YouNeverKnow25

been in HGP since 2014 but with the new levels I feel like a newbie

as someone whose only claim to any status with HGP comes through spend on the hyatt chase card (and who will be awarded Explorist status b/c of said spending on said card), the loyalty program change is actually a net positive for me, is it not?

mitchwebb

With the understanding that we only get one room credit as of family of five in two different rooms, is there any better option? I Can't see the benefit of two accounts with us both earning nights, unless I'm missing something. My DH has the hyatt card and we put the nights on his card.

We just returned from a long holiday and enjoyed The Churchill in London and stayed a night at CDG in paris.

Are there any Hotel reward programs that gives you night credits for two rooms on the same reservation?

thank you for all the information

Mary2e

There's no better option that I'm aware of. You get points for both rooms, but stay/night credit for only one.

Tommys888

Guest of honor - can I gift the Chase free night certificate to my guest of honor? Or does this have to be point award stay? Thank you!

Mary2e

It has to be a points award stay.

MTY

My first post, woohoo! I actually have 3 questions.

My annual award night has posted and I can use it to make a booking, and the annual fee will be billed this month. I don't plan on keeping the card, but I thought I'd take a shot a booking the award night anyway for August 2017. I think I read somewhere on FT that the reservation usually stays booked but I can't remember for sure and I couldn't find it just now when I tried to search. Question #1: Has anyone tried this?

Question #2: My Hyatt Platinum status via the CC shows until January 2018, but does that disappear whenever I cancel the card?

Question #3: I called into the Hyatt reservation line and asked that if I'm using a free annual award night, do I have the option to use Hyatt points to upgrade to a better room. The rep said I have the cash option now, and she said sometimes the hotel will allow that. Does anyone have experience using the award night and paying with points to upgrade to a superior room--and how did you do it?

Thanks!!

Rusdude

We received an offer from Hyatt Wild Oak Ranch (HRC, i.e. timeshare) for 4 days/3 nights at $199+. The main requirement being attendance at the 90-120 minute "tour" (i.e. sales pitch), certain income and "creditworthiness".

Not having done one of these offers before, can anyone please chime in and explain what we will need to do to prove we meet those requirements? If Hyatt will run a credit check on one or both of us, not sure it's worth it; similarly, wouldn't want tax returns floating out there.

Thank you in advance!

cdancer20

I'm only familiar with SPG. They will allow you to get stay/night credit on up to 3 rooms per night. If this is what you are really concerned about, I would look there.

Also, you can still have two separate Hyatt accounts and use the same credit card to pay at checkout. The credit card used at checkout does not have to match the name of the person booking the room. Some may try to say that it does, but it really doesn't. Or if you are super concerned about it, have him add you as an authorized user to the account.

cdancer20

Some of your questions may be answered better in this thread: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hyatt...hase-wiki.html

However, let me try.
1) You have already received the award in your Hyatt account. If will not be taken away after you cancel the card. Read the other thread though for datapoints.
2) Yes you will lose your status instantly unless you had 5 stays/10 nights in 2016, which is the standard to get Platinum status with Hyatt.
3) As mentioned in the Wiki of the other thread,
Can I use my anniversary category 1-4 cert at a higher-category property with a cash co-pay? By paying the difference in points? By asking nicely?

No. No. No.

BSBtraveller

How does the Hyatt best price guarantee work? I've seen a property for about 15% less (tax inc) than I can find on Hyatt. Should I ask Hyatt to match the price or should I book through the aggregator and still get my Hyatt points?

PortlySpartacus

Read their terms about the program here: https://www.hyatt.com/hyatt/customer...-guarantee.jsp

You have to make a reservation from the 3rd party sight first, then fill out the claim form at the link above.

Hyatt rejects a majority of BRG claims unless the reservation is from well known 3rd party booking sites like : Priceline, Expedia, etc....and you have to follow the room matching rules very closely.

You can read thru the separate Hyatt BRG claims thread on FT to get more details from FT users that have made claims and their outcomes.

noah

I'm taking my kids to Maui in a little under 2 weeks. We've got a standard room booked at the Hyatt Regency for 20K/night. I'd much prefer to get into the Hyatt Vacation Club or the Andaz if I can so have been monitoring the award availability but so far in the past 2 months neither has shown any GP rates -- just cash bookings.

As it get closer, any chance of award rooms opening up or is it a lost cause? Any advice appreciated.

kerrigjl

Call the property and ask if they'll open a C+P or points-only room for you; it's worked for me in the past (albeit not at any of these properties).

Jycollin

I recently signed up for a Hyatt Visa card with the intention of using my two free nights at the Park Hyatt in New York. I will be traveling with my wife and two small kids, and I've discovered that the only Standard rooms have one king bed. This is all right from my perspective, as we often get a crib for our youngest and our 5 year old often sleeps with us in a king bed when we travel, but when I search for room availability, the king rooms disappear when I enter 2 adults and two children. They seem to have a maximum occupancy of three.

Does anyone have experience staying at the Park Hyatt New York with four people? I'm wondering if the three to a room is a hard limit and if we'd face trouble at check in time if we booked a king room.

cdancer20

To avoid any questions or misunderstandings, you should just call the hotel directly and ask.