Originally Posted by VegasGambler

Gild Hall is Cat 5, 23k pts during peak time and often $500+/night during that time. So I'm not sure why there is no point using it there; it's saving you 23k pts. Obviously don't use it during off peak times. Surely you are in NY or somewhere similar where all the hotels are cat 5+ and it's peak time, at least once throughout the year?

Personally, I'm in Tokyo once or twice a year, usually during peak times, and I strongly prefer the GH there to the other Hyatt options. So I usually end up using it there to save 29k or 25k points. But if that wasn't going to work out for some reason, I'm also in NYC a few times a year and I would have no qualms using it at a cat 5 there to save 23k or 20k. In the past I've also used it at the HR Maui (before it was Cat 7)