Originally Posted by
moolman
The death blow to Globalist will be if they allow you to get it by signing up aka Hilton Surpass for Diamond. Right now, Hyatt let's you spend your way to Globalist with their cards and it's a fairly high spend amount and definitely not worth it since you're giving up spend on another card that will give you better value.
A high Annual Fee will limit the number of Globalist-seekers, especially with all the other, broader high fee cards out there (e.g., CSR, AmEx Plat.)