Using Starwood Points: Part 1 – Earning, Transferring, and Preventing Your Points From Expiring
Signing up for credit cards through partner links earns us a commission. Terms apply to the offers listed on this page. Here’s our full Advertising Policy.
Update: A credit card offer in this post may no longer be available, but check the Hot Deals for the latest offers! The once-a-year up to 30,000 point bonus on the Starwood personal and business cards are back! But the offer ends on June 30, 2014. So I’ve updated my earlier guide on earning and using Starwood points!
Using Starwood Points:
- Part 1: Earning, Transferring, and Preventing Your Points From Expiring
- Part 2: 11 Ways to Use Your Starwood Points
- Part 3: The 9 Best Airline Transfer Partners
- Part 4: The Best Kept Secret of Nights & Flights
- Part 5: Starwood Elite Status
- Part 6: Regular Starwood Hotel Redemptions
- Part 7: Using Points for Upgrades
Earning, Transferring, and Preventing Your Points From Expiring
There aren’t that many ways to earn Starwood hotel points (compared to, say, Hyatt), but the main way is through credit cards. You can also transfer Starwood points between accounts for free as long as you stay at the same address.
Click on the updated “Earning, Transferring, and Preventing Your Points From Expiring” to learn more!
Bottom Line
Though Starwood hotel points are not as easy to earn as other hotel points, like Hilton or Hyatt, they are very valuable. You can earn Starwood points easily with the Starwood personal or business cards and by staying at Starwood hotels.
The easiest ways to earn Starwood hotel points are with the Starwood personal or business cards and by staying in Starwood hotels.
And you can easily transfer your Starwood hotel points to anyone who shares the same address as you!
Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Earn 80,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. That’s $1,000 toward travel when you redeem through Chase Ultimate Rewards®.
2X points on travel and dining at restaurants worldwide, eligible delivery services, takeout and dining out & 1 point per dollar spent on all other purchases.
Get 25% more value when you redeem for airfare, hotels, car rentals and cruises through Chase Ultimate Rewards. For example, 80,000 points are worth $1,000 toward travel.
Get unlimited deliveries with a $0 delivery fee and reduced service fees on orders over $12 for a minimum of one year on qualifying food purchases with DashPass, DoorDash’s subscription service. Activate by 12/31/21.
Earn 5X points on Lyft rides through March 2022. That’s 3X points in addition to the 2X points you already earn on travel.
Intro APR on purchases
N/A
Regular APR
15.99%-22.99% Variable
Annual Fee
$95
Balance Transfer Fee
Either $5 or 5% of the amount of each transfer, whichever is greater.
Rates & Fees
Other
MORE INFO
Editorial Note: We're the Million Mile Secrets team. And we're proud of our content, opinions and analysis, and of our reader's comments. These haven’t been reviewed, approved or endorsed by any of the airlines, hotels, or credit card issuers which we often write about. And that’s just how we like it! :)
You May Also Like
Our Favorite Partner Cards
Popular Posts
Join the Discussion!