Originally Posted by
RedSun
Why is this a pinch? I receive AmEx offers all the time. I just received 20,000 bonus on $5,000 spending. I'd like to get that SPG offer if I get lucky.
The AmEx bonus point offers come all the time. It is not special to the Marriott + SPG. Are the AmEx MR points getting de-valued? Hope not. Those are 30,000 more miles on top of my regular card MR rewards. If my base is 2x, I get a total of 50,000 MRs or miles on $10,000 spending. That is worth 5 miles/$, or about 8 cents per $ spending.
Originally Posted by
mhdena
We're comparing old SPG to new SPG which the earning is equal for transfers.
Since you want to mix things in, using the SPGB on one of the 4x categories spending $20k would = 75k plus miles
$40k= 160k miles
$60k= 240k miles.
Why you want to make the argument and compare apple vs orange?
Most people use the SPG card for the base earning and transfer for miles. For $20,000 spending on the old SPG card, you get 20,000 starpoints and you can transfer to
25,000 miles.
With the AmEx BBP card, with $20,000 spending, the base earning is 40,000 MR points, which can be transferred to
40,000 partner miles.
How you max the SPG and get 4x? Only through Marriott/RC/SPG hotel stays. That is very limited. AmEx has a full lineup of other cards that can earn MR points, such as the Plat, PRG, EDP etc....