Working at a Ritz with FHR program the breakfast credit is based on price and not the people. Ours is $70 and if it’s one person spending $70 it will be taken off.
I know this is an old video, but my take on this credit is that the complimentary room upgrade literally makes or breaks the plat card. I stayed at the Ritz Carlton in Chicago with my fiancé for two nights, and booked a regular room for $377/night. When we got there, we got upgraded to a suite, which, if booked normally, is worth $875/night!! Plus the property credit and breakfast and such, my plat card paid for itself in 2 days thanks to that upgrade. To anyone reading this: do your best to get that upgrade, it single-handedly pays for the plat annual fee!
Yeah, hahah, gonna make an update soon about my FHR experience in Jackson Hole! Good perspective! Sometime, in my experience, I don't get that great of an upgrade; maybe an extra $50 upgraded room, but I did get a free gift once, a bottle of wine and chocolate. However I'm glad you got the upgrade! That's awesome!!
The hotel will hold your bags for you if they can’t check you in early and even after checkout, just ask the front desk or the bell hop. That way you can go explore without having to carry anything. It’s a standard service at like 99.99% of big name hotels
Thank you for the video. I used this credit in las Vegas. Where they charge you for the air you breathe. Needless to say the money was not enough to cover breakfast for two people. We stayed at the Waldorf Astoria. Everything you said was spot-on. We got our $200 credit within a day or so
@@CalbyNg I am trying to remember the amount I think it was $60. A bagel with cream cheese and salmon plated nicely. Was $20. In all fairness it was one tasty bagel.
The breakfast credit is per person. Great point to order in room. I have used the FHR credit a lot I get good value with upgrades and late check out BUT the room costs are much higher on the FHR portal than other portals.
Dang, so they actually do count people. Oh yeah, some hotels on FHR are crazy more expensive, but some are actually about the same price; like Denver’s Art Hotel.
you do have to let them know that you have breakfast/supper credit or it will be added to your bill...this happened at st anthony hotel san antonio, tx
Thanks for a funny and useful video. I don't like that most of my searches get FHR pricing significantly higher than booking directly, like you pointed out. Then it's like I'm paying them to give me some credit. I booked a Kimpton for one night, my first time doing this process. Crossing my fingers.
@@CalbyNg Um, what, password what? Am I allowed to know? It'll my first time at a Kimpton, and no one has told me...ok, just Googled it. There isn't a password yet for the summer, but I'll be waiting for it, fingers crossed. Thanks!
Good breakdown! I just checked in to Marriott in Malta this weekend using thr Amex website for the first time. Hope to book a fine hotel this year for bf bday. Subscribed.
Usually when booking through the FHR, you'll have a good chance of being upgraded without even asking. If you want, doesn't hurt to ask, you can ask, "Is my stay eligible for an upgrade?". However, other than the upgrade they were already going to give me, I haven't gotten any further upgrades because sometimes Amex provides gifts to the room you are assigned. For my most recent trip Amex gave me a bottle of wine ($35 value) and chocolates. So because of that, the front desk didn't upgrade me any further. Hoped that helps and thanks for watching!!
Yes, you'll get both. The $100 Hotel Credit though is part of the Hotel Collection and Fine Resorts and Hotels. So every time you book those you'll get the experience credit. Not just once a year. The $200 statement credit comes from your Amex Platinum.
@@ezioleon9974 Yeah kind of; I would more compare it to getting a gift card to use for on-site amenities at the hotel. While the $200 is built into the Platinum card.
Good question. I personally haven't been upgraded to club level from the times I booked FHR, but reading around on Reddit; they say just because you get an upgrade to club level doesn't mean you can access the lounge. Which is interesting
It has, so far, for me. Just have to make sure you put your Marriott loyalty number at checkout, or call the hotel to get them to add it to your reservation. You can also get the concierge to do it as well.
I'm not sure about all; however, when booking there is an option to add your hotel loyalty number. So far, from my experience, all the Marriott booking were able to honor my Marriott status.
@@CalbyNg haha yea man, thank for the reply. Love your videos btw. Its unreal how most of us have done nothing wrong and are in PUJ. I hope they make some sort of adjustment to this. Makes no sense how they talk like it’s software they put in place that cannot be overridden, “allegedly”. If I owned a business I wouldn’t want software that I have no control of.
@@benzo767 Of course! Glad you like them! Right! I think Spencer Johnson had a good point, maybe Amex has a bucket of how many points SUBs they are giving away; after that limit no one else can get a Sign Up Bonus. Just curious have you tried the other methods to get out of Pop-up Jail? Or tried applying for the other versions of the Platinum card?
