Important Change to Your Fairmont President's Club Membership
#106
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kirkland, WA
Programs: AS 75K,UA Gold 1.6MM, Hilton Dia, Marriott LT Plat, Hyatt Glb, Natl Exec, Hertz 5*
Posts: 3,657
What really upsets me is I made up my mind several years ago to give up on airline loyalty as the erosion of benefits just made every program worse and worse. I told all my friends to focus on hotel loyalty as that's where the future lies. Well, there goes that idea ...
#107
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Menlo Park, CA, USA
Programs: UA 1MM 0P, AA, DL, *wood, Lifetime FPC Plat., IHG, HHD
Posts: 6,906
All loyalty programs are being tied more directly to margin they are willing to give away to high revenue customers. They are trying to set a direct % give back which means tied to $ spend. The earn part has worked that way for hotels for awhile and the airlines have pretty much caught up but now you are starting to see that adjusted on the redemption side, where variable redemption amounts, more tied to the pricing are occurring. Accors is doing this and that's why it appears cheap compared to the U.S. brands. Unfortunately, you can expect to see this happen more soon with the U.S. brands. Hilton is doing this, but covertly. They have a sliding scale redemption, initially pegged to the redemption chart, but soon you will see that drift and devalue the points and customers won't notice so easily.
#108
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kirkland, WA
Programs: AS 75K,UA Gold 1.6MM, Hilton Dia, Marriott LT Plat, Hyatt Glb, Natl Exec, Hertz 5*
Posts: 3,657
It will be very interesting for FPC to see how their FPC stays/nights come out year over year on 6/30/18. But by that time it will be too late.
#109
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
https://ewikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Hotels
What loyalty/ rewards program, if any, did CP Hotels & CN Hotels offer before they became Fairmont Hotels in 1999--2001? Better or worse than today's Accor? Or none at all?
What loyalty/ rewards program, if any, did CP Hotels & CN Hotels offer before they became Fairmont Hotels in 1999--2001? Better or worse than today's Accor? Or none at all?
#110
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: BOS
Programs: B6/Mosaic/AF/VX/AS Gold Hertz PC HH Dia. AMEX Plat SPG/Marr Gold Nat. EE FPC Plat
Posts: 833
this sort of flys in the face of the purpose of the acquisition. the CEO of Accor said that it was the "high revenue" and high margin clients of Fairmont that was most interesting to them. If they do away with many of the perks that I think we all believe kept and retained those high revenue clients, what good will that have done for them?
Just saying, as I burn my last FPC bennies next week.
#111
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Austin, TX
Programs: Delta DM, HHonors Diamond, Marriott Rewards Platinum Elite, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 1,041
Just got this email:
As a gesture of our gratitude for your loyalty through this transition, you will be eligible to receive as a bonus another full set of Fairmont President’s Club e-certificates in July. This will be in addition to the e-certificates you receive in March.* All you need to do is have two qualifying stays with Fairmont, Raffles or Swissôtel between January 1 and July 1, 2018.
As a gesture of our gratitude for your loyalty through this transition, you will be eligible to receive as a bonus another full set of Fairmont President’s Club e-certificates in July. This will be in addition to the e-certificates you receive in March.* All you need to do is have two qualifying stays with Fairmont, Raffles or Swissôtel between January 1 and July 1, 2018.
#112
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: YYZ
Programs: Accor ALL Diamond, AC Aeroplan 25K, Nexus/GE
Posts: 2,714
Just got this email:
As a gesture of our gratitude for your loyalty through this transition, you will be eligible to receive as a bonus another full set of Fairmont President’s Club e-certificates in July. This will be in addition to the e-certificates you receive in March.* All you need to do is have two qualifying stays with Fairmont, Raffles or Swissôtel between January 1 and July 1, 2018.
As a gesture of our gratitude for your loyalty through this transition, you will be eligible to receive as a bonus another full set of Fairmont President’s Club e-certificates in July. This will be in addition to the e-certificates you receive in March.* All you need to do is have two qualifying stays with Fairmont, Raffles or Swissôtel between January 1 and July 1, 2018.
#113
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Ontario, Canada
Programs: Westjet Platinum, Fairmont Platinum RIP, Accor Gold, Marriott Lifetime Silver, HH Diamond
Posts: 1,296
Yep, got the email today as well. One can hope that they took note of our disappointment, and will come up with some kind of solution to retain us loyal customers. I certainly will be making the most of these certs this year, and I'm looking forward to some awesome time away with family this year at several Fairmonts!!
#115
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: SJC/SFO
Posts: 295
For me, it's double bonus!
"We are pleased to inform you that your 2018 status in Fairmont President’s Club will be Premier. More details will follow in March when your 2018 e-certificates are posted to your online profile."
As my Premier was come with the Chase card, 2018 Premier status is quite a surprise.
"We are pleased to inform you that your 2018 status in Fairmont President’s Club will be Premier. More details will follow in March when your 2018 e-certificates are posted to your online profile."
As my Premier was come with the Chase card, 2018 Premier status is quite a surprise.
#119
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: SJC/SFO
Posts: 295
http://www.fpcmembersite.com/questions-answers/
bonus e-cert
bonus e-cert
#120
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: YYC
Programs: Hilton Diamond, Fairmont Plat, IHG Spire, SPG Gold, WS Gold, Hertz PC, National E Elite,
Posts: 2,763
This is amazing. My wife and I are both Plat. This means we will have FOUR free nights, $400 USD in F+B/Spa, and more Suite and Room Upgrade cert's than we can use. Now, where to use them.