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Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express |
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Issued by American Express
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| Number of commentaries posted: |
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| Most recent commentary posted on: |
11/16/2006 |
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| "5 stars for starwood" |
| I love this card. By using the card to pay for Starwood hotel stays you earn a whopping 5 points!!!! One night at 100 dollars equals 500 points. Also with starwood you have the option of using cash and points to book your room. Once you get the card you are given 10,000 points with first purchase. (usually shows up within 5 weeks) So you have several ways to enjoy a good nights rest for less money. Purchase points showed up at the end of the billing cycle. My only complaint is the interest rate but if you pay all at the end of the month like the other amex cards its no problem. If you are a frequent traveler or just like hotel hopping, like myself, this is the card for you!!!! |
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| Most attractive feature: double points for starwood hotels and related businesses |
| Least attractive feature: interest rate |
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Posted by: monique |
Date: 11/16/2006 |
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This person does recommend this card.
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| "Starwood Rules" |
Starwood program is by far superior. The hotels are wonderful. The customer service at Starwood is great. I have never been so "into" the benefits of a card.
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| Most attractive feature: Staying at the hotels all over the world |
| Least attractive feature: You must pay bill on time interest is very high - do not carry a balance |
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Posted by: Stephania |
Date: 11/9/2006 |
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This person does recommend this card.
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| "Excellent Card" |
WOW! Where do I start.
My girlfriend and I took a vacation to Florida for 2 nights 3 days in Orlando, and 4 days 4 nights in Miami. I calculated the savings on hotels based on my everyday purchases to save up Starwood points and the % that the card paid back was about 4.6%. Incredible! Not only that, I had a limit of 5k initially that was auto-increased to 11K and now again increased to 16K with out any hard inquiries to my credit report!
I am extremely happy with this card. This card is certainly worth the $30 annual fee. |
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| Most attractive feature: % Back on Purchases. |
| Least attractive feature: None |
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Posted by: Oren |
Date: 4/9/2006 |
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This person does recommend this card.
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| "good card if you stay in starwood hotels" |
This seems to give a high return rate for the reward cards I've seen. You can stay for a night for about 3000 points -- which is 3000 dollars charged.
Some properties have a nightly charge (good, not rack rate) of $120-150 USD, so the return is over 5%.
The card sometimes has "bonuses" of 2x the number of points if you purchase a certain amount in a month -- this was a good deal when you could buy US Savings bonds on credit cards.
Starwood points are useful for the whol chain, with no blackouts. I'm very happy with how
both the American Express and starwood web sites work.
While the signup bonus is higher for many other hotel credit cards (you generally can get a free stay on holiday inn, marriott or hilton), the starwood card has higher rewards and a minimal annual fee (which pays if you use it -- I detest
annual fees but this is an exception). |
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| Most attractive feature: high rate of return |
| Least attractive feature: none |
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Posted by: marty |
Date: 9/7/2004 |
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This person does recommend this card.
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| "Flexible Card" |
| Overall this is a great combination: Starwood's Preferred Guest is a great hotel rewards program with flexibility in using points for hotel rewards or transfering to numerous airlines on a 1:1 basis. I've always been impressed with American Express' customer service. So, this card offers the combination of the two. The only downside of Preferred Guest is that Starwood doesn't have properties in as many locations as chains such as Hilton or Marriott. |
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| Most attractive feature: AMEX customer service is excellent, and ability to transfer tpoints to numerous airlines |
| Least attractive feature: Few additional perks. |
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Posted by: Philip |
Date: 6/20/2004 |
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This person does recommend this card.
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