Transfer Starwood Preferred Guest, or SPG, Points to Delta Air Lines SkyMiles
Jul 28, 2006, 11:16 am
#16
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Naples, Florida
Posts: 7,419
Originally Posted by pjammin
I'm using the miles for an international Biz ticket to fly to Europe to catch a cruise ship. Not sure why everyone is indicating the points are more valuable in the #wood account than using as Delta miles?? Please go easy on me, I'm new here and don't know all the "tricks" that you frequent travellers know. Most of my vacations abroad are either cruise related or visiting family so I rarely need them for hotel stays (I'm assuming that is why you're saying it's best to hang on to the points rather than transfer them).
Will the fact that I have the confirmation email etc. from *wood buy me extra time proving that the points are forthcoming? Guess I need to get an understanding Delta agent as it sounds like I'm sure going to need the extension. Thanks again for your responses.
Will the fact that I have the confirmation email etc. from *wood buy me extra time proving that the points are forthcoming? Guess I need to get an understanding Delta agent as it sounds like I'm sure going to need the extension. Thanks again for your responses.
It took about 1 1/2 week before the miles posted.
Delta would hold the flight only 48 hours? If I am remember it correct, but I am not sure, Delta was holding a flight for me for 14 days ...
Good luck!
Jul 31, 2006, 5:56 pm
#17
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Programs: Hyatt LT Globalist, Marriott LT Titanium, AA Plat Pro/LT Plat
Posts: 1,205
2 day award hold thread http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...ferrerid=18562
Sep 21, 2007, 7:40 am
#18
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Cleveland
Programs: AF/KLM Plat For Life/UA Million Miler-PremEx For Life/SPG Gold
Posts: 5,054
Poll: SPG Point Express Transfer To Skymiles Account?
Would paying a nominal fee to get SPG points transferred to DL miles on an expedited basis (say 2-3 days) make the SPG program more attractive to you?
For more detailed info...
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...=699187&page=1
For more detailed info...
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...=699187&page=1
Sep 21, 2007, 7:50 am
#19
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: NJ/NYC
Programs: AA EXP/LT Plat, SPG Plat/LT Plat, HHonors Gold, Hyatt Plat, IHG Plat, MR Silver
Posts: 2,786
The one time I transferred SPG points to DL (only 1 point to take advantage of a promo), it happened pretty quickly. I think it was overnight actually. So for DL in particular I wouldn't be willing to pay extra, but for some of the more obscure airlines, absolutely.
Sep 21, 2007, 3:11 pm
#20
Join Date: Sep 2007
Programs: Family: DL PM, SMx2; Hilton Silver, SPG, Avis Preferred
Posts: 100
I would expect that if SPG has a relationship/partner program with an airline, then the relative obscurity of the airline (as troyb mentioned) should not matter. I just did this (SPG points --> DL miles) and the tranfer was done almost immediately (less than a day). It actually caught me by surprise when I checked my skymiles balance that it was already there.
Apr 4, 2008, 11:43 am
#23
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: NYC
Programs: DL, SPG (Gold)
Posts: 2,039
Apr 6, 2008, 9:57 pm
#25
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Seattle
Programs: Delta 1MM/DM, *wood Lifetime Gold
Posts: 285
On a side note, from personal experience transferring from SPG to delta is a poor deal; you can get much more value from redeeming for hotel nights.
Apr 7, 2008, 8:52 am
#28
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Posts: 763
I have been tracking this pretty closely over the past few months and here is my learning:
1) Regardless of when you request it, the transfers show up in your SkyMiles account on Monday. I've made transfers on pretty much every day of the week and the transfers post on the following Monday in my SkyMiles account
2) DO NOT transfer more than once per day. Once I did three 25,000 transfers in one day and only one posted. I needed help from SPG to make the rest hit my account. They told me to at least wait 24 hours between transfers
Good luck
1) Regardless of when you request it, the transfers show up in your SkyMiles account on Monday. I've made transfers on pretty much every day of the week and the transfers post on the following Monday in my SkyMiles account
2) DO NOT transfer more than once per day. Once I did three 25,000 transfers in one day and only one posted. I needed help from SPG to make the rest hit my account. They told me to at least wait 24 hours between transfers
Good luck
Apr 7, 2008, 9:08 am
#29
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: SEA
Programs: UA Silver, BA Gold, DL Gold
Posts: 9,779
Thanks again for all the advice.