Jun 28, 2018, 2:47 pm
Last edit by: RedSun
Existing and new SPG cards as of August 1 2018
The Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card (Legacy SPG AMEX Card) $95 fee
Marriott Bonvoy Business American Express Card (Legacy SPG AMEX Business Card) $95 fee ($125 starting from 3/28/2019)
The Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card (Legacy SPG AMEX Card) $95 fee
- 6X Marriott Bonvoy points on eligible purchases at participating Marriott Bonvoy hotels.
- 2X Marriott Bonvoy points on all other eligible purchases.
- 1 Free Night Award every year after your Card account anniversary. Award can be used for one night (redemption level at or under 35,000 Marriott Bonvoy points) at a participating hotel.
- Complimentary Silver Elite Status, with an opportunity to earn Marriott Bonvoy Gold Elite status after making $35,000 in eligible purchases on your Card in a calendar year.
- 15 Nights Elite Credit (Non Stackable)
Marriott Bonvoy Business American Express Card (Legacy SPG AMEX Business Card) $95 fee ($125 starting from 3/28/2019)
- 6X Marriott Bonvoy points on eligible purchases at participating Marriott Bonvoy hotels.
- 4X points at U.S. restaurants, at U.S. gas stations, on wireless telephone services purchased directly from U.S. service providers and on U.S. purchases for shipping
- 2X Marriott Bonvoy points on all other eligible purchases.
- 1 Free Night Award every year after your Card account anniversary. Award can be used for one night (redemption level at or under 35,000 Marriott Bonvoy points) at a participating hotel.
- Additional Free Night after $60K spend
- Complimentary Silver Elite Status, with an opportunity to earn Marriott Bonvoy Gold Elite status after making $35,000 in eligible purchases on your Card in a calendar year.
- 15 Nights Elite Credit (Non Stackable)
- 6X Marriott Bonvoy points on eligible purchases at participating Marriott Bonvoy hotels.
- 3X Marriott Bonvoy points at at U.S. restaurants and on flights booked directly with airlines.
- 2X Marriott Bonvoy points on all other eligible purchases.
- $300 MARRIOTT BONVOY STATEMENT CREDIT each year of Card Membership for eligible purchases at participating Marriott Bonvoy hotels
- 1 Free Night Award every year after your Card account anniversary. Award can be used for one night (redemption level at or under 50,000 Marriott Bonvoy points) at a participating hotel.
- COMPLIMENTARY GOLD ELITE STATUS with your Card. Earn Marriott Bonvoy Platinum Elite status after making $75,000 in eligible purchases on your Card in a calendar year
New and refreshed Amex SPG/Bonvoy cards - August 2018 & February 2019
Jul 25, 2018, 10:16 pm
#136
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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August 18.
combine into one at SPG.com or Marriott.com.
New SPG.com and SPG App
New SPG Number: All SPG members will receive a new 9-digit account number to align with the specifications of our new loyalty system. Members will receive the new number via email (starting August 19 for members opted in to email) or while logging in to SPG.com. Passwords will remain the same, unless a member elects to change it themselves.
Planned Systems Outage: As we launch our new program, a temporary outage of all systems, sites and apps is planned for August 18 beginning early morning (U.S. Eastern Time). This means that for most of the day there will be time when bookings are not possible, your account is not accessible, account combine is not available, etc. Please plan accordingly and be a bit patient with us during this transition.
combine into one at SPG.com or Marriott.com.
New SPG.com and SPG App
New SPG Number: All SPG members will receive a new 9-digit account number to align with the specifications of our new loyalty system. Members will receive the new number via email (starting August 19 for members opted in to email) or while logging in to SPG.com. Passwords will remain the same, unless a member elects to change it themselves.
Planned Systems Outage: As we launch our new program, a temporary outage of all systems, sites and apps is planned for August 18 beginning early morning (U.S. Eastern Time). This means that for most of the day there will be time when bookings are not possible, your account is not accessible, account combine is not available, etc. Please plan accordingly and be a bit patient with us during this transition.
