How Star Alliance Travelers Can Get a Free Ritz-Carlton Seven-Night Stay Worth $5,600

All it takes is transferring SPG points to Air Canada before April 18.

Back in November, I wrote a report about How (and Why) I Just Got 152,000 United Miles—plus Seven Nights at the Ritz-Carlton Central Park—for 180,000 Starwood Points. The keynote: the Starwood Starpoints-to-Marriot Rewards opportunity netted nine cents in value per Starpoint. (Only other requirement: You have to like luxury hotels.)

Had I had a crystal ball, I wouldn’t have bothered with the United deal, because now Marriott has a promotion that offers a 30% bonus when transferring Marriott points to Air Canada miles, which I generally prefer over United miles.