Originally Posted by tofoi
Hi All
Forgive the repetition if this has already been asked. I've read all the praise about the Starwood Amex being the best Amex card to have. I have an Amex Gold corporate card (I'm 1 person in a 2 person company) and wonder what the benefits would be to us switching over to Starwood.
Your help is appreciated.
We recently redeemed miles on Virgin for a UC Flight from the west coast to LHR but besides that most of our travel is to Hawaii and other kid friendly places like Disney and San Diego. We have small children so our travel will likely stay fairly short distance but I would like to know if we're getting the most bang for our buck with this card or if we should switch and why?
Thanks very much
Tofoi
Let's see: Starwood AmEx has more flexibility than Membership Rewards and Starpoints are more valuable: 1 Starpoint = 3 MR points. If you have accumulated 20K Starpoints, Starwood gives you the additional 5K when you transfer points into a frequent flyer program. No annual fee 1st year, and renewals are $30. There is no Starwood business card, only personal cards. Look online at AmEx for further Starwood card details.
Frequent flyer credit cards should be paid in full each month, like a charge card. Otherwise interest rates make your points far too expensive, and a low rate no fee card is a better choice.