Originally Posted by nhwiki

I feel the same way. As someone who travels mostly on their own dime, and has maintained Diamond for a long time, and has used the credit card to the tune of a lot of money, I think I just can't justify my so called loyalty anymore. Didn't get any 25 or 50 unique hotels bonus, even though by my count we've done over 90, many international. Didn't get any "we like you as a CC user, so here are some more points," probably because we actually used the card, getting crappier suites or suites no longer available when we want them, probably because of the dilution of the program, and now this.

10 - 15 grand out of pocket to maintain diamond every year, staying at out of the way hyatts when better options are available. While I understand that Hyatt may be slightly "better" than other programs these days, I have the sense like some others that this promotion was just another incident of special sauce that was meant to be private (what a silly notion in this age) and that word got out. I am not using the credit card or any chase-related product, just to see what happens in the next few months . . .

Yeah. I'm happy for the folks who literally got something for nothing, but for those of us who have consistently given something (and by that, I mean a lot) and have gotten less and less in return, it's getting really hard to justify what we spend . . .