Hyatt Gold Passport Award Chart Update Effective January 7, 2014
Nov 10, 2013, 5:11 pm
#1
Company Representative - Gold Passport by Hyatt
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 42
Hyatt Gold Passport Award Chart Update Effective January 7, 2014
Dear FlyerTalkers,
As you know, Hyatt and the Hyatt Gold Passport program continue to grow and evolve, and from time to time we need to make programmatic changes. We don’t take these decisions lightly, and we do our very best to make sure that we communicate changes as quickly as possible to minimize the impact on your future travel plans. Today, I wanted to let you know about a set of Award Chart changes that will take place on January 7, 2014.
We are introducing a new Category 7, which includes six Park Hyatt hotels in Beaver Creek, Milan, Paris, Sydney, Tokyo and Zurich, and requires 30,000 points. We are also changing the number of points required to redeem a Free Night Award for standard rooms and upgraded rooms in select categories.
In addition, 38 hotels are shifting between categories. This includes 21 hotels moving to a higher category and 17 hotels moving to a lower category. Existing reservations for stays starting January 7, 2014, will receive a refund for the point difference if the hotel moved to a lower category.
Lastly, the points required to upgrade your paid stay to a Regency®/Grand Club® room or suite will now be on a per-night basis.
As always, we will continue to make redemption as easy as possible with no blackout dates. And if we have a standard room available at any location, on any day of the year, you’re more than welcome to reserve it with your Hyatt Gold Passport points.
Please navigate to this url for more information...
http://hyatthotels.hyatt.com/content...t-changes.html
I wish you safe travels.
With my warmest personal regards,
Jeff Zidell
Senior Vice President, Hyatt Gold Passport
As you know, Hyatt and the Hyatt Gold Passport program continue to grow and evolve, and from time to time we need to make programmatic changes. We don’t take these decisions lightly, and we do our very best to make sure that we communicate changes as quickly as possible to minimize the impact on your future travel plans. Today, I wanted to let you know about a set of Award Chart changes that will take place on January 7, 2014.
We are introducing a new Category 7, which includes six Park Hyatt hotels in Beaver Creek, Milan, Paris, Sydney, Tokyo and Zurich, and requires 30,000 points. We are also changing the number of points required to redeem a Free Night Award for standard rooms and upgraded rooms in select categories.
In addition, 38 hotels are shifting between categories. This includes 21 hotels moving to a higher category and 17 hotels moving to a lower category. Existing reservations for stays starting January 7, 2014, will receive a refund for the point difference if the hotel moved to a lower category.
Lastly, the points required to upgrade your paid stay to a Regency®/Grand Club® room or suite will now be on a per-night basis.
As always, we will continue to make redemption as easy as possible with no blackout dates. And if we have a standard room available at any location, on any day of the year, you’re more than welcome to reserve it with your Hyatt Gold Passport points.
Please navigate to this url for more information...
http://hyatthotels.hyatt.com/content...t-changes.html
I wish you safe travels.
With my warmest personal regards,
Jeff Zidell
Senior Vice President, Hyatt Gold Passport
Nov 10, 2013, 5:27 pm
#3
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 142
Ouch indeed. Close to a 50% increase for Paris/Tokyo/etc. And one of the most significant changes buried at the bottom of the page:
For those who used this option (and View from the Wing justly recommended it), a three-night stay now takes 18k points to upgrade - vs. 6k before. 300% increase.... Good grief.
I've almost entirely switched away from Hyatt now, to be honest - mostly because of a move to London. Grab those rooms at Vendome now, though - because I imagine the competition will soon be fierce....
The points required to upgrade your paid stay to a Regency Club®/Grand Club® room or suite will be on a per-night basis. Regency Club/Grand Club upgrades will require 3,000 points per night, and suite upgrades will require 6,000 points per night.
I've almost entirely switched away from Hyatt now, to be honest - mostly because of a move to London. Grab those rooms at Vendome now, though - because I imagine the competition will soon be fierce....
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Nov 10, 2013, 5:49 pm
#5
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: BCT. Formerly known as attorney28
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I think this is a fair notice. This doesn't come unexpected at all. The only thing that surprises me is that the PH Maldives didn't go up. Locked in a reservation there for next year.
Nov 10, 2013, 6:45 pm
#8
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 432
Other than the increase in points for suites, I don't think this is that bad a devaluation. Relative to how easy Hyatt points have been easy to acquire, I think this is a fair readjustment. Also nice to see the advance notice and the ability to get back points for awards that are already booked.
Nov 10, 2013, 7:22 pm
#11
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Omnipresent
Programs: Qantas Platinum, Air New Zealand Gold, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Platinum, Accor Platinum
Posts: 66
Nov 10, 2013, 7:23 pm
#12
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Chicago
Programs: UA, AA, Delta, HGP Diamond, HH Gold, Marriott, CC Gold, SPG
Posts: 154
As always, we will continue to make redemption as easy as possible with no blackout dates. And if we have a standard room available at any location, on any day of the year, you’re more than welcome to reserve it with your Hyatt Gold Passport points.