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The town emblem was adopted on Jan 1st 1972 by Notice No 2. but there is no flag law. The blue flag has a white town emblem in the center. The town emblem is stylized hiragana か Ka and katakana ミ Mi. It represents an image of the town people who works together, strongly develops and makes a leap forward to the future.
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Wednesday, 3 December 2014

Another round of data retention

[Updated 4 December 2014]
[Further updated 20 January 2015 to add tweet.]
[Also updated 5 January 2015 with this brief commentary on the Home Office Factsheet:

Page 1: Top Lines

"IP resolution is the ability to identify who in the real world was using an Internet IP address at a given point in time." Data retention at best identifies the device or connection being used and any associated subscriber details. The subscriber is not necessarily the user. Page 2 of the Factsheet is accurate: "This data can help identify who has made a communication, when, where and how." (emphasis added)

Page 1: Background

"However, some IP addresses are shared and allocated dynamically." True, but dynamic allocation is not what Clause 17 is about. Dynamic IP address allocation is sequential temporary allocation of a public IP address to one customer after another. Dynamic IP addresses are already explicitly mentioned in the DRIPA datatypes (Data Retention Regulations 2014, Schedule, Paras 13(1)(b) and 11(3)). It is evident from the diagram on page 3 of the Factsheet that the problem being addressed by Clause 17 is simultaneous sharing of a single public IP address by multiple ISP customers.

Page 3 : Diagram

"At 4pm 2,500 people are using a single IP address on the internet." Exactly. The issue is simultaneous sharing of a single IP address, not dynamic (sequential) allocation of an IP address.

"The e-mail service provider now provides police with IP address and port number used to send the e-mail and accurate time."  In order to do this the e-mail service provider in the diagram example will have had to retain IP address, port number and timing data.  Will such providers, as well as internet access providers, be subject to mandatory retention?

"Police seek details from internet access provider. Internet access provider now identifies the individual using the unique combination of IP address and port number provided at 4pm." The internet access provider identifies the customer, who may be but is not necessarily the individual who used the device in question.]

Four months after DRIPA and 18 months after putting down a marker in the May 2013 Queen’s Speech, the UK government has embarked on a new round of legislation for mandatory retention of communications data. This time it is under the banner of IP address matching.

The Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill had its Second Reading yesterday and is expected to go into Committee on 9 December. Clause 17 will extend DRIPA to new categories of communications data.

DRIPA’s existing data retention obligations, rushed through Parliament in four days in July, are of course controversial. They are the subject of a threatened legal challenge by David Davis MP and Tom Watson MP.  The proposal to add IP address matching dates back to a recommendation of the Joint Committee on the draft CommunicationsData Bill in December 2012.

What new categories of communications data would have to be retained?

Clause 17, like so much UK legislation in this field, is difficult to understand. The Explanatory Notes and the Impact Assessments are more detailed, but still confusing. (The Home Office has subsequently issued a Factsheet.) MPs suggested in the Second Reading that the drafting of Clause 17 needs to be examined critically.  They are right.

The overall aim seems to be to mandate retention of data that can link a given communication made via a simultaneously shared public IP address to one of many devices or connections that may have been using that IP address at a given time.  Clause 17 labels this “relevant internet data”. We might call it linking data.

This appears to break down something along the following lines (the first two of these are illustrated in the useful diagram in the Home Office Factsheet).
  • Some ISP and mobile operator systems don’t allocate one public IP address to one customer device or connection, but have many customers sharing an IP address simultaneously. They could be required to retain linking data such as port numbers.
  • Even if an ISP retains IP address and (say) port number records, it cannot be sure of identifying a single device or connection unless law enforcement can provide it with a both a port number and an IP address to look up. So a cloud storage or web e-mail provider accessed by the user could also be required to retain logs of linking data visible to it, such as port numbers.
  • Operators such as public Wi-Fi hotspots could be required to log MAC addresses.
Weblog data (records of websites accessed by customers) would be excluded from mandatory retention by internet access providers such as ISPs and mobile operators.

The Overarching Impact Assessment provides this summary:

“IP Resolution: Allow for a power to require communications service providers to retain the data necessary to attribute an IP address to an individual.”

Taken literally, that is a power to require the impossible. We don’t have IP addresses tattooed on our foreheads. Even if we did that would not identify us, as opposed to someone else, as the user of the device at any given time. An IP address at best identifies a device or a connection. The ISP may then be able to link that with the identity of its subscriber customer, but no more. The subscriber may or may or not be the user. The Factsheet diagram, unfortunately, perpetuates the myth that an IP address identifies a user.

DRIPA in fact already covers retention of subscriber data for IP addresses (both where the IP address is static and where it is dynamically allocated in sequence to different customer devices and connections). What it doesn’t cover is the single public IP address simultaneously shared among many of an ISP’s customers.

The Bill is meant to be only about IP address matching. So it is not immediately obvious why the Impact Assessments say that the Bill will expand DRIPA to cover a wider range of internet services. On the other hand Clause 17 does not seem to do this, since it only amends the categories of data to be retained. DRIPA has already adopted an extremely broad underlying definition of telecommunication services.

The new obligations would be subject to the same 31 December 2016 sunset clause as DRIPA. As with DRIPA itself, mandatory retention will apply only to data generated or processed in the UK by public providers in the process of providing the telecommunications services concerned; and then only to those on whom the government serves a notice. The Impact Assessment says that the service providers most likely to be affected by the Bill have been consulted.

That is my current stab at what Clause 17 is trying to do.  However it is a puzzling piece of drafting. Here are some questions worth considering.

What is ‘relevant internet data’?
Clause 17(3)(b) defines this as communications data relating to an internet access service or an internet communications service which:

“may be used to identify, or assist in identifying, which internet protocol address, or other identifier, belongs to the sender or recipient of a communication (whether or not a person)”.

This is the most curious part of Clause 17. The problem is surely not identifying which IP address ‘belongs’ to a given sender or recipient of the communication, but identifying which device or connection (of many) was used to make a given communication via a given shared public IP address. Is it drafted the wrong way round?

What is an ‘identifier’?
The Clause says that “identifier” means “an identifier used to facilitate the transmission of a communication”.  More helpfully, Clause 17(3)(b) tells us that an IP address is an identifier. The Explanatory Notes seem to conflate linking data and the shared identifier that we are trying to tie to a device or connection:

“…  An IP address can often be shared by hundreds of people at once – in order to resolve an IP address to an individual other data ("other identifier" in this clause) would be required.”

