Originally Posted by
freckles123
To be fair, you wouldn't have zero status the entire 60 night march to Globalist - you'd achieve Discoverist as early as 10 nights in (same benefit offered by Hyatt's credit card).
Have you considered reaching out to them in order to do a status challenge? They can be stingy with matches/challenges, but it never hurts to ask.
Even Hyatt knows everything below Globalist is pointless, which is why they don't bother to shut down the infinite M-Life matching loop for Explorist. Also yes, I asked. No match or challenge. Unless I have something comparable to my current status why should I give Hyatt 10K of hotel spend, especially with reduced earnings because I can't get their credit card. I already have 60 nights booked for this year and no plans to change any of them. I'm begging Hyatt to take my money but being told no. I just got back from ten paid nights in Japan which all provided amazing upgrades, lounge, breakfast, etc. I would have happily stayed at the Andaz Tokyo instead if I had similar benefits.
Originally Posted by
VegasGambler
Not having the CC makes it difficult to achieve/maintain status though. With the CC it is extremely easy (probably too easy)
This. The lost earnings in points is substantial, and I'm visiting some places that have no Hyatt hotels or non-competitive ones (Osaka) so the EQN from the CC would be huge for me.