Absolutely, excellent words to live by. I too have been fortunate in receiving points or miles or status for which I didn’t “officially” qualify. For that sort of request(s), if it’s important, I suggest full press; multiple phone calls and multiple emails/replies if necessary to get to the point where they say “yes” or you’re confident you’ve exhausted all levels of (their) decision making.

I was trying to make the point that for Hyatt specifically, I think the awarding of status that is not “earned” is low probability.

“Never hurts to ask (sometimes many times), worst they can do is say “no”, give them a chance to say “yes”.”