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Old Apr 4, 2010 | 12:08 am
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Originally Posted by clarkbhm
I bought 20 today in Pittsburgh. The cashier looked at me like I was crazy buying $800 worth of certs. Go figure.

Anyway, I must have gotten the last of an old batch and the first set of a new batch because the Terms and Conditions are different on about half of them.

On the old ones, they read:

The same sentence on the new ones is bolded and reads:

This concerns me because the entire reason for buying these certs was to pay for my room at a convention that I'll be attending this summer. Obviously, the convention has negotiated a special rate, leaving me with several questions.
  1. Has anyone had problems with this clause?
  2. Are they only going to accept some of my certs, and not all of them?
  3. I had thought about buying several more to pay for upcoming business travel where my company gets a special corporate rate. With the new language, I'm worried that they might not be accepted. Any ideas?
The way I see it you should have no concerns
Worse case scenario Costco will refund unused certificates should the hotel refuse them
As long as you are handed a bill and don't have some billing arrangement where you aren't the person paying at check out
I see 0 problem.Essentially I see much of the terms/verbiage as a reason for select Hyatt hotels to have the right to refuse acceptance in certain situations.However even in those special situations I can already think of a number of times they are already not enforcing the so called written terms.
Hope this helps and enjoy your stays with Hyatt
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