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One thing Rob often mentions is that followers of HFP are looking for true value from travel not just the price. Up until recently, until both my wife and I retired, we rarely stayed in 5 star hotels but now often do, mainly through the opportunities gained through credit cards like Amex Platinum.
One excellent example of this has been our last stay in Salzburg. Using Amex Fine Hotels and Resorts from the Amex Platinum card we booked two nights at the lovely Goldener Hirsch. Cost £538. However, £200 travel credit, £95 dining credit plus free breakfast effectively brought the ‘cost’ down to about £130.
Now, you could say we’ve already paid for the £200 through the credit card fee and we could have skipped breakfast but however you look at it, including a room upgrade, it’s a steal! That’s value for you! The hotel is excellent. We like smaller boutique hotels like this. Staff excellent, food excellent, rooms excellent. A real highlight of our interrailing trip.
I totally get your added value point. For reference – what would have been the price on a site say.. Booking.com just for like a breakfast and the 2 night option? Without all the bells and whistles of FHR? Is there a large cost difference?
That is good value, particularly with the £200 credit. Although I have to admit, the FHR benefit is quietly eroding for me now that I’ve started inquiring with Emyr. His selection of hotels is much more extensive than FHR sometimes with near, which is a real plus for smaller hotels/cities and has near identical benefits.
That is good value, particularly with the £200 credit. Although I have to admit, the FHR benefit is quietly eroding for me now that I’ve started inquiring with Emyr. His selection of hotels is much more extensive than FHR sometimes with near, which is a real plus for smaller hotels/cities and has near identical benefits.
@ATP – sorry to hijack this comment a little bit. Are you a current AMEX Plat member? I am thinking of hopping on early June.. but unsure about the FHR part. Would you do me a favour and advise on a price that you see on FHR for 1/2 hotels in Vegas? Gives me an idea if FHR is same / cheaper / much more than say, Booking.com. I can then factor in the added value of FHR into it to work out how it looks.Sure, but the FHR rate is nearly always (I think, someone else can confirm?) the ‘flexible rate’ via the hotel direct (unless there is a special promotion, which is fairly rare). Which hotel(s) and when?
May I suggest cosmo? I’m there on a BA Hol
Sure, but the FHR rate is nearly always (I think, someone else can confirm?) the ‘flexible rate’ via the hotel direct (unless there is a special promotion, which is fairly rare). Which hotel(s) and when?
Thanks – what a legend.. could you check for 10 nights.. say 20th of SEP until 30th of SEP? Does not really matter but let’s just use that.
Could you see what the AMEX FHR Rate is for the 3 hotels;
– Bellagio
– Cosmopolitan
– PalazzoJust the same 10th to 20th for all to make it easy. I know this is probably a random ask but just so I can understand the benefits / differences with a real world example!
May I suggest cosmo? I’m there on a BA Hol
Hah – he’ll do service to both of us.
And I meant 20th to 30th Sep for all 3 – I noticed a mistake at the end there and mentioned 2 confusing dates / times.
10-20 Sept – 2 guests 1 room.
Palazzo – £6148
Bellagio – £5556
Cosmo – £4114Quite pricey IMO, but personally I’d do 3 nights at each (bonus $100s).
20-30 Sept
Palazzo – £4389
Bellagio – 3616
Cosmo – £392110-20 Sept – 2 guests 1 room.
Palazzo – £6148
Bellagio – £5556
Cosmo – £4114Quite pricey IMO, but personally I’d do 3 nights at each (bonus $100s).
Tell me about it.. decent bit more than what I seen – are these EXCLUDING resort fees and all that jazz too?!
EDIT: Just seen your dates. Booking.com comes back for the same price for the 20-30 range. Must be something on around 10-20 I think!
Yes, exc fees.
I tend to find FHR more useful for 1-3 night city stays but YMMV.
Yes, exc fees.
I tend to find FHR more useful for 1-3 night city stays but YMMV.
I see – Booking.com comes back around that 3.5 / 3.6 however their prices include all the taxes and fees it seems which I was not aware of..
The free breakfast is obviously a great saving, could be easily 50 bucks a day for the 2 of us saved, but it seems like by the time you work out the difference, add on taxes you’d be able to do that through Booking.com and just self-pay.
Thanks for the info – it may have to be used for different use cases or do further messing about. I’ve got time, only looking to do this in 2024 Sep / Oct time. Legend for helping!
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