Use certificates as non guest
Jul 17, 2014, 9:22 am
#1
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Use certificates as non guest
Has anyone had any experience of using the breakfast and dining certs as non guest?
We have some left over certs. No trips planned in sight to use them. So if they allow usage as non guest, we can just go to the fairmont in town and spend them.
We have some left over certs. No trips planned in sight to use them. So if they allow usage as non guest, we can just go to the fairmont in town and spend them.
Jul 17, 2014, 10:30 am
#2
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Yes, many people have been able to do exactly that. Sometimes it takes a while since the servers may not know how redeem the certs and you may have to get some help from the front desk, but other than that it's certainly possible (obviously this was somewhat easier when FPC still issued paper certs)/
Jul 17, 2014, 1:36 pm
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hmmm.... I have a few hundred $$ worth of certificates and made a reservation in DC just so I could use them all. I figured we could eat all our meals at the hotel.
My preference would be to stay at a hyatt so I can get much needed stay credits, but I didn't want to lose out on those certificates.
I have a combination of passion and the regular certificates you get each year, plus a few gift cards. I assume I can use all of them as a non-guest?
My preference would be to stay at a hyatt so I can get much needed stay credits, but I didn't want to lose out on those certificates.
I have a combination of passion and the regular certificates you get each year, plus a few gift cards. I assume I can use all of them as a non-guest?
Jul 20, 2014, 8:33 am
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hmmm.... I have a few hundred $$ worth of certificates and made a reservation in DC just so I could use them all. I figured we could eat all our meals at the hotel.
My preference would be to stay at a hyatt so I can get much needed stay credits, but I didn't want to lose out on those certificates.
I have a combination of passion and the regular certificates you get each year, plus a few gift cards. I assume I can use all of them as a non-guest?
My preference would be to stay at a hyatt so I can get much needed stay credits, but I didn't want to lose out on those certificates.
I have a combination of passion and the regular certificates you get each year, plus a few gift cards. I assume I can use all of them as a non-guest?
Jul 20, 2014, 9:46 pm
#5
Join Date: Feb 2014
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Anyone know if you have to register (tell fairmont) that you plan on using the dining certifates (at certain hotel) before hand or can you decide at last minute that you want to use it and then just tell the waiter/waitress when you actually there? thanks
Jul 21, 2014, 12:34 am
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No need to tell anyone in advance. At some hotels the restaurants don't have direct access to the FPC system, so it may be easier to let the front desk know before dining, or you may be asked to drop by the front desk when leaving to make sure everything is taken care of, but there's no "formal procedure" to follow.
Jul 25, 2014, 5:12 pm
#7
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I used my breakfast certs at the Santa Monica hotel for brunch when I wasn't staying there - no issues with it at all, got $50 off and took a friend out to a nice meal.
Feb 3, 2019, 10:12 pm
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Anybody used their dining certs as non-guests this year (2019) ? I have a a bunch left from my Premier status accounts awarded thru Scotia Platinum.