Jun 12, 2014, 11:11 am
Last edit by: CodeAdam10
For discussion of the now expired offer for a 35K signup bonus, see Amex SPG 35,000 business and personal cards-2016 [No referral offers in this thread.]
USA-issued card benefits changed on August 11, 2015. (Announcement & extended discussion at American Express and Starwood enhance cobrand credit card benefits.) The benefits are slightly different for personal and business cards:
Public Links:
- The Annual Fee is $450.
- Earn 6x at Marriott properties; 3x on restaurants and airfare; 2x on all other purchases.
- Enjoy up to $300 in statement credits each year of Card Membership for eligible purchases at participating Marriott Bonvoy hotels
- FREE NIGHT AWARD: Receive 1 Free Night Award every year after your Card account anniversary. Award can be used for one night (redemption level at or under 50,000 Marriott Bonvoy points) at a participating hotel.
- COMPLIMENTARY GOLD ELITE STATUS: Enjoy complimentary Marriott Bonvoy Gold Elite status with your Card. Earn Marriott Bonvoy Platinum Elite status after making $75,000 in eligible purchases on your Card in a calendar year.
- Other Highlighted Benefits: Priority Pass Select Membership, Global Entry credit, No Foreign Transaction fees.
- $125 Annual Fee (If application received before 03/28/19, $0 intro annual fee for the first year, then $95)
- Earn 6x at Marriott properties; 4x at U.S. restaurants, at U.S. gas stations, on wireless telephone services & on U.S. purchases for shipping; 2x on all other purchases.
- Free Night Award: Receive 1 Free Night Award every year after your Card account anniversary. Award can be used for one night (redemption level at or under 35,000 Marriott Bonvoy points) at a participating hotel.
- Complimentary Silver Elite Status
- No Foreign Transaction Fees
Other related discussion:
USA-issued card benefits changed on August 11, 2015. (Announcement & extended discussion at American Express and Starwood enhance cobrand credit card benefits.) The benefits are slightly different for personal and business cards:
Public Links:
- Personal [Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant American Express Card]: https://www.americanexpress.com/us/credit-cards/card/marriott-bonvoy-brilliant
- The Annual Fee is $450.
- Earn 6x at Marriott properties; 3x on restaurants and airfare; 2x on all other purchases.
- Enjoy up to $300 in statement credits each year of Card Membership for eligible purchases at participating Marriott Bonvoy hotels
- FREE NIGHT AWARD: Receive 1 Free Night Award every year after your Card account anniversary. Award can be used for one night (redemption level at or under 50,000 Marriott Bonvoy points) at a participating hotel.
- COMPLIMENTARY GOLD ELITE STATUS: Enjoy complimentary Marriott Bonvoy Gold Elite status with your Card. Earn Marriott Bonvoy Platinum Elite status after making $75,000 in eligible purchases on your Card in a calendar year.
- Other Highlighted Benefits: Priority Pass Select Membership, Global Entry credit, No Foreign Transaction fees.
- Business [Marriott Bonvoy Business Card]: https://www.americanexpress.com/us/c...s-credit-card/
- $125 Annual Fee (If application received before 03/28/19, $0 intro annual fee for the first year, then $95)
- Earn 6x at Marriott properties; 4x at U.S. restaurants, at U.S. gas stations, on wireless telephone services & on U.S. purchases for shipping; 2x on all other purchases.
- Free Night Award: Receive 1 Free Night Award every year after your Card account anniversary. Award can be used for one night (redemption level at or under 35,000 Marriott Bonvoy points) at a participating hotel.
- Complimentary Silver Elite Status
- No Foreign Transaction Fees
- Discussion of Amex "one bonus per lifetime" policy (personal & business cards)
- Annual fee retention bonus for Starwood Amex Card
- American Express and Starwood enhance cobrand credit card benefits
- How to keep SPG points from expiring after 12 months of account inactivity
- New Card Art for the US Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express
SPG American Express [Master Thread]
Jun 28, 2012, 6:07 am
#1651
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: On strike
Posts: 8,135
I've had this happen on a few occasions & seen it attested by others on FT. Unless you have an immediate need for the points, I'd sit tight for now. If the points still haven't posted 15 days after statement close, you should squawk.
Jul 2, 2012, 2:07 pm
#1652
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: ATL
Programs: Delta-DM, SPG-Plat100, Marriott-Plat
Posts: 71
Need a referral !!! Can someone PM me plz?
Jul 2, 2012, 2:09 pm
#1653
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: On strike
Posts: 8,135
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Jul 2, 2012, 2:29 pm
#1654
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: ATL
Programs: Delta-DM, SPG-Plat100, Marriott-Plat
Posts: 71
Jul 2, 2012, 2:36 pm
#1655
Join Date: Jan 2012
Programs: AA Platinum, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 174
Jul 4, 2012, 4:19 pm
#1656
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: NYC
Programs: DL Platinum, SPG Gold, Marriott Gold, Hilton Gold
Posts: 110
I searched this thread but am still a little unclear on the following: if signing up for the card (personal) through an existing cardholder, does the new cardholder receive any additional benefits, or does the referral bonus only impact the refer-er?
Jul 4, 2012, 5:46 pm
#1657
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: AL
Programs: All of the Above
Posts: 1,374
The new cardholder gets the exact same bennies they would've gotten, it just throws a bone at the refer-er as a referral bonus.
Jul 4, 2012, 6:23 pm
#1658
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: On strike
Posts: 8,135
That's not always true; in some cases, the referred offers are less beneficial to the applicant than other offers for which no referral is available. An honest referrer will disclose that fact.
Jul 6, 2012, 10:27 am
#1659
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 118
see the 25k offer ends 7/8. was hoping they would go to 30k next like last year. anybody got any info?
want to get a card, but wanted to wait for the 30k offer to come back.
want to get a card, but wanted to wait for the 30k offer to come back.
Jul 6, 2012, 11:37 am
#1660
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Upper Sternistan
Posts: 10,037
I think one of the bloggers (FTG?) hinted that Amex said they were planning something. It was fairly vague and veiled, but it struck me as an implication that an SPG Amex deal was coming.
Jul 6, 2012, 11:58 am
#1661
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: DFW
Programs: AA, WN, SPG, HGP, FPC
Posts: 113
Jul 6, 2012, 1:13 pm
#1662
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: On strike
Posts: 8,135
IIRC, it has been right around this time the last two years that Amex has rolled out a 30K offer for the SPG cards.
Jul 9, 2012, 12:23 am
#1664
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: USA
Programs: SPG Gold, Hyatt Plat, IHG Plat, Hilton Gold, Sixt Plat, Avis Prez Club, Hertz Prez Circ, Nat'l EE
Posts: 58
Any news?
To those with SPG accounts, are you getting new referral links now that the 7/8 end date has passed? Otherwise, I'll plan to sign up using https://www262.americanexpress.com/a...o?param=param1
Jul 9, 2012, 4:33 am
#1665
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: On strike
Posts: 8,135
To those with SPG accounts, are you getting new referral links now that the 7/8 end date has passed? Otherwise, I'll plan to sign up using https://www262.americanexpress.com/a...o?param=param1