Originally Posted by
josephstern
These unaware loyal Hyatt patrons (and I fully agree that they exist in large numbers) will be pretty damned mad when they figure out at some point that the bar for top status has been raised from 50 to 60 and that their CC spend won't help. I do think Hyatt is doing a bit of a disservice in not reminding even Diamonds of this new system.
Joseph, this post isn't aimed at you; just quoting it for subtopic reference.
I had a chance to think about this whole 'unaware Diamonds' thing.
I spent some time trying to find out how many Diamonds there are; the best I could find is this 2015 thread:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hyat...aturation.html
The Loyalty Lobby page that
Hailstorm referenced isn't there anymore but one can find it by using the Wayback Machine.
Anyway, let's go with the 37,000 Diamond number in 2015. Now, let's remember Hyatt's disastrous status match from late 2016 that minted 30,000 new Diamonds (Hyatt's number) - pretty much doubling the number of Diamonds. WoW! that was a train wreck!
Anyway, back on track. How many of those ~67,000 Diamonds were aware in 2016? I'd say the 30,000 that were matched were aware and I'd guess that a decently large percentage (much larger percentage than with other hotel loyalty programs) of the other 37,000 Hyatt Diamonds are also aware.