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]
Jul 8, 2018, 1:02 pm
#3436
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: TUL
Programs: AA EXP 2MM; Marriott Titanium; Hilton Diamond; Hyatt Explorist; Vistana 5* Elite; Nat'l Exec Elite
Posts: 6,177
I assume there's no good reason to keep an old SPG Amex card, if I have a new SPG Amex biz card and want to apply for the new SPG Luxury card, since it's a free night for essentially $150 -- I'll def burn the $300 credit at SPG hotels. Should I try and do this before Aug1?
Jul 9, 2018, 8:23 am
#3437
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: cleveland, oh, usa
Programs: HHonors Gold, Priority Club Plat, AAdvantage, Delta Skymiles, others including Amtrak Guest Rewards
Posts: 786
Thank you for further clarification of change in points/values! Didn't realize the airline transfer bonus would still apply, like I said so much going on in my life in different directions that my points/miles knowledge is not current!! Also am not familiar with Marriott point structure so will look into that (typically use Hilton/ IHG)... I believe $150 in Amazon gift cards may be approx 14000 points, need to look further into that also -- decisions, decisions -- I am always truly appreciative of the knowledge shared by group members, thank you again!
Last edited by SharonLPK; Jul 9, 2018 at 8:41 am
Jul 9, 2018, 8:41 am
#3438
Join Date: May 2007
Location: WAS
Programs: UA 1K, AA EXP, WN A+, Hyatt Glob, Marriott Amb, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,129
Just got an email that starting August 1st, Amex will offer a free night (up to 35K points/night) after card account anniversary. My personal amex anniversary is in July so I'm probably going to have wait a year... May keep card now as I was planning to cancel.
Jul 9, 2018, 10:16 am
#3439
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AS 75K; UA 1MM; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott LTP; Hilton Diamond (Aspire)
Posts: 56,470
Jul 9, 2018, 10:36 am
#3440
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 7,904
Unless your card renews this month. Why should I pay the annual fee and get nothing?
Jul 9, 2018, 12:49 pm
#3441
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 9
Actually, I don't think you'd lose anything by holding on to them. You'll end up with 145.5 K Marriott points after the conversion in Aug and you can still transfer them to airlines (actually more airlines than currently) with the 25% transfer bonus opportunity still intact. I don't know anything about gift cards (is it a 1 cent per point value?), but if that is the rate you can do better. I would only go the gift card route if you know you definitely won't use them on flights or hotels.
So 60,000 points transferred to AA means you get 20,000 + 5000 miles at AA after August 1?
Jul 9, 2018, 1:21 pm
#3442
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: New York
Programs: Navy A-4 Skyhawk, B727 FE/FO, S80 FO, B757/767 FO, B737 CA
Posts: 1,342
Yes. It will be remain. That was enumerated when they announced the details of the combined program. So, 60,000 new (after Aug) Marriott points will transfer to most partners as 20,000 miles with a 5,000 mile bonus. Since those 60K points are the same as today's 20K SPG points, the transfer is the same.
Jul 10, 2018, 1:10 pm
#3443
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: IAD/DCA
Posts: 31,797
bonus remains same for points earned before aug, in aug points in spg account are multiplied by 3
what happens if one combines accounts in aug, in terms of the starwood account that is linked to amex?
by multiplying points in spg account, marriott will never have to automatically close/etc spg accounts
what happens if one combines accounts in aug, in terms of the starwood account that is linked to amex?
by multiplying points in spg account, marriott will never have to automatically close/etc spg accounts
Jul 10, 2018, 7:58 pm
#3444
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Thousand Oaks, Ca., USA
Programs: AA Lifetime Plat; Bonvoy Titanium Lifetime Elite;Hyatt Globalist; HHonors Diamond; United Silver
Posts: 8,317
Does anyone know how the credit cards transition to the new points?
Like it is all purchases prior to Aug 1st still count as 3x despite my statement end date is post Aug 1st? or will it earn 2x.
I cant seem to get a straight answer on this. TPG is saying it earns 2x. some ppl say it earns 3x.
Like it is all purchases prior to Aug 1st still count as 3x despite my statement end date is post Aug 1st? or will it earn 2x.
I cant seem to get a straight answer on this. TPG is saying it earns 2x. some ppl say it earns 3x.
Some folks read the published wording assuming dollars earn points day by day while others assume they earn at statement close.
I have other credit cards that show the points earned from each purchase for recent activity post close. That doesn't seem to be the case with Amex, which makes me think that the close date being before or after August 1 is what counts. Just seems too complicated (even if it isn't all that complicated) to program something different on Chase's part.
TPG suggests changed the monthly billing date to be late in July to maximize points earning. Not a bad idea.
Last edited by beachfan; Jul 10, 2018 at 8:04 pm
Jul 10, 2018, 8:22 pm
#3445
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 7,904
I’m not sure how you can read it that way. The Amex terms say this is effective August 1st. It would be strange to retroactively apply this to July purchases. I don’t care what tech is necessary to post points correctly.
Edited to add: Both a rep by phone and online chat said the same thing when I asked. July purchases will earn 1 Starwood point which will be converted to 3 Marriott points. The statement date doesn’t matter, only the purchase date. (I didn’t bother to ask them to distinguish between transaction date and post date.)
Edited to add: Both a rep by phone and online chat said the same thing when I asked. July purchases will earn 1 Starwood point which will be converted to 3 Marriott points. The statement date doesn’t matter, only the purchase date. (I didn’t bother to ask them to distinguish between transaction date and post date.)
Last edited by rrgg; Jul 10, 2018 at 9:12 pm
Jul 11, 2018, 2:22 pm
#3446
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: IAD/DCA
Posts: 31,797
points only transfer after statement closing date..
which again raises question re amex transferring to spg account, if combining does spg account get replaced by marriott account, what happens with amex
i guess i could be forgetting if amex allows you to plug in account number online like airline transfers
which again raises question re amex transferring to spg account, if combining does spg account get replaced by marriott account, what happens with amex
i guess i could be forgetting if amex allows you to plug in account number online like airline transfers
Jul 15, 2018, 8:32 am
#3447
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 151
What do folks think the sign up bonus will be for the luxury SPG AMEX?
Jul 15, 2018, 8:47 am
#3448
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Boston, MA
Programs: SPG Plat, PC Plat, AA ExPlat, LT Gold
Posts: 1,899
Jul 20, 2018, 8:52 am
#3449
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: CHS
Programs: DL Diamond, WN A-List, Marriott Platinum Elite, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 685
Got a targeted (and sort of lame, compared to retention offers) bonus emailed to me this week. Up to $250 credit for dropping $20k on Amex by 8/15.
Terms are as follows:
We have an exclusive offer for you. Earn twice and receive up to a $250 statement credit.
HERE’S HOW:
1.Register your Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express by May 31, 2018.
2.Make $10,000 in eligible purchases using your Card by August 10, 2018.
3.Earn your $125 statement credit.
Terms are as follows:
We have an exclusive offer for you. Earn twice and receive up to a $250 statement credit.
HERE’S HOW:
1.Register your Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express by May 31, 2018.
2.Make $10,000 in eligible purchases using your Card by August 10, 2018.
3.Earn your $125 statement credit.
Jul 25, 2018, 3:49 pm
#3450
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: LAX
Programs: UA Gold/1MM, AA EXP, Marriott Plat
Posts: 963
My Renewal Date was 07/19. Anyone have any luck getting AMEX to give either some bonus points or something for those of us who were on the cusp right before the August transition?