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The agent I spoke to immediately knew exactly what I was talking about and pulled up my account after verifying some of my personal information. Travelupdate.comIf you had a SPG account, there is your 11-digit SPG account number, also known as the “old” SPG number. will be combined, which could bump you up to the next status level. Save and earn up to 2,000 points. © 2020 CardBenefit, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Or by logging into your Starwood account through this link. There is also the option of redeeming using SPG Cash & Points, with 6,000 Starpoints + $110USD. If you need to combine within a few days of your reservation, that's fine, just be prepared that Mobile Guest Services and Keyless may not work on your app for your upcoming stay. I’ve updated the post to reflect that. I believe you wrote that backwards. $169.00/16,000 = 0.0106, or 1.06 cents per point. Transfers must be made in 5,000 Starpoints increments. How Do I Request an Early Check-In/Late Check-Out? Combining gives you one powerful account with the new Marriott Bonvoy – a single place for tracking your status, points and upcoming stays – plus booking, earning and redeeming at all hotels across our participating brands. “Forgot my password” option on other SPG webpages takes me right back to the Marriott’s website. It made sense to merge the accounts since I don’t have any upcoming reservations.

However, less than 18 hours later, the email arrived: Notice that the email indicates that my status is valid through February 29, 2020, almost two years from now. And we’re proud of our content, opinions and analysis, and of our reader’s comments.