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Old Sep 5, 2018 | 9:11 pm
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Polytonic
 
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Originally Posted by sdflyer04


I’ve tried this link a few times for my spouse and I. It just leads to the default page with the 100K offer. Has anyone received more than 100K offer recently? I’m wondering if the 125K offers are out there still. Thanks.
The 125k offer was through an email as far as I know. IIRC it was valid through early December. I don't know if there's a way to refer someone for the targeted offer, but presumably if you already have an SPG card, you could self-refer each other for 120k points instead?

Originally Posted by KINetics
Both are plastic. The temp ones just uses the regular SPG card. Per TPG: "The card design differences between the SPG Luxury card and the regular SPG Amex are pretty subtle in the first place. Both cards are made of plastic — not metal — and the SPG Luxury card doesn’t have the words “Starwood Preferred Guest” on its front, but does include the contactless payment symbol indicating the card can be used for Tap to Pay."

https://thepointsguy.com/news/amex-s...-luxury-cards/

I got the Luxury version of the card and agree that it feels cheap. It definitely doesn't match the feeling of the Chase Marriott Premier Plus card which is made of the same weight aluminum as the Sapphire Reserve.
What's the obsession with a metal card? Once you have one, it's not like there's anything special about having a second one. The SPG Lux card material seems similar to the metal Citi Prestige anyway.

If anything, the plastic cards have the additional contactless feature, unlike the metal cards. It might be helpful to have at least one that has that feature at least.
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