This past weekend marked the official integration of the Marriott, Ritz-Carlton and Starwood Preferred Guest hotel loyalty programs. While integrated, the three programs will still run under separate names until the new year when a unified program name and name for the currency will be revealed. So right now, the currency is being simply referred […]
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Amex Membership Rewards to the new Marriott Rewards/Starwood Preferred Guest program conversion rate is here!
A question that has been asked by many and to which I have not had the answer to is ‘What will the Membership Rewards conversion rate be to the new Marriott/SPG program”! Many American Express cardholders (primarily Cobalt and Gold Rewards Card) have been wondering this and now we have the answer: We now know […]
July 6 Update: Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card will get Elite Night Credits, 30K mbna Alaska card offer is not limited time and 15 new retailers added to AIR MILES Shops
American Express has sent out letters to those who have the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card outlining the details of the changes to the card that are coming on August 4th. We provided this information in our post “New earn rates and benefits revealed for the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express” but […]
June 30 Update: Stash Hotel Rewards returns to Canada, more confirmed Cobalt 5x Multiplier merchants, 15% off Air Canada Rouge Flights
Stash Hotel Rewards, the U.S. based boutique hotel loyalty program that we have covered here on Rewards Canada for a half dozen years or so have made a push into British Columbia! When they first launched they had one or two hotels in the Vancouver region but lost those early on. Now they have added […]
New earn rates and benefits revealed for the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express
For sometime now we’ve known what the earn rates and benefits will be on current and new U.S. issued Marriott and Starwood credit cards from Chase and American Express respectively. Here in Canada we have not, we have only been able to speculate on what changes will happen to the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card […]
June 26 Update: What happens to Marriott Free Night Certificates come August, lower sign up bonus on no fee SimplyCash and Amex Business Gold Rewards no longer 1st year free
As of today the sign up bonus for the no fee SimplyCash Card from American Express has been lowered. The new rate is 2.5% on purchases in the first three months (up to $150). This is down from 5% with a maximum of $250 cash back however you are not limited to grocery, gas or […]
Transferring Starpoints between Starwood Preferred Guest accounts with the same residential address
Earlier this week I posted a step by step guide to redeeming points from the American Express Cobalt Card (or any Membership Rewards card for that matter) to Starwood Preferred Guest. This is all in anticipation that the conversion ratio will be changing when SPG and Marriott Rewards become one program in August. In that […]