Originally Posted by
treepuppy
With United, it's getting harder to find good deals for a reasonable amount of miles since they switched to dynamic miles pricing for international partners a few weeks ago. With United you need to pay a $125 cancellation or change fee. Whereas with Hyatt, there doesn't not seem to be any cancellation fees? Just simply cancel bookings 24 hours in advance to get a full refund of points? As far as I can tell without having transferred points yet to Hyatt... That seems to be awesome flexibility with Hyatt and using points, unlike United which is very inflexible with change and cancellation fees. Oh and with United there is also a penalty of 3,000 miles if you want to make a booking within 21 days. Whereas with booking Hyatt hotels there doesn't seem to be any kind of "close-in" penalty or fee. Do I understand that right guys?
Not exactly.
Setting aside the temporary polices that Hyatt has enacted due to Covid-19, when you make a reservation it comes with a cancellation date (same as with paid rates). This is typically 24 or 48 hours but can be longer for some properties, If you cancel the reservation before this deadline the points will be returned to your account with no penalties. If you no show or don't cancel before the cancellation deadline your points will be returned but you will be charged the cancellation fee that you agreed to when you made the reservation (this is typically the cash amount of a 1 night stay but does vary).
If you're keen to learn more, check out the Hyatt website with and head for the terms and conditions
https://help.hyatt.com/en/hyatt-term...erms.html#/IIB
In Section II ... 4.
Points Deduction; Cancellation and No-Shows.