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Trouvaille
Maybe this part?
Part I
I. Become a Member; Open an Account
Section (f)
(f) Membership Nontransferable. Points, awards, membership benefits, and other aspects of a Member’s account in the Program do not constitute property of the Member. Except as expressly set forth in these Terms, points, awards, membership benefits, and accounts cannot be given away by a Member and are not negotiable, commissionable, or redeemable for cash, and are void if a Member sells, barters, auctions, donates, assigns, conveys, or otherwise transfers them (or makes any attempt to do so) in a manner not expressly allowed by these Terms. Points, awards, membership benefits, and accounts may not be transferred via divorce or inheritance. In the event that a Member makes any attempt to sell, barter, auction, donate, assign, convey, or otherwise transfer their points, awards, membership benefits or account to a third party in violation of these Terms, all persons involved in advertising, facilitating, or administrating the prohibited transfer may, in Hyatt’s sole discretion, immediately forfeit all points or awards, have their respective membership terminated, and be barred from future participation in the Program or any other Hyatt loyalty program.
Then why do said groups exist? I asked my MHC back in January and she said no issue. If I had to guess it’s possible they mean barter for things other than Hyatt awards.
Here’s two examples I see pretty commonly -
1) Person A has a Cat 1-4 expiring in 30 days Person B has a Cat 1-4 expiring in 90 days. Person B has a stay in 28 days. Person A and Person B swap certificates and both are happy.
2) Person A has a Cat 1-4, Person B has 2 United Club Certificates. Person A barters their Cat 1-4 for Person B’s United Club Lounge Certificates.
Situation 1 is fine, at least according to MHC conversation in January, situation 2 is not fine. The only conclusion I can draw from all available data would be that bartering for things outside of Hyatt, or trading Certs for points would be unacceptable.
I’ve seen people make 20-30 trades successfully (basically trading all SUA’s, Miraval Certs, and so on with 2025 and 2026 expirations) so that’s just my take.