AA drops partnership earnings with Hilton, Choice, Best Western 31 Mar 2020
Feb 1, 2020, 8:13 am
#16
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Portland, Oregon
Programs: Hilton Platinum, Alaska MVP Gold
Posts: 2,363
This is all good and dandy, but fact remains that Hyatt simply does not have the coverage that Hilton and Choice have. Frankly, in every city in America I can find one of these two - likely multiple - hotels. Hyatt, I am lucky if I find one that is close and convenient.
"We continue to cultivate partnerships which suit our customers' changing travel preferences and needs. You still have many options for earning miles through every hotel stay with a variety of our global hotel partners. We encourage you to explore some of our best hotel offers now.
"We look forward to seeing you on your next adventure."
"We look forward to seeing you on your next adventure."
Feb 1, 2020, 1:44 pm
#17
Join Date: Dec 2017
Programs: AA Platinum, Marriott Gold
Posts: 6
Yet another reason to move on
I moved to Delta as of the beginning of the year, via a Medallion Challenge, and so far so good. Looks like AA is trying to push out the mid level business traveler once again.....
Feb 2, 2020, 7:39 pm
#18
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,932
See section 13 at this Hilton T&C link:
http://hhonors3.hilton.com/en/terms/index.html#general
Feb 9, 2020, 9:27 pm
#19
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: SoCal,
Programs: BAEC Gold, AA PPro
Posts: 771
This is all good and dandy, but fact remains that Hyatt simply does not have the coverage that Hilton and Choice have. Frankly, in every city in America I can find one of these two - likely multiple - hotels. Hyatt, I am lucky if I find one that is close and convenient.
Feb 9, 2020, 10:42 pm
#20
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: KHOU/KIAH
Programs: AA EXP | Marriott Bonvoy Titanium| Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 11,222
Exactly. I tried to book Hyatt Grand Kuala Lumpur. Even though as an EP, I signed up for the short Hyatt status period, there was zero value for me to book it.The Hyatt rep was less than impressed with this partnership. And I got exactly the same deal if I would have booked the Hyatt on Hotels.com. So, I booked the Hilton. I’ve never found any value with the Hyatt chain for what I need and this attempt just confirmed that, for me, Hyatt’s are worthless. I’d be interested if anyone has switched with the limited offer of status and if they have found it to be a valuable relationship? I see this change as an AAdvantage devaluation. Not tragic, but not good either. Thoughts?
Agree completely that Hyatt is not a complete standalone program, their footprint is simply too small. However, they have some excellent properties and the Globalist benefits are top notch.
Now that I'm LT plat on Marriott, I'll probably aim to hit Ambassador on Marriott and Globalist on Hyatt. Choice is a good thing and the fact that Globalist means no resort fees speaks directly to my soul.
TL;DR - I'm happy with the partnership.
Feb 22, 2020, 8:36 pm
#21
Join Date: May 2006
Location: BOS and ...
Programs: UA 2MM, AA 600k, DL 500k, Hyatt GP 1M, HH Gold, Rad. Gold, CP Gold, Miracle Fruit-su Club
Posts: 9,950
I would keep them at Hilton, but just remember that Hilton points expire after 15 months (used to be 12 months) of "no activity". So figure out how to keep them "alive" for cheap. (If you don't know of an option that would work for you, search or ask in the Hilton forum.)