Fairmont Chase Signature Card
#196
Charter and 1000 spend are unrelated.
Charter = no annual fee for 1st year + bonus food vouchers if you are Premier/Platinum
1000 Spend in 3 months = 2 Comp Nights + Breakfast.
#197
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 747
AMRivlin, can you clarify how you got this card when your location is in Canada? I would love to have this card but I understood it was just for U.S. residents.
#199
Join Date: May 2004
Programs: Various Programs of Interest & LT Collector.
Posts: 1,483
Spends made, shown on montly summary, and paid more than 2 weeks back. Free night certs still not in account.
I think I'll let this drag for a while before calling to hopefully extend when they are offered and then also expire.
I think I'll let this drag for a while before calling to hopefully extend when they are offered and then also expire.
#200
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: SFO/OAK
Programs: AA/EXP 3MM; UA/1K; HY/DIA; SPG/PLT; Fairmont/Life PLT
Posts: 2,232
Free Nights
Good to know there is a lag in the posting of the free nights. At the rate I'm spending at Fairmonts, my card (which arrived last week) will meet the promotional spending amount after this weekend at Sonoma......
Looking to use my free nights at the Savoy next July....so the later the posting the better!
Looking to use my free nights at the Savoy next July....so the later the posting the better!
#201
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Charleston, SC, USA
Programs: Avis Pref+, Hyatt Explorist, Marriott Life Gold, Honors Silver, IHG Plat via MC.
Posts: 6,786
I got my card on June 6. On June 13 I got my Premier status & corresponding e-cert.s posted to my account. I was waiting to spend $1000 to extend my expiry date, but...
Oh well, I just bought $1000 in BW GCs to earn 15K AC miles.
'What the heck,' I thought. I charged it to my Fairmont card, so that does it!
Oh well, I just bought $1000 in BW GCs to earn 15K AC miles.
'What the heck,' I thought. I charged it to my Fairmont card, so that does it!
Last edited by Brendan; Jun 15, 2012 at 6:52 pm
#202
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Posts: 5,825
Good to know there is a lag in the posting of the free nights. At the rate I'm spending at Fairmonts, my card (which arrived last week) will meet the promotional spending amount after this weekend at Sonoma......
Looking to use my free nights at the Savoy next July....so the later the posting the better!
Looking to use my free nights at the Savoy next July....so the later the posting the better!
#203
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 74
Frustrated with Fairmont/Chase
I applied for this card in mid May, as soon as I learned about it. Received it a few days later & spent $1000 right away. A friend of mine did the same. We are travelling together, and hoped to stay in the same hotel.
His certs posted very quickly & he was able to book the hotel (and also get a free suite upgrade, even on the free nights!).
My certs still have not posted, even though my statement closed a week ago & my spend was $1400.
I have called several times, both to Chase and Fairmont & I am told that there is nothing they can do. They are saying 4-6 weeks. No one can tell me 4-6 weeks FROM WHEN? We leave soon, and the hotel stay is a month from today, so I am not hopeful that we will be able to stay with our friends.
Any suggestions about who to contact?
Also, the other items (suite upgrade and $25 food, etc) posted quickly & expire in Feb 2013.
Thanks!
#204
Join Date: May 2004
Programs: Various Programs of Interest & LT Collector.
Posts: 1,483
I'll PM you an email but they may say 4-6wks as well.
Please don't publically post it as I don't want to see it on blogs and flood the guy with their groupies.
I'm fairly dissapointed at how long these certs are taking to arrive.
I'm leaving for a stay later this week too and was hoping to use the $25 certs. I guess I'll print out my certificates and try to get them to electronically pull them.
I applied for this card in mid May, as soon as I learned about it. Received it a few days later & spent $1000 right away. A friend of mine did the same. We are travelling together, and hoped to stay in the same hotel.
His certs posted very quickly & he was able to book the hotel (and also get a free suite upgrade, even on the free nights!).
My certs still have not posted, even though my statement closed a week ago & my spend was $1400.
