Originally Posted by gum

I am firmly convinced that Hyatt wants and welcomes the "business" of all Gp members. But the introduction of a new co-branded credit card is subject to many factors - mainly by the credit card companies themselves. E. g. for a very long period Lufthansa had a Miles&More combined co-branded card only for the German market.

If you take Germany as an example: There are not so many Hyatt hotels and the network isnīt so dense that Hyatt would reach a significant number of credit cards right from the beginning.

I donīt know the exact numbers for a credit card programme to be profitable but even one of the major issuer of co-branded cards like some Landesbanks or Barclays donīt spread their portfolio too wide.

So the "fault" is not on the side of the hotel company.

And if you donīt reach the level for one of the redemption opportunities there is always the possiblity to buy the missing points in increments of 1,000 points for a very moderate price.

http://www.hyatt.com/gp/en/awards/combine_transfer.jsp

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