Originally Posted by
StiTChEs37
I just spoke with a Hyatt rep on this - she told me that even though I only had 3 stays last year, they'll move me down 1 tier, so I'll be "explorist". My guess is it's the same for all of you.
Like many of you, I had been a life-long Starwood Ambassador fan, then switched to Marriott with the merger, but when the Globalist benefit came out with CK, I decided to try Hyatt and absolutely loved it...
Although I like Hyatt Globalist alot more than Marriott Ambassador, I am now a bit torn.... and am somewhat surprised they didn't keep the status match going... it couldn't have cost them very much, but I bet that they got a bunch of former Marriott elites to switch to Hyatt because of the promotion... but now, I wonder how many will go back to Marriott as they likely had status extension and don't want to work the way up with Hyatt.
Some posters (myself included) who originally got Globalist through CK seem to have been extended -- whether that has anything to do with CK status remains unclear. Just a few posts ago, someone else suggested that there may simply be a delay with this, as though it "fell through the cracks." AA is still marketing the possibility of Globalist status as a benefit in the CK welcome email, so this clearly isn't totally dead yet.