The only thing that’s keeping me loyal to Hyatt is the 4pm checkout. For now I will still keep myself on track to requal for Globalist. Until May, I cannot fully evaluate the extent of the WOH deval. But I think this will be the last year I try to requalify.

As I’m sure most of you do, I would earn points through lower-priced bookings, redeem at premium properties or during peak periods. I think these changes are not only devaluation but also Hyatt trying to put a stop on this type of point management strategy. I understand why they’re doing it, but I think it’s risky to make such a sweeping change at once. I never considered jumping off Hyatt ship when they were making small incremental changes. But this will probably push me over the edge.

I don’t know how the ski properties are going to tier themselves during ski season… upper or top. Even assuming upper, my WOH valuation goes from 2.5cpp to 1.9cpp. At “top,” it goes down to anywhere from 1.5 (cat7) to 1.8(cat4). Used to use Chase Freedom even with 3% transaction fee, because I still slightly came out ahead based on WOH valuation. At this point, no.