Originally Posted by
marcolau317
Correct, but it really depends on what you are actually looking for. The core Platinum benefits are lounge access and free breakfast in APAC. None of which applies to the places you are planning to stay (benefit does not include Fairmont Gold Lounge and breakfast is APAC only).
For Diamond status, these cards are of no use as Diamond count on status points only which can only be boosted by ALL Signature subscription.
Yeah, I know. Like I said, Diamond with Accor is a dog that won't hunt.
Early check-in/late check-out has a benefit. The extra points earnings are non-trivial if not massive (presuming a spend of EUR2000, that would be EUR76 in bonus points). Premium internet is also not a trivial consideration (I'd mark this down as being around $100 or so in benefits based on the DC hotel's relative rates). I know there's some inter-currency scratch-pad math, but that would come to about $200 in directly benefits (give or take) before various upgrades and so on (I presume I'd hit three suite upgrades per year - two from status, plus about one from spend) come into play.
[Honestly, ALL is possibly the weakest program out there of the major hotels. It's only the fact that I
really like the old railroad hotels in Canada (they're one of very few places that I can reliably get a decent steak tartare) that has me sticking with them. When it was "just" Fairmont things were rather easier/better IMO.]