Whatever the ‘other data’ may be, surely it is not the ‘other identifier’ in Clause 17(3)(b)?

What else might be covered by ‘identifier’? A MAC address, although it operates at a lower (physical) layer than an IP address, would seem to qualify. But Clause 17 is not avowedly about retention of new categories of identifiers, only retention of data capable of linking shared identifiers (such as IP addresses) to an individual device or connection. If a MAC address is itself an identifier, does that prevent it being linking data? The Explanatory Notes suggest that a MAC address could also be linking data:

“Data necessary for the resolution of IP addresses could include port numbers or MAC (media access control) addresses.

Are there circumstances in which a MAC address could be used to identify the particular device that sent a communication via a shared IP address? Public Wi-Fi hotspots seem a likely candidate. However a MAC address would presumably be less useful than a port number, assuming that the MAC address is not visible from outside the hotspot and so could not be logged at the other end of the communication.

What are an internet access service and an internet communications service?
These are the foundation stones of Clause 17. Communications data cannot be required to be retained unless it relates to an internet access service or an internet communications service. These terms are also critical to the scope of the weblog data exclusion. Many will be surprised, therefore, to find that neither term is defined.

What do the terms mean? The glib answer is ‘whatever they meant in the EU Data Retention Directive’. That is their origin. They were used (but not defined) in the Directive.

The 2009 Data Retention Regulations, which implemented the Directive, followed its terminology. When the Directive was invalidated DRIPA re-enacted the datatypes that were in the Schedule to the 2009 Regulations. So the 2014Data Retention Regulations that were made under DRIPA again used the two terms, notably in the definition of ‘User ID’: “a unique identifier allocated to persons when they subscribe to, or register with, an internet access service or internet communications service.” Perhaps unsurprisingly given the government’s commitment to re-enact the 2009 datatypes identically, the 2014 Regulations again left the terms undefined.

That is a plausible historical reason why the terms have been left undefined in Clause 17. But even though there is a breadcrumb trail back to the Directive, the lack of definitions in the Directive means that uncertainty remains particularly over ‘internet communications service’. Does it relate to any type of communication, or is it more limited, for instance to e-mail, messaging or telephony providers? The diagram in the Factsheet uses the example of an e-mail provider. However the Impact Assessment suggests that the government believes it has a broad meaning, covering for instance cloud storage services:

“For example w[h]ere a user uploads an illicit file to a cloud server that server provider, if subject to a data retention notice, would be required to retain sufficient information to enable the internet access provider to identify the user.”

We look forward to illumination of these and no doubt other points as the Bill proceeds. Meanwhile, the bigger question of whether any of this is compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights remains to be fought out.

[My 8 point tweet of points on Clause 17:

[Updated 4 December 2014 with references to the Home Office Factsheet and minor clarifications and edits. Further update 5 January 2015 with comments on the Home Office Factsheet. Further updated 20 January 2015 to add tweet.]

  1. Where a home or a business has all their devices behind an NAT router (ie just about always) then recording the MAC address will only be the MAC address of the the router, not the source device, and similarly the source port will only be the source port number on the router, not on the "true source" device.

    I think what the clause may be aimed at is the situation where the ISP themselves is putting customer connections behind NAT... I believe BT were looking at doing this. In such a case, while your router thinks it's has an Internet (as opposed to private) address, in fact it's external address is just an address on a larger private network, and the true "internet address" is that of the ISP's NAT device, and is shared with multiple other connections. In this case, the clause is saying "not only must you maintain the 'public network address' of a connection, but where you yourselves are doign NAT on customers, you must, for each connection, also retain the information about the NAT state tables at that time so that you can tell us which of you subscriber connections was involved".

    Doesn't sound so easy to retain (as NAT state tables are very much more transient than DHCP address leases etc), but it would avoid the query of "we're after this one IP address" being answered with "oh, that's any one of these 1000 customers behind that particular NAT device".

    1. Yes indeed, this (i.e. CG-NAT) would be an example within my first bullet point. But it looks as if the clause is intended to cover more than that.

      Home and business routers wouldn't be in scope as that is not a service provided by a public telecommunications operator.

    2. So how about a situation where eg a hotel or commercial student accommodation offers network connections? That's presumably out of scope?

    3. Have to drill down into RIPA definitions of 'public telecommunication system' and 'public telecommunications service' to work out who is a public telecommunications operator. It's complicated. I was referring to a router used for the business' internal purposes.

  2. Worth considering if this is trying to start a "death by a thousand slices" attack on first the carriers, then ISPs, then providers (hotels etc) then individual accounts, with the argument "everybody else above you does this so why don't you".

    Stupid of course (hard to ban TOR type services under TCP/IP model, but then it was designed that way) but that doesn't stop a world of FUD & pain etc on the way...

  3. In case it is of use to anyone reading your fascinating analysis, Graham, I have prepared a consolidated version of DRIPA earlier in the week, incorporating the amendments which the current text of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill would, if passed in its current form, make.

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Music from the official album “Pandora: The World of Avatar” by James Horner & Simon Franglen arrives in the jukebox today.

Flight of Passage (Ride Through)
Na’vi River Journey ( Ride Through)
Pandora (Walk Through)
The Shaman Call (From Windtraders Shop)
Magic of the Land (From Windtraders Shop)
Spirits of Mo’ara (From Windtraders Shop)
Raggatar (From Satu’li Canteen)
Shaman of the Souls (From Satu’li Canteen)
Surf’s Up (From Satu’li Canteen)
Bossa (From Pongu Pongu)
Surf’s Up (From Pongu Pongu)
Wave (From Pongu Pongu)

The other Flight of Passage and Na’vi River Journey tracks have been renamed to include (Live) at the end of it.

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  1. Well done Steve, you finally added the rest of Pandora. :clap: I got the album in person at the D23 Expo two years ago now I can live the adventure without visiting Animal Kingdom.

  2. ooh these are really good. some funky, some mellow. just what we needed!

  3. Thanks, Steve! These tracks are great!

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Learn the facts and be prepared to help to raise awareness and prevent daycare abuse.

