Originally Posted by
slavakala
Hey all. I have accrued a bunch of points across a few programs, and now that AA is running the 20% bonus on Marriott point conversions, I want to see what your thoughts are on consolidating all to one program. At present, I have:
Marriott: 467,918
AA: 48,332
United: 78,157
What would you do?
I depends partly on what your future plans and travel patterns are - do you need more hotel points, airline miles...where would you be traveling and what airlines/hotels offer the best redemption options, etc. Though I wouldn't do the Marriott-->AA transfer even with the current promotion.
I like having diversity (without being spread too thin). Another option now is to transfer Marriott to SPG (Starwood Preferred Guest) points at a 3:1 ratio (and vice versa).
In addition to, obviously, SPG hotel redemptions, SPG has a wide range of airline partners (plus Amtrak) with the ratio to most airline partners at 1:1 - a relevant exception to this is UA which has a lesser rate that I wouldn't recommend. And transfers from SPG to airline partners garner a 5,000 mile bonus with each 20,000 point increment transferred.
Just another possibility to consider.