Using Starwood Points: Part 3 – The 9 Best Airline Transfer Partners
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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
Starwood Airline Transfer Partners
You can transfer Starwood points to ~30 airlines, which is more than American Express Membership Rewards and Chase Ultimate Rewards transfer partners. Transferring Starwood points to airlines is 1 of the best uses of Starwood points.
Click on the updated “The Best 9 Airline Transfer Partners” to learn more!
Bottom Line
You can transfer Starwood points to ~30 different airlines. And you get a 5,000 point bonus when you transfer Starwood points in increments of 20,000.
The Starwood personal and business cards are the best everyday spending cards because you earn 1.25 airline miles for every $1 you spend, assuming you transfer your Starwood points to airlines.
Which airline is your favorite Starwood transfer partner?
Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. That’s $750 toward travel when you redeem through Chase Ultimate Rewards®
2X points on dining at restaurants including eligible delivery services, takeout and dining out and travel & 1 point per dollar spent on all other purchases.
Get 25% more value when you redeem for travel through Chase Ultimate Rewards®. For example, 60,000 points are worth $750 toward 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
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