Free AMEX Night on AMEX Plat Reserve

[k3nnis]

Hi All,

If I use a free night that comes with the reserve card, i.e. Hilton Sydney, and I am HH Gold am I entitled to the complimentary breakfast as a HH Gold?

Cheers,
K.

 

[k3nnis]

Anyone can help out? I asked AMEX and they have no idea

 

[NM]

I expect you should still receive all published HH Gold member benefits. However, you should not be expecting the stay to earn any stay credits or points towards your HH account (except for non-accommodation spend such as restaurants, room service, movies etc).

 

[k3nnis]

Thanks. I wish it was in writing somewhere about getting HH gold benefits like the room upgrade..

 

[serfty]

I expect you should still receive all published HH Gold member benefits. However, you should not be expecting the stay to earn any stay credits or points towards your HH account (except for non-accommodation spend such as restaurants, room service, movies etc).

I would not be certain of this - the Amex Travel Agency is a third party site and there's probably a special non earning deal they have with the hotels.

There have been reports here and there of status benefits being applied in a few cases (not Amex), but one could not really be sure in this case.

 

[beardoc]

I would not be certain of this - the Amex Travel Agency is a theird party site and there's probable a special non earning deal they have with the hotels.

There have been reports here and there of status benefits being applied, but one could not really be sure in this case.

I've had a chat with Amex today about this, as I tried to book a stay in Brisbane on the free Amex night, when the room class that they book into is available on the hotel's website. Amex wouldn't do it, as they were not getting any availablity through their consolidator. After the agent investigated and called me back, the agent mentioned that on this particular night, there is a lot of demand in Brisbane, and so most of the hotels have removed their inventory from consolidators on that night, preferring to sell them directly (at >$500/night). This suggests to me that they consider the Amex consolidator to be opaque channels, and so they may or may not credit it as a usual stay (with points, stay/night credits, and usual HHonors benefits. You might get them, but it wouldn't be guaranteed.

 

[k3nnis]

Thanks for the info Might so cash+points then

Does anyone here have a guideline on when it's best to use cash and points and when not to? talking abou HH Cat 5 category hotels, like Hilton Cairns.

I've had a chat with Amex today about this, as I tried to book a stay in Brisbane on the free Amex night, when the room class that they book into is available on the hotel's website. Amex wouldn't do it, as they were not getting any availablity through their consolidator. After the agent investigated and called me back, the agent mentioned that on this particular night, there is a lot of demand in Brisbane, and so most of the hotels have removed their inventory from consolidators on that night, preferring to sell them directly (at >$500/night). This suggests to me that they consider the Amex consolidator to be opaque channels, and so they may or may not credit it as a usual stay (with points, stay/night credits, and usual HHonors benefits. You might get them, but it wouldn't be guaranteed.

 

[serfty]

The points alone are quite 'cheap' being 35K.

 

[k3nnis]

Thanks. Yeah I think C+P is 17500 + 57AUD