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1. Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest members will be able to link their accounts from both programs at members.marriott.com. Marriott has begun activating the site, and it should be live within a few hours.
2. Members will receive a status match from the other program — if you’re a Marriott Platinum elite, for example, you’ll now be an SPG Platinum as well. Matches will take “a few hours” to complete. For SPG Platinum members, this means you’ll now be eligible for United Silver elite status, giving you access to free upgrades, Economy Plus seating, bonus miles, Premier Access, free checked bags and more.
Here’s the full breakdown of how the match breaks down, alongside the number of nights and stays (Starwood only) that are normally required to earn that status:
Starwood Status SPG Nights SPG Stays Marriott Status MR Nights MR Stays
Platinum 50 25 Platinum 75 N/A
Gold 25 10 Gold 50 N/A
Preferred Plus* N/A N/A Silver 10 N/A
Preferred 0 0 Member 0 N/A
*Note: Preferred Plus status is granted to Amex co-branded cardholders, individuals with a linked auto club membership and AARP members.
See this post for a full breakdown of Starwood Preferred Guest elite benefits, and this post for a detailed list of Marriott Rewards benefits.
3. Members can transfer points between both programs at a 1:3 ratio — each Starpoint will be equivalent to three Marriott points. That’s about as good as we could have hoped for, given that TPG values Starpoints at 2.5 cents and Marriott points at 0.7 cents each. In theory, you may be gaining value by moving Marriott points to Starwood and losing value by moving them in the other direction, but that’ll ultimately depend on your redemptions. We’ll be digging into how and when you’ll benefit by converting points in the days to come. Transferred points should appear within a few hours, and you can move points back and forth as many times as you’d like.
Note that you can not transfer points earned through the Marriott Vacation Club timeshare program — it’s not yet clear whether Starpoints earned through the Vistana program are eligible for transfers.
Read more: http://thepointsguy.com/2016/09/spg-marriott-rewards-status-match-points-transfer/#ixzz4L3IBuGY7
2. Members will receive a status match from the other program — if you’re a Marriott Platinum elite, for example, you’ll now be an SPG Platinum as well. Matches will take “a few hours” to complete. For SPG Platinum members, this means you’ll now be eligible for United Silver elite status, giving you access to free upgrades, Economy Plus seating, bonus miles, Premier Access, free checked bags and more.
Here’s the full breakdown of how the match breaks down, alongside the number of nights and stays (Starwood only) that are normally required to earn that status:
Starwood Status SPG Nights SPG Stays Marriott Status MR Nights MR Stays
Platinum 50 25 Platinum 75 N/A
Gold 25 10 Gold 50 N/A
Preferred Plus* N/A N/A Silver 10 N/A
Preferred 0 0 Member 0 N/A
*Note: Preferred Plus status is granted to Amex co-branded cardholders, individuals with a linked auto club membership and AARP members.
See this post for a full breakdown of Starwood Preferred Guest elite benefits, and this post for a detailed list of Marriott Rewards benefits.
3. Members can transfer points between both programs at a 1:3 ratio — each Starpoint will be equivalent to three Marriott points. That’s about as good as we could have hoped for, given that TPG values Starpoints at 2.5 cents and Marriott points at 0.7 cents each. In theory, you may be gaining value by moving Marriott points to Starwood and losing value by moving them in the other direction, but that’ll ultimately depend on your redemptions. We’ll be digging into how and when you’ll benefit by converting points in the days to come. Transferred points should appear within a few hours, and you can move points back and forth as many times as you’d like.
Note that you can not transfer points earned through the Marriott Vacation Club timeshare program — it’s not yet clear whether Starpoints earned through the Vistana program are eligible for transfers.
Read more: http://thepointsguy.com/2016/09/spg-marriott-rewards-status-match-points-transfer/#ixzz4L3IBuGY7
