It’s back! 20,000 SPG points (25,000 airline miles) with the SPG Amex

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• Britbronco says:

  2 Nov2 November 10:29

  Is there any restriction if you held the card in the past?

  • Alan says:

    2 Nov2 November 10:37

    IIRC you need to have closed the previous a/c more than six months ago. It’s certainly dropped off my list of cards now in my a/c and they let me re-apply

• marmaliser says:

  2 Nov2 November 13:52

  Thanks raffles, this is excellent, my plan is starting to come together

• Raffles says:

  2 Nov2 November 14:18

  Starwood itself does not run conversion bonuses into the airline schemes over and above the usual 20k SPG = 25k miles.

  However … once a year, BA normally a runs its own promotion offering you a 25% bonus when you convert hotel points into Avios. The last time it ran was April 18 to June 20 2012, when you got a 25% bonus on Hilton, Marriott, IHG, Rezidor, Starwood, Hyatt, Shangri-la and Accor transfers. It tends to come back once every 12-18 months. Under this promo, 20k SPG would be 31,250 Avios, ie the usual 20k SPG = 25k Avios + 25% bonus = 31,250 Avios.

  Bonuses from Amex Membership Rewards to Avios are harder to predict. Something seems to happen every 9-12 months or so, but recently Amex has been randomly targetting people to take part, so you can’t guarantee you can join in even if another one does come along.

• Jason Thorpe says:

  2 Nov2 November 19:03

  It says you’re not eligible for the sign-up bonus if you hold or have held an ‘avios enrolled amex card’ in the last six months. What counts as avios enrolled?

  • Alan says:

    2 Nov2 November 19:13

    That sounds suspiciously to me like someone at Amex has done some copying-and-pasting from BA Amex T&Cs… 😛 I think as long as you’ve not held the SPG card in the past six months you should be fine.

    • Raffles says:

      2 Nov2 November 20:06

      Agreed. The Amex website only says this in the ‘Important Information’ box where the rules are always listed:

      “1.You will receive 20,000 bonus Starpoints when you spend and charge £1,000 within the first three months of Cardmembership. Please note that it can take up to two months for bonus Starpoints to be awarded to your account. Please see complete information on complimentary nights by visiting spg.com.”

    • Jason Thorpe says:

      2 Nov2 November 20:58

      Makes sense. I thought it was a bit strange that they would mention adios specifically.

• Alan says:

  7 Nov7 November 16:33

  Not tracked here either – you can put a claim in after a few days but need your card number (I’m still waiting for my physical card to arrive)

• Raffles says:

  9 Nov9 November 09:25

  Yes, spotted that. I wrote a post but there is so much going on this week it keeps getting pushed back – I don’t want to exceed 3 posts a day!

  • Alan says:

    9 Nov9 November 09:55

    The more of your posts the better IMHO!

    • Raffles says:

      9 Nov9 November 11:00

      Reading on the blog it doesn’t really matter, I agree. More than 3 a day would be a bit spammy for email, RSS, Facebook and Twitter subscribers, though – especially email subscribers, as each post is sent separately.

      • Alan says:

        9 Nov9 November 11:01

        Ahh I read on RSS and it makes a nice change from all the US focused blogs that seem to churn out hundreds of posts!

        A.

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