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Old Apr 8, 2015, 9:32 am
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Aegean Airlines (A3) Initiated: Sun 22 Oct 2017 Received: Thurs 02 Nov 2017
Aegean Airlines (A3) Initiated: Thu 10 May 2018 Received: Mon 21 May 2018
Air Canada (AC) Initiated: Sat 18 Apr 2015 Received: Wed 22 Apr 2015, but dated Sat 18 Apr 2015
Air Canada (AC) Initiated: Wed 22 Apr 2015 Received: Sun 26 Apr 2015, but dated Wed 22 Apr 2015
Air Canada (AC) Initiated: Thu 7 May 2015 Received: Mon 11 May 2015, but dated Thu 7 May 2015
Air Canada (AC) Initiated: Sun 25 Oct 2015 Received: Thur 29 Oct 2015
Air Canada (AC) Initiated: Tue 12 Jul 2016 13:19 Received: Sat 16 Jul 2016 21:43
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Mon 2 Feb 2015 17:57 Received: Sat 7 Feb 2015 01.30
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Mon 21 Dec 2015 07:30 Received: Wed 23 Dec 2015 08:30
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Sat 23 Jan 2016 18:00 Received: Sun 24 Jan 2016 21:00
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Fri 26 Feb 2016 15:00 Received: Sun 28 Feb 2016 22:00
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Tue 1 Mar 2016 12:00 Received: Wed 2 Mar 2016 23:00
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Thu 21 Apr 2016 17:46 Received: Sat 23 April 2016 06:00
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Tue 9 Aug 2016Received: Wed 10 Aug 2016 after about 30 hours
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Fri 20 Aug 2016 16:00 Received: Sat 21 Aug 2016 21:00
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Thur 26 Jan 2017 09:20 Received: Fri 27 Jan 2016 14:00
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Wed Mar 1 2017 16:55 Received: Thurs Mar 2 2017
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Thur Mar 2 2017 16:55 Received: Fri Mar 3 2017
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Wed Dec 6 2017 AM Eastern Received: Fri Dec 8 2017 Evening
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Sat Dec 9 2017 AM Eastern Received: Sun Dec 10 2017 Evening
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Mon May 14 2018 PM Eastern Received: Wed May 16 2018 Morning
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Sat 9 May 2015 Received: Wed 13 May 2015
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Mon 29 June 2015 Received: Fri 3 July 2015
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Tues 30 June 2015 Received: Sat 4 July 2015
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Fri 9 Oct 2015 22:00 Received: Sun 11 Oct 2015 10:00
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Tues 12 Jan 2016 Received: Wed 13 Jan 2016
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Thur 18 Feb 2016 15:00 Received: Sat 20 Feb 2016 09:00
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Mon 29 Feb 2016 23:45 Received: Tue 1 Mar 2016 23:45
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Tue 1 Mar 2016 07:40 Received: Wed 2 Mar 2016 23:15
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Wed 2 Mar 2016 00:45 Received: Wed 2 Mar 2016 22:30
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Wed 2 Mar 2016 07:40 Received: Fri 4 Mar 2016 08:30
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Sat 30 Apr 2016 00:20 Received: Sat 30 Apr 2016 23:15
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Thu 1 Sep 2016 00:04Received: Fri 2 Sep 2016 6:30am (~30 hours)
