Originally Posted by
Rumeli
The reason for me keeping the card is [...] also the CHIP on the card for overseas travel.
Originally Posted by
imm2b
FWIW, My CHIP card was worthless buying train tickets in Italy this summer. I couldn't get it to work, so I ended up using my other non-chip card instead.
That's because the Hyatt card isn't chip + pin like other European cards, it's chip + signature. The Hyatt card is not suitable for automated kiosks that only accept chip + pin cards, so the incremental value for international travel is dubious.