-effect of maintaining status. I cut up my Citi Executive card shortly after receiving it, unsubscribed from all AAdvantage emails, and stopped transferring SPG points following the recent program changes figuring that event was just the first in a string of bad news to come.
Jul 1, 2014, 5:48 pm
#10
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Jul 1, 2014, 7:12 pm
#11
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Given that MR transfers 1:1 to programs like BA, this seems like a horrendous waste.
Jul 1, 2014, 10:13 pm
#12
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They way things are being devalued with all FF programs, burning is the name of the game.
Jul 2, 2014, 6:43 am
#13
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Yup. F awards to the Bordeaux area this September for me and Mrs. Sinanju. F to Malta for us in May.
Jul 2, 2014, 8:54 am
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Jul 2, 2014, 8:57 am
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Moderator, Marriott Bonvoy & FlyerTalk Evangelist
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A lot of the promo "specifics" are being discussed in the SPG forum thread: PROMO: July only, move 20K SPG points to AA or US for 30K AA
Last edited by hhoope01; Jul 2, 2014 at 12:00 pm