At Darkness to Light, we are often asked about daycare abuse statistics. Daycare centers can be vital to working parents or parents who need help with child care. Kids start to learn important life skills including social skills at daycare.

Daycares work hard to keep the children in their care safe and parents entrust them with their children expecting them to be safe and happy. As a daycare provider or parent/guardian, you most likely deal with health requirements that are in place before children can attend daycare and have to fill out emergency contact information. But does the daycare have policies and procedures in place to prevent child abuse? Unfortunately, most states that have legislation mandating child abuse training for adults and children do not include education for daycare centers, even though they are mandatory reporters in most states. So, as a daycare provider or parent what do you need to know and do to help protect kids?

The statistics and facts below can help you understand the prevalence of child abuse, including daycare abuse, what child sexual abuse is, the risk factors, and consequences. For all statistics and references about child sexual abuse prevention, visit our full statistics page.

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  • FACT: 90% of children who are sexually abused are abused by someone they know. 60% of children who are sexually abused are abused by people the family trusts. 30% of children who are sexually abused are abused by family members.1,2
  • FACT: 40% of children who are sexually abused are abused by older or more powerful children.1
  • FACT: Most children under the age of five receive child care from someone other than a parent. Almost one-quarter (23.4 percent) of children five and under are in some form of organized child care including daycare centers, nurseries, and preschools.3
  • FACT: More than 4.1 million reports from CPS agencies were received in 2017 alone. These reports involved more than 7.5 million children. Reports included neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and medical neglect.4
  • FACT: In 2017, 2,237 daycare providers were found to be abusing and neglecting children in their care.4
  • FACT: Of perpetrators who were child daycare provides, more than 20% committed sexual abuse.5
  • FACT: A mandated reporter is any adult professional who works with children; legally responsible for reporting suspected or disclosed abuse. In some states, all adults are considered mandated reporters.

“The training [Stewards of Children®] gave me the inspiration–and honestly, the courage–to ask my son’s daycare about their child protection policies. The daycare did not have a comprehensive protection policy – not because they didn’t care deeply, but because they simply didn’t know where to turn or how common the problem is. I called Darkness to Light and they walked me through some strategies and sent sample policies. I’m proud to say now that all staff at my son’s daycare are trained in Stewards of Children. Active prevention and child protection are now a part of their staff onboarding and human resources policies.” – Concerned Mom

As a parent or guardian who sends their child to daycare, what can you do to prevent daycare abuse?

First, know that you may feel like this is an uncomfortable topic, but it doesn’t have to be and daycare centers should be open and ready to discuss their prevention measures. There are a few key proactive questions parents can ask their child care providers:

  • Is there a child protection policy? They should have clearly defined child protection policies. Ask for a copy.
  • Does the policy include limiting isolated one-on-one situations? Since 80% of abuse happens in isolated, one-on-one situations, they should include how they handle one-on-one situations at their facility. It should take place in an open, observable, and interruptible setting.
  • How are employees and volunteers screened? Best practices include in-depth applications, personal and professional references, criminal background check, and an extensive interview. How often do they conduct background checks on their employees and volunteers?
  • Do older and younger children interact, and if so, how? There should be separate areas and activities for different age groups. Make it clear that you would like an adult present with your child.
  • Are there clear procedures for reporting suspicions or incidences of abuse? Over half of all mandated reporters fail to report suspicion of abuse. Push for them to provide mandatory reporting and child sexual abuse prevention training for their staff and volunteers.

As your children get older, be sure to have open conversations about body safety, boundaries, and sex. Learn more here.

As a Daycare Provider, what can you do to prevent abuse at your daycare?

As a provider, you have a lot on your plate to make sure the children in your care stay safe and healthy and child sexual abuse prevention is one more thing to add to your plate. But it doesn’t have to be complicated. Just by understanding your responsibilities as a mandated reporter and putting policies in place, you can create a safe environment.

  • Have a child protection policy, and be sure to include ways to minimize opportunity by limiting isolated one-on-one situations. Here is an example.
  • When screening potential employees and volunteers, you can’t just rely on background checks. Be sure to get personal and professional references, have an in-depth application, and extensive interview.
  • Offer training and continued learning for your employees and volunteers on child sexual abuse prevention and child abuse reporting.

If you want to learn more about what your daycare center can do to prevent child sexual abuse or need help developing policies and procedures, contact us!

Suspect or Discover Daycare Abuse?

Child abuse reports of any kind should be made to the state’s child protective services agency, the police, or both. Visit for more information. You should report if you suspect or discover abuse or a child discloses abuse to you. Learn more about reporting here.

  1. Finkelhor, D. (2012) Characteristics of crimes against juveniles. Durham, NHL Crimes against Children Research Center.
  2. Julia Whealin, Ph.D. (2007-05-22). “Child Sexual Abuse.” National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, US Department of Veterans Affairs.
  3. U.S. Bureau of the Census, Table 1b. Child Care Arrangements of Preschoolers Living with Mother, by Employment Status of Mother and Selected Characteristics: Spring 2010 (Department of Commerce, 2011). Sourced via
  4. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children’s Bureau. (2019). Child Maltreatment 2017. Available from
  5. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children’s Bureau. (2010). Child Maltreatment 2008. Available from

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BILOXI, Miss. (AP) " Mississippi's second pharmacy school is opening on the state's Gulf Coast, with William Carey University beginning classes on Monday at its School of Pharmacy in Biloxi.

For now, the 58 students will be meeting in temporary locations, awaiting the October scheduled opening of the $7 million, three-story pharmacy building.

Baptist-affiliated William Carey will offer an accelerated pharmacy course, with students finishing in three academic years instead of the traditional four years. Classes will meet year-round in four terms of 10 weeks each.

Gloria Rawls of Hattiesburg will be one of the first students. She tells the Hattiesburg American that she couldn't move to Oxford to take pharmacy classes at the University of Mississippi, because she has two young children. But she plans to commute from Hattiesburg to the campus at the Tradition development on the northern edge of Biloxi.

Student Candace Webber tells WLOX-TV that she left pharmacy school at Xavier University in New Orleans, but never stopped wanting to be a pharmacist, working for more than a decade as a pharmacy technician.

"After being a technician for so long and knowing the process and I've always desired to be a pharmacist, I decided it's time to go back to school," Webber said.

