Originally Posted by
airb330
Brutal.
The point spreads here kill me. I can’t wrap my head around a category 5 going from 23,000 max to 35,000. I’d prefer a category 9 and 10 to this 🤣 Business wise, I get it, but as a consumer—this kills any incentive for my chase UR and Hyatt card usage. I’m finding it harder and harder to get 2cpp with Hyatt. This will definitely bring it under. Honestly I’m consistently getting the best cpp/cpm on AA. May be time to get into the citi thank you rewards system more.
This incentives me to book more hotels through Amex and take the $300 off, free breakfast and whatever upgrade they throw my way.
Lastly, I just came back from Andaz Jomtien beach (loved it)…glad I did the trip this year since somehow this hotel was identified to go up in category immediately. I received around 2.5cpp on my Hyatt points btw as a category 4, so I’m not sure that was necessarily needed to be immediate. Baffling decision.
Good post
I'm already in the Citi/chase Eco systems and heavily invested in them.These devaluations drove me out many a programs doors and now Hyatt is just like all the others.
I booked a Mr and Mrs Smith hotel in New Zealand for 200 dollars less than Hyatt.com and earned 12 AA miles per dollar as opposed to 5 hotel points per dollar
If I had paid the higher rate through Hyatt I would receive no benefit as they don't allow late check out to anyone and breakfast with a private chef is included for all guests at 800 per night.
Each villa is the same other than view
Hyatt is out of control on a number of their hotel offerings with the already weakened currency.Can just imagine the new points rate in season/high occupancy yikes
Its getting harder to want to stay Hyatt and book direct than anytime in history to earn their currency once this takes place in my early estimation
May of us enjoy a number of Hyatt properties so this at the end of the day it is disappointing
Especially with no 4th and 5th night free on points compared to competing programs and no way to top off promotional awards made even worse with the blood bath devaluation
which as another poster aptly put Hyatt imitating or doing their version of dynamic pricing.