Originally Posted by ILUVCITIBANK
Since we know AMEX "currency" is more potent than Visa/MC, I doubt we would ever see a Visa/MC/starwood card at a 1:1 ratio like we do w/ AMEX, and a 2:1 starwood/Visa (like in Canada) would be a non--starter for me anyway.
Indeed, Amex charges a higher interchange rate than V/MC does... so a co-branded V/MC likely will not be able to afford SPG points on a 1:1 basis.
P.S. gleff and/or mileking...can either of you comment on the rumors in the Hilton thread that Hilton was awarding Diamond for "x"-level charging on the AMEX/HHonors card ?
There are reports on this in the Hilton forum but it's clearly not a documented benefit of the card ... and there aren't enough reports to suggest to me that this is standard or a defined benefit for X amt of spend. I have the card and am not directing enuf $$ to it to find out, since I'm not confident enough in receiving the benefit. Now, if this were a published benefit for say $125k in spend I'd do it.