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Oct 15, 18, 2:07 am

#181

Nick Art

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Well I’m cheering for you guys.

Oct 15, 18, 3:24 am

#182

GUWonder

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mahasamatman

Lifetime of the program. The program is dead. If Accor offers anything, I would consider it quite unexpected and generous.

I wouldn’t. There are grounds to use that would make the acquired company’s obligations — including those to the acquired company’s customer — the obligations of the acquiring company regardless of the acquiring company playing a shell game of “program dead” to try to escape standing obligations to the customers of the acquired company and the acquired company’s program(s).

Oct 15, 18, 8:15 am

#183

nmenaker

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ctownflyer

Some people have PM'd me for an update.

We are close to negotiating what should be a fair settlement for the class (well perhaps excluding gpapadop

), hopefully should have this wrapped up before the year is out. Stay tuned

What is the ultimate objective here? My understanding is that they have grandfathered in lifetime platinum status in Accor (for whatever that is worth), which frankly is the most I think one could have expected or hoped for. Now, that status is basically worthless IMHO compared to what one had at Fairmont, but that experience is true for all ex FPC Platinum members. Are you hoping for some remediation for elements that are now currently missing? Interested in what the objective outcome is.? thx

Oct 15, 18, 11:21 am

#184

ctownflyer

Join Date: Feb 2004

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Quote:

Originally Posted by nmenaker

Read my original letter to them quoted above for the objective.

Oct 16, 18, 1:14 pm

#185

gregorygrady

Join Date: May 2003

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ctownflyer

We are close to negotiating what should be a fair settlement for the class (well perhaps excluding gpapadop

), hopefully should have this wrapped up before the year is out. Stay tuned

Thanks for the update Dan, and great job and a big thanks for all the work you've put into this. And gpapadop: I think if Dan is successful here, I think you owe him at least a month on the "Good Blogs" list.

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Originally Posted by GUWonder

My initial gut thought was that there wouldn't be much of a chance for success, but after thinking more about it, I am reminded of a similar situation with LA Fitness originally not honoring Bally's Fitness Lifetime Member's memberships and associated perks after LA Fitness bought Ballys about 7 years ago and took over all their members, memberships, and clubs. I was very familiar with that case since I was a Bally's Lifetime Member at the time. After a class action lawsuit was filed, LA Fitness relented and now I am an LA Fitness member with all my original Bally's perks that were included with my original Lifetime membership (free kids care, wife and kids up to 18 included in the membership as I had a family Lifetime membership, etc). As GUWonder mentions, just because Fairmont is bought out and the FPC program goes away, that does not mean that the acquired company's obligations just vanish for the buyer. Here is a short article on the LA Fitness/Bally's Lifetime Membership ordeal:
https://pennrecord.com/stories/51055...ership-promise

Dec 3, 18, 1:12 pm

#186

ctownflyer

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If you are on of the many people who have been in contact with me over the past year regarding the Lifetime Fairmont Platinum situation, please send your current contact information to [email protected]

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Dec 4, 18, 2:12 pm

#187

bluto

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Thank you

Thanks for working to negotiate a settlement and alerting the rest of us. Despite the naysayers, you helped us all.

Last edited by bluto; Dec 4, 18 at 9:03 pm

Dec 4, 18, 3:41 pm

#188

ctownflyer

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Dec 27, 18, 3:34 am

#189

gregorygrady

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FYI: I just noticed on the Accor website that my Accor Plat expiry date has changed from 12/31/2019 to 12/31/2050. I assume this only applies to the 115.

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Dec 28, 18, 12:05 pm

#190

Shenanigans

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Quote:

Originally Posted by gregorygrady

FYI: I just noticed on the Accor website that my Accor Plat expiry date has changed from 12/31/2019 to 12/31/2050. I assume this only applies to the 115.

Does this mean that they're predicting how long your lifetime will last? That makes retirement planning a lot easier...