Time to clear something up.

The entire “Hyatt overhaul leak” post was not real. None of it.

It was all part of an experiment for a college class. It was trying to see how easily unverified information spreads online when it's plausible, uses insider language, includes specific operational details, and confirms existing anxieties or expectations

I fed some plausible award changes into ChatGPT, hit post, and was curious to see what happened.

Didn't expect literally every award travel blog to make this their Friday morning headline

Sorry for giving everyone anxiety. Hopefully Hyatt doesn't do anything worse than what I cooked up