Considering just how many
airline rewards programs Starpoints will transfer into (and considering the bonus you get for every 20,000 Starpoints you convert) it's well worth making the effort to earn as many Starpoints as you can.
Not exact matches
If you prefer
airline rewards to free hotel stays, you can transfer your
Starpoints to several frequent flier
programs.
The
Starpoints earned through this card, the cornerstone of its
rewards program, can be used to book hotel rooms, as well as be turned into
airline miles.
Given that
Starpoints are worth on average 2.4 cents per point, you should transfer points to an
airline loyalty
program only if you're able to use the resulting
rewards for better value.
The
Starpoints earned through this card, the cornerstone of its
rewards program, can be used to book hotel rooms, as well as be turned into
airline miles.
Starpoints (SPG's
rewards program) also allows you to redeem points for
airline tickets as well as free hotel stays.
While the IHG ®
Rewards Club Traveler Credit Card's points are really only good when used for hotel nights, the
Starpoints that the Starwood Preferred Guest ® Credit Card from American Express earns can be transferred 1:1 with a number of leading
airline loyalty
programs including British Airways, Alaska
Airlines and Delta Air Lines.
Given that
Starpoints are worth on average 2.4 cents per point, you should transfer points to an
airline loyalty
program only if you're able to use the resulting
rewards for better value.
It is our favorite travel
rewards program (perhaps rivaled only by
Starpoints / SPG depending on which
airlines you fly).
It is our favorite travel
rewards program (perhaps rivaled only by
Starpoints / SPG depending on which
airlines you fly).
JAL Mileage bank offers some fantastic award redemption opportunities that other
airlines»
rewards programs do not (I discussed one such example here) but there are only very limited opportunities to earn JAL Miles if you're based outside of Japan — Starwood's
Starpoints come in very useful here.
There are 16
airline loyalty /
rewards programs into which you can transfer
Starpoints but which do not accept transfers from any of the other major transferable currencies:
The reason why I like
Starpoints quite as much as I do is because they're so incredibly versatile — they can be transferred into to just about every major
airline rewards program out there (35 in total) and, in most cases, they transfer over at a ratio of 1
Starpoint to 1
airline mile.
There can be value to be had in buying
Starpoints to transfer over to an an
airline's
rewards program but you still need to be very careful:
This might be the easiest option as Singapore
Airlines is a transfer partner of all four transferable points
programs including American Express Membership
Rewards, Chase Ultimate
Rewards, Citi ThankYou Points, and SPG
Starpoints.
There are others who use
Starpoints as a key component in their travel
rewards strategy, buying or earning thousands, consolidating them in one account, and then transferring them to any of a couple dozen
airline loyalty
programs as needed to book a flight.
Given that
Starpoints are worth on average 2.4 cents per point, you should transfer points to an
airline loyalty
program only if you're able to use the resulting
rewards for better value.
Starpoints ® can be transferred to more than 30 frequent flyer
programs for
reward tickets on more than 150
airlines.
Except for a Delta
Airline Direct Deposit (ADD) Participant to whom the obligations apply, a Crossover
Rewards Participant who has Medallion Status in the SkyMiles
Program will earn one mile in the SkyMiles
Program for every one U.S. dollar or its foreign equivalent denomination spent on Eligible Rates during Eligible Stays at SPG Participating Hotels in addition to earning
Starpoints in accordance with the SPG
Program Terms.
If you prefer
airline rewards to free hotel stays, you can transfer your
Starpoints to several frequent flier
programs.