Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
NO, guaranteed availability doesn't include award nights (points or certs). Basically, as a courtesy, the hotel offers to overbook your room and pay to walk someone without status. IIRC you get a standard room and virtually no elite benefits (no chance of an upgrade, etc.). You also pay rack rate for the privilege, which is much more than the hotel would receive from Hyatt for an award stay, even if the hotel is fully booked.
Thanks for the explanation!
Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
Would you want to stay in a big convention hotel when it's filled with people from some convention in which you don't participate? Crowded elevators, crowds at breakfast, rowdy drunks throughout the hotel, no upgrades because the sales office has committed them for organizers/officers of the group, etc.
Very true, I’m just going to save the certificate for another trip. Knowing the convention is there explains a lot. I was already kind of eying the Thompson but with the Regency being full/a big convention it gives me an excuse to splurge. Never stayed in a Thompson either and it looks like a lovely property—thanks all!