Jul 26, 2018, 12:57 pm
#137
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
Programs: Milege+, SkyMiles, AAdvantage, HHonors Diamond, Marriott Gold
Posts: 1,685
If I had known the 1 to 3 point conversion was to continue until Aug 18, I would have put spend on my SPG card until Aug statement closes. Since the original rumor was Aug 1,I had already moved spend to a different card. Oh well, this merger hasn’t been as bad as I thought.
Jul 26, 2018, 1:03 pm
#138
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Brooklyn
Programs: Delta Diamond, Bonvoy something good; sometimes other things too
Posts: 5,050
If I had known the 1 to 3 point conversion was to continue until Aug 18, I would have put spend on my SPG card until Aug statement closes. Since the original rumor was Aug 1,I had already moved spend to a different card. Oh well, this merger hasn’t been as bad as I thought.
It's not clear how they'll handle that exactly but presumably they've figured it out ... I guess people who have August closing dates before August 18 will get 2/3 of a Starpoint for spend after August 1, or something.
Jul 26, 2018, 9:14 pm
#139
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Location: CA
Posts: 1,309
Jul 27, 2018, 12:16 pm
#142
Join Date: Apr 2005
Programs: Starwood:Lifetime Platinum, Air Canada:Basic, Asiana:Lifetime Diamond Plus, ANA: Basic
Posts: 980
Jul 27, 2018, 4:37 pm
#143
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Easy work around: Create a new Marriott account under same or different name (or don't provide your current Marriott account number) for the credit card application then merge Marriott accounts or transfer the points to your regular account after unlocking the welcome bonus
Jul 27, 2018, 5:01 pm
#144
Join Date: Apr 2005
Programs: Starwood:Lifetime Platinum, Air Canada:Basic, Asiana:Lifetime Diamond Plus, ANA: Basic
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Here is how I think it will work : To check for welcome bonus eligibility, Amex/Chase will send a query to Marriott asking something like "Did Marriott account number xxx receive a welcome bonus from Amex/Chase recently or is already associated with a Chase or Amex card ?"
Easy work around: Create a new Marriott account under same or different name (or don't provide your current Marriott account number) for the credit card application then merge Marriott accounts or transfer the points to your regular account after unlocking the welcome bonus
Easy work around: Create a new Marriott account under same or different name (or don't provide your current Marriott account number) for the credit card application then merge Marriott accounts or transfer the points to your regular account after unlocking the welcome bonus
Jul 29, 2018, 8:39 pm
#145
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Easy work around: Create a new Marriott account under same or different name (or don't provide your current Marriott account number) for the credit card application then merge Marriott accounts or transfer the points to your regular account after unlocking the welcome bonus
And if they're checking when apply for a card, they may also check if you merge the accounts or transfer the points later, and take away all of your accounts and all of your points because you tried to "defraud" them.
Plus you're also assuming they'll check based on the account number only. That's not possible, since they're checking both Marriott and SPG accounts even though they may not be linked, so they must finding your account another way. And if they can find that, they can find your "not quite accidental" second account.
Or, if they are only checking linked accounts, maybe you can defeat it simply by unlinking? But I doubt they'll explain how they're checking it, so it will take some datapoints to figure out if linked accounts are they only way they check "the other program"
Last edited by sdsearch; Jul 29, 2018 at 8:46 pm
Jul 31, 2018, 7:35 am
#146
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 77
Hi All,
Don't know if this was mentioned already, but I just heard from an AMEX CSR that the new Amex SPG Luxury card will only be offered on the personal side. No way to upgrade the SPG Business card to the luxury card. Not good for me, as all of my purchases this year on the business card now won't count towards the $75K platinum status spend requirement...I'm a bit disappointed.
Regards.
Don't know if this was mentioned already, but I just heard from an AMEX CSR that the new Amex SPG Luxury card will only be offered on the personal side. No way to upgrade the SPG Business card to the luxury card. Not good for me, as all of my purchases this year on the business card now won't count towards the $75K platinum status spend requirement...I'm a bit disappointed.
Regards.
Aug 1, 2018, 6:43 am
#148
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Well the new offers are live and more or less the same as what they used to be. 75k/$3k spend for the personal, 100k/$5k for the biz. Now where is that Luxury card...
Aug 1, 2018, 2:12 pm
#149
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Apparently not coming out until the 26th, so that it won't be available until the new stricter signup bonus rules (taking effect on the 26th) are in effect.