re: Credit Card Rewards and Points Discussion

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My dad has Hilton, Marriott and SPG and has always said SPG is the best value, but the hotels seem to be lacking of late.

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The real value of SPG is for airline transfers since every 20,000 point transfer comes with a 5,000 mile transfer bonus. SPG has something like 30 airline partners. I have it for point diversification (you never want all your eggs in one basket when a devaluation occurs) and for those random airlines I may need to book that I don't have miles with. I haven't used it yet, just building the point balance with it and may need it come honeymoon time or future date.

But its always listed in the Top 5 or so cards for a reason and a FT favorite so that's enough for me.

Also SPG allows for "Household" point transferring, so that's awesome as that doesn't require a legal spouse like Chase UR does.