American Airlines (AA) Initiated Dec. 2 2016 11:54am Received Dec. 4 10:00am
American Airlines (AA) Initiated Sun. Dec 4 1:14pm Received Tuesday Dec. 6 by 9:00am
American Airlines (AA) Initiated Tue. Jan 24, 2017 7:45pm Received Thu Jan 26, 2017 by 8:45am
American Airlines (AA) Initiated Thurs, Feb 8, 2018 12:26pm Received Sat, Feb 10th by 8:20am
American Airlines (AA) Initiated Mon, May 28, 2018 1am Received Tue, May 27 11 pm
American Airlines (AA) Initiated Mon, Apr 24, 2018 11 pm Received Thu, Apr 26 11 am
American Airlines (AA) Initiated Friday, August 3rd, 2018 6:45 pm Received Sunday, August 5th 11 am
Amtrak Initiated Fri. Apr 21, 2017 9:00am Received Sat Apr 22, 2017 by 10:00pm
Amtrak Initiated Thurs Mar 22 2018 1:07PM Received Fri Mar 23, 2018 by 10AM
All Nippon Airways (ANA) Initiated: Thur 6 Oct 2016 Received Thu Jan 26, 2017 by 8:45am
All Nippon Airways (ANA) Initiated: Monday 20 March 2017 Received: Monday 3 April 2017
All Nippon Airways (ANA) Initiated: Saturday, 3 Feb and Monday 5 Feb 2018 Received: Monday 19 Feb 2018
All Nippon Airways (ANA) Initiated : Friday , 13 April & Saturday,14 April 2018 Received : First lot on Tuesday17 April , second lot on Monday 23 April,2018
Asiana Airlines (OZ) Initiated: Sat 21 May 2016 Received: Thur 2 June 2016
Asiana Airlines (OZ) Initiated: Mon 1 Aug 2016 Received: Tue 16 Aug 2016
Asiana Airlines (OZ) Initiated: Sun 16 Oct 2016 Received: Tue 1 Nov 2016
Asiana Airlines (OZ) Initiated: Tue 25 Oct 2016 Received: Tue 1 Nov 2016
Asiana Airlines (OZ) Initiated: Thu 7 Apr 2017 Received: Sun 17 Apr 2017
Asiana Airlines (OZ) Initiated: Sat 12 Aug 2017 Received: Tues 22 Aug 2017
Asiana Airlines (OZ) Initiated: Sun 13 Aug 2017 Received: Wed 30 Aug 2017
Asiana Airlines (OZ) Initiated: Sun 12 Nov 2017 Received: Mon 20 Nov 2017
Asiana Airlines (OZ) Initiated: Wed 15 Nov 2017 Received: Wed 6 Dec 2017
Asiana Airlines (OZ) Initiated: Thu 25 Jan 2018 Received: Thu 8 Feb 2018
Asiana Airlines (OZ) Initiated: Mon 9 Apr 2018 and Tues 10 Apr 2018 Received: Sun 22 Apr 2018 (both transfers received approx 8:30 pm EDT)
British Airways (BA) Initiated: Tue 22 Aug 2017 Received: Tue 12 Sep 2017
British Airways (BA) Initiated: Wed 30 Aug 2017 Received: Tue 12 Sep 2017
Cathay Pacific (CX) Initiated: Mon 10 May 2015 Received: Fri 5 June 2015
Cathay Pacific (CX) Initiated: Tue 20 Oct 2015 Received: Fri 23 Oct 2015
Cathay Pacific (CX) Initiated: Mon 18 Sept 2017 Received: Sat 23 Sept 2017
Delta Airlines (DL) Initiated: Tue 7 Feb 2017 11:00 Received: Wed 8 Feb 2017 20:00
Emirates (EK) Initiated: 16 May 2016 Received: 21 May 2016
Emirates (EK) Initiated: 30 Jun 2016 Received: 02 Jul 2016
Emirates (EK) Initiated: 21 Jul 2016 Received: 23 Jul 2016
Emirates (EK) Initiated: 26 August 2016 Received: 27 August 2017
GOL (G3) Initiated: Mon 4 Jan 2016 03:15 Received: Mon 4 Jan 2016 10:15
Japan Airlines (JL) Initiated: Tue 8 Dec 2015 Received: Mon 14 Dec 2015
Japan Airlines (JL) Initiated: Fri 27 May 2016 14:00 Received: Mon 30 May 2016 16:00 (including verification email from SPG security)
Japan Airlines (JL) Initiated: Fri 25 Nov 2016 Received: Mon 28 Nov 2016
Japan Airlines (JL) Initiated: Wed 01 Feb 2017 Received: Fri 03 Feb 2017
Japan Airlines (JL) Initiated: Sat 08 Apr 2017 Received: Wed 12 Apr 2017
Japan Airlines (JL) Initiated: Sat 15 Apr 2017 Received: Mon 17 Apr 2017
Japan Airlines (JL) Initiated: Tue June 6 2017 Received: Mon June 12 2017
