hahaha~~~

that's great

btw, maybank AL can't waive if no condition said can waive right?

Whether to use cash or points depends really.

Let's take an extreme example.

A stay in St Regis New York in April next year will cost you USD1,300 nett/night. Or you can use 30k starpoints which only equates to USD682.50 under the current 35% promotion.

But with the Marriott takeover you can convert 24k starpoints to Marriott Reward Points and stay at the Ritz-Carlton Central Park. Or stay 5 nights and get the 5th night free under either SPG or Marriott. This would bring the points required down even more for a stay in an aspirational 5-star property.

A more common scenario would be like when I used 3k starpoints to book a stay at Aloft KL during a busy weekend last Oct when rates were hovering above RM600 a night.

SPG enables one to attain Platinum through only 25 stays or 50 nights. With this, you're matched to Marriott's Platinum Elite which normally requires 75 nights. I'm sticking to SPG for now until further news on the program's future.

I suspect most here would be converting into air miles for business/first class flights which makes much more (economic) sense than hotel night redemptions.

Select Reward Points when searching and it will come up. I just tried.

Anyone know if I can redeem Credit card points (Treats ..etc) and credit into an airmiles account that is in a different name with the Card holder name?

*Rub palms*

I sailang EM before TP devaluation. With today’s news that SQ and MH will enhance the FFP for the new partnership, hopefully I can hit another jackpot 🎉🎉🎉

Haha yes ! That's what I'm looking at doing now. Still confused which card I should start with first (travel miles)

I already suggested much earlier but he said AF is too hefty. Oh well.

Exactly. To me that AF is nothing now.

Paying RM 3xx for KUL-IST-KUL on SQ business class, where to get la?