Fairmont Chase Signature Card
Feb 4, 2017, 2:42 pm
#1651
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: YYZ
Programs: Accor ALL Diamond, AC Aeroplan 25K, Nexus/GE
Posts: 2,735
Use as many as you like. Only restriction is they can't be partially redeemed. Just charge all of your meals and/or Willow Stream Spa treatments to the room, and apply as many $25 certs as you need at checkout.
Feb 4, 2017, 2:46 pm
#1652
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
DH, the trouble is that I can't upgrade until I spend my US$3000 on the card to receive my room night cert.s & apply them to my reservation.
Feb 4, 2017, 2:49 pm
#1653
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 130
Thanks, so I'm probably over-thinking this, but our upcoming stay has 2 nights under my name and 2 under hers. At checkout, we should be able to apply all 4 certs to a single meal of >$100, even though it's 2 separate reservations?
Feb 4, 2017, 3:44 pm
#1654
Join Date: Nov 2006
Programs: Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond, IHG Platinum
Posts: 3,724
Yes you should be fine. I have done it multiple times. Just confirm with hotel when you arrive.
Feb 4, 2017, 9:29 pm
#1656
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 2,257
NEWS FLASH! Esp. for Nirvana91 & Gnomey! Availability has opened up at the Banff Springs for award rooms this summer! I just reserved Aug. 28--Sep. 1, intending to narrow it down to 2 nights.
But we've gotta use room or suite upgrades, as the Fairmont Rooms are tiny at 15m^2
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But we've gotta use room or suite upgrades, as the Fairmont Rooms are tiny at 15m^2
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Feb 4, 2017, 11:12 pm
#1657
Join Date: Nov 2006
Programs: Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond, IHG Platinum
Posts: 3,724
Feb 5, 2017, 7:00 am
#1658
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: YYZ
Programs: Accor ALL Diamond, AC Aeroplan 25K, Nexus/GE
Posts: 2,735
But it wasn't available for revenue booking either. All of the base "Fairmont" category rooms were taken for most of the summer. There are now some dates showing as available again.
Feb 5, 2017, 7:07 am
#1659
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: YYZ
Programs: Accor ALL Diamond, AC Aeroplan 25K, Nexus/GE
Posts: 2,735
Yes and no. There seems to be a lot of dates where Deluxe rooms and Fairmont Lakeview rooms are showing as available. CLL will let you apply upgrade certificates against those; Fairmont Lakeview to Lakeview Jr Suite or Deluxe Room to One Bed Suite. However, for usage of the free night certificates, they generally stick to rules and say it's only against the base room.
Feb 6, 2017, 8:37 pm
#1660
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 252
The agent saw I was a new member and proactively offered to extend my new certificates for the March stay. She booked me in a suite and extended the dining certificates. She even asked me about extending my stay to use the third night free certificate.
A-plus experience all around.
Feb 6, 2017, 9:38 pm
#1661
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
Oh-so-thank you, CanadaDH! In #1658 you correctly answered Italdesign's ?? that the problem before Feb. 3 was that nothing below a Stanley Thompson Suite was available for revenue at Banff, therefore no free cert usage.
As for 1659, I phoned in to Fairmont CS, where the rep told me that the Fairmont Mountain View Room was base enough for using the cert.s, so she reserved me on at the revenue rate of C$659++ for my dates so I can convert it when I have received my cert.s. However, I was told by another rep that at Jasper, it must be a plain old Fairmont Room, not Lakeview.
So I shall see after my cert.s arrive
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As for 1659, I phoned in to Fairmont CS, where the rep told me that the Fairmont Mountain View Room was base enough for using the cert.s, so she reserved me on at the revenue rate of C$659++ for my dates so I can convert it when I have received my cert.s. However, I was told by another rep that at Jasper, it must be a plain old Fairmont Room, not Lakeview.
So I shall see after my cert.s arrive
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Feb 7, 2017, 11:52 am
#1662
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 349
NEWS FLASH! Esp. for Nirvana91 & Gnomey! Availability has opened up at the Banff Springs for award rooms this summer! I just reserved Aug. 28--Sep. 1, intending to narrow it down to 2 nights.
But we've gotta use room or suite upgrades, as the Fairmont Rooms are tiny at 15m^2 !
But we've gotta use room or suite upgrades, as the Fairmont Rooms are tiny at 15m^2
!
Feb 7, 2017, 10:11 pm
#1663
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
I just checked my FPC account. My Premier status & my 5 certificates (2x $25, Room Upgrade, Suite Upgrade, B2G1) just arrived tonight. I applied for the Visa on Jan. 16, was instantly approved (not "pending,") and received my card by post on Jan. 23.
Trouble is, they expire Feb. 28 this year 2017. Of course, I fully expect new ones around March 1. Too bad they're not transferable 
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Trouble is, they expire Feb. 28 this year 2017. Of course, I fully expect new ones around March 1. Too bad they're not transferable
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Last edited by Brendan; Feb 7, 2017 at 11:08 pm
Feb 7, 2017, 10:34 pm
#1664
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 2,257
Am I right that for any Fairmont hotels, you can actually book the hotel nights first (hold it using regular CC or whatever), then later only call the hotel up and say you want to apply FN certs?
Of course this means you should pick the lowest level room aka Fairmont room
Currently I dont have FN certs yet bc still in the process of meeting Chase minimum spend
Of course this means you should pick the lowest level room aka Fairmont room
Currently I dont have FN certs yet bc still in the process of meeting Chase minimum spend
Feb 7, 2017, 10:40 pm
#1665
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: GVA (Greater Vancouver Area)
Programs: DREAD Gold; UA 1.035MM; Bonvoy Au-197; PCC Elite+; CCC Elite+; MSC C-12; CWC Au-197; WoH Dis
Posts: 52,140
At some hotels, such as the Empress, the lowest room is not a Fairmont Room. This means you cannot use free nights at those properties, so be careful what you book.