FAQ: How long does it take to transfer starpoints to AA?
Jul 1, 2013, 9:17 pm
#181
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
DATA POINT:
Requested a transfer last Wednesday morning. Miles appeared in AA account Sunday morning.
Requested a transfer last Wednesday morning. Miles appeared in AA account Sunday morning.
Aug 4, 2013, 11:15 am
#182
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Orange County, CA
Programs: AA, BA, SPG Gold
Posts: 665
I just had to transfer a bunch of Starwood points in AA in several batches for a couple of RT tickets to Europe. Here is the time of each transaction and deposit.
7/29/2013 @ 8:51 am (Monday) - requested 40K (+10K) SPG transfer to AA
7/30/2013 @ 9:16 am (Tuesday) - requested 60K (+15K) SPG transfer to AA
7/31/2013 @ 7:45 am (Wednesday) – checked AA acct – 50K deposited
7/31/2013 @ 9:11 am (Wednesday) - requested 60K (+15K) SPG transfer to AA
8/01/2013 @ 11:01 am (Thursday) - requested 40K (+10K) SPG transfer to AA
8/04/2013 @ 9:00 am (Sunday) – checked AA acct – 200K deposited
Looks like points sweep into account early Wednesday and Sunday Mornings.
Hope this helps!
7/29/2013 @ 8:51 am (Monday) - requested 40K (+10K) SPG transfer to AA
7/30/2013 @ 9:16 am (Tuesday) - requested 60K (+15K) SPG transfer to AA
7/31/2013 @ 7:45 am (Wednesday) – checked AA acct – 50K deposited
7/31/2013 @ 9:11 am (Wednesday) - requested 60K (+15K) SPG transfer to AA
8/01/2013 @ 11:01 am (Thursday) - requested 40K (+10K) SPG transfer to AA
8/04/2013 @ 9:00 am (Sunday) – checked AA acct – 200K deposited
Looks like points sweep into account early Wednesday and Sunday Mornings.
Hope this helps!
Nov 20, 2013, 2:52 pm
#183
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 3
I transferred SPG to AA as such:
Sunday, Nov 17 at 5:48 PM PST -- 20k
Monday, Nov 18 at 8:49 PM PST -- 40k
So far (as of 1:30 PM PST on Wednesday, Nov 20), not in my AA account. Will update when they post.
--Fingers crossed they post before my award hold expires at 12:59 CET on Sunday.
UPDATE #1: 25k posted to my AA acct on Wed Nov 20 (sometime between 8 and 11 pm PST) ^
UPDATE #2: 50k posted to my AA acct on Thur Nov 21 (sometime before 7:30 am PST when I first checked) ^
3 days, not bad SPG/AA!!
Sunday, Nov 17 at 5:48 PM PST -- 20k
Monday, Nov 18 at 8:49 PM PST -- 40k
So far (as of 1:30 PM PST on Wednesday, Nov 20), not in my AA account. Will update when they post.
--Fingers crossed they post before my award hold expires at 12:59 CET on Sunday.
UPDATE #1: 25k posted to my AA acct on Wed Nov 20 (sometime between 8 and 11 pm PST) ^
UPDATE #2: 50k posted to my AA acct on Thur Nov 21 (sometime before 7:30 am PST when I first checked) ^
3 days, not bad SPG/AA!!
Last edited by Aaron G; Nov 21, 2013 at 2:40 pm
Dec 1, 2013, 6:41 am
#184
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: ORD
Programs: UA Silver, HH Gold, SPG Gold, Hyatt Plat...basically all the status you can get for free...
Posts: 66
data point
My experience may be unique given the Thanksgiving holiday. Nevertheless, I will pass along my experience. I initiated a transfer on Monday, Nov. 26. The points posted overnight and are now available on Sunday, Dec. 1. Just in time for my five-day hold on a FC award ticket from Sydney on Qantas. Lucky us!
Dec 8, 2013, 4:56 pm
#185
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 327
Does anyone know by what time the miles post to AA on Sunday? I requested transfer on Tuesday. My itinerary hold expires today at midnight and the miles have not yet posted.
