My wife recently got amex platinum which gave accor plus gold and have started looking into Accor hotels, I have been a Lifetime platinum with Marriott but the points value has gone down significantly and I dont see much value in accumulating them anymore.
Anyways - I am planning a safari trip in December and the Fairmont Mara Safari Club caught my eye. Gold status gave me a good rate of US$4500 for 5 nights excluding the conservancy fees.
I got in touch with a HERA advisor as well and qas quoted $4100 for the same nights but the resort CS told me you cannot use gift cards on a HERA booking.
I have noticed Fairmont has some sale on gift cards from time to time with a 20% bonus (may be once a year) and if I am able to buy lets say $5000 at 20% bonus it will pay for private vehicle at the camp which will cost abt $2250 in total for the 5 days.
So my question is - is the resort CS right here?? Based on history does anyone remember Fairmont having a sale in recent times??
Or should I just book with a HERA advisor??
There could be some friends and family joining us - we could be booking upto 4 rooms - will going through an advisor may be get a discount or some perks or is the block not big enough??
Thank you
Anyways - I am planning a safari trip in December and the Fairmont Mara Safari Club caught my eye. Gold status gave me a good rate of US$4500 for 5 nights excluding the conservancy fees.
I got in touch with a HERA advisor as well and qas quoted $4100 for the same nights but the resort CS told me you cannot use gift cards on a HERA booking.
I have noticed Fairmont has some sale on gift cards from time to time with a 20% bonus (may be once a year) and if I am able to buy lets say $5000 at 20% bonus it will pay for private vehicle at the camp which will cost abt $2250 in total for the 5 days.
So my question is - is the resort CS right here?? Based on history does anyone remember Fairmont having a sale in recent times??
Or should I just book with a HERA advisor??
There could be some friends and family joining us - we could be booking upto 4 rooms - will going through an advisor may be get a discount or some perks or is the block not big enough??
Thank you
