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]
Jan 28, 2012, 9:43 am
#1531
Join Date: Jan 2012
Programs: SPG Gold
Posts: 36
Forgive me the question but I cannot figure this out from the FAQ sticky or even from combination of search terms: Platinum status can be achieved with 25 stays or 50 nights in a calendar year. How long does the status last once gotten? A year? The remainder of that calendar year?
Also, is there a thread discussing strategies to get Plat as cheaply and/or as quickly as possible? Thanks
Also, is there a thread discussing strategies to get Plat as cheaply and/or as quickly as possible? Thanks
Jan 28, 2012, 10:14 am
#1532
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: HH Diamond, Hyatt Globalist, Bonvoy Platinum
Posts: 1,028
You're doing the right thing pursuing them. They've got a long history of screwing up this promotion:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...us-points.html
I had the problem (as you can see in the thread) but they eventually did make good. A Social Media Inquiry was the key back then, but skim the thread for the details.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...us-points.html
I had the problem (as you can see in the thread) but they eventually did make good. A Social Media Inquiry was the key back then, but skim the thread for the details.
summary:
1. signed up for the correct promotion well before the expiration date
1a. earn the first spend bonus
2. am told 2 months after meeting required spend that i will get the second set of bonus
points within 12 weeks of spend as I am 100% correct about what i am owed
3. after 13+ weeks, no bonus
4. am told they will investigate
5. am then told I did not qualify for this promotion as I didn't apply before
promo expired
6. i mention i did qualify as promo expired 2 months after i applied
7. once again I am told no i didn't apply in time
8. then told supervisor will look at it and if they think i deserve the points i will
get them
9. points show up
what a waste of my time. why can't they get these SPG promos correct?
Jan 30, 2012, 11:33 am
#1533
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 117
I had an Amex SPG account before. Signed up Aug 2007 and closed it Aug 2008. I got a 15k bonus back then for it.
Just recently signed up for 25k bonus SPG card on 10/2011.
Never got 10k for 1st purchase bonus. I emailed them and never heard back. I finished the spending requirement ($5k in 6 months) and just got the 15k bonus for that....
So now I am torn. Do I press them about the 10k bonus with the risk that they claim I was never approved for bonus since I had the card in the past. Or do I just take the 15k bonus and move on.
Thoughts? I read that they claim 2 years since last account is what they consider NEW Member hence why I tried for this bonus again.
Just recently signed up for 25k bonus SPG card on 10/2011.
Never got 10k for 1st purchase bonus. I emailed them and never heard back. I finished the spending requirement ($5k in 6 months) and just got the 15k bonus for that....
So now I am torn. Do I press them about the 10k bonus with the risk that they claim I was never approved for bonus since I had the card in the past. Or do I just take the 15k bonus and move on.
Thoughts? I read that they claim 2 years since last account is what they consider NEW Member hence why I tried for this bonus again.
Jan 30, 2012, 11:36 am
#1534
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Upper Sternistan
Posts: 10,034
I had an Amex SPG account before. Signed up Aug 2007 and closed it Aug 2008. I got a 15k bonus back then for it.
Just recently signed up for 25k bonus SPG card on 10/2011.
Never got 10k for 1st purchase bonus. I emailed them and never heard back. I finished the spending requirement ($5k in 6 months) and just got the 15k bonus for that....
So now I am torn. Do I press them about the 10k bonus with the risk that they claim I was never approved for bonus since I had the card in the past. Or do I just take the 15k bonus and move on.
Thoughts? I read that they claim 2 years since last account is what they consider NEW Member hence why I tried for this bonus again.
Just recently signed up for 25k bonus SPG card on 10/2011.
Never got 10k for 1st purchase bonus. I emailed them and never heard back. I finished the spending requirement ($5k in 6 months) and just got the 15k bonus for that....
So now I am torn. Do I press them about the 10k bonus with the risk that they claim I was never approved for bonus since I had the card in the past. Or do I just take the 15k bonus and move on.
Thoughts? I read that they claim 2 years since last account is what they consider NEW Member hence why I tried for this bonus again.
Jan 31, 2012, 6:23 am
#1536
Join Date: Dec 2005
Programs: UA Gold, AA EXP, Starwood Gold
Posts: 255
I went through the same situation with them, I signed up using a referred link and met the $15k spending requirement and did not have my miles posted until about 10 calls including supervisors etc. After about 15 weeks my points were posted (15,000) bonus were posted as "Complimentary".
Feb 3, 2012, 11:07 am
#1537
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 59
Same with attaining Gold via the $30K spend on SPG Amex? Meaning am I better off waiting to April 1 to spend the last of the $30K to extend Gold for a year?
Feb 4, 2012, 11:31 am
#1539
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: san francisco.
Programs: Marriott Ti, OW Ruby
Posts: 1,852
I think that SPG Gold via 30K spend is for Jan 1st - Dec 31st spending.
So if I understand your question correctly, splitting it up from one year to April of the following year will not work.
So if I understand your question correctly, splitting it up from one year to April of the following year will not work.
Feb 5, 2012, 6:39 am
#1540
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 59
No - what I mean is staring in Jan of this year till sometime in the short future, I will put $30K on the card. I do not anticipate doing this next year. My question is, should I wait till a certain point this year (after Feb 29? after Mar 31?) to put the last of the $30K on the card to elongate the gold status? Or does it not matter?
Feb 5, 2012, 11:49 am
#1541
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: san francisco.
Programs: Marriott Ti, OW Ruby
Posts: 1,852
Oh I see now.
As far as I know, it won't effect the length of your gold status. If you spent 30k in a year, you'll be gold for the next membership year.
But... I could be wrong, or missing the finer " nuances" of the spg program being as it takes me all year to reach 30k of spending
As far as I know, it won't effect the length of your gold status. If you spent 30k in a year, you'll be gold for the next membership year.
But... I could be wrong, or missing the finer " nuances" of the spg program being as it takes me all year to reach 30k of spending
Feb 5, 2012, 1:15 pm
#1542
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 158
If I remember correctly you will go gold soon after you hit 30k in spend, and then remain gold for the remainder of the current year and the entire subsequent calendar year. So, in essence, if you were to spend 30K sooner, you would be gold longer.
This might not be exactly correct but if I remember correctly it is what happened to me.
This might not be exactly correct but if I remember correctly it is what happened to me.
Feb 5, 2012, 2:15 pm
#1543
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: NYC
Programs: AA LT PLT, SPG Gold
Posts: 2,564
If I remember correctly you will go gold soon after you hit 30k in spend, and then remain gold for the remainder of the current year and the entire subsequent calendar year. So, in essence, if you were to spend 30K sooner, you would be gold longer.
This might not be exactly correct but if I remember correctly it is what happened to me.
This might not be exactly correct but if I remember correctly it is what happened to me.
Feb 5, 2012, 3:45 pm
#1544
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 59
Oh I see now.
As far as I know, it won't effect the length of your gold status. If you spent 30k in a year, you'll be gold for the next membership year.
But... I could be wrong, or missing the finer " nuances" of the spg program being as it takes me all year to reach 30k of spending
As far as I know, it won't effect the length of your gold status. If you spent 30k in a year, you'll be gold for the next membership year.
But... I could be wrong, or missing the finer " nuances" of the spg program being as it takes me all year to reach 30k of spending
- well - like I said - I don't see doing it next yearthanks all