Originally Posted by
SP03
I think the distinction is that for certain rates, Marriott “exempts” you from having to pay for destination fee and therefore you don’t get any benefits from it.
While Hyatt waives it for Globlists and all points bookings so they are only “waiving” the fee but you are still entitled to what the fee is offering.
I think the two programs just treat the fee differently. I don't really favor one approach over the other. But the best result of all would be if these nonsense add-on fees were banned entirely.