Posted 7/10/2015
Recall that Starwood Preferred Guests can transfer up to 79,999 of their Starpoints per transaction per program within a 24-hour period to a variety of frequent flyer programs. And don’t forget, for every 20,000 Starpoints transferred within the same transaction, Starwood will automatically add another 5,000 Starpoints. This means that up to 94,999 Starpoints can be transferred into your frequent flyer account. (15,000 points transferred for the first 60,000 of the 79,999).
American Airlines AAdvantage and Starwood Preferred Guest have teamed up to make this a sweeter transfer.
From July 1 through August 7, 2015, you can convert your Starpoints to AAdvantage miles and earn a 20% bonus on the amount of AAdvantage miles you receive from the conversion.
So, as always, for every 20,000 Starpoints transferred within the same transaction, SPG will automatically add another 5,000 Starpoints. With the additional 20% mileage bonus offered by the AAdvantage program, you’ll receive 30,000 miles from the transaction.
20,000 Starpoints = 20,000 AAdvantage miles
5,000 Standard SPG bonus = 5,000 AAdvantage miles
AAdvantage 20% mileage bonus = 5,000 AAdvantage miles (20% of the 25,000 miles you received from the conversion)
Total = 30,000 AAdvantage miles
Note, unlike some of the other programs in which you can transfer points to airlines, points transfers through SPG are not instantaneous.
