Starwood Preferred Guest Business Credit Card from American Express

		Apply now for the Starwood Preferred Guest® Business Credit Card from American Express!

Primary Benefits:

• Earn 10,000 Starpoints with your first purchase -- that's good for up to 3 free nights!
• Receive Gold Preferred Guest status in the SPG frequent guest program when you spend $30,000 in a calendar year.
• Earn 1 Starpoint for virtually every dollar you spend on the Card and double Starpoints at participating Starwood hotels and resorts
• Earn 1 Starpoint for virtually every dollar you spend on the Card and 2 Starpoints at participating Starwood hotels and resorts
• Redeem at over 825 participating Starwood hotels and resorts in 95 countries with no blackout dates. Starwood hotels include Sheraton^®, Westin^®, W Hotels^®, St. Regis^®, The Luxury Collection^®, Le Meridien^®, and Four Points by Sheraton^®.
• Transfer to over 30 frequent flyer programs, most on a one-to-one basis.
• Save 3% to 25% on business purchases at companies like FedEx^®, Delta^®, Hertz^®, and more.
• No annual fee for your first year -- a savings of $45.
• Voted Best Affinity Credit Card by frequent travelers in 19th Annual Freddie Awards

Please refer to Terms and Conditions on the American Express website for details on the above statements.

Our Review

You also receive Preferred Plus status in the Starwood Preferred Guest program -- good for small upgrades (when available) and 4pm late checkout (of course, subject to availability). The 4pm checkout is one of the best benefits of the program and we've used it often.

It's probably helpful to list the Starwood brands, as you might not recognize them as SPG, but you know the brands: Sheraton, Westin, W Hotels, St. Regis, Four Points by Sheraton, The Luxury Collection, and aLoft.

The Starwood Preferred Guest AMEX card is our current running favorite travel rewards credit card for two reasons:

1. There are no blackout dates on redemption. If a standard room is available, it's yours for points. This editor has personally redeemed points for valuations as high as 8 cents per point -- giving an effective 8% cash back yield. Of course you won't always find such great redemption opportunities but they are out there. Given the no black out rule, some of the best uses are on holidays. New Years Eve hotel rates might be through the roof but, for example, if you want to stay at the Westin Times Square in New York City on NYE and the rates are giving you a nosebleed, know that it's the same amount of points as any other day and if there's a room available, it's yours. Priceless.
   
   
2. You can transfer Starpoints out of the SPG program into most major airlines at a rate of 1.25 to 1 when you transfer a block of 20,000 points (20,000 Starpoints = 25,000 airline miles (click here for current list of partners).
   

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