Japan Airlines (JL) Initiated: Wed June 7 2017 Received: Mon June 12 2017
Japan Airlines (JL) Initiated: 9:30AM PT 6/12./2017 Received: 4:00PM PT 6/14.
Japan Airlines (JL) Initiated: 9:40AM PT 6/13./2017 Received: 8:30PM PT 6/16.
Japan Airlines (JL) Initiated: Sun June 18 2017 Received: Wed June 21 2017
Japan Airlines (JL) Initiated: Thu Aug 17 2017 1830PT Received: Wed Aug 22 2017 (Evening)
Japan Airlines (JL) Initiated: Sat Aug 19 2017 0130PT Received: Wed Aug 22 2017 (Evening)
Japan Airlines (JL) Initiated: Mon May 07 2018 Received: Fri May 11 2018
Japan Airlines (JL) Initiated: Tues May 08 2018 Received: Mon May 14 2018
Japan Airlines (JL) Initiated: Sun Sep 09 2018 Received: Wed Sep 19 2018 (evening)
Japan Airlines (JL) Initiated: Mon Sep 10 2018 Received: Wed Sep 19 2018 (evening)
Korean Air (KE) Initiated: Mon 3 Oct 2016 11:00 Received: Wed 5 Oct 2016 (morning; before 07:00 ET)
Korean Air (KE) Initiated: Nov 2 2016 Received: 4 Nov 2016
Korean Air (KE) Initiated: Nov 3 2016 Received: 4 Nov 2016
Korean Air (KE) Initiated: Dec 15 2016 Received: 17 Dec 2016 (initiated afternoon/evening PDT, received morning)
Korean Air (KE) Initiated: May 16 2017 Received: 21 May 2011 (initiated morning EDT, received afternoon)
Lufthansa (LH) Initiated: Mon 7 Dec 2015 Received: Fri 11 Dec 2015
Lufthansa (LH) Initiated: Mon 4 Apr 2016 Received: Not reported, but not received at 4 day mark
Lufthansa (LH) Initiated: Fri 27 Jan 2017 (evening) Received: Tues 31 Jan 2017 (midday)
Lufthansa (LH) Initiated: Fri 18 Aug 2017 Received Thu Aug 24 2017 (possibly even earlier, since didn't check until Aug 24)
Lufthansa (LH) Initiated: Thu 8 Feb 2018 Received Mon 12 Feb 2018 or Tuesday (had not posted on Sunday, had posted on Tuesday)
Lufthansa (LH) Initiated: Wed 25 Apr 2018 Received: Sun 29 Apr 2018
Lufthansa (LH) Initiated: Sat 02 Jun 2018 Received: Wed 06 Jun 2018
Lufthansa (LH) Initiated: Sun 03 Jun 2018 Received: Thurs 07 Jun 2018
Lufthansa (LH) Initiated: Mon 04 Jun 2018 Received: Fri 08 Jun 2018
Qatar Airways (QR) Initiated: Saturday, 6 Aug 2016 Received: Tuesday, 6 Sep 2016 (31 days)
Singapore (SQ) Initiated: Thu 5 Apr 2016 Received: Not reported, but not received at 9 day mark
Singapore (SQ) Initiated: Thu 6 Apr 2016 Received: Not reported, but not received at 14 day mark
Singapore (SQ) Initiated: Mon 27 Jun 2016 Received: Mon 4 Jul 2016
Singapore (SQ) Initiated: Wed 19 Oct 2016 Received: Mon 24 Oct 2016
Singapore (SQ) Initiated: Thu 16 Mar 2017 Received: Mon 20 Mar 2017
Singapore (SQ) Initiated: Fri 09 Mar 2018 Received: Mon 12 Mar 2018
Singapore (SQ) Initiated: Thu 03 May 2018 Received: Mon 07 May 2018
Singapore (SQ) Initiated: Fri 04 May 2018 Received: Mon 07 May 2018
Singapore (SQ) Initiated: Sat 02 June 2018 Received: Mon 04 June 2018
Singapore (SQ) Initiated: Mon 24 Sept 2018 Received: Mon 01 Oct 2018
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Wed 9 May 2018 Received: Mon 22 May 2018
Virgin America (VX) Initiated: Wed 25 May 2016 Received: ESTIMATED Wed 8 Jun 2016 (required SPG follow up and Lurker intervention)
Virgin America (VX) Initiated: Sat 17 Jun 2016 00:17 Received: Sat 17 Jun 2016 08:51
Virgin America (VX) Initiated: Fri 24 Jun 2016 20:00 Received: Sat 25 Jun 2016 09:00
Virgin America (VX) Initiated: Sat 25 Jun 2016 07:30 Received: Sun 26 Jun 2016 08:30
Delta Airline (DL) Initiated: Mon, October 23rd 2017 12:38 Received: Tuesday, October 24th 2017 19:00


