joe_miami

Quite frankly, Hyatt is better off without people who expect top-tier status and treatment after as few as 25 nights. The idea that WoH is "pure garbage" is laughable on its face.

jameswes

It shouldn't have counted in 2017 - award nights only counted starting 1/1/2018.

My hunch is that since it was a merged reservation, behind the scenes there were two reservations. The first one was the free night certificate, which didn't count towards status in 2017. The second one was paid nights with a checkout on 1/1/18 and those DID count for 2018 status (since checkout was 2018, and it is an eligible rate).

JackE

Quite frankly, the planet would be better off without people who think they are somehow better than those who spend less time sleeping in a hotel bed.

joe_miami

Straw man.

antonius66

Pretty sure no one said they were "better" than anyone because of how many nights they slept in a hotel. What is up with people and their emotional over reactions? He said Hyatt is better off without people who stay 25 stays (nights) and expect top tier benefits and treatment. Frankly, from a business perspective, this is largely true I think. For someone to argue they aren't a "road warrior" and that 60 nights is beyond insane for them, but 25 stays is in a whole other world, they must be staying close to 1 night per stay. Honestly, someone doing 25 or 30 nights a year should not be given top tier status. Nothing crazy about that. The program was not garbage before and it isn't garbage now... not even close. The program has DEFINITE issues now and many of them haven't changed (to be fair, many of the issues existed under GP as well). However, to argue that the program was incredible in 2016 and that the program is SO BAD now, that with the 2 most recent changes, it is still utter trash is ABSURD. Sorry to say, but that argument is really only validly translated into "before i got a ton for putting in a small amount and now I have to contribute way more. I hate it!"

layoverdan

Do i understand this correctly? you can get status through buying points?

hailstorm

Not directly.

Colin

the only remaining tweek needed is TSU expiration at end of membership year. otherwise, damn near perfect.

mstrbldr

Figured every one understood, but when I was referring to when nights posted it was obviously NOT on an all points stay. Just commenting that nights slept in 2016 posted toward elite status for 2017,

JackE

Yet Hyatt recently decided that guests who stay as few as TWENTY nights deserve Globalist status.

joe_miami

Paraphrasing Bill Munny, "Deserve had nothing to do with it."

(And 20 nights in 90 days is a lot different than 25 nights in a year.)

PortlySpartacus

...can still get the 25-night Diamond crowd riled up pretty easily. You are still diamonds in spirit.

invalyd

Would I get a stay credit for booking a Guest of Honor reservation for someone?

ClarkGriswold

No. Reports are that Hyatt says they will get it (if properly registered with WOH #), not you.

JackE

You sound pretty bitter that after being so ecstatic that Hyatt would clear the lounges by upping nights from 25 nights to 60, they ended up going down to 20.