3. You must use your Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card to complete $4,500 of eligible spending by the end of your first three months of Cardmembership, based on the date of your Card approval. 20,000 Starpoints will be credited to your account 8 to 12 weeks after you reach the spend threshold. If the application is approved after 8/22/2011, you will not be eligible for the bonus offer.
Are you quoting an email you received from getting referred (by Dan of course) because I see this in an email
2. To be eligible to receive 10,000 bonus Starpoints, referred individual(s) must make their first purchase with the Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card within one year of Card approval. Bonus points will appear on their Starwood Preferred Guest statement 8-12 weeks after their first purchase. Bonus Starpoints are for first-time Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Cardmembers only. Bonus Starpoints can only be received once per Cardmember, regardless of the number of Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card accounts the Cardmember may have or had. In order to receive additional 20,000 bonus Starpoints, referred individual(s) must use their Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card to complete $4,500 of eligible spending by the end of their first three months of Cardmembership, based on the date of their Card approval. 20,000 Starpoints will be credited to their account 8 to 12 weeks after they reach the spend threshold.
3. Pay no annual fee for the first year. The annual fee after the first year is $65
Seems like a stira which will end up being in the costumer favor with Amex
