Hyatt Gold Passport
Dec 17, 2011, 12:00 pm
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Hyatt Gold Passport
I received a statement for my annual fee and was thinking about closing the account. I was going to transfer the points I had left to Hyatt Gold Passport and checked the transfer ratio - 1 DC to 1.67 Hyatt.
I recently got the Hyatt Chase VISA card, because they are giving 2 free nights for signing up and figured I didn't need DC any more. But spending on Hyatt is $1 = 1 point (except for Hyatt spending).
So, unless I am missing something here, it looks as if non-Hyatt general spending on DC is much better for transferring to Hyatt than the Hyatt card itself. Am I correct?
I recently got the Hyatt Chase VISA card, because they are giving 2 free nights for signing up and figured I didn't need DC any more. But spending on Hyatt is $1 = 1 point (except for Hyatt spending).
So, unless I am missing something here, it looks as if non-Hyatt general spending on DC is much better for transferring to Hyatt than the Hyatt card itself. Am I correct?
Dec 17, 2011, 3:47 pm
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Unfortunately it appears you read the transfer ratio backwards. DC 1250 = GP 750. There is not an easy way to realize this because both programs use "points" as the unit of measure, but look at the airline programs to see that the first quantity listed on the website is the amount you receive, and the second quantity is the amount you must redeem.
Last edited by mia; Dec 17, 2011 at 3:53 pm
Dec 17, 2011, 4:25 pm
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Thanks for the correction. I did think it was odd, since the Diners Club conversion is usually worse than the co-branded card - this would have been a major exception.
Dec 17, 2011, 6:27 pm
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But I don't know if there are any other exceptions.
(Most co-branded hotel cards give extra points when used at the hotels they're co-branded with. In those cases, no other card can ever do better, except when you're trying to meet a threshold spend for a promo that is.)