jamiel ~ In my experience using both standard awards and nights after nights stays is that they do count towards status and you get points for all your other charges to the rooms.

As mmgm pointed out, this is yet another nice touch of the Hyatt program.

I stayed at the Hyatt Dearborn earlier this year on a standard award and got 11 GP points for $2.25 in phone calls, but more important it counted as one stay and two nights toward status!