Originally Posted by
nyx.t2t
There is a flyer that says TRAVEL, EARN, WIN and it invites employees to the launch of this deal to see more details. On it and says the employee destination rates have been reduced by $10 for the remainder of the year and the friends and family rate has also been reduced. Also says "Get paid to book" and "Win great prizes" on it.
So, it's exactly as I'd suspected last night and earlier in this thread and that the offer wasn't meant as a public rate but rather a code for family & friends of Fairmont employees, which makes much more sense than the whole priceline analogy. When times slow chains often turn first to travel agents & employees to fill rooms at discounted rates before offering steep discounts to the genral public.
The big question is how the rates will be received at check-in; will there be questions about which employee referred the promo to you or will nothing be said at all? Regardless my next guess is now it's leaked Faimont won't let the trickle become a flood and will drop this promo code and/or advise employees to stick to the rules of the promotion which you would expect don't allow distributing in-house employee offers and employee codes on public IBB's.