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 Marriott to Starwood and a one-to-three ratio if you are going from Starwood to Marriott. I did the latter and transferred 50,000 SPG points from my Starwood Preferred Guest account into my Marriott Rewards account. I yielded 150,000 Marriott Rewards. The transfer was immediate and was quite simple to do. If you haven’t linked your accounts yet, you can do so here.
I now have enough points to fulfill at least one of our reservations for this Christmas in Paris. Recall I booked us two rooms for 5 nights at the Renaissance Paris Vendome Hotel. Each room requires 180,000 for the 5 nights (45,000 per night) and the fifth night is free. Now I just need to build up another 180,000 Marriott Rewards for the other room. I am confident that I will! Don’t forget, I have my mother helping me…