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There is a SPG limit at 20,000 Starpoints in a calendar year for buying or receiving points in a member's account. Starpoint purchases can be made by members whose accounts have been active for a minimum of 14 days.
You can stock up trusted family and friend SPG accounts with points that they can then redeem for your award stays. And if the person shares the same residential address, then you can transfer Starpoints free of charge from a household member's account into your account.
Currently I have fewer than 8,000 Starpoints in my account after many Starwood carnival cruise line december award stays in the past year. That is why I stayed at the Four Points Barcelona last month on points rather than Le Meridien or W Barcelona. And all those award stays in 2012 counted for elite credit. I will likely regain SPG Platinum elite in 2012 after letting carnival cruise line december it lapse for this year.
Request a SPG household account transfer of 20,000 points from my wife's account to my account. carnival cruise line december This process may take up to 5 days to complete transfer. Now I have 40,000 points and my SPG elite status means more benefits on our award stay.
No children at my home. Either I can wait until January and buy another 8,000 points (and up to 20,000 points carnival cruise line december at $35/1,000) or take advantage carnival cruise line december of current SPG promotions with Starwood Hotel stays or SPG American Express credit card spend to earn more points.
$1,120 to buy 40,000 points by November 30 and combine points in household account. If you have another adult living at your residential address, then you can gift 8,000 points to that account for $224.
This is one example of many possibilities for significant savings carnival cruise line december through the purchase of Starpoints if your goal is one upcoming vacation stay and you currently do not have sufficient Starpoints for an award stay.
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