Jun 12, 2014, 11:11 am
Last edit by: CodeAdam10
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]
Apr 16, 2013, 2:52 pm
#1966
Suspended
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Barcelona
Posts: 3,317
Just to be clear: if one has a personal card, and adds a biz card, they'll get another 10k points on first purchase of biz card?
Apr 17, 2013, 1:26 am
#1967
Join Date: Apr 2013
Programs: SPG Preferred+ (AX), Avis Preferred
Posts: 3
Seeing as how I've un-lurked myself...
Got the SPG Amex a few weeks back, no issues with receiving the 10k *pts. Got them fairly quickly. My spend levels aren't such that I'll be able to receive (or not!) the extra bonus, so I won't be able to share my experiences in that area.
Got the SPG Amex a few weeks back, no issues with receiving the 10k *pts. Got them fairly quickly. My spend levels aren't such that I'll be able to receive (or not!) the extra bonus, so I won't be able to share my experiences in that area.
Last edited by k0nane; Apr 17, 2013 at 1:34 am
Apr 17, 2013, 3:27 pm
#1968
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: FLL / BKK
Posts: 703
Yes. I have had the personal card for many years. Got the business card in Feb of this year. 10K posted almost immediately. Still working on the $5,000 in spending.
Apr 18, 2013, 7:54 am
#1969
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Boston, MA
Programs: SPG Platinum
Posts: 64
From February 8:
Still waiting. Each month I send a note via secure messaging and I get a reply back that they're still investigating. This is killing me. This is so unlike the customer service I have received from AMEX in the past. To me, AMEX is about resolving issues in a timely manner - not always they exact way I want it, but at least they're resolved.
--Mike
AMEX is investigating. Customer Service claims that the promo wasn't linked to my account and that some promos are targeted and they're sorry. I wrote back that at the time I was applying the target audience appeared to by anyone who applied for the card on the Amex website.
I just got a reply that it may take 2-3 billing cycles to resolve.
Oi. The CSRs are very polite but don't appear to be very empowered.
--Mike
I just got a reply that it may take 2-3 billing cycles to resolve.
Oi. The CSRs are very polite but don't appear to be very empowered.
--Mike
--Mike
Apr 18, 2013, 7:58 am
#1970
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Boston, MA
Programs: SPG Platinum
Posts: 64
I think this valid approach, although I cannot confirm that it works.
As a test, today I cleared my cookies and browsing history. Went to the SPG website, clicked on the offer for the SPG AMEX with 25,000 bonus points (10,000 after first spend..then 15,000 after $5,000 spend). I was taken to an AMEX website that clearly showed the 25,000 point offer. As I was beining to apply, the website offered me the tempetation of completing a "shorter" application form IF i just log in using my existing AMEX account credentials... (i bet you can guess what happens... Right??) Thats Right!! the 25,000 SPG point offer is now replaced with the 10,000 points after first spend-ONLY!!! That is NO 15,000 bonus points after $5000 spend. Oh, but Ive saved myself a few minutes of time by not having to complete the long form...
Gee thanks AMEX :-(
I suspect this is what happened when I applied and why I dont have my 15,000 bonus SPG points...
Dont Let This Happen To You Too!!! 15,000 points is HUGE!!
Its really sad.. Its like SPG wants people to apply and get the 25,000 points, but then AMEX starts playing tricks.
As a test, today I cleared my cookies and browsing history. Went to the SPG website, clicked on the offer for the SPG AMEX with 25,000 bonus points (10,000 after first spend..then 15,000 after $5,000 spend). I was taken to an AMEX website that clearly showed the 25,000 point offer. As I was beining to apply, the website offered me the tempetation of completing a "shorter" application form IF i just log in using my existing AMEX account credentials... (i bet you can guess what happens... Right??) Thats Right!! the 25,000 SPG point offer is now replaced with the 10,000 points after first spend-ONLY!!! That is NO 15,000 bonus points after $5000 spend. Oh, but Ive saved myself a few minutes of time by not having to complete the long form...
Gee thanks AMEX :-(
I suspect this is what happened when I applied and why I dont have my 15,000 bonus SPG points...
Dont Let This Happen To You Too!!! 15,000 points is HUGE!!
Its really sad.. Its like SPG wants people to apply and get the 25,000 points, but then AMEX starts playing tricks.
Apr 22, 2013, 4:24 pm
#1971
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 10
Sorry to keep going back to this matter. In entry #1954 I presented my problem with getting credit for 2 stays/5 nights for elite status. What happened was I talked with a supervisor and she said indeed my points and credit were in another account and she would merge the two. Now it's one week later, the points were merged in 1 account but not the credit for stays/nights were not. So I called up AX again and talked with the CSR and the supervisor and they both said the 2 stays/5 nights is an anniversary bonus and not something you get immediately when you apply for and get the card. You have to wait one year before you get that bonus. Is this true? Or do I have to call another CSR and supervisor? And if they do agree that it comes with the card and NOT one year later, do they have the authority to give my account the credit right then and there Thank you again. Frankly I am puzzled? Seems I get a different answer with every CSR and supervisor I talk to.
