{"id":73,"date":"2012-08-08T18:02:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T18:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/spg-how-i-love-thee-let-me-count-the-ways-to-earn-points\/"},"modified":"2013-02-25T02:52:07","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T02:52:07","slug":"spg-how-i-love-thee-let-me-count-the-ways-to-earn-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/2012\/08\/spg-how-i-love-thee-let-me-count-the-ways-to-earn-points\/","title":{"rendered":"SPG&#8230;how I love thee? Let me count the ways&#8230;to earn points!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SPG has suprised us this month with its increased credit card offering for both personal and business. 10,000 points after the first purchase and 20,000 points after $5,000 spend in the first 6 months. I actually got this card bonus 2 years ago and canceled a year later. So &#8230;techically I should be good to get this card bonus again! I will update if I get approved \ud83d\ude42 Update: Got approved!<\/p>\n<p>Also, as rummer has it, 10 bloggers have teamed up with SPG to offer their readers free spg points via a contest. Some easier than others and so far I have only found\u00a09 and hunting down the last one. Many of these blogs have links to the credit card offer. \u00a0Drum roll please!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thepointsguy.com\/2012\/08\/starwood-amex-30000-point-bonus-is-back-and-giveaway-of-60000-starpoints\/#comments\">The Points Guy<\/a><br \/>\nGiving 2\u00a0winners 30k\u00a0points each<br \/>\nOne for the\u00a0best cash and points redemption offer and one for the best free nights redemption offer<br \/>\nEnds Aug 14th<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/viewfromthewing\/2012\/08\/07\/im-giving-away-60000-starwood-starpoints\/#comments\">View from the Wing<\/a><br \/>\nGiving 2\u00a0winners 30k points each<br \/>\nAnswer \u201cWhat Starwood hotel or resort property would you like to visit to stretch your summer&#8221;<br \/>\nEnter once every 24 hrs and ends Aug 14th<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vagabondish.com\/win-50000-starpoints-us-open-stretch-your-summer-giveaway\/\">Vagabondish<\/a><br \/>\nGiving 1 winner 50k points<br \/>\nEnter by leaving a comment, tweeting, or liking their facebook page<br \/>\nEnds Aug 15th<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thevacationgals.com\/starwood-50000-starpoints-giveaway\/comment-page-4\/#comment-57635\">The Vacation Gals<\/a><br \/>\nGiving 1 winner 50k points Enter by leaving a comment, tweeting, or liking their facebook page<br \/>\nEnds Aug 14th<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ordinarytraveler.com\/articles\/stretch-the-summer-giveaway-win-30000-points\">Ordinary Traveler<\/a><br \/>\nGiving 1 winner 30k points<br \/>\nEnter by liking their facebook and pinterest page and pinning their pictures and leaving comments. You can also tweet for an extra entry.<br \/>\nEnds Aug 14th<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/onemileatatime\/2012\/08\/07\/win-50000-starpoints-courtesy-of-the-starwood-american-express-enter-here\/\">One Mile at a Time<\/a><br \/>\nGiving 1 winner 50k points<br \/>\nEnter by leaving a comment about which Starwood hotel you would redeem 30,000 Starpoints at, and how many free nights you could get using those points.<br \/>\nEnter once per day. 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