Originally Posted by
beachfan
Thanks SP03.
Randomly checking two hotels on Aug 27, PHNY, FHR=Standard rate but Beekman was cheaper ($525 vs $565 ) and then there was a further 15% Amex discount (taking it below Hyatt's cheapest rate by $60 or so).
Oops, forgot FHR rate excludes destination fees, Hyatt includes them. So above is invalid, except that if FHR is double counting destination fees in its rate, then it’s a bit careless of them.
and a couple of other data points: the Prive rate for PHNY is the standard rate that night, but at the Beekman it’s $424/$447 (nonrefundable/refundable)