Originally Posted by
happy10345
yes!!
so for a really small subset of people they legitimately would stay at ultra luxury hotels…but for most it is going to cost them more. My point is that Chase can’t possibly make this card profitable with that tiny subset. Amex is totally different since Resy is very easy to use and the hotels on there are way cheaper
I agree with
SP03 that it isn't only a really small subset of people who stay at ultra luxury hotels. The fact that these hotels are by far not going out of business for lack of filling rooms, means there are more peoplebooking there than you think there are and their occupancy rate is high enough to keep them profitably in business.
Can you give an example of the exact same hotel being "way cheaper" with FHR/THC than with Edit? I personally haven't seen it.
Comparing hotels that are just in the same city is not comparing apples to apples. Like you can't compare a Four Seasons that's on Edit to a Conrad that's on FHR just because they're located in the same city your searched for; to me that's not a fair comparison at all. You may not want to spend the $$$$ on the 4 Seasons but putting that up as a comparison to a much cheaper Conrad isn't a fair comparison at all.