The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas is now available through Amex Express Fine Hotels + Resorts, creating a strong redemption option for holders of personal or business Amex Platinum cards.
In addition to receiving a $300 statement credit with a booking (once per card per January through June and July through December), booking through FHR grants many benefits: “early noon check-in, if available,” a comp room upgrade when available, daily breakfast for two, a $100 food and beverage credit, and comp guaranteed 4 PM checkout. These benefits can easily exceed $200 in value for a single-night stay.
Stacking MGM Rewards
For even more value, Amex lets you add your MGM Rewards loyalty information to the booking, which may grant additional Tier Credits and MGM Rewards points and should stack with status benefits. Most notably, I’ve been receiving offers for daily BOGO Wicked Spoon Buffet thanks to my MGM Rewards Platinum status. MGM Gold status gets a BOGO buffet offer once per month. If staying at Cosmopolitan with FHR, I should almost certainly be able to charge the buffet to the room, and the $100 credit should cover it.
Other charges are likely to stack with the redemption of MyVegas rewards. If you redeem a $25 off $50 reward at Excalibur’s TAP, for example, you should be able to charge to your room at Cosmopolitan, and the $100 credit should cover the charge. I say “should” because in the past I was able to use room charge at any MGM property, and hopefully this $100 credit at Cosmopolitan isn’t limited to that property. For more on MyVegas, see my past TravelZork article.
If there are exclusions, the BOGO Wicked Spoon Buffet is still a good value, and you can use comps to cover charges at other restaurants. You may also be able to charge more than $100 and use comps to cover the remainder, talking to an agent at checkout.
Good Value
I like the Cosmopolitan’s location in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip. Other FHR options like Venetian, Wynn, and Fontainebleau are nice, but they’re distant from where I usually visit in Las Vegas. Wynn’s FHR benefit is also for the spa, which I don’t value highly.
At the time of article writing, I found numerous weekday rates around $300, which aligns well with the $300 FHR credit available on both the business and personal Platinum cards. May 20-21, for example, is $307.26 including taxes and fees.
Sadly, the resort fee is not waived even after you enter your MGM Rewards information, but a desk agent may refund the resort fee for MGM Gold and Platinum members. In the past, an agent didn’t refund me, noting I booked through a third-party portal, but did offer me a discretionary $50 food comp.
Once again, we see more examples of saving money and finding value in Las Vegas, dispelling the myth that Las Vegas is expensive.
As always, gamble intelligently and use credit responsibly.
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