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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]
Nov 23, 2006, 6:17 am
#31
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: BOS, MHT
Programs: AA ltg, B6, DL, UA, AS, SPG/Marriott Plt, HH, Hyatt
Posts: 10,052
Originally Posted by diapickle
you need to put www.americanexpress.com/spgfriends
ty
and of course it worked! (didnt see where they ask for WHO referred you tho in the online app, but at least now they added the bal transfer thing, which was not there before)
Nov 23, 2006, 6:28 am
#32
Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 130
Originally Posted by diapickle
you need to put www.americanexpress.com/spgfriends
www.americanexpress.com/spgfriend
Nov 23, 2006, 6:49 am
#33
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: DCA
Programs: AMC MovieWatcher, Giant BonusCard, Petco PALS Card, Silver Diner Blue Plate Club
Posts: 22,297
Seems fairly specific to Starwood Preferred Guest, so I'll move it to the SPG forum.
Regards,
Gary
aka gleff
MilesBuzz moderator
Regards,
Gary
aka gleff
MilesBuzz moderator
Nov 23, 2006, 10:55 am
#34
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: PHX
Programs: A few
Posts: 245
Two cardmember point acrual...
If you and your wife both apply and carry your own SPG Amex, can they both acrue points deposited to the same account (let's say yours), or do they acrue to separate accounts and being at the same address, you just transfer them accordingly?
Cheers,
Adrian
Cheers,
Adrian
Originally Posted by palex
Nov 23, 2006, 10:55 am
#35
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Naples, Florida
Posts: 7,419
Originally Posted by cali99boy
i also got the postcard in the mail. I wonder if its targeted 
And yes, there is a typo on the card the correct link is
www.americanexpress.com/spgfriend
..no "s" on the end, as pointed out by palex
Nov 23, 2006, 11:20 am
#36
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: California
Programs: NWA, AA, UAL, Starwood, Marriott
Posts: 154
Thanks for the link. I don't get it yet can you help me? I went to the link but there is no place to enter the referal code that I was given. Does anyone know how I will get credit for the referal?
Josh
Josh
Nov 23, 2006, 11:41 am
#37
Community Director Emerita
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Anywhere warm
Posts: 33,739
Originally Posted by AdrianVanzulli
If you and your wife both apply and carry your own SPG Amex, can they both acrue points deposited to the same account (let's say yours), or do they acrue to separate accounts and being at the same address, you just transfer them accordingly?
Nov 23, 2006, 12:49 pm
#38
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: (not Montana. Nor is my name really Helena, nor am I female)
Programs: Delta, USAirways, Starwood, Priority Club, Marriott, Amex
Posts: 2,557
William, can you confirm for us whether this offer is targeted or not? I have a few people I'd like to refer, but I don't know whether I'm not targeted or if I just haven't received the mailing yet (I usually get mailed offers a week or more after they're first mentioned on flyertalk).
Nov 23, 2006, 1:06 pm
#39
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Boston, MA
Programs: AA Lifetime Platinum (3MM), QF Lifetime Gold, Bonvoy Lifetime Platinum, Ex-Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 7,541
Originally Posted by zlc
Just got this in the mail today, not sure whether its targeted or not.
"Refer up to 4 friends to apply for the SPG Amex card, for each successful referral, you get 5000 SPG points, the friend gets 10,000 points after first purchase, no fee first year, offer expires 1/22/2007"
Seems like much better than the 6,000 first use offer out there.
Anyone else received this?
"Refer up to 4 friends to apply for the SPG Amex card, for each successful referral, you get 5000 SPG points, the friend gets 10,000 points after first purchase, no fee first year, offer expires 1/22/2007"
Seems like much better than the 6,000 first use offer out there.
Anyone else received this?
Nov 23, 2006, 1:25 pm
#40
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: LGA/JFK/EWR
Programs: UA Silver, AA 0.7MM
Posts: 291
Where do you enter the info of the person that referred you? I don't see it on the application form.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Nov 23, 2006, 1:46 pm
#41
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Naples, Florida
Posts: 7,419
Originally Posted by sithjedi333
Where do you enter the info of the person that referred you? I don't see it on the application form.
Thanks.
Thanks.
When you are invited, you got a card with four cards attached to give to your friend, family ... Each card has the "UNIQUE ID = XXXXXXXXXX" printed printed on it.
When you go to the website it says
Unique ID: Please enter the 10- digit Unique ID found on the front of your postcard
I guess, that answers also Helena Handbaskets' question - NO card - No Unique ID - No Starpoints
This Unique ID: will tell Starwood who is the Card member who referred!
Nov 24, 2006, 2:00 pm
#42
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: DC
Programs: AA, UA, HHonors Gold, SPG Gold
Posts: 159
i received a similar postcard this week with the same criteria to be met to refer 4 persons, but it was for Hilton HHonors 20k points
Nov 24, 2006, 3:17 pm
#43
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: PHX
Programs: A few
Posts: 245
Thanks SD, that's what I thought. Not a big prob, hopefully I just get the letter now so I can move forward with it. 
Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
The latter. Fortunately, Starwood makes it easy to move points from one account to another when you have the same physical address.
Nov 24, 2006, 5:28 pm
#44
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 6,359
Originally Posted by ashcroftj1
i received a similar postcard this week with the same criteria to be met to refer 4 persons, but it was for Hilton HHonors 20k points
Nov 25, 2006, 10:40 am
#45
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Austin
Programs: AA P4L, WN, BA, DL, UA, HHonors, IHG
Posts: 3,485
The cards for my daughter and me arrived in the mail today...we each have separate *wood Amex accounts. I wonder if she can refer me and vice-versa.
An excellent feature of this offer that bears repeating, is that there is no fee for the first year ($30 per year after that).
An excellent feature of this offer that bears repeating, is that there is no fee for the first year ($30 per year after that).
Last edited by Middle_Seat; Nov 25, 2006 at 10:52 am