Hyatt gave a quote to TPG suggesting that it is Hyatt driven:
Glennie Janssen from Hyatt confirmed the news (first reported by
Ben Schlappig at One Mile at Time) to The Points Guy: “As an exclusive, one-time offer associated with our loyalty collaboration with American Airlines’ AAdvantage, World of Hyatt is offering AAdvantage elite status to a small number of eligible customers. Hyatt will be contacting these customers individually.”