Originally Posted by RichardInSF
I've never pushed this guarantee, even though I know it's available to me. If the hotel is really full, they will honor this guarantee by walking someone else, and it's just not something I'd rather be responsible for causing.
I've used it a few times and found it generally useful (although I've struck out with this benefit too, in that they claimed "extraordinary demand"). Sometimes I've used it to get reservations at a property that was showing up as sold-out on hyatt.com but that had rooms available on Priceline (i.e., the room was still available but apparently pre-sold) or for (I think) awards but not for a Hyatt-sold paid rate.