Originally Posted by Mama
Beware of the T&C below:
Please allow 4-6 weeks from account funding for the first half of Starpoints to appear in your Starwood Preferred Guest account. Account must remain open with minimum funding for 6 months from date that first half of points are posted to your account at Starwood. After that time, allow 4-6 weeks for the second half of the points to appear in your Starwood Preferred Guest account.
Also, Ameritrade charge $20 for wiring fund out of the account.
To clarify I was comparing two Ameritrade offers. It is the same deal with airline miles - they give you half the miles in 4-6 weeks and the remaining half 4-6 weeks after 6 months.
To get 25K miles directly with the airline you need to invest $50K. To get the 25K by going through Starwood you need to invest $25K. On that basis the Ameritrade-Starwood seems better than the Ameritrade-airline offer.