Sign up for the AMEX Starwood Preferred Guest card, and you will get an instant bonus of 10,000 StarPoints. You can either redeem these points for free nights at hotels like Sheraton, Westin, and the W Hotel, or you can redeem 9,500 StarPoints for a $100 gift certificate from Amazon!

Apply for the Starwood Preferred Guest card.Make a purchase and you will get 10,000 StarPoints credited to your accountRedeem for either hotel stays or a $100 Amazon GC for 9 500 points

The only drawback about this deal is that there is a $45 annual fee. Fortunately, the fee for the first year is waived, so remember to cancel if you don’t plan to use the card.

What’s nice about this deal is that you can either use the GC yourself, sell it on eBay (auctions usually go for about $90-$95), or give it to a friend as a Christmas gift.

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