Free nights and up to 400$ to spend on hotels, the crazy offers Fine Hotels & Resorts
Some people think that one of the main benefits of American Express Platinum is the Priority Pass card, but I don't [...]
Some people think that one of the main benefits of the American Express Platinum both the Priority Pass card, but I am not among them. According to my personal ranking, the main benefits are travel insurance and Fine Hotels & Resorts.
Fine Hotels & Resorts' "standard" offering.
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As I have explained in dozens of articles, booking through this channel accesses a package that Includes room upgrade, free breakfast, late check-out and credit to spend at the facility. A saving that if exploited strategically can significantly lower final expenditureand, and what a memory also allows you to accumulate points and nights qualifiers in the various loyalty programs of hotel chains such as Marriott and all the others.
Don't have a Platinum card, but want the same benefits?
If you are not a holder of this card, but you want to get the same benefits (and sometimes more) you can use the booking channel of ACIBueteam, and of the Virtuoso program., this solution allows all travelers to have access to thousands of 4- and 5-star facilities around the world by getting precisely upgrades and more, without spending an extra euro in the room or in commissions for the booking agency.
Fine Hotels & Resorts Special Offers
At this time, and until the end of the year., any hotel and rental reservations made through the American Express travel portal (which is the only way to get access to FH+R) you get 1 more MR point than you normally accumulate, this means that by spending 100€ with a card you get 300 MR points and not the usual 200.
In addition to that I noticed, while searching for accommodations for my upcoming trips, some interesting offers popping up. Unfortunately, there is no directory or list, so it is impossible to say "if you have to go to..." here are the offers, you have to do some research and see what pops up. Here are some examples:
Regardless of the length of stay, many facilities offer the 25% discount on the final price of the stay.
Other facilities propose a surcharge on the credit to be spent at the facility which is normally 100$, in the case above the Ritz Carlton in Hong Kong, where I will be flying in early December, proposes a extra 300$, this means that you will have as much as 400$ of credit to use for hotel expenses, credit that is written off from the account before check-out.
The other special offer that is triggered for stays of at least 3 nights is to get a free night. This means that the displayed reservation price indicates the 3 nights, but on balance you will only pay 2. Still keeping all the other benefits provided such as free breakfast, upgrades and basic credit to spend.
In conclusion
A couple of stays, but sometimes just one, at an FH+R hotel can justify the annual American Express Platinum fee alone. If you can then also take advantage of extra offers like these then you get on the side of "earning" money and not spending it thanks to a Credit Card.