I have called several times, both to Chase and Fairmont & I am told that there is nothing they can do. They are saying 4-6 weeks. No one can tell me 4-6 weeks FROM WHEN? We leave soon, and the hotel stay is a month from today, so I am not hopeful that we will be able to stay with our friends.
Any suggestions about who to contact?
Also, the other items (suite upgrade and $25 food, etc) posted quickly & expire in Feb 2013.
Thanks!
Please don't publically post it as I don't want to see it on blogs and flood the guy with their groupies.
I'm fairly dissapointed at how long these certs are taking to arrive.
I'm leaving for a stay later this week too and was hoping to use the $25 certs. I guess I'll print out my certificates and try to get them to electronically pull them.
I applied for this card in mid May, as soon as I learned about it. Received it a few days later & spent $1000 right away. A friend of mine did the same. We are travelling together, and hoped to stay in the same hotel.
His certs posted very quickly & he was able to book the hotel (and also get a free suite upgrade, even on the free nights!).
My certs still have not posted, even though my statement closed a week ago & my spend was $1400.
I have called several times, both to Chase and Fairmont & I am told that there is nothing they can do. They are saying 4-6 weeks. No one can tell me 4-6 weeks FROM WHEN? We leave soon, and the hotel stay is a month from today, so I am not hopeful that we will be able to stay with our friends.
Any suggestions about who to contact?
Also, the other items (suite upgrade and $25 food, etc) posted quickly & expire in Feb 2013.
Thanks!
#205
I'll PM you an email but they may say 4-6wks as well.
Please don't publically post it as I don't want to see it on blogs and flood the guy with their groupies.
I'm fairly dissapointed at how long these certs are taking to arrive.
I'm leaving for a stay later this week too and was hoping to use the $25 certs. I guess I'll print out my certificates and try to get them to electronically pull them.
Please don't publically post it as I don't want to see it on blogs and flood the guy with their groupies.
I'm fairly dissapointed at how long these certs are taking to arrive.
I'm leaving for a stay later this week too and was hoping to use the $25 certs. I guess I'll print out my certificates and try to get them to electronically pull them.
If you are waiting for the vouchers to come in, contact the email TG65 gives you. I have found this contact to be very responsive.
I also requested the card get the "United Club Card" thicker material, a Chip and Pin, and Visa Paywave. Let's hope they add these features down the road.
Sure it might add a few dollars to the card cost, but that is nothing in the scheme of things to Visa or Fairmont.
#206
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: YYZ
Posts: 622
I applied for this card under my name. I added my wife as a secondary card holder. I then applied my wife' Fairmont President's Club number to the card since she is Platinum with Fairmont.
They have said that they will not post the points to her account since it must be in the name of the primary card holder. This is a major let-down for me...
They have said that they will not post the points to her account since it must be in the name of the primary card holder. This is a major let-down for me...
#207
I applied for this card under my name. I added my wife as a secondary card holder. I then applied my wife' Fairmont President's Club number to the card since she is Platinum with Fairmont.
They have said that they will not post the points to her account since it must be in the name of the primary card holder. This is a major let-down for me...
They have said that they will not post the points to her account since it must be in the name of the primary card holder. This is a major let-down for me...
#208
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: YYZ
Posts: 622
I guess it's better than nothing!
#209
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 74
I'll PM you an email but they may say 4-6wks as well.
Please don't publically post it as I don't want to see it on blogs and flood the guy with their groupies.
I'm fairly dissapointed at how long these certs are taking to arrive.
I'm leaving for a stay later this week too and was hoping to use the $25 certs. I guess I'll print out my certificates and try to get them to electronically pull them.
Please don't publically post it as I don't want to see it on blogs and flood the guy with their groupies.
I'm fairly dissapointed at how long these certs are taking to arrive.
I'm leaving for a stay later this week too and was hoping to use the $25 certs. I guess I'll print out my certificates and try to get them to electronically pull them.
#210
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 605
I do have a question. How is everyone maximizing the ability to earn rewards? Since the rewards are really only good for the Fairmont purchases? Everything else is 1 pt, except for travel, which is 2 pts.