Douglas DeGeorge plans to retire from the Biloxi police force and is starting pharmacy classes. He said he was attracted to the school in part because pharmacists are in high demand.

"I think we pulled the numbers the other day and Mississippi had about 4,000 pharmacies, which in this day and age is exceptionally low," he said. "With the population living longer, people are going to need their medicines."

Pharmacy Dean Michael Malloy said graduates of the school are likely to stay in the area.

"Since there wasn't a school here (before), you couldn't build a culture of pharmacy here," he said. "Students have a tendency once they graduate to either go back home or stay where they're trained."

William Carey already offers nursing, physical therapy and osteopathic medicine programs on its Hattiesburg campus. William Carey Provost Scott Hummel said the combination of the programs will be beneficial.

The state is giving William Carey $1 million from money it received following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill to help the school gain accreditation.


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Gulf state Oman will take legal action against a newspaper that published a queer-positive story, despite its front-page apology for doing so, Gay Star News reports.

According to Gulf Business, the Aug 29 story in the tabloid TheWeek, under the headline “The Outsiders,” noted that gay people in Oman were “finding new ways to live life the way they want to.”

The piece included interviews with Omanis and expatriates, with one interviewee saying it wasn’t difficult to be gay in Oman compared to other conservative Gulf states, Gulf Business says.

In a statement, Oman’s information ministry said it did not tolerate “harming society, its principles, religion, values, the dignity of its people or public manners through publishing what goes against media laws and regulations.”

TheWeek’s publisher, Saleh Zakwani, says “no harm was intended by the story.”

The paper has issued an apology: “TheWeek places on record that there was never any intention to knowingly or unknowingly cause harm, offend or hurt the sentiments of the people with our article last week, and we deeply and sincerely regret the article.”

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London, 13 January 2021: Dale Underwriting Partners (DUP) today announces that Dominic Peters will join on 18 January and, subject to regulatory approval, will assume the role of active underwriter for Syndicate 1729.

Duncan Dale has served as active underwriter since 2014 and remains chief executive.

Dale said: “Dom is a great addition to our talented team. He brings a wealth of experience and expertise. We are delighted to welcome him to our business at a pivotal time in the industry and look forward very much to working with him to continue to build our business and serve our clients and brokers.”

Peters added: “I am very excited to be joining Dale Underwriting Partners and the team at Syndicate 1729 and SPA 6131. As an owner-managed and focused business it is very attractive to join the high-calibre underwriting team and culture that DUP has created, and I hope to continue to attract dynamic and entrepreneurial talent to help in building the business in its next phase of development.

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Dale Underwriting Partners is an owner-managed Lloyd’s underwriter with 2021 stamp capacity of £205m and operating Syndicate 1729 and SPA 6131.


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The Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced this summer a whistleblower award of approximately $9 million, one of its most valuable awards yet.

The award was granted to a whistleblower who provided specific, credible and timely information that led the CFTC to open an investigation that ultimately led to a successful enforcement action. It is one of the five largest awards granted in the program’s history and another sign of the program’s health.

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Can the consistent application of the same rule policy or practice across a series of separate contracts amount to "a series of similar acts" where there is no continuity of employment?

Yes, held the EAT in Ibarz v University of Sheffield.

Does the fact that employment tribunal fees were paid by a union preclude a successful Appellant from recovering fees?

No, they are recoverable per rule 34A(2A) of the Employment Appeal Tribunal Rules.

Dr Ibarz taught Spanish and Latin American Studies at the university between 2004 and 2013 under a series of fixed-term contracts which the employment tribunal held did not amount to continuous employment since there were gaps between the periods. Most of the complaints brought under the Part-Time Workers Regulations 2000 and the Fixed-Term Employees Regulations 2002 were out of time unless he could demonstrate that events in the last contract in May 2013 were part of a series of similar acts or could be shown to be extending over a period per sections 48(3) and 48(4) of the Employment Rights Act.

The employment tribunal held that the consistent application of the same rules, policies and practices was incapable of being sufficiently linked so as to amount to a series of similar acts. The EAT held that this erroneous finding was based on a misreading of Arthur v London Eastern Railway Ltd which was an error of law. The EAT quashed this part of the earlier decision and remitted the case.

On costs, the EAT followed the judgment in Mardner v Gardner v Others which is authority for the proposition that it would be contrary to public policy to allow a Respondent to avoid costs consequences where an insurer had met costs. In the judgment of Mr Justice Wilkie, the recent EAT decision of Goldwater and Others v Sellafield is wrong.


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Consumer 35K Limited Time Offer:
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Business 35K Limited Time Offer:
-Starwood Preferred Guest® Business Credit Card from American Express

This is a limited time offer scheduled to run until 03/30.  It offers 40% more points than the standard offer and there has never been a better public offer for this card.

The $95 annual fee is waived for the first year on both cards.

For the consumer card you will get 35,000 bonus Starpoints after spending $3,000 within 3 months. The terms state that if you have had the consumer card before you will not get the bonus for the consumer card again.

For the business card you will get 35,000 bonus Starpoints after spending $5,000 within 3 months. The brand new business card terms state that if you have had the business card before you will not get the bonus for the business card again.

If you have only had a consumer card you can get the points for business card and if you have only had the business card you can get the points for the consumer card.

Spending on the Starwood card and comparison to Freedom Unlimited.

The Starwood card remains a very good card for general spending.

While there are other cards with better bonus categories, the Starwood card is strong for general spending as Starpoints continue to be the most valuable mileage currency thanks to valuable hotel usage and the 25% bonus for transfers into dozens of airlines.

The upcoming Freedom Unlimited card will give the Starwood card a run for its money for everyday spending, but Starwood offers no foreign transaction fees compared to 3% for the Freedom Unlimited card. Starwood also offers far more airline transfer options, though it effectively earns 1.25 airline miles per dollar compared to 1.5 on Freedom Unlimited. On the other hand Freedom Unlimited will require that you either upgrade your card or have a premium card like Sapphire Preferred or Ink Plus to transfer points into miles, while the Starwood card doesn’t have a requirement like that.

Starwood also allows members at the same address to transfer points between their accounts for free.

