sikorloa

Can we still transfer SPG points to AMEX MR points?

And still get the 1:3 transfer rate from SPG to MR?

mahasamatman

SPG points no longer exist.

margarita girl

Are you sure about that? I know you can transfer Amex to SPG. Never heard of the other way around.

Paulchili

Since the merge and change in website layout I am having trouble finding where they list the annual free nights for either SPG or Marriott credit cards.
Help please!

margarita girl

Click on OVERVIEW, scroll down and should be listed there.

Paulchili

Thank you but if you mean PROGRAM OVERVIEW there is nothing there about annual CC free nights.

margarita girl

In my case, I click on my name in upper right corner, then click on OVERVIEW. Under OVERVIEW, the following are listed:

• Platinum Premier Elite
• Lifetime Silver
• Next Trip …
• Rewards Certificates

If Rewards Certs is not listed, then there are none in your account.

beltway

Certs are much more visible (higher up) on the Activity page.

Paulchili

sdsearch

Yes they do. What doesn't exist any longer is SPG Starpoints.

SPG points are the same as Marriott points now, but if you haven't combined (merged) accounts, then you may have some points under your Starwood login and some points under your Marriott login.

mahasamatman

So when you deposit money into two different bank accounts, you consider the types of dollars to be different?

There are no SPG points. There are only Marriott points. Where the points exist does not change their properties.

dsquared37

There is no SPG, only Zuul.

sdsearch

If I wasn't able to transfer money between the two banks, and each bank placed different restrictions on what I could do with the money there, then yes, I would consider them to be different in usability, even if they're not different in underlying currency.
You're missing the "point". It's not the value of the currency which is different. It's that you have them in separate accounts, with no current ability to move them between the two accounts. So what else is someone supposed to call the points "stuck" in their SPG account other than SPG points (when they have other points "stuck" in the Marriott account that they call Marriott points)?

And in case you haven't noticed, they haven't given the new hotel program a new name yet, so it's called both Marriott Rewards and SPG (and Ritz-Carlton Rewards maybe?), depending on what account number you log in with. If they still call them by two separate names depending on what account number you log in with, why can't the points be called by two separate names depending on what account number you log in with???

In other words, for someone who has no yet combined (merged) accounts, "SPG points" is simply shorthand for "new program points in my SPG account", and "Marriott points" is simply shorthand for "new program points in my Marriott account".

And yes, it does change their properties if you're talking about legacy Marriott lifetime elite status. In the case, only legacy Marriott lifetime points count, not any SPG points (lifetime or current). Doesn't that make legacy Marriott points have different properties than legacy SPG points???

mahasamatman

When did the remove that option? If it is truly gone, I can see your point in making a distinction. But I never heard that they took it away.

xzh445

OK...so....She's a dog.