Jan 16, 2015, 2:56 pm
Last edit by: mia
This thread is a continuation of a discussion which started HERE
Current (2020) thread is HERE
FHR properties in other cities are discussed HERE
FHR is the American Express Fine Hotels and Resorts benefit program available with Centurion and Platinum charge cards.
Receive these complimentary benefits with each FINE HOTELS & RESORTS booking:
Current (2020) thread is HERE
FHR properties in other cities are discussed HERE
FHR is the American Express Fine Hotels and Resorts benefit program available with Centurion and Platinum charge cards.
Receive these complimentary benefits with each FINE HOTELS & RESORTS booking:
- Noon check-In, when available
- Room Upgrade upon arrival, when available*
- Daily breakfast for two people
- Guaranteed 4pm late checkout. Additional special benefit unique to each property, such as a $100 food and beverage credit or a massage for two people**
USA cardholder may book online at: americanexpress.com/fhr or call Platinum Travel Service at 1-800-525-3355. Cardholders from other countries can use the same website to see participating properties, but cannot view prices or book. In some countries FHR properties can be booked through the general American Express Travel site.
ARIA Sky Suites
Upgrades: typically to a better view
Breakfast: room service, buffet or cafe, $30 per person, per day
$100 Spa: covers spa treatments (no longer includes salon)
$5.60 resort wifi fee taken off per day
Bellagio
Upgrades: one level typical; sometimes Junior Suite (really just a corner room with a little more space)
Breakfast: 2 X $30 credits per day; Cafe Bellagio, The Buffet, Palio, Cafe Gelato or Pool Cafe
$100 Property Credit - Dining: The Buffet, Cafe Bellagio, FIX, Harvest, LAGO, Lily Bar, Jasmine, Michael Mina or Petossian Bar. Spa or Salon services - no merchandise.
Four Seasons
Upgrades: typically one level
Breakfast: room service or Verandah - $60 a day
$100 Spa: Expensive services doesn't get you far.
Mandarin Oriental
Upgrades: occasional
Breakfast: room service or MOzen, enough to cover std breakfast ($30 per person) but they will charge for excess
$100 Spa: can be used treatments but also just about covers two day passes to the very cool spa
Wifi: $5.00 plus tax of the resort fee is refunded
Palazzo
Upgrades: Strip View
Breakfast: $65 total/day at Grand Lux Cafe (any time) or Room Service
$100 Spa: Not valid for express service, specials, or spa passes (changing to $100 Property credit for all booking starting 2020)
Skylofts at MGM Grand
Upgrades: rare
Breakfast: in room or at The Mansion; no apparent cap
$100 Spa:
Wynn - April 2016
Upgrades: Usually to higher floor if you book resort room and to the next room category in the tower if available if you booked a Tower Suite.
Breakfast: $60 ($30 per person) at any restaurant that serves breakfast including the buffet. Also covers in-room breakfast.
Note:Resort fees are no longer waived for Tower Suites customersWynn
The Buffet - 8-11
Tableau - 7-11:30
Terrace Point Cafe - 6-11
In Room - 5-11
Encore
Lobby Bar and Cafe - 6-11
Jardin - 7-11:30
In Room - 5-11
$100 Spa: Can be used at Wynn or Encore Spa, or either resort's Salon.
$18.99/device/day internet charge removed from bill
If selecting the basic internet charge (May 2017), $5/day is deducted from the resort fee.
Delano - Aug 2019
FHR amenity is $100 spa credit, excludes salon services (e.g. haircut), merchandise, and products.
Spa adds a 20% service fee on all services.
Daily $60 ($30 x 2 people) credits only for Della's (open 6am-2pm)
Room service specifically excluded.
Resort Fee: $41.95 plus tax, minus a $5 wifi credit (about $40 total)
FHR Experience Las Vegas Hotels only (2015 - 2019)
Jan 31, 2017, 2:39 pm
#631
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Brooklyn
Programs: Delta Diamond, Bonvoy something good; sometimes other things too
Posts: 5,050
My wife and I are heading to Vegas for the 1st time for 4 nights at the end of February. She's 5 months pregnant so we're looking for a more relaxing/show oriented trip.
Given the current rates, we're looking at either the Delano or Palazzo. Any recommendations on which one would be best for us?
