American Express Membership Rewards - New FHR hotel (maybe?)

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!

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

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).

MO Seasonal Choice gives you a room upgrade? ;)

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

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).


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

masahiro

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?

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

masahiro

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.

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

for 2007 >

26 properties have "welcome gift" as amenity

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

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

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

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.

If I get reply from CS, I will report to here.

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,

St Regis FLL opened May 1
http://flyertalk.com/forum/showpost.php?p=7819924&postcount=59
http://flyertalk.com/forum/showpost.php?p=7826069&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 ^

SPG50?

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/preferredguest/starpoints/redeem/50_off.html

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!

new in 2008 >

US
-Post Ranch Inn
-Intercontinental LA
-Miramonte Resort & Spa
-US Grant
-Campton Place, a Taj Hotel
-FS Westlake Village
-Hotel Jerome, a RockResort
-RC Denver
-St Regis DC
-Fisher Island Hotel & Resort
-The Cloister and The Lodge at Sea Island
-GH Kauai
-Gramercy Park Hotel
-London NYC
-Plaza NYC
-RC Westchester
-RC Dallas
-Hotel Park City

MX
-FS Punta Mita
-Casa de Sierra Nevada

Caribbean
-Cove Atlantis
-Sivory Punta Cana
-El Conquistador Resort & Golden Door Spa
-Hotel Le Toiny
-Grace Bay Club

South America
-explora en Patagonia, Hotel Salto Chico

Europe
-Hotel Schloss Fuschl
-Hotel Kamp
-Hotel Fouquets Barriere
-RC Powerscourt
-Villa La Massa
-Mezzatorre Resort & Spa
-The Town House Galleria
-Luna Hotel Baglioni
-Hotel Metropole
-Taelon Imperial Hotel
-Hotel Marques de Riscal
-Abama
-Le Richemond
-Beau Rivage Palace

Middle East and Africa
-Pezula Resort Hotel & Spa
-Raffles Dubai

Asia Pacific
-Shangri La Sydney
-RC Beijing
-RC Guangzhou
-MO Sanya
-RC Sanya
-Pudong Shangri La
-Ananda in the Himalayas
-RC Jakarta
-Peninsula Tokyo
-RC Tokyo

Thanks for the update !

When is the worldwide directory in print form typically released?

i got mine today, with the PTS benefits guide. thats where i got the list.

funny, it took forever for me to get the 2007 guide IIRC.

Thanks. I'll keep on eye out for it.

most valuable >
lunch @ Hotel Plaza Athenee Paris
dinner @ Hotel Lutetia Paris
dinner @ Fouquet's Barriere Paris
dinner @ Le Richemond Geneva

33 properties = welcome gift

one-way airport transfer
- Peninsula Beverly Hills (reservable RR Phantom)

free minibar
- Hotel La Florida Barcelona
- Bedarra Island
- Villa La Massa Florence
- Lausanne Palace
- Principe Di Savoia Milan
- Hotel Maria Cristina, San Sebastian Spain
- Kempinski Sicily
- Park Hyatt Washington
- Park Hyatt Zurich

noon checkin and welcome gift
- Baglioni Bolgona
- Conrad Brussels
- Le Meridien Budapest
- Hotel Excelsior Ernst Cologne
- Kempinski Dresden
- Hotel Lungarno Florence
- Metropolitan London
- Ritz London
- Loews Montreal
- Imperial New Delhi
- Hyatt Regency Orlando
- Heathman Portland
- Hotel Sacher Salzburg
- Fairmont Seattle
- Park Hyatt Sydney
- Bristol vienna
- Imperial vienna
- Intercontinental Vienna
- Sacher Vienna
- Fairmont Vancouver
- Intercontinental Washington

got directory today

new in 2009 >

aman new delhi
aman summer palace beijing
the american club
arabelle at vail square
dar al masyaf
el san juan hotel & casino
emirates palace
fonteverde natural spa resort
four seasons hotel bangkok
four seasons hotel mumbai
four seasons hotel prague
four seasons hotel bora bora
grand del mar
hazelton hotel
homestead
hotel 1000
hotel de rome
hotel ivy
hotel le saint james
il borgo at castiglion del bosco
intercontinental de la ville roma
lake placid lodge
la reserve geneve
las casitas del colca
lodge at woodloch
mandarin oriental beijing
mandarin oriental boston
the mark
phulay bay, a ritz carlton reserve
regent grand hotel bordeaux
ritz carlton fort lauderdale
ritz carlton rancho mirage
ritz carlton shenzen
rosewood mayakoba
st regis punta mita
st regis singapore
san domenico palace hotel
singita grumeti reserves
singita kruger national park
singita pamushana lodge
singita sabi sand
the stafford
sundance resort
sunset tower hotel
tides south beach
trump international hotel & tower chicago
trump international hotel & tower las vegas
winvian

got directory today

new in 2009 >

four seasons hotel prague


Was Prague not in the FHR program last year? I stayed there three or four years ago on a family trip and am certain it was FHR then, as we had some issues getting credit for the complimentary lunch.

Was Prague not in the FHR program last year? I stayed there three or four years ago on a family trip and am certain it was FHR then, as we had some issues getting credit for the complimentary lunch.

It is not currently participating in 2008. Check www.americanexpress.com/fhr and do search for Prague

Any idea why there are no FHRs in Central America? I might be going to Costa Rica and was sort of amazed to see that none of the very nice seeming hotels there are FHR.

got directory today

new in 2009 >


Hi Kagehitokiri,

Thanks for telling us the new properties for FHR 2009.
That's great info for me.

Thanks,
masahiro