bornsupercharged

^ Thanks, I also read up on it and apparently you can call in and have it extended for an additional year.

JJonahJ

There, I fixed it for you.

canadiancow

I don't think anyone would dispute that. It's more that if you only plan to spend 3 nights in any one city, the value proposition changes.

That being said, I'm considering this. I'm sitting on a few MR points that I was just going to convert 1:1.

alc

not trying to be the Mod , but just thought to point out the dedicated thread on Marriott Travel Package:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marri...-packages.html

A quick summary of these certs (include what others had mentioned already)

- 1 yr initial expiry which can be extend for 1 year on the day you call in
- this extension is the current policy by Marriott, but of course this can change with the new combine SPG/Marriott program, whenever they will release it
- You can use it for any number of nights, up to 7-nights, per cert for 1 reservation.
- If you want to stay at a higher CAT, you can just pay the differences in points for the Travel Package. It is Pretty much 30K per CAT until you reach Tier 1-3, before 80K going from Tier 1-3 to Tier 4-5

Please reminder that those with US AMEX MR, the ratio for AMEX MR to SPG is 3:1, so beware not to be confused with the Cdn 2:1 ratio. As that, IMO, is not worth if for the US AMEX MR. Hence I added "Cdn" in my post below.

hope this help.

lewis_m

Not sure how their math works in the French email I got:

SKYEG

alc Doing a direct 90K SPG transfer instead of the AMEX route for 120k+30k AE and the 7 night cert to use for my sisters honeymoon trip ! Unreal that it covers covers one Aeroplan RTW Asia 1 J ticket + up to the 7 nights at a Cat 5. Unreal deal!!!

Thanks again for sharing!!!

alc

no problem... and it had been too good to true to any airlines Marriott partner with as well... which is why I believe most people think this will change when the program merged... I actually was a bit surprise Aeroplan didn't have any T&C against Travel Package for this convert promo. Just look like SW where they try to pull a quick one to disqualify it for CP starting Jan 1 (no adv notice), later they have to change it to be start on Apr 1.

And for your "starting at SPG" example is even better as 90K with the normal 25% Bonus (when you redeem every 20K) will only get you 112.5K Aeroplan. and going thru this you get 7.5K more even without this convert promo + 7-nights hotel stay. So, your hotel stay is free.

pentiumvi

How does SPG conversions work during this promo?

For example, if I convert 20K SPG, would it be (20K + 25%bonus) + 20% = 30K?

alc

Your calculation is correct. The regular 25% bonus is from SPG, so you get 25K Aeroplan in 1 line when it show up on your Aeroplan account.

But unless you really need these Aeroplan right now or you don't have other ways to boost your SPG balance to 90K, you might want to consider the Marriott Travel Package option.

Safti

This program is not working for me. When I press convert, nothing happens. I'm in Safari. Advice?

Safti

Also tried Firefox and that's not working either.

alc

Safti, I assumed you are referring to the Marriott Travel Package, if it is, it required to call in. Some mentioned on the Marriott Travel Package thread that you can first select it as your "Dream Rewards" first, but I haven't try it myself. Good Luck.

gtpdiddy

Where's the link to this promotion?

alc

Here you go:

https://www4.aeroplan.com/promotions...version2000366

--- added ---

Someone at Aeroplan IT is really lazy on coming up with this promo/web page. Look at the URL, it had "FallConversion" in it

Safti

No, it wasn't the travel package that I was looking at. I just wanted to convert hotel points to AP miles and the site wasn't taking me anywhere. What's up?