There are thousands of uses for Starpoints, some of which have been over 50 cents each for me at hotels, but I aim for a minimum value of about 2.2 cents per point and am happy when I’m able to exceed that level. It’s not hard to reach a value of that level at hotels and you can transfer 20K miles into 25K valuable miles from airlines like Aegean, Alaska, American, and dozens of other programs. If you are able to obtain a value of 1.75 cents from those airlines then that imputes a 2.2 cent value for Starpoints as well. The miles won’t sell on the grey market for that price, but miles are always more valuable when you use them yourself for travel.

The Starwood card earns 2 Starpoints per dollar at Starwood hotels, or a 4.4% rebate at a value of 2.2 cents per Starpoint. It earns 1 Starpoint per dollar everywhere else, or a 2.2% rebate at a value of 2.2 cents per Starpoint.

Marriott merger:

Starwood is in the process of merging with Marriott, but it will be a while until the programs are merged. Marriott’s CEO has promised multiple times not to mess with SPG’s value proposition, but we’ll see what that means when the full details come out. At this point nothing is known and there are lots of possibilities. The programs could be run separately or either loyalty program could win out. Ideally they’d realize the passion that SPG members have for Starpoints and simply convert Marriott points into an SPG type of loyalty program with something like a 50% haircut in points for Marriott members. But ideally doesn’t always happen.

Will the SPG AMEX or the Chase Marriott card survive? Might both survive? Those are all questions we might not know answers to until next year.

Chase is also currently offering a limited time 87.5K signup bonus on the Marriott card. Of course Starpoints are worth far more than Marriott points and it remains to be seen how exactly and at what ratio they’ll be combined.

But in the meantime you can pickup the signup bonus on both limited time offers.

American Express Benefits and the annual fee:

The card also carries American Express’ awesome top-notch protections that are light-years better than any other banks. Most other banks always look for a way to get out, but that’s not the case with American Express.
-If you need to return an item up to $300 they will gladly refund you. Most of the time you’ll be able to keep the item, but if you do need to send it back the return shipping will be free.
-You get an additional year of warranty coverage and if you have any issue in the extended warranty year they’ll pay to have it fixed or refund your entire purchase price without a hassle.
-If you need to dispute a charge there’s nobody who makes it easier or as pain-free as American Express does. It’s the best in the industry by leaps and bounds and you can do it all online.
-If your item is stolen or broken within 90 days you’ll be covered.

See this post to see just how amazing AMEX benefits can be.

There’s no fee on the Starwood card for the first year and $95 thereafter though you can often get bonus points or account credits for keeping it open for additional years. If you cancel a card within 60 days of being charged the fee on your statement you will receive a full refund of the fee. If you cancel after 60 days you get a pro-rated refund based on how many months you had the card.

Spending $3K or $5K in 3 months:

You can pay your federal taxes for a 1.87% fee. The Starpoints are worth more than 1.87 cents each, so that’s a no-brainer if you’re trying to meet a spend threshold. If you overpay you can request a cash refund or apply it to your next year’s taxes.

My local gas company allows me to prepay up to $1,000 on a credit card for a $1.65 flat fee. That’s a great way to earn miles and help meet a spend threshold. My electricity supplier allows me to pay with a credit card for free as long as I am enrolled in autopay. I used to prepay 5 months of rent on a my credit card (it’s easier in Cleveland where that’s just $800/month) for a $19 flat fee. You’d be surprised to see what you can charge to your credit card!

Sheraton Club Lounge Access:

The Starwood business card now gives free club lounge access when staying at Sheraton hotels.

There have been rave reviews of the Sheraton Club lounge in Tel Aviv for example.  If you have a Starwood business card you’ll get free access to it and its free food, beverages, and sweeping view of the Mediterranean Sea. A free night at the Sheraton Tel Aviv is 12K points, 6K points+$110, or 9.6K points per night on a 5 night stay.

Premium Internet Access:

With either Starwood card you now get free premium in-room internet at Starwood hotels. All SPG guests get free internet, but cardholders will now get the faster version for free.

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Elite Status and Crossover benefits with Delta and Uber:

Just by having a Starwood card you earn Preferred Plus status.  This status earns you the right to checkout at 4pm at Starwood hotels and get upgraded to preferred rooms.

If you spend $30,000 in a year on either Starwood card you earn Gold status.  Gold status gets you more points per dollar spent at SPG hotels and a 250 point amenity on stays, even when redeeming points.  You can also get gold status for free with no spending requirement by opening The Platinum Card® from American Express or the The Business Platinum Card® from American Express OPEN

When you have the Starwood card you also get 5 elite qualifying nights and 2 stays for each Starwood card that you have that count towards earning Gold or Platinum status!

Starwood Gold and Platinum elites can also register here to earn Starpoints on Delta flights on top of the regular Delta miles in addition to other benefits while Delta elites can get benefits at SPG hotels.

And all members can earn bonus Starpoints for Uber rides as well after making a single SPG stay.

Using Starpoints:

Points are deposited directly into your Starwood account, so you do not lose your points if you cancel your card like you would with American Express Membership Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards points, or Citibank ThankYou points.  You do need to maintain some activity in your Starwood account every 18 months to keep it active, though Starwood is very good about reactivating accounts that have been closed due to inactivity.

Award nights count towards elite status. Gold members receive 250 points back and Platinum members receive 500 points back per stay.

How can you use your points?

1. Hotel award nights with no blackouts or capacity controls. If a standard room is for sale you can use points to book it:

2. If you book 5 consecutive hotel award nights at category 3-7 hotels then the 5th night will be free:

For example:
-5 nights at the category 7 blinged out S. Regis Bal Harbour is 120,000 points, still that’s not a bad value when you consider that the cheapest rooms during peak season go for more than $1,000 per night.
-At the category 6 ultra-modern W Hong Kong with a 76th floor rooftop infinity pool or at the breathtaking Le Meridien Bora Bora or Westin Venice would cost 80,000 points.
-5 nights at the category 5 Sheraton Kauai or the highly rated Sheraton Tel Aviv will be 48,000 points.
-5 nights at the category 4 Sheraton Big Island of Hawaii, Four Points by Sheraton Miami Beach, Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort will be 40,000 points.
-5 nights at the category 3 Le Meridien Chiang Mai Thailand over an awesome Shabbos at the nearby Chabad House. would set you back 28,000 points. Same goes for the popular Sheraton Suites Fort Lauderdale at Cypress Creek or the Sheraton Mahwah near Monsey.
-The category 2 Four Points by Sheraton Niagara Falls Fallsview is just 3K points on weekends or 4K points on weekdays. Same goes for the Sheraton Eatontown Hotel near Lakewood, NJ.
-A night at the category 1 Aloft S. Jose Costa Rica or Le Méridien N’Fis, Morocco starts at just 2,000 points.

