Originally Posted by
ElevatorEnthusiast
As a brief overview of my understanding of their previous partnership with Hyatt, you could only earn Hyatt credit through booking on Hyatt.com (either redemptions or inflated cash rates compared to booking direct). There were no status benefit differences - instead all members received free breakfast, 2 PM late checkout, and a one-category room upgrade.
I stayed at a SLH property last year and if i remember riggt, booking on hyatt or direct were same price. Obviously anectdotal with 1 data point doesnt mean much.