Originally Posted by
kiowavt
Oddly I got a points and cash booking at the Hyatt Place Bloomington Indiana for 4000 points plus $31.25. Came to exactly $35 with taxes, so it seems intentional (I first assumed it was an IT glitch, and might have been, but). New policy? Individual hotel choice?
The rate was quoted at 31.25 when you booked? If so, then maybe 35$ was just a happy accident of taxes. Perhaps the hotel was aware and they get some pleasure showing a round total due.
I stayed at Hyatt House Houston Galleria last April for a $35 + 4000 points and I just pulled the folio and it was $35 plus another 7 bucks and change for all the taxes.
One thing I have yet to figure out is when that $35 (vs the more common 50 or 55$) is the cash+pts rate at cat 1s and 2s. That stay, the cash only price was ~$140, so the pts value was decent enough, but when I was looking at the exact same hotel for a possible trip in a few months, the cash+pts was 55$+4000, and cash only was $98, making the point value very low.