Also, since we both have Plat cards, could we each book 2 nights at the same hotel to get $200 spa or credit? Or would this be frowned upon?
Given the current rates, we're looking at either the Delano or Palazzo. Any recommendations on which one would be best for us?
Also, since we both have Plat cards, could we each book 2 nights at the same hotel to get $200 spa or credit? Or would this be frowned upon?
If you did 2 nights at one hotel and 2 nights at another, you would definitely be able to get 2 credits fully legitimately. Up to you whether that is worthwhile.
As for which of the two is better, would really need to know more about your preferences, but Delano does have the advantage of being able to get in and out of the building without needing to go through a casino at all. Which could be good for limiting long walks and avoiding cigarette smoke, although you'll be stuck inhaling lots of cigarette smoke any time you trek through a casino to get to a show anyway.
Delano is also just down the hall from my vote for the best current show in Vegas, Cirque du Soleil's Michael Jackson One at Mandalay Bay. Which would be worth going to even if you don't stay at Delano.
Don't know how you came up with your consideration set but Mandarin also worth considering if the price is within your range. The spa there is particularly excellent and it also avoids direct contact with a casino.
Jan 31, 2017, 3:10 pm
#632
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 4,218
If you checked out and checked back in under a the other name, you could probably get away with getting the 2 credits. If you wanted to keep the same room, probably not. And if you checked out and back in, you would have to use the credits separately during each stay, which would probably be okay for an F&B credit but would likely be less useful for a spa credit unless you were already planning to do multiple separate spa days.
If you did 2 nights at one hotel and 2 nights at another, you would definitely be able to get 2 credits fully legitimately. Up to you whether that is worthwhile.
As for which of the two is better, would really need to know more about your preferences, but Delano does have the advantage of being able to get in and out of the building without needing to go through a casino at all. Which could be good for limiting long walks and avoiding cigarette smoke, although you'll be stuck inhaling lots of cigarette smoke any time you trek through a casino to get to a show anyway.
Delano is also just down the hall from my vote for the best current show in Vegas, Cirque du Soleil's Michael Jackson One at Mandalay Bay. Which would be worth going to even if you don't stay at Delano.
Don't know how you came up with your consideration set but Mandarin also worth considering if the price is within your range. The spa there is particularly excellent and it also avoids direct contact with a casino.
If you did 2 nights at one hotel and 2 nights at another, you would definitely be able to get 2 credits fully legitimately. Up to you whether that is worthwhile.
As for which of the two is better, would really need to know more about your preferences, but Delano does have the advantage of being able to get in and out of the building without needing to go through a casino at all. Which could be good for limiting long walks and avoiding cigarette smoke, although you'll be stuck inhaling lots of cigarette smoke any time you trek through a casino to get to a show anyway.
Delano is also just down the hall from my vote for the best current show in Vegas, Cirque du Soleil's Michael Jackson One at Mandalay Bay. Which would be worth going to even if you don't stay at Delano.
Don't know how you came up with your consideration set but Mandarin also worth considering if the price is within your range. The spa there is particularly excellent and it also avoids direct contact with a casino.
I can't comment on the Mandarin but have heard great things.
Sorry, I quoted the wrong post
Jan 31, 2017, 4:54 pm
#633
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: SAN
Programs: AA Platinum, Bonvoy Gold, DL Gold
Posts: 1,200
Wynn Tower suites are great, they also aren't subject to the $40/day resort fee so can be a good value. But note they already include breakfast so the amex perks are somewhat diluted.
Jan 31, 2017, 4:58 pm
#634
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 4,218
I think they are charging the resort fee now. I haven't stayed recently to confirm. But did a dummy booking and they are added.
Feb 5, 2017, 9:23 am
#635
Join Date: Jul 2014
Programs: SPG Gold, Hilton Gold
Posts: 11
I would like to book a room for May 2017, but I don't see many nights free offers. Will they come later? How this worked on the previous years? Thanks
Feb 5, 2017, 8:35 pm
#636
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2005
Location: TLV/LHR
Programs: BA GGL, IHG Diamond Elite Amb, HH Diamond, Avis PC, Hertz PC, Sixt Platinum
Posts: 12,948
Location wise however, it isn't great and I consider it to be on the "wrong side" of the strip, so my vote would go to the Palazzo which is one of my favorite Vegas resorts.
