I got this this morning:
As a valued AAdvantage Executive Platinum® member, we’d like to invite you to get instant World of Hyatt Explorist status for 90 days once you link your accounts and register. With World of Hyatt Explorist status, you can enjoy 20% additional Bonus Points, room upgrades, elite check-in, 2 p.m. late checkout and more.
Already hold Explorist or Globalist status? Register for the chance to enjoy your benefits through 2025 by meeting the qualification requirements.
Here’s how it works:- Link your AAdvantage® and World of Hyatt accounts here.
- Register by Nov. 30 and get instant World of Hyatt Explorist status for 90 days.
- Complete your challenge within 90 days of registration:
- 10 qualifying nights to keep Explorist even longer through Feb. 28, 2025
- 20 qualifying nights to be upgraded to Globalist through Feb. 28, 2025
This gives me an interesting decision to make. I'm currently globalist, sitting on 31 nights (I didn't travel during the summer so I'm behind). I am currently in the middle of a 4 night stay, and have 10 more nights booked mid-end Nov. I had planned to stretch a bit and get another few nights in oct-early nov with a trip to Dallas (to max out the current promo; lots of 3500 pt/night cat 1s there) and then polish off my status in December.
So now I only need 20 more nights instead of 29 (I can live without the 60 night milestone awards; the only thing I really value is the Cat 7 cert, and that's not worth staying 9 extra nights for unless it happens organically)
So... I could register now, count my current stay, stick to my original plan, and still maintain globalist if I tail off in December (likely if it's not required for status, since I don't actually have any concrete plans yet)
Or... I could wait until mid November (before my stays) to register, count my 10 nights in Nov, and then double dip Jan to mid-Feb to finish off this promo and also count towards next year's status. And who among us doesn't love a good double dip? Non-hyatt nights are still valuable to me because they help with AA status (or even Hyatt nights at properties with no globalist benefits, like HP, can be booked through AA for lots of AA LP) so it doesn't necessarily mean that I would be cancelling trips; just crediting them differently.