Earlier this year we wrote a post on Why you should still consider getting the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express. In that post we showed how you can get huge returns of 8 to 16% on your card and how to utilize the 20,000 Starpoints sign up bonus.
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| An example of an 8%+ return for your points |
Well the card just got even better for a limited time as the sign up bonus moves to 25,000 Starpoints as of today! I don’t think there is a need to rewrite the whole ‘Why you should’ post, rather please click the link above for more details on why this card is so awesome and then take advantage of this increased sign up bonus. Even if you don’t use the Starpoints for hotel stays but rather convert to one of SPG’s 30+ airline partners will this sign up bonus be more lucrative. You are now looking at 30,000 miles in most of SPG’s airline partners like Aeroplan, Alaska Airlines and more. (25,000 SPG points converts to 30,000 miles thanks to the 5,000 extra miles they kick in when you convert 20,000 points at a time).
Great news is that yesterday Aeroplan launched their latest hotel conversion bonus offer. Right now you can get 35% bonus Aeroplan miles when you convert hotel points into Aeroplan. So if you take the 25,000 Starpoints you get with the sign up, throw in the 5,000 SPG gives you for converting and Aeroplan’s 35% bonus you actually end up with 40,500 Aeroplan Miles! Now time is limited and if you wait to apply there is a good chance the sign up bonus points on the SPG Amex won’t post in time for this Aeroplan bonus. Ideally you’ll want to apply today and make sure you reach that $1,500 in spending in the first cycle of having the card. Still no guarantees that you’ll make it in time though but you can give it a try and at the very least you still have the 25,000 Starpoints.
This offer runs from July 18 to October 18 so take advantage of it now before you forget and give yourself more time to enjoy those points! Also I don’t agree with many who think this card is ending in November. What is ending in November is simply the bonus Starpoints for stays at Starwood and Marriott Hotels. The card itself will continue well into 2018 as the latest news on the new program from Marriott won’t see it released until late 2018 or even 2019 now.
Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express
• New Starwood Preferred Guest®* Credit Card from American Express Cardmembers, earn 25,000 bonus Starpoints®* after you charge $1,500 in purchases to your Card in your first three months of Cardmembership. Offer ends on October 18th, 2017.
• Annual Fee: $120 Annual Fee (Supplementary Cards: $50 annual fee, waived for the first year)
• Earn 1 Starpoint for every $1 in purchases charged to the Card
• Enjoy a Free Weekend Night Award when you reach $40,000 in purchases each year
• Experience Starwood Gold Preferred Guest status when you reach $30,000 in purchases each year
• Redeem Starpoints for Free Nights with no blackout dates at
over 1,200 of the world’s most desired hotels in nearly 100 countries
• Use Starpoints for flights on over 150 airlines with no blackout dates with SPG Flights
• Experience once-in-a-lifetime events with SPG Moments
• American Express Invites™ opens the door to great music,
theatre, dining, film, fashion and shopping experiences. Be among the
first to know, and among the first to go!
• Add a Supplementary Card and the first year’s annual fee is on us. That’s a value of $50.
· You can use Apple Pay on your eligible device to pay for
goods and services at participating American Express contactless
merchants
• Annual interest rate 19.99% on purchases and 21.99% on funds advances
• American Express is not responsible for maintaining or
monitoring the accuracy of information on this website. For full details
and current product information click the Apply now link.
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