Originally Posted by
amrom
Would anyone know if buying points from SPG.COM with the spg amex would give you double points as it should? I just bought a large amount of points and it comes up on the card as "starwood by points point.com
so it doesnt look like its going through a Starwoods merchant, I believe I can wait till the statement closes, but am just curious.
The points.com purchase is treated as an ordinary merchant, so you don't get the extra points. At least I didn't last year.