Originally Posted by
MarkOK
I too rank Hyatt the highest in terms of benefits and point/earning-redemptions. A big part of the benefits though, is I know that practically all ~50-70 nights of leisure travel will be at full service Hyatt properties and about half my ~14-21 nights of work travel naturally will find itself at HRs. If I have 80 nights where I was to stay at HP/HHs most of the time, I would probably go elsewhere. The biggest benefits of the program to me are 1. Free breakfasts/club access, 2. Suite upgrades, and 3. Free nights from earning/burning points. HP/HH doesn't do much for 1 and 2 (yes, they have free breakfast, but it is much lower value to me than free restuarant breakfasts at full service properties or full club lounge access). And so while 3 (point programs) is still decent if you stay at HP/HHs, I would look elsewhere for a fuller breadth of benefits. But that is just me.
+1, also WOH has done away with its Welcome gifts , not getting those extra pts really brought down the earning power that Hyatt used to have. That IMO leaves SPG as a standout in the pts dept, which will probably change once Marriott has put both chains together. Marriott Welcome pots are no better then IHGs and basically useless but at least its better then WOH Zero pts