How many Starpoints do you have? (merged)
Jul 25, 2007, 12:06 pm
#16
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Toronto (YYZ)
Posts: 6,279
I have enough to stay where I want when I want 
Jul 25, 2007, 12:10 pm
#17
Join Date: Apr 2004
Programs: Marriott LT Titanium, AA 1MM, UA 1MM
Posts: 369
About 100K, maybe a few more. This seems like a healthy balance.
Almost all of mine is from the Amex or from various bonus opportunities. I've probably actually stayed about 10 nights this year. (For one thing, Starwood has fairly lousy options in some of the places I travel.)
Almost all of mine is from the Amex or from various bonus opportunities. I've probably actually stayed about 10 nights this year. (For one thing, Starwood has fairly lousy options in some of the places I travel.)
Jul 25, 2007, 12:11 pm
#18
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sacramento
Programs: UA 2MM/GS; SPG Lifetime Plat; MHC Lifetime; Tar Heel forever; and I "Dig the Pig" at Piggly Wiggly
Posts: 12,152
248,000 in SPG, 1.3M in Mileage Plus....and wish I had even more.
Jul 25, 2007, 12:16 pm
#19
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: MA.
Posts: 96
A lowly 28K, but I'm working on it.
Jul 25, 2007, 12:20 pm
#20
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: UA UGS, SPG Plat.
Posts: 69
400K after burning 34 room nights at a category 5
Jul 25, 2007, 12:26 pm
#21
In memoriam
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Seattle WA
Programs: Kimpton IC, Hyatt Diamond, Gold Marriott, Lifetime Platinum Starwood
Posts: 8,665
Guys:
First of all, I'm astounded by the number of points some folks have - just amazing!
Secondly, just a friendly piece of advice. . .if you start getting PMd by folks on the board to "trade" your *wood points since you have xxx number as posted in this thread please do not be surprised and/or ask the moderators to do anything about a person private messaging you mentioning this(unless it's an outright violation of the FT TOS).
This is a very public forum and folks who do not have access to coupon connection try to find "run arounds" for accomplishing trades. This is NOT intended to say that anybody here is doing that; I'm going by previous experiences where we have received PMs from members saying that they had been approached and wondered what to do.
Again, just a reminder - what you post is seen by loads of people
ldsant
*wood Moderator
First of all, I'm astounded by the number of points some folks have - just amazing!
Secondly, just a friendly piece of advice. . .if you start getting PMd by folks on the board to "trade" your *wood points since you have xxx number as posted in this thread please do not be surprised and/or ask the moderators to do anything about a person private messaging you mentioning this(unless it's an outright violation of the FT TOS).
This is a very public forum and folks who do not have access to coupon connection try to find "run arounds" for accomplishing trades. This is NOT intended to say that anybody here is doing that; I'm going by previous experiences where we have received PMs from members saying that they had been approached and wondered what to do.
Again, just a reminder - what you post is seen by loads of people
ldsant
*wood Moderator
Jul 25, 2007, 12:27 pm
#22
In memoriam
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Seattle WA
Programs: Kimpton IC, Hyatt Diamond, Gold Marriott, Lifetime Platinum Starwood
Posts: 8,665
Jul 25, 2007, 2:01 pm
#23
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Houston
Programs: Hilton Diamond, Southwest A List, United Silver, Jumeirah One Silver, Marriott Silver
Posts: 388
Have about 40K, redeemed 135K points last year on trips to Australia, Amsterdam, and Athens. 90% of the points come from SPG Amex.
Jul 25, 2007, 3:19 pm
#24
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: GRB, MKE, ATW
Programs: DL DM & MM, Hilton Diamond, IC Plt Amb , Marriott LTP, Hertz President's Circle
Posts: 572
I can just imagine what you will be doing when you retire!!
136k and counting here.
Jul 25, 2007, 4:15 pm
#25
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: HY
Programs: AA-EXP (3.3MM), AAirpass, SQ-PPS Solitaire, DL-PM (.777MM), SPG-Plat, HH-D
Posts: 2,307
Jul 25, 2007, 4:26 pm
#26
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: south of WAS DC
Posts: 10,131
have a lot. generated on credit card buying stuff for a business. note, no status anywhere no more. like spg points because they do not expire and can be moved to a lot of places.
my wife and I have lost close to 1,000,000 miles because of the time/expire limits on miles when travel destinations get changed.
have lost a similar amount on point depreciation. remember when 5 days at the danieli was 40,000 points? not that long ago.
what good is a million airline miles when you cannot get a seat on the plane for miles. let alone try to get into biz class.
my wife and I have lost close to 1,000,000 miles because of the time/expire limits on miles when travel destinations get changed.
have lost a similar amount on point depreciation. remember when 5 days at the danieli was 40,000 points? not that long ago.
what good is a million airline miles when you cannot get a seat on the plane for miles. let alone try to get into biz class.
Jul 25, 2007, 4:50 pm
#27
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: MCO-The Mouse House
Programs: AA EXPlt, SPG Plt, Nat EE
Posts: 1,542
Only 70K now that I've redemed 12 nights in Polynesia. Just got a *wood CC the other day. Spend about $200K a year (using it for business travel) should give me enough points for one night after the next category increase
Jul 25, 2007, 6:34 pm
#28
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: SFO
Programs: AS MVP, Hilton Diamond, Marriot LTG
Posts: 614
~294,000
i need more!
i need more!
Jul 25, 2007, 6:52 pm
#29
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: A festering pit; a pustule of a fistula set athwart the miasmic swamps of the armpit of the Gulf of Mexico - a Godforsaken wart upon a dark crevasse of the World. (IAH)
Programs: UA Lifetime Gold, BA Silver, Marriott Lifetime Plat, Hilton Gold, Accor Gold
Posts: 31,403
Only a measly 112,000 (all earned in the past year, though). Am hoarding, hoarding, hoarding for a honeymoon in 2009.
Jul 25, 2007, 7:21 pm
#30
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Home
Posts: 1,910
I currently have about 80k but I use them just about as fast as I earn them.
SPG has really devalued the points over the 6 years I have been earning them. I am just glad my wife and my family has had the time to use them up over the past years. Too bad we cant go back to the days of Traveling on the Concorde, staying at 5* hotels for a small number of points!
My first stay at the St. Regis NY was for 5000 points a night.