brosnan6

Just noticed on the cent website that Four Seasons Palo Alto is now a FHR hotel. It might be just me, but I could have sworn that hotel was not on the list in the past. Anyways, cent benefits include upgrade at checkin, daily cont. breakfast for 2, 4pm checkout, extra amenity at location and a $85 food credit (excl. alcohol).

Plat benefits are the same, but no extra amenity.

^ to adding a new hotel!

Kagehitokiri

yes, ill post all the new ones.. apparently i only listed starwood and bvlgari so far.

-bvlgari bali
-link to starwood > http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=636707
-Ballantyne CLT (oops forgot this Starwood earlier)

US
-FS Palo Alto
-Heritage House / Little River CA
-Carneros Inn / Napa CA
-Broadmoor / Colorado Springs
-Vail Cascade Resort
-Park Hyatt Washington
-IC Buckhead Atlanta
-Biltmore / Coral Gables FL
-FS Lanai Lodge Koele
-Wequassett Inn / Chatahm MA
-Wauwinet / Nantucket MA
-THEhotel Las Vegas
-Inn of Anasazi / Santa Fe NM
-Jumeirah Essex House NYC
-Lowell NYC
-Inn Palmetto Bluff / Bluffton SC
-Hermitage Hotel / Nashville TN
-Hotel Valencia Riverwalk / San Antonio TX

MX
-Hotel Habita / Mexico City
-MO Riviera Maya

Barbuda
-Beach House

Argentina
-Lhao Lhao Hotel and Resort, Bariloche
-Park Hyatt Buenos Aires
-Kempinski Patagonia Park Plaza, El Calafate

-MO Prague
-Baglioni London
-Chateau de Bagnols / Bagnols FR
-Ostape / Bidarray FR
-Regent Berlin
-Villa Kennedy Frankfurt
-Park Hyatt Hamburg
-RC Wolfsburg
-L'Alberta / Erbusco IT
-Hotel Helvetia & Bristol, Florence IT
-Hotel Lungarno, Florence
-Kempinski Hotel Giardino di Costanza, Sicily
-Grand Hotel Continental, Siena IT
-RC Moscow
-Termas de CArrataca Hotel, Malaga ES
-Park Hyatt Zurich
-RC Bahrain
-IC Tel Aviv
-Chedi Muscat
-RC Doha + RC Sharq Doha
-Twelve Apostles Hotel, Capetown ZA
-Le Quartier Francais, Franschhoek ZA
-Bedarra Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, AU
-Commune by the Great Wall Kempinski / Beijing CN
-Raffles Beijing
-RC Beijing
-Le Tahaa, French Polynesia
-Rambagh Palace / Jaipur India
-Imperial New Delhi
-RC Jakarta
-Soneva Gili Maldives
-Kauri Cliffs NZ
-Huka Lodge NZ
-Park Hyatt Seoul
-Evason Hideaway Ana Mandara Vietnam

Raffles

Some good hotels on that list. FHR seems to be one part of the Amex empire which they DO make an effort to keep up-to-date and relevant. I've already got an MO Prague booking lined up for later in the year, although to be honest the FHR saving was relatively modest (around $20 per night compared to the MO 'Seasonal Choice' rate which offers similar benefits except for the free lunch).

Kagehitokiri

MO Seasonal Choice gives you a room upgrade?

FHR is pretty much the only reason i pay Plat fee and will pay Cent fee

masahiro

Also AmEx added to FHR new benefit the complimentary internet access from 2007,right?

masahiro

Kagehitokiri

i dont remember seeing complimentary internet as a global benefit in my 2007 plat book, but i dont have it in front of me.

perhaps its a cent fhr benefit?

brosnan6

I don't see the comp internet access on the Cent website. It might, however, be the "extra amenity" which they do not name specifically.

Beckles

I sure hope AMEX wouldn't let a hotel give internet access as the "extra amenity" (aka, "fourth amenity").

Kagehitokiri

for 2007 >

26 properties have "welcome gift" as amenity

dinner for 2 at Claridge's is the most valuable amenity

masahiro

Kagehitokiri,
Thanks for your reply about comp internet access.
Let me check about that.
I'll call Cent Service later and let you know.

I think no extra amenity.
Because Japanese Cent Loyalty Page said FHR benefits are the following.
•Complimentary continental breakfast for two
• Room upgrade upon arrival, when available
• Late check-out of 4pm
• Special amenity individual to each property*
• Exclusive Centurion amenities at over 130 properties worldwide, such as complimentary nights, complimentary dinner for two, and spa treatments.
•Complimentary Internet Access

If you don't see the comp internet access on the US Cent web, comp internet access is for only Japanese benefit.
So I have to call CS for check the benefits information.
If I get reply from CS, I will report to here.

masahiro

follow up,

I called Centurion Travel Service(CTS) about complimentary internet access.
They told me that this benefit had been launch new benefit from 2007 and not extra benefit.
However, they told me that all hotels are not available.
They told me that when you booking the hotel under FHR rates, you should ask to CTS.
I'm not sure that comp internet access benefit for only Japan or not.
But I think FHR is same program in the world.

thanks,

Kagehitokiri

St Regis FLL opened May 1
http://flyertalk.com/forum/showpost....4&postcount=59
http://flyertalk.com/forum/showpost....9&postcount=62

(BAR=FHR ^ / Internet = $20 less)
IntraCoastal View Room - $289
Ocean View Room - $389
Oceanfront Room - $489
IntraCoastal View Suite - $519

Oceanfront Suite - $959 (no FHR) (yes SPG50 ^) (rack = $1059)
St Regis Suite - ? (no FHR) (SPG50 = ?)

(Pool Terrace opens in July)
Pool Terrace Room - ?
Pool Terrace Suite - ?

so the final upgrade order will depend on pricing of Pool Terrace rooms/suites

another property with fantastic SPG50 options ^

kennycrudup

SPG50?

Kagehitokiri

get 50% off rack rate by using either 1,000 starpoints or 5 night certificate (received anually with amex spg card)

http://www.starwoodhotels.com/prefer...em/50_off.html

aaffair

I recently stayed there and it deserves its association with FHR and American Express. I was upgraded to a suite and the employees, food, golf, spa extra were fabulous!