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Transferring Starwood points help?
« on: March 07, 2010, 02:22:57 PM »
HI, I need some help!(doing this for the first time)
I have 154942 Starwood points (SPG) and want to go to Israel with my wife this summer.
How do i go about Transferring the points?
How do i know the best place and airline for this??
is this a good amount of points for 2 tickets or do i need more?
Please be clear for this is my first time doing such a thing and know nothing!

Thank you very much.

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Re: Transferring Starwood points help?
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2010, 02:28:23 PM »
This is more then enough points for 2 economy tickets.

You have to look around and see who has availability and then transfer to that airline...

Partial list:

TrueBlue
AA (to go on elal)
Delta
Us air
all the european airlines...

etc etc

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Re: Transferring Starwood points help?
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2010, 02:44:30 PM »
Do all airlines take the same amount of points? if not do you know who has the best deal to start with?

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Re: Transferring Starwood points help?
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2010, 04:08:21 PM »
if you want to fly economy just sell you spg points and buy a regular ticket

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Re: Transferring Starwood points help?
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2010, 05:09:47 PM »
if you went to Israel with the points please share how you did it. and how you got the best deal for your points?????????

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Re: Transferring Starwood points help?
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2010, 06:12:33 PM »
You have plenty of points.
Do you want to go in coach, business, or first?

There are dozens if airlines to transfer to and they each charge different rates and have different partners.

Do you have flxible travel dates?
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: Transferring Starwood points help?
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2010, 06:47:27 PM »
Do I have enough for 2 Tickets for Business class? or First class?
If yes then that's then that's what i would do.
My dates are from June 16 -July 7

Thank you for taking the time to help me.

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Re: Transferring Starwood points help?
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2010, 08:30:46 PM »
if you went to Israel with the points please share how you did it. and how you got the best deal for your points?????????

I transferred to US air when there was the 50% bonus deal (its gone now). They charge 80k in economy and it could be used on any star aliance (US air, Air Canada, Austrian, Continental, Swiss - i might be missing a few)