@@CalbyNg no I haven’t tried applying for any other cards yet, I’ve been thinking about it but not sure. I did just join Navy Fed yesterday, probably gonna apply for a card with them after 30 days. This whole time I didn’t know you could be bloodline to a military service member to qualify lol 🤦🏻♂️
Is it a must that it be pre-paid and not pay when you get to hotel? Im putting money away for the hotel but i dont want to put the reservation on card and carry a balance right now.
love your channel. i've been thinking of doing something for years now. just wondering, how long does it take to get monetized from youtube (subscribers/views), how long did it take for your to make $100 per month, $500 per month? thank you so much. keep up the great work. also, what camera do you use, how do you edit, and how do you add the copyright free music?
Thanks! Usually depends on you and your topics. This channel has been running for almost a year now, and I still don't have 1,000 subs. But I've had another channel where it took 6 months to get monetized. But after I got monetized, as long as I was posting, I made about $100 a month. Not sure about $500 a month, but currently, that other channel, has about 5k subs, and makes about $300 a month. I use a Canon EOS R, but I only had that camera because I did photography before this. To Edit, I use a MacBook Pro and Final Cut; as my editing software. Pretty easy to learn (recommend @Dylan Bates, if you want to learn). For the music, at first I used the library in RUclips Studio, but recently I've used Audiio (About $60 a year or I think $300 for a lifetime subscription).
Great content. I have all the standard cards like the Chase Sapphire Reserve and Amex Gold and Platinum, and currently I do not pay any of the annual fees. I travel often but I feel I am too lazy or don't have the time to try to take advantage of all the credits. Do you think it's financially reasonable to keep these cards after I leave the military?
First of all, thank you for your service! For your question about the premium cards. If you don’t think you’ll have the time to use the credits I wouldn’t recommend the Amex cards because a-lot of the value come from the “couponing”. However if you live next to a centurion lounge airport or visit airports with centurion lounges, a bunch, might be worth keeping the Amex Plat card because of the airline 5x multiplier and if you happen to remember to activate and use the benefits on the Plat even better. The Amex gold, there are other dining $0 annual fee cards that are close or on par with the dining multiplier; like the chase freedom cards, and the citi custom cash card. The citi custom cash card also would be a good grocery spend card, 5% on the first $500 a month spend. But if you’re okay with decent lounges and would like easy to use credits the CSR would be your best way to go. You just have to swipe travel purchases and you’ll get up to $300 back and the CSR has lounge access with restaurants. I would also look into the Capital One Venture card. Not as easy to use compared to the CSR but atm high welcome bonus and pretty good travel credits. TL;DR: Keep the Chase Sapphire Reserve maybe add the Citi Custom Cash card for grocery spend.
@@CalbyNg Thank you very much for the detailed comment. Will definitely take that into consideration. I'm just learning about the AmEx Uber bonuses and the Chase doordash bonus so I'm using those up last minute in December :) I just moved from Asia back to America this October so a lot of those perks weren't available overseas. My annual spend is basically 90% travel and restaurants. So typical monthly budget would be $1500 on restaurants/coffee, and $500 on travel. Currently I'm using the Amex Gold on restaurants and coffee spend and the Citi DoubleCash card on gas when I rarely get it and other miscellaneous stuff. Should I be using the Chase Sapphire reserve on booking plane tickets? I'm also just discovering the world of Hotel Cards, curious if you use those as well?
@@wanderingdoc5075 Yep, the Chase Sapphire Reserve on any type of travel: flights, taxis, lyfts, subways, buses, even hotels; if you aren’t able to use the credits or don’t want to keep the Amex Plat. I would also put dining spend on the CSR (3x Dining) if you aren’t keeping the Amex Gold. The Chase Sapphire Reserve’s Pay Yourself Back program isn’t bad for squeezing out more worth from your points and Chase has pretty good transfer partners. For hotel cards definitely recommend the World of Hyatt card, their points have high value and they give you a hotel certificate each year that could give you more value than the annual fee itself. There are also other hotel cards that give hotel certificates that could be redeemed for more value than the annual fee itself. So yeah hotel cards could be worth looking into. But if you want an all rounder, easy to use travel card, CSR all the way.
Interesting, are you talking about the Red Lion Hotel Orlando Lake Buena Vista South? Because that property is not a FHR or HC property from my knowledge.
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Working at a Ritz with FHR program the breakfast credit is based on price and not the people. Ours is $70 and if it’s one person spending $70 it will be taken off.
Nice! Thank you for sharing!
I know this is an old video, but my take on this credit is that the complimentary room upgrade literally makes or breaks the plat card.
