Mattress run for Globalist - not so cheap anymore
Sep 23, 2017, 2:32 pm
#16
Join Date: Feb 2010
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Between the promos and diamond amenity, mattress runs used to be pretty easy with Hyatt and often made sense for me. You could almost break even on the points.
Now, there's no way I would add more than 5-10 nights, and even then it would take finding a great rate. The new brg program has potential for mattress running, but they are as stingy as ever in approving those, so unlikely I'll add enough nights to requalify.
Now, there's no way I would add more than 5-10 nights, and even then it would take finding a great rate. The new brg program has potential for mattress running, but they are as stingy as ever in approving those, so unlikely I'll add enough nights to requalify.
Sep 23, 2017, 3:33 pm
#17
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Sadly, World of Hyatt appears to be a world without promos, and thus, I'd have an extremely hard time justifying mattress runs these days. In the ancient days of FFN/G/1W/DN bonus and even the olden days of points promo/G/1W/DN, a $100 mattress run could yield a significant kickback (5k points per stay or more not unheard of); today, you'd end up with less than 1k points. With a $50-75 kickback in points value, a $100 mattress run wasn't such a horrible idea; today, not so much.
Sep 24, 2017, 6:59 am
#18
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Sep 24, 2017, 7:02 am
#19
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Sep 24, 2017, 7:16 am
#20
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Sep 24, 2017, 9:04 am
#21
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Moving a few nights to Hyatt can easily put me at 10 for the Glob challenge and just booked a 10 night stay for $700 which will (if I don't get second thoughts) push me to the threshold.
I figure the $700 outlay is justified to burn through low/mid six-figure points in comfort next year.
Edit: And it's not fully a mattress run anyway.
I figure the $700 outlay is justified to burn through low/mid six-figure points in comfort next year.
Edit: And it's not fully a mattress run anyway.
Sep 24, 2017, 10:21 am
#22
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Sep 24, 2017, 5:20 pm
#23
Join Date: Mar 2014
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Someone is welcome to correct me if they have ever experienced anything different, but the Citi Prestige fourth night free benefit as I understand it is valid only once for a stay of four nights or longer, i.e., a stay of 8 nights only gets the fourth night free, not nights 4 and 8. Two stays of 4 nights booked back to back apparently also do not count. Two stays of four nights with a different property for a night in between should count.
Sep 24, 2017, 11:22 pm
#24
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 240
I havn't done a mattress run since 2015. I'm tempted to do so for the 20 nights for Globalism promotion. But a quick search online has shown that even Hyatt Houses and Hyatt Places, which were dirt cheap 5 years ago, are $100-$150 per night. This makes achieving globalist approximately $3k out of pocket. Is anyone else planning a mattress run?
Cheapest I could find is $95/night + 10% tax