AA 35% bonus for points conversion from hotels
Jun 14, 2010, 7:44 pm
#31
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Jun 14, 2010, 7:46 pm
#32
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Would appreciate thoughts on this.....
To buy 20,000 SPG points costs $700.
So, 20,000 SPG points converts to 25,000 AA miles.
Adding the 35% premium adds 8,750
Putting the charge on SPG Amex adds 875 miles (converted later),
For a total of 34,625 AA miles,
At a price of $700, or 2.02 cents per mile.
Did I get that right? Anyone think that's worth doing?
To buy 20,000 SPG points costs $700.
So, 20,000 SPG points converts to 25,000 AA miles.
Adding the 35% premium adds 8,750
Putting the charge on SPG Amex adds 875 miles (converted later),
For a total of 34,625 AA miles,
At a price of $700, or 2.02 cents per mile.
Did I get that right? Anyone think that's worth doing?
Jun 14, 2010, 7:47 pm
#33
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I got the SPG deal in that set, and I was satisfied, so I didn't dig for more. My mistake.
But I never moved the SPG point over to AA, waiting for a deal like this. So I did something right.
Jun 14, 2010, 7:55 pm
#34
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Jun 14, 2010, 7:59 pm
#35
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It's really up to 79,999, but with the 25K for 20K, it's wise to limit yourself to 60K per transfer.
Full info on the limit is here:
https://www.starwoodhotels.com/prefe...tner_list.html
Full info on the limit is here:
https://www.starwoodhotels.com/prefe...tner_list.html
Jun 14, 2010, 8:05 pm
#36
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SPG adds the 25% bonus before they transfer to AA, correct? Thus he'd be tranfering 25,000 to AA and would qualify for 35% (right?)
Jun 14, 2010, 8:34 pm
#38
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If it's all in one transfer, I think it would be 35% on all of it:
That doesn't seem to suggest that it works in the tiered way, for one transfer.
To earn the 35% conversion bonus, member must convert points from eligible AAdvantage program hotel participants that equate to 20,001 or more AAdvantage miles within the Promotion Period.
Jun 14, 2010, 8:47 pm
#39
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Thanks for pointing this out. That was my first reaction, too. I was wondering if I should pay next year's MVCI maintenance fee now and get the points for a travel package redemption. With this exclusion, I don't have to consider it anymore. I have literally decided to give up achieving LT status and just convert my points into Alaska in the future, which gives me better redemption rate on CX's J and F.
Jun 14, 2010, 10:11 pm
#40
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Conversions for hotel and air packages from eligible AAdvantage hotel participants are excluded from this offer.
You reach this from http://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/pa...n.jsp?from=Nav
Then click on the terms and conditions link
Jun 15, 2010, 11:12 am
#41
Join Date: Oct 2007
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makes no sense for Marriott transfer
if i transfer 30k Marriott points i only get 10k aa points... throw in a few more with the 35% but still a loss.
Last edited by shadabing; Jun 15, 2010 at 11:20 am
Jun 15, 2010, 11:58 am
#43
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Jun 15, 2010, 2:19 pm
#44
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Any suggestions?
Jun 15, 2010, 2:40 pm
#45
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Short of buying points (or having them transferred to your account by a person authorized to do so; that is someone with the same address), I think acquiring SPG points in within the time frame needed for this promo is tough. Very little transfers into SPG in a way worth doing. If there's another way to get SPG into the account quickly, I'm anxiously watching this thread.