Click on the category links to explore other hotels that can be obtained for those rates.

3. Cash and points allows you stretch your points when reserving a standard room, upgraded room, or suite:

Starwood’s cash and points chart make expensive hotel stays cheap. Take the Sheraton at my hometown Cleveland airport for example. The rate there for tonight is $219+tax=$260. Using Starpoints you can either pay 4,000 points for a value of 6.5 cents per Starpoint. With cash and points a category 2 hotel would be 2,000 points and $35 cash for a value of 11.3 cents per Starpoint! A weekend night is just 3,000 points.

4. Nights and Flights allow you to combine a 5 night hotel stay and get 50,000 miles for less than the cost of booking a 5 night stay and transferring points separately:

In other words you can stay 5 nights at a category 4 hotel like the Sheraton Big Island of Hawaii or Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort and get 50,000 miles transferred into the airline of your choice for just 70,000 Starpoints.

When done separately that 5 night stay would cost 40,000 Starpoints and the airline transfer would cost 40,000 Starpoints.

5. SPG Moments allows you to  purchase or bid on once-in-a-lifetime experiences with Starpoints.

Throw out the first pitch at a ballgame, watch the game from a suite, etc. Starwood will even cater their suite with kosher food upon request with no additional charge! People have done that at the US Open, Cubs, Knicks, Rangers, and more games.

6. Keep your eyes peeled for promotions like this 50% off promotion where I spent 5 nights in the S. Regis Bal Harbour for just 48,000 points.

You can currently save 35% off at select resorts.

7. Of course you can transfer your Starpoints into miles with dozens of airlines at great ratios. 20,000 Starpoints becomes 25,000 miles on dozens of airlines thanks to the 25% bonus.

Airlines also often incentivize transfers, like American did last year by offering a 50% bonus for transfersAir Canada and United also offered promotions last year.

Curious about the 34 Starwood transfer options and ratios? Here they are!

With so may different airlines to transfer to it’s just a matter of figuring out which one has the lowest rates to where you want to go. I’ve separated them by alliance so you can know which airlines are partners and will therefore let you book award travel on partner airlines. Of course airlines also have lots of non-alliance partners, but by definition they are partners with all airlines in the same alliance.

In parenthesis you can see if American Express Membership Rewards (MR), Chase Ultimate Rewards (UR), or Citibank Thank You (TY) points transfers to the airline as well.

OneWorld Alliance:
Air Berlin: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (No other transfers)
American: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (No other transfers)
British Airways Avios: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (MR, UR)
Cathay Pacific Asia Miles: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (MR, TY)
JAL: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (No other transfers)
LAN: 20,000 Starpoints=37,500 kms (No other transfers)
Qatar: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (TY)

Skyteam Alliance:
AeroMexico: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (MR)
Air France/KLM Flying Blue: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (MR, TY)
Alitalia: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (MR)
China Eastern: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (No other transfers)
China Southern: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (No other transfers)
Delta: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (MR)
Korean: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (UR)
Saudia: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (No other transfers)

Star Alliance:
ANA: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (MR)
Aegean: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (No other transfers)
Air Canada/Aeroplan: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (MR)
Air China: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (No other transfers)
Air New Zealand: 20,000 Starpoints=385 points (No other transfers)
Asiana: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (No other transfers)
Lufthansa Miles & More: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (No other transfers)
Singapore: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (MR, TY, UR)
Thai: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (TY)
United: 20,000 Starpoints=12,500 miles (UR)

Alaska (Partners with several airlines from different alliances): 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (No other transfers)
Emirates: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (MR)
Etihad: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (TY)
Gol/Varig Smiles: 20,000 Starpoints=12,500 miles (No other transfers)
Hainan: 20,000 Starpoints==25,000 miles (No other transfers)
Hawaiian: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (MR)
Jet Airways: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (No other transfers)
Virgin Atlantic: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (MR, TY, UR)
Virgin Australia: 20,000 Starpoints=25,000 miles (No other transfers)

Points can also transfer to Amtrak at a 1:1 ratio.

You can view the expiration policies for each transfer program here. Remember that points can only transfer from Starwood to an airline, they can never transfer from an airline to Starwood.

I don’t recommend using the SPG Flights or the SPG Merchandise/Gift Card programs as the value per point is way too low.

How do you normally redeem your Starpoints? Hit the comments!

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here you go new languages and higher sign up offers

Just got approved for this card two weeks ago. Anyway to get them to match the offer?

Call or chat and ask?

Too bad. For most readers of this site they could offer 500k SPG signup bonus and it wouldn’t be of any use. Probably only a handfull who haven’t had both cards in the past. I think we are going to see a lot of mega sign up bonuses coming up accross Amex’s full line of products if they think they have isolated the churners and are truly spending the money on first time customer aquasition costs……

If I have had / have both a personal and business card and have had my wife as my secondary cardholder, can she now get both as the primary? Or because she had the secondary card already for both, she’s not entitled? thanks

Had a consumer one before and I have currently a business one fir spg
I don’t suppose I can sign up for second business one with my ss# and a different business name ?

She can get both as the primary.

I’m not aware of anyone that has tested the new business rules that just went into effect.

which serve is best? (NYC)

I had a SPG card like 10-15 years ago, I don’t remember if it was a personal or business, is there any way for me to verify?

I use OneVIP.

From reports on DDF, if it was that long ago you should be able to get the bonus again regardless.
Let us know how it goes.

If you have the business card for one business. can you still open up a new card for another business that never had it and get the bonus?

@eli: I’ve been following the site for 2 years, been waiting for a good offer, got the recent 30,000 point offer for the business for myself and personal for my wife. Now gotta do the opposite and earn 70,000 more points.
Thanks DAN

I currently have 1 personal and 1 biz card. I’m toast for this offer?

Hi, does the business card have a pull on my credit? would it be worth applying for another Amex at the same time?

Applied less than two weeks ago for SPG 25k…tried to match as a one time courtesy and was denied. YMMV, obviously.

Dan, how link lg will this offer be around? Cannot sign up at the moment

If I have the consumer card, can I get the business card and have both cards linked to the same SPG account?