Is there any number I can call to check status on AA side or SPG side?
Is there any number I can call to check status on AA side or SPG side?
Last edited by mshah; Dec 8, 2013 at 5:02 pm
Jan 2, 2014, 11:12 pm
#186
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Tyrone,EU
Programs: Avios Hunter
Posts: 2,812
Did a transfer 30th dec (mon), as of 5th of jan, nothing showing.
Possibly being slow due to time of year. I'll advise when they post
Possibly being slow due to time of year. I'll advise when they post
Jan 3, 2014, 11:46 am
#187
Join Date: May 1998
Posts: 3,062
I'm in the same boat as tangey. I need a total of 50k additional AA miles for an award that needs to be ticketed ASAP. I did two separate 20k (25k AA) transfers because I needed to wait for my Starwood Amex activity to post to my SPG account before I would have enough points for the second transfer. The Amex points posted to SPG on 12/30.
Transfer 1: Redeemed on 12/27, posted to AA on Monday, 12/30.
Transfer 2: Redeemed on 12/30, not yet posted.
I was hoping these would post Wednesday or Thursday based upon the experience of previous posters in this thread. Just hoping they didn't decide to simply skip the midweek posting altogether due to New Year's Day because my award reservation will expire again tomorrow night I'm and never sure if it will still be available to rebook. Flight is on 1/9 and the flights are half empty, but it is still getting a bit nerve wracking!
Edit: Hey look it's my 3000th post! Only took me 15 years.
Transfer 1: Redeemed on 12/27, posted to AA on Monday, 12/30.
Transfer 2: Redeemed on 12/30, not yet posted.
I was hoping these would post Wednesday or Thursday based upon the experience of previous posters in this thread. Just hoping they didn't decide to simply skip the midweek posting altogether due to New Year's Day because my award reservation will expire again tomorrow night I'm and never sure if it will still be available to rebook. Flight is on 1/9 and the flights are half empty, but it is still getting a bit nerve wracking!
Edit: Hey look it's my 3000th post! Only took me 15 years.
Jan 4, 2014, 9:13 am
#188
Join Date: May 1998
Posts: 3,062
Still not posted. Guess they did simply skip the midweek posting entirely this week. Will need to cancel and rebook the award reservation tonight and hope the seats are returned to the award bucket or my plans will need to be reworked.
Jan 6, 2014, 8:23 am
#189
Join Date: May 1998
Posts: 3,062
I'm starting to get a little worried about this now that it has been a full week and still no miles have posted from the 12/30 transfer. I know they allow themselves more time to do these transfer than one week, but it typically only takes a few days.
AA extended the hold on my award reservations, but the first flight is in 3 days. If I use miles from my sister's account to ticket the award, AA Gold benefits will not apply and there will be about $200 in extra fees.
Has anyone had any success tracking down their transfers before waiting for the full 14 days?
Tangey, have your miles posted?
AA extended the hold on my award reservations, but the first flight is in 3 days. If I use miles from my sister's account to ticket the award, AA Gold benefits will not apply and there will be about $200 in extra fees.
Has anyone had any success tracking down their transfers before waiting for the full 14 days?
Tangey, have your miles posted?
Jan 6, 2014, 10:57 pm
#190
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 72
I'm in the same boat. I initiated my transfer on 12/28, but still haven't seen anything in my account.
I'm starting to get a little worried about this now that it has been a full week and still no miles have posted from the 12/30 transfer. I know they allow themselves more time to do these transfer than one week, but it typically only takes a few days.
AA extended the hold on my award reservations, but the first flight is in 3 days. If I use miles from my sister's account to ticket the award, AA Gold benefits will not apply and there will be about $200 in extra fees.
Has anyone had any success tracking down their transfers before waiting for the full 14 days?
Tangey, have your miles posted?
AA extended the hold on my award reservations, but the first flight is in 3 days. If I use miles from my sister's account to ticket the award, AA Gold benefits will not apply and there will be about $200 in extra fees.