Agree re the Michael Jackson show, it's fantastic.
Feb 7, 2017, 12:21 pm
#637
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 343
It seems to have gone significantly downhill. It has gone from being my favorite Vegas property to some place I'll stay because it's Cheap. I really hope they backtrack on some of there cost cutting measures.
Feb 7, 2017, 12:30 pm
#638
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Brooklyn
Programs: Delta Diamond, Bonvoy something good; sometimes other things too
Posts: 5,050
And room prices don't seem to be all that different as Delano from what they were at TheHotel. If anything they've gone up a bit. TheHotel was definitely known as a bargain option among Vegas's upper tier of hotels, especially on a per-square-foot basis.
Feb 8, 2017, 8:12 pm
#639
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow
Programs: Airline Free Agent, Bonvoy Platinum, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 3,811
It's more MGM-wide cost cutting especially with the bathroom toiletries.
Feb 8, 2017, 9:42 pm
#640
used to be 'Flyfarfar'
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: SE
Programs: DL, AA, SPG, MR, HGP, IHG
Posts: 660
Bellagio Las Vegas
Early Check-in: 11am check-in, room was ready
Late check-out: 4pm check-out offered, not used
Upgrade: Hotel was sold out, so no upgrades though given a nice view of the pool
Breakfast: $60 breakfast credit used at Bellagio Cafe
$100 Resort Credit: Used $40 for a spa day pass, which was great, rest used on dining
Wifi: $5 daily credit to resort fee, resort fee was not waived
See my full review of my FHR stay here with pictures: http://pointsmilesandmartinis.boardi...gio-las-vegas/
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Late check-out: 4pm check-out offered, not used
Upgrade: Hotel was sold out, so no upgrades though given a nice view of the pool
Breakfast: $60 breakfast credit used at Bellagio Cafe
$100 Resort Credit: Used $40 for a spa day pass, which was great, rest used on dining
Wifi: $5 daily credit to resort fee, resort fee was not waived
See my full review of my FHR stay here with pictures: http://pointsmilesandmartinis.boardi...gio-las-vegas/
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Feb 8, 2017, 11:15 pm
#641
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 343
Just curious what in particular you are referring to as cost-cutting measures? I can think of some ways that Delano could be called cheap (like charging for K-Cups in the minibar for the in-room coffee maker), but TheHotel wasn't terribly different in that regard, and in general most Vegas hotels do a lot more nickel-and-diming than similar-caliber hotels in other cities. So I don't necessarily hold it against Delano for doing so.
They switched from using Malin and Goetz toiletries to there own brand of terrible crap.
Robes are no longer placed in rooms, and they seem to have replaced the robes with cheaper versions.
Maintenance is really falling behind, two of the last three times, there have been electrical issues in my room. One of the toilets wouldn't flush (the water level was set too low).
Feb 9, 2017, 11:09 pm
#642
Join Date: Aug 2015
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, JB Mosaic, SW AList + CP
Posts: 383
Palazzo
currently at palazzo.
Good news new daily credit is $65 in room breakfast
60 + 5 for internet credit
Good news new daily credit is $65 in room breakfast
60 + 5 for internet credit
Feb 21, 2017, 12:07 am
#643
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2005
Location: TLV/LHR
Programs: BA GGL, IHG Diamond Elite Amb, HH Diamond, Avis PC, Hertz PC, Sixt Platinum
Posts: 12,948
Feb 21, 2017, 9:04 pm
#644
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Boston, MA
Programs: AA Million Miler, Mosaic, Delta Platinum
Posts: 1,561
You're supposed to get free Internet as an FHR perk. Las Vegas casinos charge a resort fee to (allegedly) cover amenities such as free Internet. So, FHR now rebates a portion of the resort fee that it/the hotel deem attributable to free Internet. $5 in most (all?) cases.
Feb 22, 2017, 9:11 pm
#645
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Washington,DC
Programs: UA 1K, AA EP, HH Gold, SPG/Marriott Gold, Hyatt Plat
Posts: 89
Aria Sky Suites still in FHR?
Does anyone know if Aria Sky Suites is still in Amex FHR? It's no longer listed on Amex's website but I haven't found anything authoritative online confirming it's no longer part of the program.
Thanks
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