Best Offer Ever! 35,000 Starwood Points With AMEX Starwood Cards (Limited Time)

Huge news! Until March 30, 2016, you’ll earn 35,000 Starwood points on both the Starwood Preferred Guest American Express personal and small business cards after completing the minimum spending requirements.

This is the biggest bonus there’s EVER been for these cards!

35,000 Starwood points is enough for an award night at the most luxurious Starwood hotels, like The St. Regis Princeville Resort in Hawaii. Rooms there can easily cost ~$600 to ~$800 per night!

Where Will You Go With 35,000 Starwood Points? It’s Enough for a Night at the Best Starwood Hotels in the World, Like The St. Regis Princeville Resort!

And there are lots of other excellent ways to use Starwood points.

I’ll explain if you should consider this offer!

What’s the Deal?

Link: Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express

Link: Starwood Preferred Guest® Business Credit Card from American Express

Link: How to Fill Out an American Express Business Card Application

Link: How to Use Starwood Points

In summers past, the bonus on the AMEX Starwood personal and small business cards has been as high as 30,000 Starwood points. That’s 5,000 points more than the usual offer for 25,000 Starwood points.

10,000 Extra Starwood Points Gets You 2 Weekday Nights at Category 2 Starwood Hotels, Like the Four Points by Sheraton Barcelona Diagonal

I explained why 5,000 extra Starwood points is a big deal. So 10,000 extra Starwood points is even better!

In fact, it’s more than enough for 2 weekday nights or 3 weekend nights at Starwood Category 2 hotels, like the Four Points by Sheraton Barcelona Diagonal.

Apply before March 30, 2016, to earn the increased bonus on both cards. You’ll get:

35,000 Starwood points after you spend $3,000 on purchases in the 1st 3 months of opening your account (personal card), OR
35,000 Starwood points after you spend $5,000 on purchases in the 1st 3 months of opening your account (small business card)
2 points per $1 you spend at Starwood hotels (includes Aloft, Design Hotels, Element, Four Points, Le Meridien, Sheraton, St Regis, The Luxury Collection, Tribute Portfolio, Westin and W brand hotels)
1 Starwood point per $1 you spend on everything else
Unlimited use of Boingo Wi-Fi hotspots (excluding in-flight)
For small business cardholders, access to Sheraton Club lounges (free breakfast and hors d’oeuvres) for cardholder and 1 guest staying in the same room (3rd-party bookings are excluded).
2 stay credits or 5 night credits toward Starwood Elite Status
$95 annual fee, waived for the 1st year
No foreign transaction fees
Terms & limitations apply

Note: American Express only allows folks to get the sign-up bonus ONCE per person, per lifetime on ALL their cards.

What Can You Do With Starwood Points?

Here’s my series on the best ways to use Starwood points!

Take the Kids to the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel With Starwood Points. You Might Run Into Mickey and the Gang!

Starwood points are very valuable because they’re hard to earn apart from staying at Starwood hotels. And there are lots of great ways to redeem them, including:

Award stays at amazing hotels all over the world
Inexpensive hotel stays using the Cash + Points benefit
Many airline transfer partners like American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, British Airways, Emirates, and more
The 5th night free perk at Starwood Category 3 to 7 hotels
5 nights and 2 airline tickets to Disney World

And if you transfer them to partner airlines, you’ll get a 5,000 mile bonus for every 20,000 points you transfer.

That makes the Starwood small business card worth 50,000 airline miles!

Because with the Starwood small business card, when you meet the minimum spending requirement of $5,000, you’ll earn at least 5,000 Starwood points. That’s in addition to the 35,000 Starwood point sign-up bonus. Then you can turn your 40,000 Starwood points into 50,000 airline miles! (20,000 Starwood points yields 25,000 airline miles X 2)

Of course, you can do this with the personal Starwood card too! Spend $5,000 on the card and the math is the same.

Who Should Sign-Up for This Offer?

If you’ve never received the sign-up bonus on this card, now is an excellent time to apply! That’s because the bonus likely won’t ever be higher than this.

And it’s uncertain if AMEX will continue to issue this card after Starwood’s merger with Marriott.

We don’t yet know what will happen to your Starwood points after the merger is done. So if you want to get a terrific sign-up bonus to lock-in some future Big Travel, I highly recommend this offer to get 35,000 Starwood points!

Bottom Line

Through March 30, 2016 (just a few weeks!), you can earn 35,000 Starwood points on both the AMEX personal and small business cards when you sign-up and meet the minimum spending requirements.

I’ve never seen the bonus this high. And it’s likely the last time it will ever be this much. So if you’ve never had either card, right now is a fantastic time to apply.

Will this new offer tempt you to get an AMEX Starwood card?

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