Originally Posted by broadwayblue

But what you are forgetting is that AA doesn't know or care about the bonuses that various hotel loyalty programs offer. Every program is different. Yes, it's true that if SPG transferred 40k of their points to AA you would get 14k extra from AA. But in order to transfer 40k points from SPG you would have to initiate a transfer of 35k SPG. If you transfer 40k SPG you are really transferring 50k.