Originally Posted by
tonysmom
This has to do with china. They have many people who play games with the rules, so the hotels over time became very strict with this. In general hyatt does not enforce this. If this happened in US, it will not be an issue at all.
In my experience, Asian properties are generally more strict about following the T&Cs. US properties may be more lax, but as has been said previously, it varies by property. There definitely are US properties where the account holder must be present in order to earn points and night credits.