Originally Posted by
LIH Prem
The reason it doesn't win is because it's not the best program for most people. I like GP, but I don't think it's even close to the best program. The people that vote for these things vote for the programs they find they can take advantage of. If they don't take advantage of GP, they won't vote for it.
Without getting to the merits, its that
exact factor that Randy says is supposedly not supposed to impact the voting and why Hyatt should be on "even footing" with the "big guys".
Sure, if voting is done based on size of program, Hyatt can't compete. Perhaps the Freddies should then have a category for Hilton, Marriott, Starwood and maybe IC, then have a category for all other smaller hotel affinity programs. But that is not what they do (supposedly). Supposedly they actually modify the vote counts to completely dial-out the factor you cite.