See comments 6/7.

Find a spouse 😀

It’s just 1 pull if you apply for multiple AMEX cards on the same day.

Oh well.

Read the post.

I never had either of them personal or business. Is there any advantage of one over the other?

They’re both great cards.
You can apply for both on the same day with 1 credit pull, so no reason not to try for that and get the increased bonus on both if you’re approved.

Regarding authorized users, can I just make up 99 different names to get the cards for small business Saturday or do they have to be real people with proper social security numbers?

Amex benefits

FWIW, I’ve used the amex return/protection benefits in the past without much issue (never got close to the $ limit or abused the system), but over the past 6 months, I had maybe 3 claims for which I would get call-backs from amex to question the purchase details, one claim was heavily scrutinized and denied, and the others were approved, but only after substantial pushing on my end…

I wouldn’t advise making things up.
You can just add yourself as an authorized user though.

@Dan: I thought of that, the problem is the spending most of the vendors I deal with don’t accept Amex. It will be difficult to spend the full 8k in that time frame.

Often they do, but they don’t want to because it costs them a bit more. If you push they may be willing to do it once though.

Don’t have any federal taxes to pay?

Can’t get a Serve card?

If I have an SPG business card, is it possible to open a new SPG business card for my wife on the same Business? As She’s also employd there.

Moshe G

@Dan: i do have a serve card how would that help? Btw let’s not get confused with the other Moshe ðŸ˜€. Changed my name a bit.

Yes, that’s perfectly fine.

@Moshe G:
You get buy gift cards on the SPG card and load them onto Serve at Rite Aid.

Moshe Katz

I can make my self an authorized user on my own card several times over?

@Moshe Katz:

Moshe G

@Dan: I live in NYC I don’t think that will work anywhere around here. Any other ideas?

Thanks dan!

@Dan: plus I’m already stocked up with GC from the last staples saleðŸ˜‰

I just tried getting a serve card and received this message-

Sorry, we are unable to approve you for an Account at this time.

Thank you for your interest in American Express Serve.

Thanks, Dan.
Similarly, If I apply for the SPG card in Canada, can I have both the US and Canadian card linked to the same SPG account?

Dan's the Man

Dan, Is FlyingBLue still the best program to transfer Starwood and Amex points to for Israel? They only charge 50K roundtrip from NYC and approx $200 in fees. I need 6 tickets so that is prob my best bet for only using 300K points, right?

Dan, do you think if I signed up for the consumer card 3 years ago, and cancelled it just recently, should I be able to get another bonus? Wondering your opinion. Thanks!

How does it work using a serve card to do the spending? I would purchase any gift cards sold in stores with my credit card and then load those gift cards onto my serve card and then pay my credit card bill? Do they have to be a specific kind of gift card?

@Moshe G:
Have you tried?

Call them?

@Dan’s the Man:
Aegean might be cheaper, it all just depends on availability.

Doesn’t seem likely anymore.

Search this site for Serve.

Thanks for this Dan. As a data point, I just got the Amex Biz card (with a 25k bonus) in January. I did a Webchat with Amex — they wouldn’t give me the full 10K for this new offer but did give me a goodwill gesture of another 3,000 SPG points. Best I could get…

I searched and read about the serve card. You have alot written on it but i cant seem to find the basics. You write to load the serve card with a credit card. I’m a bit confused by that. Not sure what that means. Would you be able to explain that or show me a link to where it is explained. Thnks dan

Jack out of the box

I got this card last month but by chat they refuse to match the offer. She said they don’t do it for anybody anymore.

Can i apply for amex business as sole proprietor with SS and no EIN?

Wow! Thanks! Gonna get both cards. Btw how would a friend of mine who is canadian be able to get this card. Also in General how would a canadian get american cards?

I meant the spg card. How a canadian get the spg card or the chase saphire preffered card?

Under the old rules could you get the bonus twice within 12 months for the business card under two different businesses but same ssn?

Moshe G

@Dan: Dan, i tried to open for the business card and was declined for the following reason “According to our records, you currently have the maximum number and type of American Express Card accounts that we allow.”

Is there a limit of cards you can have with them? Any advise on how to fix this?

Personal application is still pending approval.

Can I use a serve card to pay any credit card bill from any bank (Chase, Wells Fargo, etc.) or does it specifically have to be American Express cards?

April 3rd to 6th 2016 are $88 and up from LGA to MIA

By the way guys, don’t discount the Amex protection benefits, and their ease of use. Chase supposedly offers many of the same benefits, but their application is TERRIBLE. I just tried a claim with them, it took 3 weeks, I had to upload 6 documents, had to have diagnostics run on my device, and then they denied the claim on a triviality.

Just applied for SPG Business Card 25k Bonus. Still in the mail. Not even activated yet. I called to ask to apply the offer and they said no!! Is there anyway to get around this?

Hey Dan is there any benefit in getting the business one over the consumer card? I haven’t opened either one in the past.

Just opened one with your link! Its time for some new star points just used some for the W in Hollywood

@dan which card can you downgrade to from the spg which will have no annual fee? I tried in December and they told me that there was no such thing. Also, if I close my card will my points expire after certain period of time?

@Moshe Katz: I’ve heard of stories of people having problems with certain banks,cuz they had 100’s of credit cards in their name from adding themselves as AU’s…

Big Fan

Can I open the Business Card even if I have no business? Also is there a foreign transaction fee on the business card? Would love a reply

@Dan: @Dee: I applied now for the starwood Personal and 5 minutes later for the Amex EveryDayÂ® Card. the website asked me to call in for a decision. the rep told me that the automatic system cannot approve 2 cards within 5 days, after 5 days the system will automatically process the application and email me a decision.

i asked about another credit pull, she said that there will be 2 separate credit pulls. quite disappointed…

Why not get both?

@Big Fan:
These are answered in the post.

Even if it does pull it twice, you can call Experian and they’ll take a 2nd pull off if its within a few weeks of the original pull.

Can I transfer Starwood points to ihg?

