"More Than a Bonus" extra points Promotion - through 4/30/09

mmgm · Dec 17, 08, 11:47 pm

From Hyatt: "More Than a Bonus"

Between January 9 and April 30, 2009, members of Hyatt's Gold Passport program will be able to earn up to 20,000 Hyatt Gold Passport bonus points or miles at any of more than 365 Hyatt hotels and resorts in 45 countries.

Bonus points are awarded as follows:

~ Stay two nights and earn 2,000 bonus points/miles
~ Stay four nights and earn an additional 4,000 bonus points/miles (totaling 6,000 bonus points)
~ Stay six nights and earn an additional 6,000 bonus points/miles (totaling 12,000 bonus points)
~ Stay eight nights and earn an additional 8,000 bonus points/miles (totaling 20,000 bonus points)

Registration link is - http://goldpassport.hyatt.com/gp/en/...p=hy_gpq1_hpma

Promotion T&Cs (Fine Print):

More Than A Bonus
To qualify for points you must be a Hyatt Gold Passport™ member, register for the promotion, and must choose points for your stay. To join Hyatt Gold Passport, visit goldpassport.com. Members must complete eligible stays between 01/09/2009 – 04/30/2009 at participating Hyatt Hotels & Resorts™, Andaz™, Hyatt Place™ and Hyatt Summerfield Suites™ worldwide.

Member must provide Hyatt Gold Passport account number at reservation/check-in, be a registered guest physically occupying the room to which you are registered, pay an Eligible rate. "Eligible Rate" is any hotel published room rate, including, but not limited to rates found on hyatt.com, hyattplace.com, hyattsummerfiedsuites.com, prevailing rack rate, BAR, volume, AAA and senior citizen rates, etc. "Ineligible Rates" are discounted rates, including, but not limited to, any free night stays, Internet wholesale rates (such as priceline.com, hotels.com, etc.), traditional wholesale rates (such as GOGO Worldwide Vacations, Pleasant Holidays, etc.), airline crew rates, airline employee rates, travel agency employee rates, Club at the Hyatt discount certificate stays, Hyatt Vacation Club stays, Hyatt employee or employee family discount rates, airline interrupted-trip vouchers or contracted rooms (a contract room is a room that has been reserved pursuant to a written and executed agreement between a hotel and a corporation, government agency or individual for a negotiated room rate in exchange for an agreed upon number of rooms to be rented for an extended period of time).

Point structure is as follows: On your second (2nd) eligible night, earn 2,000 Hyatt Gold Passport bonus points. On your fourth (4th) eligible night, earn 4,000 Hyatt Gold Passport bonus points. On the sixth (6th) eligible night, earn 6,000 Hyatt Gold Passport bonus points. On your eighth (8th) eligible night, earn 8,000 Hyatt Gold Passport bonus points. These points are cumulative; total promotion bonus is 20,000 bonus points.

Only one credit will be given per member, per stay, regardless of the number of rooms. A qualifying stay means one or more consecutive nights at any participating Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, Andaz, Hyatt Place and Hyatt Summerfield Suites worldwide. When paying an eligible rate, whether or not the guest checks out and back in during such period; award stays do not qualify. Only one bonus will be given per member, per stay, regardless of the number of rooms.

Stays at hotels outside the U.S. may be subject to government approvals, regulations, restrictions and taxes. Other restrictions may apply. Hyatt Gold Passport reserves the right to alter or withdraw this promotion at any time without notice. This promotion is subject to the Terms and Conditions of the Hyatt Gold Passport program. For complete program terms and conditions visit goldpassport.com. Hyatt Hotels & Resorts™ encompasses hotels managed, franchised or leased by subsidiaries and affiliates of Global Hyatt Corporation. The trademarks Hyatt™, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts™, Park Hyatt™, Andaz™, Grand Hyatt™, Hyatt Regency™, Hyatt Place™, Hyatt Summerfield Suites™, Hyatt Gold Passport™, and related marks are trademarks of Hyatt Corporation. © 2009 Hyatt Corporation. All rights reserved.

Aircoco · Dec 18, 08, 3:43 am

That's good. Got to pay with Mastercard?

halothane · Dec 18, 08, 4:30 am

Thanks OP! Nice to know ahead of time.

Halothane

GUWonder · Dec 18, 08, 5:09 am

The first quarter seems to have a lot of hotel brands running lots of good promotions.

Thanks for the heads-up.

rfrost · Dec 18, 08, 10:13 am

So eight nights will earn you a bonus of a little more than the 18K points needed for a free night at a top tier hotel? Certainly better than no bonus at all, but I wish they'd extended the FFN earning period instead...

NewAgeTraveler · Dec 18, 08, 10:35 am

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Originally Posted by rfrost

So eight nights will earn you a bonus of a little more than the 18K points needed for a free night at a top tier hotel? Certainly better than no bonus at all, but I wish they'd extended the FFN earning period instead...

I concur

westcoastman · Dec 18, 08, 2:01 pm

What about double stay credit. Without it I don't think I would come close to Diamond this year.

icurhere2 · Dec 18, 08, 2:17 pm

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Originally Posted by rfrost

So eight nights will earn you a bonus of a little more than the 18K points needed for a free night at a top tier hotel? Certainly better than no bonus at all, but I wish they'd extended the FFN earning period instead...

I see this as still being quite generous as long as I stack a bunch of G2 bonuses and Platinum Extras into the account; I often stay in a $189 a night Category 2 (could earn four+ nights very easily).

YYC · Dec 18, 08, 3:47 pm

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Originally Posted by rfrost

So eight nights will earn you a bonus of a little more than the 18K points needed for a free night at a top tier hotel? Certainly better than no bonus at all, but I wish they'd extended the FFN earning period instead...

I wish the FFN were to be based on nights instead of stays, so that it would save me a lot of hassle hopping among properties.

Anyway,the FFN IS very sweet.

Fulkerson · Dec 18, 08, 8:17 pm

Extra 2000 points/stay is not so bad after all.
Although double stay count promo is easier to plan my stay schedule to achieve Diamond.

SF1K · Dec 19, 08, 1:16 pm

Here's a link to another article with some details:

http://www.smartertravel.com/blogs/u...tml?id=2792571

I already have 38 nights booked in the offer period, so looking forward to an extra 20K points.

Explore · Dec 27, 08, 10:06 pm

This promo is substantially less generous than either FFN or double stay credits. Surprising that would be so, heading into possibly the weakest quarter in 70 years. Also, room rates remain high in many places, and RCs are starting to close in off-peak periods.

SethLevy · Dec 28, 08, 1:00 am

all promotions help and are much appeciated.

TrojanHorse · Dec 28, 08, 6:41 am

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Originally Posted by SethLevy

all promotions help and are much appeciated.

i agree but some just make me move to a certain chain; this one doesn't

I will take the bonus points with a smile but I won't change my hotel patterns for this like I did with FFN or 2X stay credit promos

jayer · Dec 28, 08, 10:14 am

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Originally Posted by TrojanHorse

I will take the bonus points with a smile but I won't change my hotel patterns for this like I did with FFN or 2X stay credit promos

Bingo. I stood on my head to move limited 2008 travel to Hyatt for both of those, at the risk of losing status elsewhere. Everybody has a few extra points.