Originally Posted by
skywalkerLAX
I can't follow this argument.
First and foremost, Hyatt will not orient their Gold Passport strategy based on FT members.
Second, the issue here is clear: If a hotel has a club closed for example this is a situation where the guest has no other choice than going to the restaurant. That means at least a 5$ tip if you follow the scheme. In the club there is no tip involved, so that's money out of pocket I can not expense.
'Leaving some cash anyway'... While it's certainly your own business what you do with your money it essentially means the server get's up to 10$ for bringing you a coffee/juice. I do not find this proportionate to the service you receive.
This year I had 96 hotel nights so far. If only 60 out of these would have warranted an additional 5$ breakfast tip (not even talking about the number of nights I stayed with 2 people) that means 300$ missing. I have better things to do with my money. As always YMMV.
Residing in a non-tipping country, I normally would have to side against peter, but this $300 a year complaint just smacks a bit too much of "the other 47%". At $300 a year I imagine that this works out to about 10 seconds/day of your income? Maybe considerably less, 1 second/day perhaps, or even in the case of Mr. Romney, 1 millisecond/day?
And who in their right might would tip a minimum of $5 for juice and coffee?