FAQ: How long does it take to transfer starpoints to AA?
Oct 11, 2006, 9:27 pm
#16
Join Date: Jun 2005
Programs: UA GS, *G, Bonvoy Titanium, HH Diamond, Platinum on Blockbuster and GameStop, several libraries
Posts: 700
Thanks Sanders,
The person is actually my room mate, will this be allowed then?
Thomas
The person is actually my room mate, will this be allowed then?
Thomas
Oct 12, 2006, 8:05 am
#17
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Bangkok, Thailand. No longer Palm Coast, FL though still exiled, again, from the Bay Area.
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Posts: 5,153
Yes, you need to have the same addresses to transfer. I transferred 20k to my son so he could put 25k AA in his account for an award and it only took 3 business days for the AA miles to post.
Oct 12, 2006, 9:20 am
#18
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: DFW (Highland Village)
Programs: AA Lifetime GLD, SPG Lifetime GLD
Posts: 384
Originally Posted by lessthanzero
Anyone know how long this takes (beyond the 2-4 weeks listed on website)?
Last edited by Illini_Fan; Oct 12, 2006 at 9:23 am Reason: clarified business days vs calendar days
Oct 12, 2006, 9:21 am
#19
Company Representative - Starwood
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Austin, Texas
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Posts: 31,593
Originally Posted by lessthanzero
Thanks Sanders,
The person is actually my room mate, will this be allowed then?
Thomas
The person is actually my room mate, will this be allowed then?
Thomas
Sincerely,
William R. Sanders
Customer Service Coordinator
Starwood Preferred Services
[email protected]
Oct 12, 2006, 9:53 pm
#20
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Toronto (YYZ)
Posts: 6,279
Does anyone recall any bonus promos when you transfer to AA? Just wondering if I should hold off as I'm in no rush.
Oct 13, 2006, 8:59 am
#21
Company Representative - Starwood
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Austin, Texas
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Posts: 31,593
Originally Posted by imverge
Does anyone recall any bonus promos when you transfer to AA? Just wondering if I should hold off as I'm in no rush.
Sincerely,
William R. Sanders
Customer Service Coordinator
Starwood Preferred Services
[email protected]
Oct 13, 2006, 3:40 pm
#22
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Toronto (YYZ)
Posts: 6,279
Originally Posted by Starwood Lurker
Yes, if you transfer as many as 20,000 Starpoints at one time, we add 5,000 to the transaction to make it 25,000 airline frequent flyer miles.
Sincerely,
William R. Sanders
Customer Service Coordinator
Starwood Preferred Services
[email protected]
Sincerely,
William R. Sanders
Customer Service Coordinator
Starwood Preferred Services
[email protected]
Thanks for the reply William... I was inquiring about special bonuses beyond that. I thought I had heard about it happening before and if so what was the additional % bonus?
Thanks.
Oct 14, 2006, 10:51 am
#23
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Tampa, FL
Programs: US Air Chairman's Preffered/Hertz President's Circle
Posts: 91
Hello All!!!!
If I transfer 100K Points from American Express to my Starwood Preferred Guest account and then transfer those same 100K Points in multiples of 20K points to American Airlines does that mean that Starwood Preferred Guest would give me an extra 5K Miles foe each time I did it in multiples of 20K??? Making a total amount of mileage to American Airlines 125K Miles???
Would this also be the same on USAirways?
If I transfer 100K Points from American Express to my Starwood Preferred Guest account and then transfer those same 100K Points in multiples of 20K points to American Airlines does that mean that Starwood Preferred Guest would give me an extra 5K Miles foe each time I did it in multiples of 20K??? Making a total amount of mileage to American Airlines 125K Miles???
Would this also be the same on USAirways?
Oct 14, 2006, 12:17 pm
#24
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: SF Eastbay
Programs: AA Plt-Lite 2MM,HH Gld, MR Plat
Posts: 613
Originally Posted by vmrfsps
Hello All!!!!
If I transfer 100K Points from American Express to my Starwood Preferred Guest account and then transfer those same 100K Points in multiples of 20K points to American Airlines does that mean that Starwood Preferred Guest would give me an extra 5K Miles foe each time I did it in multiples of 20K??? Making a total amount of mileage to American Airlines 125K Miles???
Would this also be the same on USAirways?
If I transfer 100K Points from American Express to my Starwood Preferred Guest account and then transfer those same 100K Points in multiples of 20K points to American Airlines does that mean that Starwood Preferred Guest would give me an extra 5K Miles foe each time I did it in multiples of 20K??? Making a total amount of mileage to American Airlines 125K Miles???
Would this also be the same on USAirways?
Oct 14, 2006, 12:38 pm
#25
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: DFW (Highland Village)
Programs: AA Lifetime GLD, SPG Lifetime GLD
Posts: 384
IME Starwood will provide the bonus on any transfer over the 20,000. I wanted approximately 35,000 miles to complete a OW award ticket, so I transfered 30,000 SPG points to AA and figured I get a 5,000 bonus plus the original transfer. I actually received 37,500 miles which means SPG gave me the 25% bonus on all miles transfered. From reading SPG T&Cs I didn't realize that would happen.
Last edited by Illini_Fan; Oct 14, 2006 at 12:40 pm Reason: corrected typos
Oct 14, 2006, 3:48 pm
#26
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Northwest NJ
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Would that I could transfer my MR points to Starwood and get a 1:1 transfer!. It's usually 1:3 altho there are occasionally 1:2 specials. So using your math, 100,000 MR points would net you 33,000 Starwood points, which would then get you about 41,000 AA points - or one-third of what you were hoping for. 
Oct 14, 2006, 9:39 pm
#27
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Tampa, FL
Programs: US Air Chairman's Preffered/Hertz President's Circle
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Originally Posted by stevens397
Would that I could transfer my MR points to Starwood and get a 1:1 transfer!. It's usually 1:3 altho there are occasionally 1:2 specials. So using your math, 100,000 MR points would net you 33,000 Starwood points, which would then get you about 41,000 AA points - or one-third of what you were hoping for.
Oct 16, 2006, 11:31 am
#28
Company Representative - Starwood
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Austin, Texas
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Posts: 31,593
Originally Posted by vmrfsps
I thought that with the Rewards Plus Gold Card it was a 1:1 transfer?! Who would I need to call to confirm this? I would hate to transfer 100K from Amex for only 33K SPG points.
Sincerely,
William R. Sanders
Customer Service Coordinator
Starwood Preferred Services
[email protected]
Oct 18, 2006, 5:59 am
#29
Join Date: Jun 2005
Programs: UA GS, *G, Bonvoy Titanium, HH Diamond, Platinum on Blockbuster and GameStop, several libraries
Posts: 700
Lurker,
thanks for being so helpful to everybody here (myself included). How would I go about transferring points to my room mate? Do I just call the general number or can it be done via the website?
thanks for being so helpful to everybody here (myself included). How would I go about transferring points to my room mate? Do I just call the general number or can it be done via the website?
Oct 18, 2006, 9:57 am
#30
Company Representative - Starwood
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Austin, Texas
Programs: Marriott Employee Level
Posts: 31,593
Originally Posted by lessthanzero
Lurker,
thanks for being so helpful to everybody here (myself included). How would I go about transferring points to my room mate? Do I just call the general number or can it be done via the website?
thanks for being so helpful to everybody here (myself included). How would I go about transferring points to my room mate? Do I just call the general number or can it be done via the website?
Sincerely,
William R. Sanders
Customer Service Coordinator
Starwood Preferred Services
[email protected]