How I Look at My Favorite Credit Card—Starwood—Now

What you need to know about the Starwood-Marriott drama, but more importantly, how to go on hitting upgrade home runs with Starwood and its 35 partners.

If you have been with FCF for even a short time, you know that we think Starwood Preferred Guest is the best credit card (by far) for claiming significant discounts on Business and First Class air travel.

The two main reasons are the card’s 35 transfer partners, the most of any credit card, and the 25% bonus for every 20,000 points transferred to one of those partner airlines. It’s the king of credit cards. (Amex Membership Rewards is the queen, with 17 transfer partners.)