I stayed at the Ritz Carlton in Chicago with my fiancé for two nights, and booked a regular room for $377/night. When we got there, we got upgraded to a suite, which, if booked normally, is worth $875/night!! Plus the property credit and breakfast and such, my plat card paid for itself in 2 days thanks to that upgrade. To anyone reading this: do your best to get that upgrade, it single-handedly pays for the plat annual fee!
Yeah, hahah, gonna make an update soon about my FHR experience in Jackson Hole!
Good perspective! Sometime, in my experience, I don't get that great of an upgrade; maybe an extra $50 upgraded room, but I did get a free gift once, a bottle of wine and chocolate. However I'm glad you got the upgrade! That's awesome!!
The hotel will hold your bags for you if they can’t check you in early and even after checkout, just ask the front desk or the bell hop. That way you can go explore without having to carry anything.
It’s a standard service at like 99.99% of big name hotels
That is good to know. I didn’t know that.
Yes definitely a service to leverage regardless of how you booked.
Thank you for the video. I used this credit in las Vegas. Where they charge you for the air you breathe. Needless to say the money was not enough to cover breakfast for two people. We stayed at the Waldorf Astoria. Everything you said was spot-on. We got our $200 credit within a day or so
Dang, how much credit did they give you to use per person for breakfast?
@@CalbyNg I am trying to remember the amount I think it was $60. A bagel with cream cheese and salmon plated nicely. Was $20. In all fairness it was one tasty bagel.
@@davemartinez4143 I would hope so, for $20, haha
Thank you for the thorough real world scenario. It really helped us understand how to use the credit.
I booked a marriott in SF through FHR and got credit with Marriott and Amex for stay.
Nice!
The breakfast credit is per person. Great point to order in room. I have used the FHR credit a lot I get good value with upgrades and late check out BUT the room costs are much higher on the FHR portal than other portals.
Dang, so they actually do count people. Oh yeah, some hotels on FHR are crazy more expensive, but some are actually about the same price; like Denver’s Art Hotel.
@@CalbyNg NICE! thanks for giving me another hotel to stay at! Denver is on my list of places to visit
@@SmellGoodTravelWell Np! Looking forward to seeing that video. I’m looking to go there later in 2022.
@@CalbyNg absolutely!
Perfect mixture of entertainment and information. Loved it.
Thanks! Glad you liked it!!
Good video
Appreciate it Ben!! I loved your video about the Conrad in DC; I've always wanted to stay there, never got the chance to yet.
Thank you!!!! Just what I was looking for. Details for first timers!
I’m glad I could help!
2:00 I've used the credit for extremely high valet parking in cities where parking was a pain/expensive anyways.
Good to know
you do have to let them know that you have breakfast/supper credit or it will be added to your bill...this happened at st anthony hotel san antonio, tx
Oh interesting, I haven't had this experience yet. All I've been told, at the front desk, was to make sure to charge the meal to the room
Glad you told me I’m planning on booking there for tomorrow 😂
Make sure you tell the people serving you the breakfast
Appreciate the walk through/step by step vs the standard this is how and doesn't provide the details. 👍
Thanks for a funny and useful video. I don't like that most of my searches get FHR pricing significantly higher than booking directly, like you pointed out. Then it's like I'm paying them to give me some credit. I booked a Kimpton for one night, my first time doing this process. Crossing my fingers.
Oooo Kimpton is nice. Don't forget about the secret password & the free wine hour!
@@CalbyNg Um, what, password what? Am I allowed to know? It'll my first time at a Kimpton, and no one has told me...ok, just Googled it. There isn't a password yet for the summer, but I'll be waiting for it, fingers crossed. Thanks!
@@marcusyoung5440 Yup! That’s the one. Your welcome! Hope you enjoy your time there!
Great video, you got yourself a new subscriber, can't wait to see more from you. And congrats to you on the road to 100 subs!
Thanks bud, I appreciate it!
I agree with you there w the late checkout haha. My host gives me till 6pm in Vegas and it’s saved me w a clean bathroom countless times 😂
Whoa! 6PM?! Now that's powerful
I just got my card in November still learning the ends in outs I will hit the 100,000 points this month looking forward to that
Welcome to the family! Hopefully you were able to use your benefits before the start of the new year. What do you think you'll use your points on?
@@CalbyNg take me and the lady on a nice trip somewhere turn some of the points into a free round trip
@@gibsonfranchise Good plan! 👍
Nice I got mine in October and could probably get the points by the bonus by end of February
@@rfv423 Nice!
Good breakdown! I just checked in to Marriott in Malta this weekend using thr Amex website for the first time. Hope to book a fine hotel this year for bf bday. Subscribed.
