FoundersCard: Should It Be in Your Wallet?

That Atlantis deal went away quite a while ago. Up until the end of this month Caesar’s Diamond status got u 2 Free Nights at Caesars Palace Dubai. Not sure what they will offer this year. I have had the founders card for a couple of years. It’s basically a paid coupon book not unlike what the Amex platinum card has become. Definitely wait for a lower rate..$295 or below. They offer generous incentives to renew as well. I have benefited from a few of the status challenges and matches, as well as other discounts. In the hotel section you can find some fantastic deals if you are interested in higher end properties. For instance, they offer unbelievable rates at select Rosewood properties for instance. And the discounts for IHG and other mainstream hotel brands does add up and they are corporate rates that earn elite benefits.

Thanks for this article. I received a promotional (first year free) offer and had trouble finding further information, particularly from a Canadian perspective. I didn’t accept, and was dissuaded by reports that people have had trouble stopping the fee from auto-renewing.

The hotel perks were appealing in theory, but I did some test bookings and never found the FoundersCard rate lower (whether 10 or 15 or 20% off) than the hotel website. This could easily pay for the card if it worked as advertised.

A $5K AWS credit sounds amazing, but it is for a particular program for startups, and I couldn’t easily discern the eligibility.

And, yeah, a lot of these perks come with fine print or caveats. The offering is sort of a modern coupon book. I’d love to hear if others have found ways to make it work.

Perks are so bad that it almost sounds like a pyramid scheme lmao

I remember reading a fine print somewhere on Founders side that the Ceasars membership obtained through the card is not eligible for the Atlantis deal. However there is still a possibility to match it to Wyndham and on the back-match become eligible