Jun 12, 2014, 11:11 am
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For discussion of the now expired offer for a 35K signup bonus, see Amex SPG 35,000 business and personal cards-2016 [No referral offers in this thread.]
USA-issued card benefits changed on August 11, 2015. (Announcement & extended discussion at American Express and Starwood enhance cobrand credit card benefits.) The benefits are slightly different for personal and business cards:
Public Links:
- The Annual Fee is $450.
- Earn 6x at Marriott properties; 3x on restaurants and airfare; 2x on all other purchases.
- Enjoy up to $300 in statement credits each year of Card Membership for eligible purchases at participating Marriott Bonvoy hotels
- FREE NIGHT AWARD: Receive 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: Enjoy complimentary Marriott Bonvoy 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.
- Other Highlighted Benefits: Priority Pass Select Membership, Global Entry credit, No Foreign Transaction fees.
- $125 Annual Fee (If application received before 03/28/19, $0 intro annual fee for the first year, then $95)
- Earn 6x at Marriott properties; 4x at U.S. restaurants, at U.S. gas stations, on wireless telephone services & on U.S. purchases for shipping; 2x on all other purchases.
- Free Night Award: Receive 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
- No Foreign Transaction Fees
Other related discussion:
USA-issued card benefits changed on August 11, 2015. (Announcement & extended discussion at American Express and Starwood enhance cobrand credit card benefits.) The benefits are slightly different for personal and business cards:
Public Links:
- Personal [Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant American Express Card]: https://www.americanexpress.com/us/credit-cards/card/marriott-bonvoy-brilliant
- The Annual Fee is $450.
- Earn 6x at Marriott properties; 3x on restaurants and airfare; 2x on all other purchases.
- Enjoy up to $300 in statement credits each year of Card Membership for eligible purchases at participating Marriott Bonvoy hotels
- FREE NIGHT AWARD: Receive 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: Enjoy complimentary Marriott Bonvoy 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.
- Other Highlighted Benefits: Priority Pass Select Membership, Global Entry credit, No Foreign Transaction fees.
- Business [Marriott Bonvoy Business Card]: https://www.americanexpress.com/us/c...s-credit-card/
- $125 Annual Fee (If application received before 03/28/19, $0 intro annual fee for the first year, then $95)
- Earn 6x at Marriott properties; 4x at U.S. restaurants, at U.S. gas stations, on wireless telephone services & on U.S. purchases for shipping; 2x on all other purchases.
- Free Night Award: Receive 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
- No Foreign Transaction Fees
- Discussion of Amex "one bonus per lifetime" policy (personal & business cards)
- Annual fee retention bonus for Starwood Amex Card
- American Express and Starwood enhance cobrand credit card benefits
- How to keep SPG points from expiring after 12 months of account inactivity
- New Card Art for the US Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express
SPG American Express [Master Thread]
Jun 13, 2012, 11:10 am
#1636
Join Date: May 2012
Location: SIN
Programs: JL GC | Marriott LT Silver | Global Entry | SQ Silver
Posts: 6,819
Too bad this card is not offered in Singapore.
Jun 14, 2012, 11:50 am
#1637
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: On strike
Posts: 8,135
Last edited by beltway; Jun 15, 2012 at 7:53 am
Jun 14, 2012, 11:58 am
#1638
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Upper Sternistan
Posts: 10,035
Yes. Youc an even do it online, via https://www.starwoodhotels.com/prefe...nsferForm.html
Jun 14, 2012, 4:31 pm
#1639
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 131
Thinking of cancelling SPG Amex personal soon to avoid the annual fee. My last stay was in September 2011, so will my points expire in September 2012, or does spending on my credit card keep the points alive? I saw that the +100 facebook points does not.
Longer term, is a viable strategy to alternate between SPG Amex personal and SPG Amex business?
Longer longer term, I'm thinking of keeping just one fee card. Chase Sapphire Preferred seems just a better card overall than SPG. Is SPG a relevant program anymore with UltimateRewards?
Longer term, is a viable strategy to alternate between SPG Amex personal and SPG Amex business?
Longer longer term, I'm thinking of keeping just one fee card. Chase Sapphire Preferred seems just a better card overall than SPG. Is SPG a relevant program anymore with UltimateRewards?
Jun 14, 2012, 8:12 pm
#1640
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: South Florida
Programs: AA LTG (EXP), Hilton Silver (Dia), Marriott LTP (PP), SPG LTG (P) > MPG LTPP
Posts: 11,329
Thinking of cancelling SPG Amex personal soon to avoid the annual fee. My last stay was in September 2011, so will my points expire in September 2012, or does spending on my credit card keep the points alive? I saw that the +100 facebook points does not.
Longer term, is a viable strategy to alternate between SPG Amex personal and SPG Amex business?
Longer longer term, I'm thinking of keeping just one fee card. Chase Sapphire Preferred seems just a better card overall than SPG. Is SPG a relevant program anymore with UltimateRewards?
Longer term, is a viable strategy to alternate between SPG Amex personal and SPG Amex business?
Longer longer term, I'm thinking of keeping just one fee card. Chase Sapphire Preferred seems just a better card overall than SPG. Is SPG a relevant program anymore with UltimateRewards?
Jun 15, 2012, 7:57 am
#1641
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: On strike
Posts: 8,135
I've used the online request form successfully on multiple occasions, although not in the past few months. The back-end process isn't very transparent, although the fact that one has to wait a few days for the transfer to happen suggests that, as you surmise, there's a manual verification/approval step.
