I was getting married at an SPG hotel in Hawaii earlier in the year so I got the American, Amex SPG card which came with 25k bonus points, but also 5 points per dollar spend at SPG hotels.
For me this was a no brainer as we were getting married at an SPG, and our honeymoon locations were going to then be at SPG locations.
Also SPG links with Uber... not a massive points earner by any means, but I'v probably put 1k more points on SPG this year through using Uber a lot.
After the wedding I came out with 94,000 points. Luckily at the time SPG had a double and triple your points promotion on so I was BURNING up points and was very happy.
I've just redeemed 76,000 points for a holiday in Canada next year in January. No CAD Taxes at one hotel on the ski fields so that was 40,000 points for a nice room for 5 nights (5th night free offer).
And the second hotel was 36,000 for 4-5 nights for a Club Lounge room and $31 CAD in taxes.
So I'm really happy. SPG call centre is always very helpful and there's never any waiting time on hold. This is my first time booking with SPG on points but I've had a great experience with them this time, and when booking our wedding and honeymoon locations.