Apr 22, 2013, 4:33 pm
#1972
Company Representative - Starwood
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Austin, Texas
Programs: Marriott Employee Level
Posts: 31,593
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
[email protected]
Apr 25, 2013, 1:24 pm
#1973
Suspended
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Barcelona
Posts: 3,317
Question (yes, I've searched): SPG Amex charged $601 for a 1 night stay at a hotel (non-SPG) in Charleston, S.C. Charge moved from pending to cleared and has been there for 3 days. They're reversing the charge (getting a refund; billing mixup). Will I get the points? Or, do refunds negate any potential point accrual?
Apr 25, 2013, 6:03 pm
#1974
Join Date: Oct 2011
Programs: AA 1MM Marriott Titanium
Posts: 47
Question (yes, I've searched): SPG Amex charged $601 for a 1 night stay at a hotel (non-SPG) in Charleston, S.C. Charge moved from pending to cleared and has been there for 3 days. They're reversing the charge (getting a refund; billing mixup). Will I get the points? Or, do refunds negate any potential point accrual?
Last edited by Bossa Nova; Apr 26, 2013 at 6:48 pm
Apr 26, 2013, 3:47 am
#1975
Join Date: May 2006
Location: KSNA/KLAX
Programs: IML GOLD, Bonvoy LTPE, WOH Globalist, AAEXPLT
Posts: 645
Anyone have recent experience regarding pre-paying their SPG Amex prior to making a purchase above their credit limit? Just trying to gauge Amex's temperature as of late...I remember they weren't thrilled with this type of behavior a couple years back when I did it most recently. In the end there were no issues...but they didn't explicitly approve of it, unlike my Citi AA MC which is happy to allow me to run a sizable credit balance on the card prior to making a large purchase.
Amex won't let you make the credit limit go negative (i.e pay more than you owe). Even though I pay my card in full every month, the balance is relatively high due to biz spend.
So whenever I need to apply for new credit, I need to pay to make the card balance zero (or even beyond that if there are charges floating). And this is exactly what I did.... a week before statement cycled, I paid the card in full, and then initiated ANOTHER payment via my bank's bill pay. And voila... had negative balance on my card, it reported on my credit report as a zero balance card
Apr 26, 2013, 3:52 am
#1976
Join Date: May 2006
Location: KSNA/KLAX
Programs: IML GOLD, Bonvoy LTPE, WOH Globalist, AAEXPLT
Posts: 645
Here's kind of a strange question. I've seen a practice called "churning" in the past to where one cancels a card, and re-applies to get the bonuses.
Does this work for the SPG card?
With the recent reduction in the value of Starpoints as well as the upgraded category level of many hotels, I've cut down on usage of the SPG Amex card by more than 75% in favor of other loyalty programs.
Now that I dont use expenses to get starpoints, i figure i might put the card to another use
Does this work for the SPG card?
With the recent reduction in the value of Starpoints as well as the upgraded category level of many hotels, I've cut down on usage of the SPG Amex card by more than 75% in favor of other loyalty programs.
Now that I dont use expenses to get starpoints, i figure i might put the card to another use
Apr 26, 2013, 8:54 am
#1977
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Singapore
Programs: Krisflyer PPS Club, BA Silver, Marriott Gold
Posts: 96
New wording in the SPG Amex T&C
Anyone come across this wording:
“If you are identified as a current American Express® Cardmember, you may not be eligible for this welcome bonus offer."
Anyone have success/failure stories in getting the bonus after being an Amex cardmember (I'm sure the SPG card is not the first Amex Card for most of us).
Thanks!
“If you are identified as a current American Express® Cardmember, you may not be eligible for this welcome bonus offer."
Anyone have success/failure stories in getting the bonus after being an Amex cardmember (I'm sure the SPG card is not the first Amex Card for most of us).
Thanks!
Apr 26, 2013, 12:49 pm
#1978
Suspended
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Barcelona
Posts: 3,317
Anyone come across this wording:
“If you are identified as a current American Express® Cardmember, you may not be eligible for this welcome bonus offer."
Anyone have success/failure stories in getting the bonus after being an Amex cardmember (I'm sure the SPG card is not the first Amex Card for most of us).
Thanks!
“If you are identified as a current American Express® Cardmember, you may not be eligible for this welcome bonus offer."
Anyone have success/failure stories in getting the bonus after being an Amex cardmember (I'm sure the SPG card is not the first Amex Card for most of us).
Thanks!
Apr 26, 2013, 2:31 pm
#1979
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 784
I have had the Delta Amex for a year, applied for SPG, got card about a week ago, first 10k has already hit my account. Statement has not closed yet.
Apr 26, 2013, 6:53 pm
#1980
Join Date: Oct 2011
Programs: AA 1MM Marriott Titanium
Posts: 47
I had an Amex Platinum and a Costco Amex when I applied and got the 30,000 point bonus being offered last August. No issues with the approval or the bonus.