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Old May 21, 2015 | 8:44 am
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Cana2013
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Originally Posted by mia
If you want to stay in an American-style hotel you will want to use the points for airfare. The transfer ratio to Starwood is poor (3:1).
In Canada the transfer ratio is 2:1 to SPG. If OP can open a Canadian Amex MR account, then move the MR points to Canadian account.....probably not easy.

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