Starwood Amex Ups The Ante!

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If you’ll recall I blogged last month about the Starwood Amex, giving it an overall thumbs-up, but it ultimately lost points due to the low signup bonus, and the fact that the signup bonus can only be earned once.

Amex has relaunched the Starwood card to now give 10,000 points upon signup.
Starwood points are by far the most valuable points/miles currency there is.
Free nights in a hotel start at just 2,000 points, and if you’d rather have miles they transfer 1 point per mile, plus 5,000 bonus miles for each 20,000 points redeemed! (20,000 SPG points=25,000 miles on most airlines)

Starwood hotels include the Westin And Sheraton chains, amongst many others…

Best of all?
Amex has launched a business Starwood Amex, so that you can get both 10,000 points signup bonuses, good for up to 10 hotel nights, or 25,000 miles on the airline of your choice!

Both cards are free for 1 year, but are just $30/year after that, making them far cheaper than typical airline cards, and far more valuable(because you can transfer them into any airline program and becuase of the 5,000 mile bonus)

Starwood Amex Pros:
-Free SPG Preferred Plus Status: Getting you among other things, free space-available room upgrades, free transfers between household SPG accounts, a free newspaper, and 4pm checkouts as long as you have the card!
-Get 4 miles per dollar spent at Starwood hotels.
-Spend $30,000 in a year and get SPG Gold Status!
-Ability to move points into any airline miles at a 1:1 ratio.
-5,000 bonus miles when transferring 20,000 points.
–Redeem hotel nights for as little as 2,000 points, or 1,200 points and $25.
-Annual fee waived for 1 year

Starwood Amex Cons:
-Improved signup bonus is still not quite what you can get from a good airline card.
-Annual fee of $30, although this actually quite low for the benefits given.
-Signup bonus can only be earned one time, if you cancel the consumer card and sign up for another consumer card you wont get the signup bonus again.

SPG Amex Ctowngrade: 4.5/5 Stars
Comment: One of the best long-term credit cards to use on the market today!

Starwood Consumer Amex Signup Linky

Starwood Business Amex Signup Linky