FINE HOTELS & RESORTS PROGRAM
The American Express Fine Hotels & Resorts program offers an array of impressive benefits to add more comfort to your stay. We’ll review the benefits and how you can make the most of these benefits. You can count these benefits as a substitute for traditional elite status that you may have in a given program. We’ll discuss the benefits in more detail later in this post. I’ve enjoyed some amazing benefits thanks to multiple fine hotels and resorts stays that I’ve booked over the years. Here’s one example, the Waldorf Astoria Bangkok.
CARDS THAT OFFER AMEX FHR
Currently, you can get access to the FHR program if you have the Amex Centurion Card. You can also get access to the FHR program if you have the personal or the business version of the Platinum Card.
HOW TO BOOK
Head over to this page in order to access the page for booking through the Amex FHR program.
BENEFITS
In my experience, I’ve found these benefits to be of immense value, especially when room rates are on par with rates offered directly by the hotel. As per the American Express Fine Hotels & Resorts Program website, the following benefits are on offer:
- Room upgrade upon arrival (subject to availability)
- Daily breakfast for two people
- Guaranteed 4 PM late check-out
- Noon check-in (subject to availability)
- Complimentary Wi-Fi
- $100 Credit – applicable toward a Spa or a Food & Beverage credit (depending on the property)
- 5x points per dollar spent when you book on Amextravel.com when you book with the Platinum card
- You can pay with points for your booking (but you shouldn’t, since it’s a horrible points redemption value)
MY EXPERIENCE
I’ve use the Amex FHR to gain great benefits during some of my hotel stays. I’ve been largely impressed with the coordination and execution of the benefits during the actual stay. I haven’t yet come across a situation where there’s a lack of clarity about which benefits are applicable to my hotel booking.
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Tho you are to get $100 room credit in Europe you only get 85 Euros!
A few times we have been to France the rate was almost 1:1 but hotels said
AMex only allows 85 Euros????
This is pretty common around the world. I was recently in Dubai and the credit was 360 AED, the exchange rate was 3.78. Similarly, in India, the credit was INR 7,500 when the exchange rate was 83. So you get close to $90.