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txhyattlvr
However, the real loophole IMHO are the folks that use other people’s money (or use “manufactured spending”) to charge like crazy on a Chase credit card (say an official or even unofficial travel agent that arranges travel for someone else, charges it all to their Hyatt card then gets reimbursed) THEN gets/uses all the points for themselves. There’s more than a few of these Hyatt card “Globalists” running around that do and did it this way - and they spend little to nothing with Hyatt themselves while seeking to milk ever benefit they can (entitled to or not) out of the properties...
I've been a Glob/Diamond for 20 year and always relied on company work travel to make these statuses. I really don't think there are many ppl that spend over $100K with CC (especially the way you described it) compared to us who rely on company travel. If Hyatt thinks this is a loophole, they can raise it to 200K spent. But apparently they are happy with this at the moment.
It only makes sense that Hyatt match what Hilton is offering.