Originally Posted by
chuck1
Hello-
I am a Globalist currently booked for 2 nights at the PH Sydney at 30,000 points per night.
I see their rate has dropped to AUD 690/nt or USD $522/nt.
They also have Points and Cash for $300/nt plus 15,000 points per night which I don't think is such a good deal.
Would you suggest using points? I don't have any remaining Hyatt points and would have to transfer about 20% of my Chase points to my Hyatt account.
I'm just wondering if that is foolish when the rate there is $522/nt.
Being Globalist, am I likely to get a better upgrade on free nights vs. a paid night in their lowest category?
Thanks for the advice.
That's 1.7 cents point which is probably about fair market value redemption fair hyatt points. Of course you can get much higher (I think the highest I've gone is about 4 cents / point), but at that rate I'd personally burn the points if I had them and didn't have a plan to use them elsewhere in the next 18 months (unused points are worth exactly nothing). As for the P+C, the redemption rate is worse, about 1.5 cents / point, so I probably wouldn't do that.
I haven't seen a difference in upgrades for paid vs free nights lately. I don't hear the "well, you're here on a rewards stay" talk I've heard in the past.