Jun 15, 2012, 10:29 am
#1642
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 189
Does a newly issued SPG Amex in the later months of the year (i.e. getting the card in November 2012) produce the 5 night/2 stay credit for that year (2012) or do you only get the credit by being a card holder at the first of the year?
Jun 15, 2012, 10:38 am
#1643
Join Date: May 2003
Programs: AA (1MM), Marriott (LT Gold)
Posts: 1,766
Thinking of cancelling SPG Amex personal soon to avoid the annual fee. My last stay was in September 2011, so will my points expire in September 2012, or does spending on my credit card keep the points alive? I saw that the +100 facebook points does not.
Longer term, is a viable strategy to alternate between SPG Amex personal and SPG Amex business?
Longer longer term, I'm thinking of keeping just one fee card. Chase Sapphire Preferred seems just a better card overall than SPG. Is SPG a relevant program anymore with UltimateRewards?
Longer term, is a viable strategy to alternate between SPG Amex personal and SPG Amex business?
Longer longer term, I'm thinking of keeping just one fee card. Chase Sapphire Preferred seems just a better card overall than SPG. Is SPG a relevant program anymore with UltimateRewards?
An easy way to keep your Starwood account alive currently is to set up an Audience Rewards account tied to Starwood (the chosen partner) and answer trivia questions. If you do this once every 12 months, that should keep your Starwood points alive indefinitely.
You can also go to an on-site restaurant and spend $10+ to keep your account from expiring. Just keep in mind that you usually need to send the restaurant bill into Starwood to get your points since the hotel usually does not process it correctly, and you need to make sure that the restaurant bill can hypothetically be charged to a room at the hotel (this ensures that the restaurant charges will qualify). Alcohol may or may not count toward the $10 depending on the location of the property.
ExitRowAisle
A Dissatisfied 2nd Class Starwood Platinum Member
Jun 15, 2012, 11:33 pm
#1644
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: US
Programs: (PM)AA SPG (Marriott), Hilton
Posts: 1,040
Edit: SEE POSTS BELOW THIS ONE. Starwood changed it's terms (for the better) 3/1/2012 and any activity now counts.
Starwood Lurker posted the January 2012 terms elsewhere (Terms were Revised March 2012):
This would be why [in the past] SPG CC Cards & credited stays moved the points expiration date forward, but other activity like the trivia contests did not.
Starwood Lurker posted the January 2012 terms elsewhere (Terms were Revised March 2012):
3.2. You will be considered an "Active Member" so long as (a) your Membership has not been cancelled (by you or us), and (b) you have had an Eligible Stay at a Participating Property within the previous 12 months, or (c) you have earned Starpoints by using a Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card during the previous 12 months. Starpoints resulting from transfers or earnings from Program affiliates do not count toward active status.
Last edited by reft; Jun 16, 2012 at 12:02 am Reason: Add note about change in T&C's effective 3/1/2012
Jun 15, 2012, 11:49 pm
#1645
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: PHX
Posts: 4,787
With respect to points expiration, the language above is out of date. Any earning or redemption works now apparently. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/starw...on-policy.html
Jun 15, 2012, 11:57 pm
#1646
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: US
Programs: (PM)AA SPG (Marriott), Hilton
Posts: 1,040
With respect to points expiration, the language above is out of date. Any earning or redemption works now apparently. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/starw...on-policy.html
Jun 27, 2012, 3:31 pm
#1647
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: YYZ
Programs: AC 50K, Bonvoy PE; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 425
Does anyone have any recent experience with the timing of their theshold bonus points posting?
I went through many of the 100 pages+ of this thread and a lot of the posts relate to people that didn't have their account set up properly to receive the bonus points. Also, back in 2010, it looks like Amex was slow to post these.
In my case, I got my initial 10,000 for first spend with 2 days of my purchase. I just hit the $5,000 threshold that triggers an additional 15,000 bonus -- any chance these threshold points will post as fast as my initial purchase bonus did?
I went through many of the 100 pages+ of this thread and a lot of the posts relate to people that didn't have their account set up properly to receive the bonus points. Also, back in 2010, it looks like Amex was slow to post these.
In my case, I got my initial 10,000 for first spend with 2 days of my purchase. I just hit the $5,000 threshold that triggers an additional 15,000 bonus -- any chance these threshold points will post as fast as my initial purchase bonus did?
Jun 27, 2012, 3:34 pm
#1648
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: On strike
Posts: 8,135
Does anyone have any recent experience with the timing of their theshold bonus points posting?
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In my case, I got my initial 10,000 for first spend with 2 days of my purchase. I just hit the $5,000 threshold that triggers an additional 15,000 bonus -- any chance these threshold points will post as fast as my initial purchase bonus did?
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In my case, I got my initial 10,000 for first spend with 2 days of my purchase. I just hit the $5,000 threshold that triggers an additional 15,000 bonus -- any chance these threshold points will post as fast as my initial purchase bonus did?
Jun 27, 2012, 5:06 pm
#1649
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: YYZ
Programs: AC 50K, Bonvoy PE; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 425
My experience with Amex is that they can post to SPG mid-cycle. My first purchase bonus posted literally 2 days after my first purchase. On the second bonus, they may delay posting to account for returned merchandise, perhaps.
Jun 27, 2012, 10:42 pm
#1650
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Upper Sternistan
Posts: 10,035
I'm about 10 days out from my statement close, and I haven't gotten my SPG points. Anyone in the same boat? Usually it's three days or less from the statement close date.