BETWEEN ACCOUNTS

Initiated: Wed 7 Oct 2015 Received: Fri 9 Oct 2015
Initiated: Mon 11 Jan 2016 21:00 Received: Thu 14 Jan 2016 10:00
Initiated: Fri 26 Feb 2016 15:00 Received: Tue 1 Mar 2016 12:00
Initiated: Wed 20 Jul 2016 15:00 Received: Wed 27 Jul 2016 12:00
Initiated: 21 AUG 2016 13:00 PDT Received: 26 AUG 2016 17:00 PDT
Initiated: 15 SEP 2016 19:00 EDT Received: 16 SEP 2016 12:00 EDT (10:00+1 EMail Query re PO Box - Replied with proof 10:30+1EDT)
Initiated: Mon 29 May 2017 Received: Friday 2 June 2017
Initiated: Sunday, January 7, 2018, Received:
Initiated: Monday, May 21st, 2018, Received: Sunday May 27th, 2018
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FAQ: How long for SPG points to transfer TO an airline; and between SPG accounts ?

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Old Jul 24, 2009, 4:56 pm
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Got posted today

Thank you neuro0 and So Pang for the replies.

I got my miles transferred today just in time. Requested transfer on July 13th and got posted to my account on July 24th Pacific sometime between 8 AM and 3 PM.
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Old Jul 25, 2009, 12:44 am
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SPG to Asiamiles

Initiated transfer from SPG to Cathay Pacific Asiamiles on July 20th and the miles were posted to my account on July 24th. Total of 4 days ^
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Old Aug 8, 2009, 9:47 pm
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Length of Time for SPG Point Transfers to Airlines

I was wondering...how long does it typically take to transfer SPG points to NWA? I executed the transfer 3 days ago, but the points haven't showed up yet, and I need these points to book award travel. When I called customer service the representative said it takes 14 days, but it sounded like she was just reading their official policy. In the past, when I transferred from SPG to AA, the points showed up in 24 hours.....so I just assumed NWA would be the same. Is the transfer time longer/shorter for different airlines? Is there anything I can do to make the transfer speed up?

Last edited by SanDiego1K; Aug 8, 2009 at 11:41 pm Reason: Moved into FAQ on topic
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Old Aug 8, 2009, 10:42 pm
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Originally Posted by Mr. S
I was wondering...how long does it typically take to transfer SPG points to NWA? I executed the transfer 3 days ago, but the points haven't showed up yet, and I need these points to book award travel. When I called customer service the representative said it takes 14 days, but it sounded like she was just reading their official policy. In the past, when I transferred from SPG to AA, the points showed up in 24 hours.....so I just assumed NWA would be the same. Is the transfer time longer/shorter for different airlines? Is there anything I can do to make the transfer speed up?
My understanding is that SPG ---> Airline transfers occur every week on Mondays.
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Old Aug 24, 2009, 4:02 pm
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SPG ->> Air Canada's Aeroplan 7 days (July, 2009)

