Originally Posted by
escape4
I am Globalist too, and I have recently been moved up from BlackSmith to SilverSmith after 4 nights booked using gift cards. So your GoldSmith is probably not due to Globalist or at least it's not the only reason. For Silver/GoldSmith it might also be based on spend rather than night count.
I got bumped to Silversmith first, and then a few days later got notice of the Gold. I can’t find anywhere that spend on the Hyatt GCs would count to MMS status, and it would surprise me if a mere 17 nights got you highest MMS tier - but it wouldn’t make me sad.