Originally Posted by mann1mal

So, I've got a 5 night stay in NYC coming up. I have to be in town for work and it just happens to fall on my wife's birthday so we are going to make a trip of it. Am currently Globalist and sitting on a mountain of Hyatt points so currently have the first 4 nights booked at the PH and the last night booked at the Andaz (the last night is not available at the PH on points).

Have been thinking about switching to the Andaz as it is available for all 5 nights of our stay. I ALSO just read an article that Hyatt is giving double stay credit for all Andaz stays through August 31st. As someone chasing Globalist again, this is an enticing offer.

I've stayed at the Andaz before but not at the PH. I really want access to the PH pool and I've heard the Andaz has gone downhill recently but loved our stay there a couple years back.

Part of me wants to switch to the Andaz just so we don't have to switch hotels and getting the bonus stay credit sweetens the deal. The other half of me wants to stay at the PH because of the pool, general service/experience at the PH, etc. We're also eating big this trip (have tables booked at Le Bernadin, Jungsik, Cote) so will be counting on the Globalist bfast benefit to help us save a little bit of scratch.

So what do you think? Is the PH worth the extra hassle? I tend to agree with the poster above that the pool alone is worth the extra points but don't know abut the extra hassle of switching hotels...