Leotis

Based on responses there seems to be no obvious rhyme or reason behind who gets targeted. If anyone figures it out, please post...

Tofe

Hey guys. I just checked and I was targeted for this bonus. I have 7 Amex cards including old blue cash, blue cash everyday, prg, business prg, delta gold, hilton honors, biz plat. I am not sure what made me targeted but wanted to list them for you all.

I had a question. I am very new to SPG. I have never used them before but I just signed up for an SPG account and currently have no SPG points. I do have a nice chunk of MR though. I am interested in taking a vacation to Hawaii (not sure exactly where in Hawaii yet) next year summer. It would be two adults and we would be flying out of ATL and staying about 6 days. Coach is fine, business class is optional. We would like to stay in a nice hotel (does not have to be super fancy). Would SPG points be beneficial to this Hawaii trip? Does anyone have any good redemption examples from previous trips?

I currently have a ton of AA miles and BA Avios. I have about 100k Southwest and 100k United. For hotels, I have 150k HHonors points, 150k Hyatt and 110k IHG.

I currently have 138k MR and just wondering if transferring some to SPG with the bonus would be helpful with planning a trip to Hawaii.

Thanks in advance!

krazykanuck

Personal Plat & Biz SPG. Not targeted. Not that I'd be likely to transfer MR to SPG anyway.

steveman518

so AMEX got back to me and they said that "SPG is supposed to post a 50% bonus and that it's on their end", which is definitely contrary to the screenshot levilevi posted. Looks like it's a specific set of plat/cent users that are targeted. And of course the "test transfer to see what happens that we'll be happy to reverse for you" is not being reversed so it's back to fighting AMEX some more...

g8trgr8t

get the Fairmont cards for you and the wife and get four nights at Maui Fairmont, Hyatt cards for 4 nights at Maui or Kauai Hyatt.

nakataboi

I hold business and personal platinum as well as biz/personal SPG. I'm still seeing 1000:333

doodiedan

I have personal plat, personal delta amex gold, personal spg amex, and personal blue amex. I was targeted, but don't plan on transferring.

dulcamara

I got this offer, but it was hard to find. I had to start a transfer and then the offer showed up on the "transfer points to starwood" page.

sfcaFLYER

What is the value here? Just wondering since even with the bonus it doesn't feel like a good transfer option unless you want to top off to get to a 20K mark to then transfer back to an airline to get the add'l 5K?

g8trgr8t

some premium properties at reasonable redemption rates. Westin St. John USVI for 12k points is a $500/night room that I use Starwood points for. I am sure there are many other similar or better values out there.

.04 + per starwood point or .02 per amex point (if you qualify for the bonus) is a good value.

superboxf1

i got the offer though as others have mentioned i had to go to the membership rewards page and select hotel transfer to see it. I am Amex Platinum and SPG platinum for references

Frinkiac7

I'm targeted, but the only thing I would like to use my pile of MR points for is DL miles. At 2:1 MR:SPG ratio, it doesn't make sense for me, even with the SPG-DL boost.

I wonder if they will EVER do a MR-DL bonus like they did back in 2011. I have been waiting for years.

TheBOSman

Platinum and SPG credit card holder (both personal) here, not targeted best I can tell . Would be a big boost to the value of the Platinum card for me but I'm tempted to cancel it now.

ktremor

I got the offer and have no SPG cards,

Morgan Stanley Plat
Morgan Stanley Black
HHonors
Blue for Business

tangfish

Exactly what he said^

I was targeted (business cent). I recently canceled my SPG Amex after they did the changes to the program, though that doubt that had anything to do with it. Like Frinkiac7 I've been sitting on a mound of MR points for some time now, wanting to transfer to DL but that bonus never seems to materialize. I was all in on SPG for a little while but then found that Plat status there wasn't all I hoped it would be, so now I'm back down to Gold. I don't know that even at a 50% bump those starpoints are worth converting my MR points into at a 2:1 exchange rate. I generally value my MR points at 1.3 cents per and Starpoints at around 2 cents apiece (I do realize that sometimes great redemption values can be had, but over the years I've gotten tired of altering my travel plans based on where I'm going to maximize the return on those starpoints).