I wouldn’t spend the 8K to open both. I would rather open the consumer card but if the business one has extra benefits I would open that one. Any advice?

never had any of these, should I go ahead or wait for some better offer to come? after all its only once in a life time!
The same is for the business platinum & gold, just got targeted offers of 75k each in my amex platinum consumer account (which i’ll be closing this week before the $450 annual fee hits) should I grab them or wait for better offers, (I spent over 100k on my amex gold consumer, Is that a reason they might target me with a better offer?)
Dan I truly rely on your knowledge & experience…

No. Even if you could you’d be nuts to do so. SPG is worth 4x IHG.

The business card offers lounge access at Sheraton.

This is the best offer ever for this card. I would grab it.

OK so I’m going for both SPGs, (Or you meant only one for now?)
How about the Business Plat & Gold For 75K Each? grb or wait?

Moshe Finkelstein

For all of you that have signed up for the spg b4 the recent Promotian of 35k spg like me,
I called a few times and they said they could not match it so I just called back and told rep I know they don’t match offers, however I was wondering if I’d b able to get some kind of courtesy for being an spg card holder, she put on hold said she can offer me 3,000 spg points as courtesy I asked if was possible t get some more by talking to supervisor she came back and said most she can do is 5k, try this just remember to speak very nicely for its in their power to get you courtesy

Jack out of the box

if i canceled the spg 3 years ago do you think it is likely that i will be accepted with the offer? does it help that i live in a different address?

signed up and approved via your link!

Clearly I need another brooklyn beginners seminar.

I just got a new ein number and I had spg business on my ss can I get the business offer on the ein?

Dan how many of us are eligible anymore since the once in a life time rule

do all hotels offer free club lounge for business card? is it even when booking with points?

I have a credit card from the company that i work for
can i get this credit card under the company ( I have authorization) and get the points for me, the card user ?

What’s the point of this if starwoods being sold to Marriott and points will eventually be devalued?

Moshe G

When does the 3 months begin, activation date or date of application?

Got both cards, business and personal, but I did have to call in for the second card and was asked a bunch of questions why I needed both cards, and if it had anything to do with the 35K SPG points, then transferred to another department and asked a bunch of questions again. At the end they gave me both cards so I should have 80k miles in the next few weeks.

Thanks DD

All Sheratons.

It goes based on whether you are the primary cardholder.

Transfer the points to miles when a deval is announced.

@Moshe G:
Approval date.

Should have 80K Starpoints when you’re done which equals 100K miles.

@Dan: I just signed up for both personal and business, was approved right away for the business, for the personal it said to call in. I called the rep told me you can’t get the signup bonus on both. Did Huca, second rep told me I could get it twice. Then after 2 hours I get a phone call from the second rep told me that his superviser told him you can not get it twice (business & personal) so he wanted to correct himself. Anybody with experience with this?

They’re clueless.

@Dan: I’m shocked your saying that, the 2nd guy called me back with word of a superviser. I guess will have to wait and see..

If I get approved after the 30th will i still get the signup bonus?

Wouldn’t be bad to get 166k SPG points at one shot. ðŸ˜‰

You will, good luck!

How many Amex Business cards I can apply at once?

Looking to fly to Israel from DTW in June 2017 using miles. Any recommendations to stock up on them? Will getting this Starwood card help me and for which airline?

i have a delta amex with 7000 skymiles that i was offered to switch to amex spg.
@dan â€“ what should i do?

Depends on your credit.

You won’t get the signup bonus for that. Open a new Starwood card for the bonus and close the Delta card if they say that you can’t have both.

Is it reasonable to wait for a higher sign-up bonus next month, as the bidding war goes on ? After all you can only get one bonus in a lifetime.

I would be shocked to see a better offer than this anytime soon.

Plus at this point it appears that Anbang will win the war for Starwood and it may be a very long time before we see a 35K SPG bonus again.

@Moshe G: @Moshe, did you ever find out what the limitation is regarding number of Amex cards that prevented your approval for the SPG Business card? And did you get that overridened? I received the same message as you — “According to our records, you currently have the maximum number and type of American Express Card accounts that we allow.â€

You can have up to 4 credit cards and unlimited charge cards.
You can call to close an old credit card to get approved for a new one.

Inexperienced points dud

Is there anyway to get the points by May 21st?

4 credit cards including Personal & Business? Is SPG credit or charge?

Charge cards are Green, Gold, Platinum, etc.

I applied and was approved or the business card today, will it make a separate credit pull if I apply for a persona?

It shouldn’t, but even if it does you can call Experian to have it removed.

any chance with a credit score of about 715 ?

@Dan thanks

@a yid:

Thank you!

after applying for the personal I was prompted to call cs, they told me that the application was put on hold for 5 days by the automatic system for my protection because it sees I applied already today fo a different card. does that mean it will make a separate pull on my credit?

Even if it does you can call Experian to have it removed.

When I clicked on your link to apply, they asked if it’s for a new or existing business (my Amex account was open in a different link). Is it better to apply as a new business or one of my existing ones?

What is this 5 elite qualifying nights and 2 stays that you can get?

thanks r’dan

pending 14 days , should I call?
number handy?

I just got a new federal tax number and I had spg business on my ss a few years ago. can I get the business offer on the new tax Id number?

If I deposit money to my Serve account with an spg card, Will that count towards the 30000 to get gold status?

What are these points worth if I plan on selling them?

Hi Dan, if we spend $3k today do we get the points right away or is there a holding period like 90 days or something?

I just applied for the Starwood personal and business using two browsers within seconds of each other.in was approved for the personal however I got a message to call for the business, and they told me that it came up as a duplicate application,and to wait five days.

Had the SPG card like 15 years ago. Any way to know if I will still get the bonus?

You should get the points soon after completing the spending.

So call back in 5 days?

There have been reports of getting the points again after 6 years, but the exact waiting period isn’t known.

I was planning on applying for the british airways card today, If I apply to both will there be two credit pulls? (Bc one is visa and one is amex)

So is Serve cards still working?

I’m trying to apply, but the application is constantly freezing. i tried multiple browsers, & their all freezing by part 2 of process. advice?

@Dan: Iâ€™m trying to apply, but the application is constantly freezing. i tried multiple browsers, & their all freezing by part 2 of process. advice?

trying to apply but its not giving sole proprietor as an option

@dan it wont allow to ue social for tax id as well as personal social number.

Starwoods Fan

ANBANG to back out of the deal

So I applied and got approved for the consumer card on the last day of the promotion, 3/30. How do I make sure to get the promotional points? Just make sure to spend 3000 and I automatically get it?


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