Originally Posted by
HFHFFlyer
My wife has been quite ill over the last few months and as a result has had to cancel most of her work trips since October. The result is her Base Point balance for 2024 was only 70,000.
Previous years Base Points have been as follows:
2019 - 110,000
2020 - 24,000
2021 - 55,000
2022 - 280,000
2023 - 105,000
Her total lifetime base points is about 850,000.
What are the chances of persuading Hyatt to give her discretionary Globalist status for 2025?
Originally Posted by
Dr Jabadski
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but: I don’t believe Hyatt embraces “discretionary” status of any kind thus I believe the chances to be “slim or none”* (hopefully you know what Slim just did
).
(* Muhammad Ali 1971: “Frazier’s got two chances. Slim and none. And Slim just left town.”)
For Globalists who have organically earned status for 5+ years I was told that Hyatt has a “Globalist Retention Program”. Which is basically the same as one of the Corporate Challenges, 20 nights needed within 90 days.
If OP’s wife is losing status this February, and could get enrolled, then there would be no lapse.
My understanding is enrollment is evaluated on a case by case basis and generally only available to those who have been Globalists for several years.
If I were in OP’s boat I’d ask my MHC, I’d ask Hyatt, I’d ask Executives, I might even try to CEO. I wouldn’t expect an automatic extension, but would just pray to be enrolled in such an offer. Even if you’re sick, go book 20 nights at a Cat 1 check in then leave if you have to, ideally you’d find properties you actually want to stay at, but that’s one option.