Combining Points: Starwood Preferred Guest

On Thursday, I posted about how to combine Chase Ultimate Rewards Points.  Today, similar post but around transferring/combining Starwood Preferred Guest points.  Like Chase UR points, SPG points are incredibly flexible.  You can use them to redeem for hotels, combine with cash for hotel redemptions, or transfer to a variety of airlines at a 1:1 ratio and receive a 25% bonus (5,000 for each 20,000 point transfer) on top of that!

Step 2 as described below

Starwood also allows you to transfer points between accounts but the accounts must have been opened for 30 days and be registered to the same address.  This works great for couples or roommates.

During Emily's latest round of credit card applications, she picked up the Starwood Preferred Guest Amex card.  Part of the sign-up bonus offer was 10,000 points after first purchase.  Those points posted a couple days ago and I logged in to her account to transfer/combine/consolidate them into mine.

Here are the four easy steps for combining SPG points:

1. Log in to your SPG account at www.spg.com
2. Under the "Quick Links" menu, select "Redemption Options"
3. Scroll down to the very bottom of the page and select "Transfer to Another Member"
4. Complete the form and click "Transfer"

Step 3 as described above

The form states that transfers typically take 5 business days but in my experience, it's more like 2-3.  Yet another great option for leveraging Starwood points.  Keeping your points in one account (especially if that account has elite status) will ensure you get the most bang for your buck on your redemptions.