Originally Posted by hyatt_otaku
This Japanese practice of charging per person originated in Ryokans where the price includes a multi-course dinner and breakfast. There is no need for such a thing in places like the Hyatt. Of course it is a different story for lounge access deals and the like.
As for the closing jibe, sorry, I'm not American.

You are right , the people arguing here in support of this "rip off" of charging the premimum have no idea that the practice comes from including breakfast with the room rate..Hyatt, who i love is just trying to make a nice profit in Japan
its amazing how naive some of these so called "world travelers" are as they argue that the charge is legitimate...
does it cost Hyatt more to heat or cool or clean the room if their is 2 people in the room..of course not..
Next the hotels will be buying jamming devices to jam cellular phones and force the use of their phone system...which is a bit expensive but i guess some of the people on here will think its ok...