Originally Posted by
Colin
WoH route a better deal for annual fee savings.
Not if you look at the effective AF. If you are able to use the $250 airline fee credit (and it shouldn’t be difficult for someone aspiring to top hotel status) and the $250 resort credit (again….), you are already earning money just by having the card. (there is also the $100 Waldorf/Conrad credit that I have never used and mentally exclude).
* spend $60K/y on Chase (little opp cost relative to 2% cash back card)
That is a lot of spend for many, and you’d better have plenty of Hyatt stays at properties where status matters to enjoy the benefits of Glob. Would be interesting to look at the opportunity cost and how that could be used to just buy the benefits (breakfast? Lounge access?) as needed when desired.
Originally Posted by
Colin
i've long thought Chase/Hyatt had a +$500/y instant-Globalist credit card in mind when elite status was separated from milestone awards.
That’s quite possible.