Originally Posted by
SP03
I don't understand your comparison to Delta. You are comparing the best hotel program to the worst offenders amongst the airlines.
As someone mentioned earlier, you just have to look at what hotels you can redeem for the same number of Ultimate Rewards points when transferring to either Hyatt or Marriott. There is no comparison even with the current devaluation.
Many don't understand me and you wont be the first or the last
It was a generalization about overpricing redemption's aggressively.3 x plus the cost of inflation is a big deal IMO if you put that in perspective.
Not a direct comparison of best or worst programs.
Hyatt to their credit for the moment has award pricing that will be about the same now as most others on aspirational properties cat 7 etc
Just to be clear this was not meant to be at all a post saying I hate Hyatt's program.I'm a huge fan.
We all earn or transfer our points in a variety of different ways.There are numerous examples where an airport property is 12,500 points with Marriott
in a full service property vs Hyatt House @ 8 to 10k
Marriott wins hands down for elites.There is simply no one program that has it all.One should keep an open mind.
Diversifying by having various programs to redeem from makes all the difference in the world
In some of the lesser major markets I still see very good value with Hyatt over others. However value too can be perceived very differently by everyone