I missed this announcement during the summer and I was excited to see it today. The Beaver Creek Lodge in Beaver Creek, CO has joined Marriott’s Autograph Collection. This means that there is even another property at a Colorado ski resort that can be booked using Marriott/SPG points. The resort is an all-suite hotel, every room […]
Category: Starwood News
The Marriott Site Is Now Allowing You To Combine Your Points From SPG-I Just Did
With the official merge of the programs on August 18th, much of the Marriott site has been limited over the past few days. Prior to August 18th, you would have had a balance of SPG points and another balance of Marriott Rewards points. As of today, you can combine these points online which will yield […]
Have Fun Playing With The New Marriott/Ritz/SPG Award Chart…I Did!
As we know, in August, Marriott, Ritz and SPG will be combined into one program and there will be a single points currency. Also in August, SPG members will see their point balances triple. Want to know what that new points balance can get you? Here is the award chart which takes effect in August. […]
How The American Express SPG Business Card Is Changing In August
We recently learned that SPG, Marriott and Ritz are becoming one unified loyalty program. With this development comes changes to some of the cards that currently exist. Let’s take a look what changes are in store for the American Express Starwood Preferred Guest Business Card. Card Rewards-Instead of Starpoints, you will earn “points” with the card […]
How The American Express SPG Card Is Changing In August
We recently learned that SPG, Marriott and Ritz are becoming one unified loyalty program. With this development comes changes to some of the cards that currently exist. Let’s take a look what changes are in store for the American Express Starwood Preferred Guest Card. Card Rewards-Instead of Starpoints, you will earn “points” with the card as […]
A New Unified Loyalty Program For Marriott, Ritz and Starwood…It Seems Really Good For Us!
There was big news today with respect to the loyalty programs of Marriott Rewards, Ritz Carlton Rewards and Starwood. The main piece being that Marriott will introduce one set of unified benefits across all three loyalty programs in August of this year. Some highlights of the changes coming are as follows… 1. Members will be able […]
SPG Has Announced Their 2018 Category Changes-Will This Affect You?
On March 6, 2018, the Starwood Preferred Guest annual category changes will take effect. The breakdown is that 276 properties are being affected.-9% are moving down one category and 8% are moving up one category. Will this affect that redemption that you have had your eye on? If it will […]
The Fate Of Your American Express Starwood Cards
For all of you out there (Including myself) who, due to the merger, were concerned as to the fate of your American Express Starwood Preferred Guest cards, fear no more! Yesterday, Marriott announced that Chase AND American Express will remain credit-card issuers for the new ultimate combined loyalty program. Marriott signed co-brand credit card agreements […]
Uber and SPG Are Breaking Up
Since 2015, SPG has been a partner of Uber and you have been able to earn Starpoints for rides with Uber. In an email yesterday from SPG, I learned that the partnership will not be renewed for 2018 and will officially end on December 17, 2017. […]
I Transferred Some SPG Points To My Marriott Rewards Account And It Was Fast And Easy
Remember, if you link your SPG and Marriott Rewards accounts you can transfer between the two programs. I linked my SPG account and my Marriott Rewards account awhile ago. I just recently did my first transfer between my two accounts. Recall that the points transfer at a three-to-one ratio if you are are transferring from […]