Lounge, pampering and lots of reward points: benefits for Amex Platinum holders at Fidenza Village outlet
The purpose of reward travel is to maximize benefits and accumulate as many points as possible. However, people often do not know all [...]
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The purpose of reward travel è Maximize benefits and accumulate as many points as possible. However, often the full benefits are not known, simply because they are too many and it is impossible to know them all.
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Today we discuss a benefit known to few and taken advantage of by even fewer. Fidenza Village is an outlet in the Parma area, easily accessible from the nearby highway exit on the A1, the highway that connects Milan with Bologna and Florence.
Fidenza Village is part of The Bicester Collection of Villages, is home to more than 100 boutiques and is an Italian shopping hub. What few people know is that there is a very close relationship between Bicester facilities around the world, including Italy, and American Express, and this relationship results in many benefits for holders.
The best bonuses
From reserved parking, to personal assistant. From the lounge, to dedicated offers. To the ability to earn miles with lots of airlines and Payback points.
With this article I will try to list all the benefits thanks to the help of Federico, a loyal reader of ours.
First of all, it is necessary to register with the Fidenza Village Club. and thus be recognized as Platinum Amex holders throughout the retail park. On your first visit you will be issued a physical, named card that is valid at all outlets worldwide.
You then have access to the Virtual Shopping which allows you to purchase a product from home at one of the downtown boutiques, or simply check for a particular item at the desired boutique and thus avoid an empty trip. Finally, it is possible to make an appointment to visit the store, dodging the queue outside the store.
Access to "the Concierge" area. staff will be able to assist guests and provide a range of services:
- Relaxation area
- Information about the Village, boutiques and promotions
- Phone charging
- Shopping counseling
- Hands-free shopping
- Mileage crediting
- Luggage storage
Possibility to use "The Apartment," a real lounge where you can relax after a busy day of shopping. A room where you can make a business call or simply wait for your husband, wife and children to finish shopping away from people and the weather.
Of course, Privilege customers also have a reserved parking area near the entrance to the shopping area.
Double Points and Miles
One of the major benefits is the possibility of Turn all spending into loyalty points in 24 different programs: banking, hotel, airline and general. All, of course, without forgetting Membership Rewards points that accumulate with traditional expenditures.
In detail there are 7 hotel partners:
- Wyndham Rewards
- NH Hotels
- ALL Accor live limitless
- Melia Rewards
- Preferred Hotels & Resorts
- Radisson Rewards
- RoccoForte Hotels
It is possible to accumulate points in different loyalty programs
- Millemiles, it was possible before with Alitalia and the link is still alive although strongly discouraged. It allows you to earn 1 MM point for every euro spent
- Aer Lingus Aerclub. Allows you to accumulate 5 Avios points for every 4 euros spent
- Alfursian by Saudia Airlines. Allows you to accumulate 1 mile for every euro spent
- Cathay Pacific's AsiaMiles. Allows you to earn 1.25 miles for every euro spent
- Mileage Club of All Nippon Airlines. Allows you to accumulate 1 mile for every euro spent
- Executive Club British Airways. Allows you to earn 5 Avios points for every 4 euros spent
- Emirates Skywards. Allows you to accumulate 1 mile for every euro spent
- Etihad Guest. Allows you to accumulate 1 mile for every euro spent
- Flying Blue by Air France and KLM. Allows you to earn 2 miles for every euro spent
- Iberia Plus. Allows you to accumulate 5 Avios points for every 4 euros spent
- Lufthansa's Miles & More. Allows you to accumulate 1 mile for every euro spent
- Privilege of Qatar Allows you to accumulate 1 mile for every euro spent
To choose where to credit points, we first need to know what our goals are in terms of award tickets. Definitely interesting possibility of having ANA as a partner because it is not easy in Italy to have options to accumulate points in this loyalty program. In general Is FlyingBlue good (2 points per euro), but if you are instead aiming for the Avios family, it is best to bet on Qatar, which gives away 1 point for every euro and then transfer the loot to British Airways.
Then there is the partnership with the Payback card, there are often coupons that multiply the points that can be accumulated by spending in stores.
In addition, it is not infrequent that there are dedicated offers on all American Express credit cards that allow for immediate cashback or a percentage discount from the expense incurred.
In conclusion
A day of shopping, perhaps with friends, could give you a lot of benefits in terms of bonus points. This is one set of benefits that not everyone knows about and that not even American Express advertises to its cardholders. But if taken advantage of, they make it possible to experience a busy shopping day with much less stress.
