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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: MCI
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Cool...my wife and I love Kauai, so it's good to hear that there is a solid property there. We spent a week at the Marriott there and enjoyed it, but if we went back I think we'd want to try something else. Starwood's Princeville is highly thought of but frequently sold out, so a Hyatt option might come in handy.
Question on the upgrade awards: I see language on the website that says "prevailing rack rate" must be booked in order to get a suite upgrade. But isn't that a conflict of terms? "Rack rate" is usually an ungodly high rate that no one really pays. "Prevailing rate" could mean a couple of different things, but in this context it sounds like the best available direct-booked Hyatt.com rate (e.g., not the Priceline or other wholesale rate). How does Hyatt actually interpret this for the purpose of allowing suite upgrade awards?