Originally Posted by
SanDiego1K
Is this benefit of any value to Hyatt globalists? As a globalist, the resort fee is waived. If I use points, parking is waived. The resort fee is merged into the nonrefundable rate for an EDIT booking, at least as best as I can tell.
I was looking at the Thompson in Palm Springs in mid August. 2 nights with an EDIT booking are $652. It's $582 on the Hyatt website including taxes but not resort fee. I get breakfast as a globalist. So - I guess as I look at this - I could get the hotel for $352 for the 2 nights if willing to commit to dates.
I couldn't force the EDIT website to give me prepay which I understand is essential to get the $300 rebate.
Oceanside, CA, has 2 beautiful properties. Looking at the Seabird, the mildly less expensive, 2 nights in mid August are $773 all in. On the Hyatt website, it is $679 including tax but not resort fee (waived for me). It is 38,655 points boost. That's decent value as it would be 25,000 Hyatt points/night or 50K for 2 nights. Both of the Oceanside hotels have good restaurants so I would use the $100 credit at the property.
I look forward to seeing analysis by others
There are so many variables in comparing all the various options that it really is a complex problem to solve.
Here's my analysis of the Thompson Palm Springs, 8/15-17, cheapest refundable rate for the cheapest room. In this case booking direct makes the most sense. Assumptions are 2 nights of parking, parking can be paid with property credit+is free for globalists on points stays. It also assumes the destination fee isn't refundable/creditable on Edit rates, but I don't know if that's the case -- can anyone say one way or the other?
Same thing for same dates, Thompson Dallas:
The 8x points on Edit bookings ends up making a big difference in some cases, but not so much in these two..