I recently stayed at the Four Seasons Philadelphia with my wife, daughter, and dog for a quick night away over a particularly cold and bleak weekend in January. It was also our dog’s 10th birthday, so we wanted to spend it at a dog-friendly property with her. The Four Seasons Philadelphia was a perfect oasis in the clouds for our quick getaway. We had everything we needed without having to leave the premises. This was our second stay at the property, with the first being about two years ago, when my wife and I visited just before our daughter was born. While our prior stay had been generally positive with some exceptions, this one was significantly better and made us really love the hotel. I was particularly impressed that in almost every area in which I noted that the property needed to tighten service or amenities last time, things had improved. Combined with the fact that the Four Seasons Philadelphia currently has a great staff who executes coordinated luxury service seamlessly, we couldn’t have been happier with our visit. Trip Planning: I usually book Four Seasons stays through a Four Seasons Preferred Partner travel agent (which I highly recommend), but for this stay I booked through the Chase Luxury Hotel Collection using my Chase card. The benefits were very similar, though slightly better with Preferred Partner. Booking through Chase, our reservation included a room upgrade at check-in based on availability, priority early check-in and late check-out, a $100 hotel credit, and a $60 daily breakfast credit to use at Skyhigh or via in-room dining. A couple weeks before our stay, I used the Four Seasons app to submit room requests and book a dinner reservation. As always, service through the app was very prompt. The only odd interaction came when I inquired about a Saturday night dinner reservation at Skyhigh, and was simply told there was no availability other than very late times. While the restaurants are popular and reservations can be difficult for non-hotel guests, I was reaching out weeks in advance and knew from our prior stay that hotel guests are supposed to have priority for dinner reservations and tables are held back for the hotel from general availability. The hotel then suggested Vernick Fish instead of Skyhigh, which we also love, but I pushed back and asked them to confirm that there was truly no space for hotel guests anytime earlier at Skyhigh that night. A table at Skyhigh at our desired time suddenly became available after that. I appreciated the effort to ultimately secure the reservation, but didn’t understand why I had to push and express displeasure to get it. It felt like the hotel was steering us toward Vernick Fish solely because it had better availability and was easy for them, rather than doing the best they could for us from the start. Before the trip, I also emailed the hotel manager, Jimmy, since I had correspondence with the former manager after our last stay, and that had included an offer to ensure