<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Steve M:
Starwood Amex is hands down the best deal going these days, in my opinion. This includes hotel and airline cards. My reasons are:
- No annual fee the first year, then $30 thereafter.
- Points can be converted 1:1 into about 25 airlines' programs, including all major US airlines except Southwest.
- If you transfer 20k points, you get 25k miles on all airlines.
- Points can be redeemed for free nights at any Starwood property with no blackout dates or capacity controls.</font>
PLUS, you can transfer Starpoints to another active member with the same mailing address. A big plus for couples/families who do most of their traveling together and might need to "top off" each of their airline FF accounts.