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Can Virtuoso and Preferred Partner benefits combine with free night offers? A TravelSort client recently asked “I know that sometimes Four Seasons Preferred Partner benefits are available with 3rd Night Free and 4th Night Free. Are there times when the benefits aren’t combinable with free nights? And how about Virtuoso or other hotel preferred partner programs, can those benefits be combined with offers I see on the hotel’s Web site?”
Since it’s not always clear which benefits are combinable with which offers, I’ll use this client’s question as an opportunity to clarify when benefits are typically combinable. Note that to be sure, you should always check with your travel advisor or TravelSort, if you’re a TravelSort Client.
1. Four Seasons Preferred Partner: Almost All Offers Are Combinable with FSPP Benefits
Four Seasons Preferred Partner is one of the best preferred partner programs because nearly all (in our experience, over 95%) of Four Seasons offers that you see on the Web site are combinable with Four Seasons Preferred Partner benefits. That means that if you see a 3rd night or 4th night free or guaranteed upgrade offer on the site, this combines with Preferred Partner benefits.
It's also possible to take advantage of AMEX Fine Hotels & Resorts offers (and we do this occasionally for our clients with AMEX Platinum cards, when they need to guarantee a 4pm late check-out), but whenever possible, we always recommend booking Four Seasons hotels and resorts using Four Seasons Preferred Partner as FSPP guests are given top priority for upgrades (see Why Switch to Four Seasons Preferred Partner from an AMEX FHR Booking). Also, occasionally a Four Seasons property will guarantee in advance a late check-out for our FSPP guests, so in those cases, the client has the best of both worlds.
One other thing: there are Four Seasons Preferred Partner Exclusive offers that can range from a guaranteed upgrade or even double upgrade to extra resort credit or a complimentary airport transfer. These exclusive offers, which also combine with FSPP benefits, don't appear anywhere else, so TravelSort Clients should reach out to us to see what may be available to them.
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2. Peninsula PenClub Are Combinable with Complimentary Night and Advance Purchase Offers
Peninsula PenClub has one of the most unique preferred partner benefits, in that it gives you PenTime flexible check-in / check-out privileges: you can arrive anytime the day of your check-in date, even if it's 6am in the morning, and the hotel will provide a holding room for you if your reserved room or suite type isn't ready. This is a godsend when you arrive on a redeye flight exhausted and want to nap, and means you don't have to reserve the prior night. Similarly, if you're on a late night flight, even if the hotel needs your specific room or suite back, you'll be provided another room you can stay in until 10pm that night.
Peninsula PenClub benefits can combine with virtually all complimentary night and advance purchase offers.
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3. Rosewood Elite Benefits Combine with More Rosewood Offers
Rosewood Elite benefits can be actually be better than Virtuoso and AMEX FHR, since some resorts offer a confirmed upgrade at time of booking and/or higher resort credit. And Rosewood Elite benefits do typically combine with More Rosewood complimentary night and some other public Rosewood offers, so we highly recommend reaching out to us or ensuring your travel advisor is able to book you with Rosewood Elite benefits.
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4. Virtuoso Benefits Combinability: It Depends
With Virtuoso benefits, it depends on the specific hotel or resort in terms of whether public offers can combine with Virtuoso benefits. To take two examples, most Montage and One&Only offers combine with Virtuoso benefits. Check with TravelSort or your luxury travel advisor to see if any hotels or resorts in your selected destination have any offers that combine with Virtuoso benefits.
Keep in mind, TravelSort or your travel advisor can still reserve hotel offers from the Web site for you, and it’s a good idea to reserve through an advisor even when you're not trying to reserve a Virtuoso rate, so that if any issues arise during your stay your advisor can help resolve them and ensure as fully a service recovery as possible.
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5. Bellini Club Benefits Exceed Virtuoso Benefits and Typically Can Combine with Belmond Web Site Offers
Bellini Club, the Loyalty Club of Belmond hotels, has a great benefit when reserving at least $10,000 pre-tax in hotel stays or river cruises: receive a $500 voucher good towards a future Belmond stay within the next 18 months of at least $2500 pre-tax at a different Belmond property, and this benefit is in addition to benefits that are similar to Virtuoso: complimentary daily breakfast for two, a $90 per room per stay hotel credit or $200 per suite per stay hotel credit and upgrade if available at check-in. See Belmond Bellini Club Benefits: $500 Gift Voucher for Future Travel. And in our experience, most Belmond hotel Web site offers are combinable with Belmond Bellini Club amenities (although note of course that Web site offers and Bellini Club offers that are the same, such as an included breakfast, aren't doubled; you'll still receive a maximum of two daily breakfasts per room).
6. Hyatt Privé: Most Public Offers Combine with Hyatt Privé Benefits
Most Hyatt non-member public offers combine with our Hyatt Privé benefits, and there can also be special Hyatt Privé offers. Keep in mind that, similar to Marriott STARS, Hilton for Luxury, IHG Destined, etc. programs, the Hyatt Privé eligible rate is the regular rate, *not* the member pricing; member pricing does not combine with preferred partner benefits.
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