Originally Posted by
joe_miami
But what's the alternative? Hyatt making current Globalists ineligible for them, even though a lot of current Globalists won't re-qualify for next year, when those awards are still valid?
Yes, that would be preferable to making the vast majority of your customers irritated over a benefit they have no conceivable use for. "If you will endeavor to not re-qualify, this will be of great benefit to you!" isn't the best selling point, IMHO.
Originally Posted by
joe_miami
This is clearly the point of the 180-day expiration. Hyatt doesn't want everyone saving the awards for the same few high-demand periods of the year.
Respectfully, timing of the month in the year "when" someone re qualifies shouldn't be the determiner as to the utility of their benefit. Should I "hold off" to the last day of the year to re-qualify so that I can maybe use this in June? And seasonality is all over the board - plenty of places have their high season in winter. There are better ways to design a benefit.