In 2018 the programs will combine and form a new program, but in the meantime you can link your SPG and Marriott accounts together and then
transfer points freely back and forth in order to take advantage of the best that both programs have to offer.
This is when the EveryDay card would work nicely, as it's the only no - annual - fee card from the Membership Rewards family that allows you to
transfer the points freely.
Not exact matches
At this
point the moisture can
transfer freely to the stitching and then outer fabric.
So while your
points in each program remain separate and distinct, you can
transfer them
freely between the two so long as both accounts are at least three months old.
The Starwood card is almost the same as the Marriott card when it comes to redemptions, considering that the
points can be
transferred freely between the two programs.
The Starwood card is almost the same as the Marriott card when it comes to redemptions, considering that the
points can be
transferred freely between the two programs.
For the time being, their
points can also be
transferred freely between the two programs (and statuses are matched as well), but the long - term plan for the combined chain's loyalty program has yet to be announced.
Remember that you can
freely transfer Marriott
points to SPG, so this also equals 25,000 Starpoints (equivalent to the current SPG Amex signup bonus).
The transaction can be a
points transfer from Amex Membership Rewards or you could credit a short - segment oneWorld flight to Iberia Plus just to get the account «active» — they you can
transfer your Avios between accounts
freely.
You can
freely transfer points between SPG and Marriott at a ratio of 1 SPG
point to 3 Marriott
points
Now that
points can be moved
freely between the loyalty systems its is possible to, essentially,
transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards
points to SPG (
transfer to Marriott at a 1:1 ratio and then to SPG at a 3:1 ratio)-- not a great use of Chase UR
points in my opinion but it could be useful to anyone with a larger UR balance than they know what to do with.
However, if you did this twice and paid $ 1,470 for SPG 60,000
points (you'd need two SPG accounts with the same address to
freely transfer the
points), you would net 75,000 Velocity miles.
Also,
points can be
freely transferred between all of your Ultimate Rewards cards, so if you plan to close an account, you can simply
transfer those
points to another card.
Remember, the 1,500 Marriott
points can be
freely transferred to your SPG account as 500 SPG
points.
Now, all you casino high rollers can
freely transfer your Caesar's Total Rewards
points to Wyndham — but only up to 30,000
points a year.
But until recently no one ever had issues with
transferring points to accounts in different names, and many did so pretty
freely.