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]
May 20, 2011, 9:22 am
#1216
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Upper Sternistan
Posts: 10,044
Nope - I sincerely wish I could do it again, or for my wife.
If I recall correctly, new cash or transferred securities worked like this:
$100K = 25K miles
$200K = 50K miles
$300K = 75K miles
All they have now is this:
http://www.tdameritrade.com/offer/transfernew.html
If I recall correctly, new cash or transferred securities worked like this:
$100K = 25K miles
$200K = 50K miles
$300K = 75K miles
All they have now is this:
http://www.tdameritrade.com/offer/transfernew.html
May 21, 2011, 1:22 pm
#1217
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,762
Courtesy of:
http://www.freefrequentflyermiles.com/index.htm
Here's the link:
http://www.tdameritrade.com/offer/pa.../starwood.html
That's the best TDAmeritrade deal.
http://www.freefrequentflyermiles.com/index.htm
Here's the link:
http://www.tdameritrade.com/offer/pa.../starwood.html
That's the best TDAmeritrade deal.
We have since moved most of our liquid funds out of Fido to elsewhere and only leave IRAs there as it is too much hassle to move IRA accounts.
May 23, 2011, 3:33 pm
#1218
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: JFK/LGA
Programs: AA EXP/5 MM, BA Blue Bayou, HH LT Diamond
Posts: 5,828
What's the current status with referral for the personal card? I am tired of accumulating HH points and in my next port of call the Westin looks like a better option. If I am going to start collecting spg then I might as well go all in. TIA
May 23, 2011, 3:41 pm
#1219
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Upper Sternistan
Posts: 10,044
If you need to get started, I can refer to personal and business!
May 24, 2011, 7:05 am
#1220
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 2
I have been using my SPG card for all of my monthly expenses and not been receiving points since January. I have even reserved and paid for a stay at an Aloft hotel and not received any points. Is there any way to have this issue cleared?
May 24, 2011, 7:19 am
#1221
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Upper Sternistan
Posts: 10,044
Does your Amex statement show the points?
May 24, 2011, 8:05 am
#1223
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Upper Sternistan
Posts: 10,044
May 25, 2011, 3:00 pm
#1224
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 10
does your status reset every year? Since the wording for Gold Status and Elite Status all say XX amount of days in a calendar year.
May 25, 2011, 3:13 pm
#1225
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]
May 25, 2011, 3:17 pm
#1226
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 10
Members who are Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express cardholders start out and are maintained at Preferred Plus, unless they earn Gold by credit card spending or by staying or go on to Platinum by staying.
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
[email protected]
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
[email protected]
Lets say I reach Gold or Plat status but then I can't travel for a year or 2. Does my status stay at what I reached? Or does it return to Preferred Plus?
Thanks
EDIT::: saw your reply in the other post. So it does have to re-activated every year. Thanks
May 25, 2011, 3:29 pm
#1227
Company Representative - Starwood
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Austin, Texas
Programs: Marriott Employee Level
Posts: 31,593
Yes, but you are soft-landed. If you reach Platinum and don't re-qualify, you would go down to Gold. Then, if you did not re-qualify for Gold, you would go down to Preferred Plus as long as you were an SPG AMEX cardholder.
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
[email protected]
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
[email protected]
May 26, 2011, 1:46 pm
#1228
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: AA Exec Plat, Marriott Titanium, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 140
Authorized User = Hard Pull?
I recently asked for an authorized user on my SPG Amex and I specifically asked if there would be a hard pull for either of us. I was told no. However, I checked my credit report a few days later and they pulled my report (and not my AU's). I called in and they said it was because there was a fraud alert on my credit report (true - I am an ID theft victim) and that they were authorized to make a hard pull even without my consent. This makes no sense and I told them that if they don't remove it I will never be an AmEx customer again. I'm awaiting their reply. Has anyone ever had this problem?
May 28, 2011, 6:49 am
#1229
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 recently asked for an authorized user on my SPG Amex and I specifically asked if there would be a hard pull for either of us. I was told no. However, I checked my credit report a few days later and they pulled my report (and not my AU's). I called in and they said it was because there was a fraud alert on my credit report (true - I am an ID theft victim) and that they were authorized to make a hard pull even without my consent. This makes no sense and I told them that if they don't remove it I will never be an AmEx customer again. I'm awaiting their reply. Has anyone ever had this problem?
May 28, 2011, 1:47 pm
#1230
Join Date: May 2009
Location: EUG
Programs: AS MVP, AA MM, HH Diamond, MR Gold
Posts: 8,220
I'm a little unclear as to the benefits of Preferred Plus. We recently stayed at the Westin Diplomat on Cash & Points, and when we checked in we were interested in upgrading to a balcony (you can only reserve a standard, non-balcony room with C&P). I asked if our card (Starwood Amex) entitled us to any upgrade, was told no, and she proceeded to sell us a balcony upgrade for $20 night.
Should our Starwood Amex have gotten us any sort of upgrade benefit since they obviously were available for purchase?
Should our Starwood Amex have gotten us any sort of upgrade benefit since they obviously were available for purchase?