The Marriott-SPG merger has been a hot topic the past few weeks. I was so caught up trying to book a room at the St. Regis Maldives for only 60,000 points per night that I completely overlooked a points saving opportunity for an existing reservation of mine. Earlier in the year, I booked three nights…
The new SPG Luxury credit card from American Express launched two days ago. I think it’s safe to say that the sign-up offer of 100,000 points after spending $5,000 in the first 3 months is a little underwhelming. Despite my disappointment with the offer and the $450 annual fee, I am now a proud(?) SPG…
As you probably know, you can move points between your Starwood Preferred Guest and Marriott Rewards accounts freely with each Starpoint equaling 3 Marriott points. Until recently, all of my transfers from SPG to Marriott appeared instantly. Today I transferred 40,000 Starpoints to Marriott. However, when I went to the Marriott website to complete my…
This past October, I took a weekend trip to New York City to visit some friends. I normally stay uptown at hotels like the JW Marriott Essex House. While it’s nice being near Central Park, most of my friends actually live downtown so it’s a bit of pain to head downtown to see them and…
This summer, I spent one night in Anchorage, Alaska after an amazing cruise of Alaska’s Inside Passage. We decided to spend the night and relax a little before flying out early the next morning. I decided on the Sheraton mainly because I get free lounge access as an Amex SPG Business credit cardholder. Here’s my…
This past March I was in Atlanta for a wedding. We booked our trip kind of late and missed out at the block of rooms at the W, so we found ourselves at the Aloft Atlanta Downtown. I’m still pretty new to Starwood’s portfolio but I’ve heard Aloft described as the W’s little sister hotel.…
Starpoints are one of the most valuable types of points for a few reasons. For example, since the merger with Marriott, you can transfer Starpoints to Marriott at a 1:3 ratio. However, the main reason Starpoints are so revered is their level of flexibility. You can transfer Starpoints to over 30 airlines at a 1:1 ratio…
The best sign-up bonuses on the Starwood Preferred Guest credit cards from American Express are back! Until April 5, 2017, you can earn 35,000 Starpoints after meeting the spending requirement. Here’s the lowdown on the offers: Personal Card: Earn 25,000 Starpoints after spending $3,000 in the first 3 months. Earn an additional 10,000 Starpoints after…
I recently wrote about a silly IT problem I encountered when trying to transfer points from my boyfriend’s Starwood Preferred Guest account to my own. It wasn’t a big deal and all I had to do was call and get them to do it manually. However, now I’m having another issue and I think the apostrophe…
I previously wrote about the benefits of transferring hotel points to another person’s account. Since I mainly manage my boyfriend’s award accounts, I like to keep all our points together when possible. We stayed at a Marriott in October for a wedding. I was under the impression that you couldn’t earn points on stays booked through…
