http://www.thedaysoff.com/2010/07/05/starwood-american-express-30000-points-ends-july6/ Travel Guides, Travel Deals, and Coupons Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:54:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thedaysoff.com/2010/07/05/starwood-american-express-30000-points-ends-july6/#comment-869 admin Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:10:13 +0000 http://www.thedaysoff.com/?p=171#comment-869 Just a follow up to the post, I just got my 30,000 SPG posted to my account. It takes a few business days to process after the statement date. They are in two amounts: 10,000 SPG AX NEW MBR BONUS and 20,000 SPG AX NEW MBR SPEND BONUS-CSR Just a follow up to the post, I just got my 30,000 SPG posted to my account. It takes a few business days to process after the statement date. They are in two amounts: 10,000 SPG AX NEW MBR BONUS and 20,000 SPG AX NEW MBR SPEND BONUS-CSR

]]> http://www.thedaysoff.com/2010/07/05/starwood-american-express-30000-points-ends-july6/#comment-865 Cara Thron Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:29:20 +0000 http://www.thedaysoff.com/?p=171#comment-865 thanks for the tip - planning to call tomorrow thanks for the tip – planning to call tomorrow

]]> http://www.thedaysoff.com/2010/07/05/starwood-american-express-30000-points-ends-july6/#comment-859 admin Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:37:43 +0000 http://www.thedaysoff.com/?p=171#comment-859 They recently increased the annual fee to $65. You can talk with the retention department to see if they will waive a portion of the fee or something. I've been doing some research and it looks like the true value of this card is with the transfer to airline mileage. For instance, if you transfer 20k points, you get a bonus of 5k airline miles. Roughly 1.25 airline miles per point. Your mileage will go farther if you go to either Asia or Europe with airline mileage. They recently increased the annual fee to $65. You can talk with the retention department to see if they will waive a portion of the fee or something. I’ve been doing some research and it looks like the true value of this card is with the transfer to airline mileage. For instance, if you transfer 20k points, you get a bonus of 5k airline miles. Roughly 1.25 airline miles per point. Your mileage will go farther if you go to either Asia or Europe with airline mileage.

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