Has anyone had any success tracking down their transfers before waiting for the full 14 days?
Tangey, have your miles posted?
Feb 2, 2014, 12:35 am
#191
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: PDX
Programs: United, SPG, Hyatt
Posts: 167
Feb 13, 2014, 9:53 am
#192
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: DFW Metroplex
Posts: 29
Data Point: I transferred around 11pm Tuesday night and had them in my AA account on Thursday (though I didn't check on Wed).
Feb 19, 2014, 8:45 pm
#193
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Join Date: Mar 2000
Posts: 17,424
There's an AA award I'd like to book. I just transferred the necessary SPG points to AA. If I go on the website to book, I'd get a 3 day hold, right? That seems too risky. I assume it's not possible to extend that deadline with AA if the points don't post in time? I'm looking to book a partner flight.
EDIT: From what I'm reading, it looks like I'd get to hold an aa.com award rez for 5 days. That seems fairly safe, as long as the SPG transfer gods are smiling on me.
EDIT 2: Well, my Wednesday night EDT transfer posted by Friday morning EDT. I didn't look yesterday. That's pretty reasonable, especially since they give a 5-day award hold.
Last edited by iahphx; Feb 21, 2014 at 8:22 am Reason: more
Apr 1, 2014, 8:52 pm
#194
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: NYC
Programs: AA 2MM, Bonvoy LTT, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 14,639
Initiated transfer Monday 1030AM Eastern. Miles in AA account by Tuesday evening.
May 1, 2014, 12:13 pm
#195
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: DCA
Programs: SPG, HHonors
Posts: 242
This is really surprising!
I had to make two one-way bookings: one on UA and one on AA. Transferred Chase UR Points over to UA account and refreshed my in-process UA booking and they were there. Took maybe 10 seconds. To be fair, I've done this numerous times transferring UR points to UA or WN and it usually takes 10 minutes, not 10 seconds, so it was faster than usual this time.
This is the first time I've transferred SPG points to an airline as I prefer to save them for hotel awards, but it's an emergency and I need to make a booking. So I initiated the transfer of 20,000 points from SPG to AA. A little over an hour later as I'm constantly refreshing the AA screen, still nothing. I call SPG they told me 7-10 business days!! Holy cow! Meaning it could be the week after next before the points arrive from SPG! Because of the tight timeline, now I have to book with cash that I don't have and will have 25,000 AA points in my account that I don't really plan on using (I would 1,000% rather have 20,000 SPG points than 25,000 AA points).
The phone rep was nice and I checked SPG's AA page and it does state 7-10 business days, so it's indeed on me for using SPG instead of figuring out a way to do it with Chase, but dang! The discrepancy in transfer times between UR and SPG is enormous. Quite surprised as I've been satisfied with SPG in all other respects.
Just thought I would vent.
I had to make two one-way bookings: one on UA and one on AA. Transferred Chase UR Points over to UA account and refreshed my in-process UA booking and they were there. Took maybe 10 seconds. To be fair, I've done this numerous times transferring UR points to UA or WN and it usually takes 10 minutes, not 10 seconds, so it was faster than usual this time.
This is the first time I've transferred SPG points to an airline as I prefer to save them for hotel awards, but it's an emergency and I need to make a booking. So I initiated the transfer of 20,000 points from SPG to AA. A little over an hour later as I'm constantly refreshing the AA screen, still nothing. I call SPG they told me 7-10 business days!! Holy cow! Meaning it could be the week after next before the points arrive from SPG! Because of the tight timeline, now I have to book with cash that I don't have and will have 25,000 AA points in my account that I don't really plan on using (I would 1,000% rather have 20,000 SPG points than 25,000 AA points).
The phone rep was nice and I checked SPG's AA page and it does state 7-10 business days, so it's indeed on me for using SPG instead of figuring out a way to do it with Chase, but dang! The discrepancy in transfer times between UR and SPG is enormous. Quite surprised as I've been satisfied with SPG in all other respects.
Just thought I would vent.