I’m on ORD-GEG Mileage Runs

July 2, 2010 - Rick

I positioned Thursday in the Windy City for my 3 upcoming ORD-PHX-GEG first class mileage runs. Friday is day one out and back earning almost 7500 Elite Qualifying miles on the $142 first class fare. Only one seat showing from PHX-GEG, but who knows what will happen. Then Saturday afternoon it is back out to GEG and return Sunday. Then out and back for the third round trip on Monday.

Mase

I previously had the SPG Bidness (still have the personal). Been over a year since I closed it. Is this churnable?
FrugalTravelGuy

don't put in your membership number on the application and merge accounts later. Let us all klnow how you do.
Briggs

How would an individual go about applying for a business card if they don't….how do you say it….have a business? Is that allowed?
FrugalTravelGuy

Read blog article of August 13 , 2008 in the blog archives
Faith

I was so bummed when I signed on to Starwood and saw this offer after I just applied last week with your link. I had waited and finally decided to do it. So I figured I still try to get it. I called and the first rep said I would need a promo code from an email or some correspondence to me. I didn't give up though and I called an hour later. The second rep was much nicer. He really wanted to help. He looked it up on the website…..saw the offer and then said he would see what he could do for me. He put me on hold for maybe 8-10 minutes. He came back and said he had started a case for me to get the offer and I should be contacted in writing in 7-10 days letting me know what i need to do to get the offer…..basically spend 1,000 in 3 months. He also said he was going to give me 3,000 points for being so patient. Just volunteer those miles up….I didn't even mention a thing or do anything but be nice. Wow! He gave me a confirmation # and that was it. I was blown away. I don't count it good though until I see the letter in writing from American Express. It seems though that they wanted to make me, a new customer happy.
I'll keep you posted on this.
Hope maybe this might help any others who just applied within the last few weeks.
kw

Rick, can you confirm? I was just accepted via the new link for the personal card (first one), and put my acct # on the app. In your opinion, if I applied for the business card, could I get another 30k pts and merge the two accounts?

Actually I don't really care if the accounts were merged at all, honestly. I guess the question being whether it's possible to get the bonus twice.
Anonymous

Have people had success applying for both business and personal at the same time?
Anonymous

I am thinking about applying for this but have a few questions first. I need to top off my Delta and Continental accounts. Is there a minimum number of miles to be transferred? Can they be in any amount or do they have to be in set amounts; i.e. 1000 points? Is there a fee for transferring?

How long do the transfers typically take? Finally, how does the 20,000 points with 5,000 bonus work when transferring to Continental with 1:2 ratio? 12,500 miles?
Anonymous

I am a basketball official in addition to my normal job. Would this qualify as a "business"? I'm basically an independent contractor to every school I work at. Gross about $1500/year. Will my SSN work as Fed. ID #? Thanks!
Anonymous

Faith, can you provide the number that you called to speak with a CSR? I just applied for the biz card on Sunday and when I called to ask about this promo, I was told I could only receive the promo that I applied for. Guess I should keep calling back!
Brad

After applying for this card yesterday morning and then approved, I recieved an e-mail stating they would send the card to me quickly. Well…. about 30 hours later, there is a knock on my door and the UPS man hands me an envelop with my new SPG Amex in it with all related materials. WOW! They must want me to start spending right away!
Too Many Cards Already

Do you know if it's possible to convert an existing AMEX credit card to the SPG AMEX and still get the 30k bonus?
narikin

I just applied and got it on auto-acceptance. very nice tip, thanks.

now – can someone tell me what Starwood is especially good for? I know its one of your favorites, but I already have lots of miles in Airline accounts, so… hotels are little more useful for me.

thanks again.
kim

Does anyone have the bonus ID number for this promo? I also just applied and got the card and asked Amex to honor this promo, but they want the bonus ID number from me.. (I cut and pasted the link, and terms and conditions, but that wasnt good enough).
Anonymous

Can you apply for both the personal AND the business cardand get the 30,000 points for each (after spending $1,000 on each card)?
JerseyGuy

Oops, I put in my SPG number. I had applied for SPG cards about 15 months ago. Will I still be able to get in on this deal or will I be out of luck since I used my existing SPG number?
kw

Received the personal, halfway to the $1000; just got an email that I was accepted for biz as well. Crossing fingers that I get awarded the whole 60k after reaching thresholds.

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