Thanks! And that sounds like an awesome trip!
You’re a good story teller 🙂
Thank you!
Thanks for the helpful video. What are your tips to request a complimentary room upgrade for FHR booking?
Usually when booking through the FHR, you'll have a good chance of being upgraded without even asking. If you want, doesn't hurt to ask, you can ask, "Is my stay eligible for an upgrade?". However, other than the upgrade they were already going to give me, I haven't gotten any further upgrades because sometimes Amex provides gifts to the room you are assigned. For my most recent trip Amex gave me a bottle of wine ($35 value) and chocolates. So because of that, the front desk didn't upgrade me any further. Hoped that helps and thanks for watching!!
Great video, didn’t think about booking for the following year using the current year’s credit!
Thanks! Ikr, had to read the fine print for that one.
So to clarify, its $100 hotel credit (spa, dinner, parking) plus $200 in statement credit!?
Yes, you'll get both.
The $100 Hotel Credit though is part of the Hotel Collection and Fine Resorts and Hotels. So every time you book those you'll get the experience credit. Not just once a year.
The $200 statement credit comes from your Amex Platinum.
So it’s a discount kind of ? Like you book and get 200 for booking ?
@@ezioleon9974 Yeah kind of; I would more compare it to getting a gift card to use for on-site amenities at the hotel. While the $200 is built into the Platinum card.
If you get a room upgrade to club level. Would you be able to access to the club lounge?
Good question. I personally haven't been upgraded to club level from the times I booked FHR, but reading around on Reddit; they say just because you get an upgrade to club level doesn't mean you can access the lounge. Which is interesting
you're a great story teller - thanks👍
Thanks for listening 👍
If you book a Marriott through FHR will it count towards your status for number of nights?
It has, so far, for me. Just have to make sure you put your Marriott loyalty number at checkout, or call the hotel to get them to add it to your reservation. You can also get the concierge to do it as well.
You need to book for 2 day to get the Amex 200 dollars credits no?
Not for the Fine Hotels and Resorts properties; just 1 day. Only with the Hotel Collection properties you have to book 2 days.
Does the 200 reimburse the room cost
Yep!
This was a great explanation! Thanks for the content!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Do all hotel loyalty programs work through the FHR program?
I'm not sure about all; however, when booking there is an option to add your hotel loyalty number. So far, from my experience, all the Marriott booking were able to honor my Marriott status.
@@CalbyNg good to know thanks.
@@jmbwashi Anytime!
The one card I’m in PUJ for 😡 yet it says I can go platinum in my recent charges for the vanilla pffft hell with it I’ll just apply everyday lol 😅
Aw man! Seems like no one is safe from Pop-Up Jail.
@@CalbyNg haha yea man, thank for the reply. Love your videos btw. Its unreal how most of us have done nothing wrong and are in PUJ. I hope they make some sort of adjustment to this. Makes no sense how they talk like it’s software they put in place that cannot be overridden, “allegedly”. If I owned a business I wouldn’t want software that I have no control of.
@@benzo767 Of course! Glad you like them!
Right! I think Spencer Johnson had a good point, maybe Amex has a bucket of how many points SUBs they are giving away; after that limit no one else can get a Sign Up Bonus.
Just curious have you tried the other methods to get out of Pop-up Jail? Or tried applying for the other versions of the Platinum card?
@@CalbyNg no I haven’t tried applying for any other cards yet, I’ve been thinking about it but not sure. I did just join Navy Fed yesterday, probably gonna apply for a card with them after 30 days. This whole time I didn’t know you could be bloodline to a military service member to qualify lol 🤦🏻♂️
@@benzo767 Oh you'll love Navy Fed, they are very generous
Is it a must that it be pre-paid and not pay when you get to hotel? Im putting money away for the hotel but i dont want to put the reservation on card and carry a balance right now.
To use the $200 Hotel Credit on the Amex Plat, unfortunately yes; it must be a pre-paid.
@@CalbyNg got it. thanks for quick reply
@@Zeus0886 ofc! Anytime!
love your channel. i've been thinking of doing something for years now. just wondering, how long does it take to get monetized from youtube (subscribers/views), how long did it take for your to make $100 per month, $500 per month? thank you so much. keep up the great work. also, what camera do you use, how do you edit, and how do you add the copyright free music?
Thanks! Usually depends on you and your topics. This channel has been running for almost a year now, and I still don't have 1,000 subs. But I've had another channel where it took 6 months to get monetized. But after I got monetized, as long as I was posting, I made about $100 a month. Not sure about $500 a month, but currently, that other channel, has about 5k subs, and makes about $300 a month.