William also confirmed to me in around 2007 that there are NO flush (speed-up) option for Aeroplan.
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Old Aug 26, 2009, 8:36 am
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Unhappy very unpredictable

On Aug 14, I transferred Starwood points to Alitalia; they got it on the 15th!
On Aug 15 I transferred more points; they still have not gotten them!!!
And on Aug 19 I transferred some more points and again they have not received them. Very unpredicable.
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Old Dec 9, 2009, 1:09 pm
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*wood Points Transfer Takes 1 Month to Airline?!

I just transferred some *wood points to Air France so I could purchase an award ticket and was told it could take up to 30 days to post. Having dealt with Air France before on a number of issues, I naturally assumed it was due to their ineptitude. I decided to also transfer some Amex Membership Rewards points to reach what I needed, and the transfer appeared in my AF Flying Blue account INSTANTANEOUSLY - WOW! When I call AF about this, they assured me it is on *wood's end, not theirs.

Starwood Lurker, what is going on? Why can Amex transfer instantaneously while it takes your esteemed organization one month?
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Old Dec 9, 2009, 2:13 pm
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Originally Posted by exawb
...Starwood Lurker, what is going on? Why can Amex transfer instantaneously while it takes your esteemed organization one month?
The time it takes to transfer to a given airline is negiotiated between the two marketing partners. If they wanted to receive them sooner, I assure you that SPG could get them there faster.

That being said, it would surprise me if it took a month. We say a month because that is what it can take for some international carriers. Something to hang your hat on, if you will.

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Old Dec 9, 2009, 2:20 pm
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I've been strongly considering getting a Starwood Amex. It's this ~30 day lag specific to Air France transfers, or hold true for all Starwood points to airline transfers?

Thanks
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Old Dec 9, 2009, 2:23 pm
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Originally Posted by bocconi8
I've been strongly considering getting a Starwood Amex. It's this ~30 day lag specific to Air France transfers, or hold true for all Starwood points to airline transfers?

Thanks
My only experiences are transfers from SPG to AA. I've had four and it has taken anywhere from three to seven days even though SPG is allowed much longer. Plus the bonus of an additional 5,000 miles for each 20,000 transferred is great.
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Old Dec 9, 2009, 3:22 pm
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Just did a SPG to DL and it took 8 days whereas Amex to DL are pretty much same day.

At least DL allows you to hold the reservation made on line for a couple of days and then they will extend the hold manually by calling them up.
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Old Dec 9, 2009, 4:07 pm
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Cathay Pacific transfers can, indeed, take a month. Fortunately, Cathay is one of the only ones that will let you make a reservation and hold it for up to 30 days. In fact, I once had to ask for some extra times as the points had not made it and it was graciously extended with no problem.
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Old Dec 9, 2009, 5:25 pm
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Originally Posted by bocconi8
I've been strongly considering getting a Starwood Amex. It's this ~30 day lag specific to Air France transfers, or hold true for all Starwood points to airline transfers?

Thanks
I did a transfer (Nights & Flights) a year ago, I was told it would take up to 30 days. The miles were in my AA account the same week (3+/- days).
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Old Dec 9, 2009, 5:31 pm
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I have transferred miles to a number of programs (AA, ANA, and others I can't remember at the moment). My experience is that while the numbers SPG gives are the outer bound, the actual time is close to what they quote. I believe with ANA the transfer took over 3 weeks when they quoted a month, and AA was similarly close to the time quoted. You might get lucky and get a faster transfer, but I wouldn't count on it. This is a significant liability in the program, IMHO, though for me it doesn't matter all that much because I generally use my points for hotel stays not for miles.
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Old Dec 9, 2009, 5:34 pm
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Interesting...Delta holds for 2 days online, I didn't realize you can request an extension over the phone, do they really allow 8 days? Maybe I'll upgrade to Platinum instead for the SPG gold and instant mile transfers.

Thanks
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