I think I may be confusing everyone. I just got involved with the point system (Hyatt Visa); therefore, why I do not have a higher status right now. I will meet the standards to get Diamond within a year. Because my next few conferences are at Marriott's, I was planning to stay at Marriott so I was seeing if I could do the gold challenge. If I did the gold challenge I would switch all my upcoming Hyatt stays (these are separate trips from the Marriott conferences) to Marriott's to fulfill the Gold challenge.

I am just curious if this is worth doing or if I should stick with Hyatt. The only way I could see this making sense if it it somehow benefited my Hyatt rewards. Otherwise, there is no point in changing my accommodations to meet Gold if it won't do much in the end because I do not plan on getting a Marriott Credit Card.

Sorry!