I use a Canon EOS R, but I only had that camera because I did photography before this. To Edit, I use a MacBook Pro and Final Cut; as my editing software. Pretty easy to learn (recommend @Dylan Bates, if you want to learn).
For the music, at first I used the library in RUclips Studio, but recently I've used Audiio (About $60 a year or I think $300 for a lifetime subscription).
Great content. I have all the standard cards like the Chase Sapphire Reserve and Amex Gold and Platinum, and currently I do not pay any of the annual fees. I travel often but I feel I am too lazy or don't have the time to try to take advantage of all the credits. Do you think it's financially reasonable to keep these cards after I leave the military?
First of all, thank you for your service! For your question about the premium cards. If you don’t think you’ll have the time to use the credits I wouldn’t recommend the Amex cards because a-lot of the value come from the “couponing”. However if you live next to a centurion lounge airport or visit airports with centurion lounges, a bunch, might be worth keeping the Amex Plat card because of the airline 5x multiplier and if you happen to remember to activate and use the benefits on the Plat even better. The Amex gold, there are other dining $0 annual fee cards that are close or on par with the dining multiplier; like the chase freedom cards, and the citi custom cash card. The citi custom cash card also would be a good grocery spend card, 5% on the first $500 a month spend. But if you’re okay with decent lounges and would like easy to use credits the CSR would be your best way to go. You just have to swipe travel purchases and you’ll get up to $300 back and the CSR has lounge access with restaurants. I would also look into the Capital One Venture card. Not as easy to use compared to the CSR but atm high welcome bonus and pretty good travel credits.
TL;DR: Keep the Chase Sapphire Reserve maybe add the Citi Custom Cash card for grocery spend.
@@CalbyNg Thank you very much for the detailed comment. Will definitely take that into consideration. I'm just learning about the AmEx Uber bonuses and the Chase doordash bonus so I'm using those up last minute in December :)
I just moved from Asia back to America this October so a lot of those perks weren't available overseas.
My annual spend is basically 90% travel and restaurants. So typical monthly budget would be $1500 on restaurants/coffee, and $500 on travel.
Currently I'm using the Amex Gold on restaurants and coffee spend and the Citi DoubleCash card on gas when I rarely get it and other miscellaneous stuff.
Should I be using the Chase Sapphire reserve on booking plane tickets?
I'm also just discovering the world of Hotel Cards, curious if you use those as well?
@@wanderingdoc5075 Yep, the Chase Sapphire Reserve on any type of travel: flights, taxis, lyfts, subways, buses, even hotels; if you aren’t able to use the credits or don’t want to keep the Amex Plat. I would also put dining spend on the CSR (3x Dining) if you aren’t keeping the Amex Gold. The Chase Sapphire Reserve’s Pay Yourself Back program isn’t bad for squeezing out more worth from your points and Chase has pretty good transfer partners. For hotel cards definitely recommend the World of Hyatt card, their points have high value and they give you a hotel certificate each year that could give you more value than the annual fee itself. There are also other hotel cards that give hotel certificates that could be redeemed for more value than the annual fee itself. So yeah hotel cards could be worth looking into. But if you want an all rounder, easy to use travel card, CSR all the way.
Drop cards now, get Citi 2% cash back
@@joemeyer2726 tbh, in my opinion, I don’t really like that card; lacks, point value, protections, and customer service. Ofc this is just my opinion.
Can u use another card at check out?
Nope, at least from my experience with the concierge desk. They told me all the charges will be on my Plat. 5x pts though.
Awesome! Thanks
You bet!
How much did Zio’s pay for this promotion?
Haha, I’ve been eating at Zio’s since long before anyone paid me to eat one. Which is never 🥲
@@CalbyNg thanks for the video
Pretty sure it is $30 per person for two.
Depends on the property. Like for my experience at the Ritz Carlton in Philly, I got $40 per person.
@@CalbyNg oh OK I see. Used FH&R three times, and it was $30. Good to know.
Thanks for the video. Sorry you had to go to Philly, the worst place on earth.
haha! They got the Philly cheesesteaks thou
I got 200 dollars at red lion in Orlando! Does not have to be 5 stars hotel! Red lion is 3 stars hotel!
Interesting, are you talking about the Red Lion Hotel Orlando Lake Buena Vista South? Because that property is not a FHR or HC property from my knowledge.
@@CalbyNg yes, if you book it through American Express portal.
@@edicarlosvieira7887 Thanks for sharing that data point!
@@CalbyNg no problem
Can I just boook with the hotel
Unfortunately not, to be able to get 5x points through the plat and the hotel credit; the booking must be put through amextravel.com
AY-MEX lol
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