Me too! If I could find a way to go to HNL every weekend, trust me, I would! The views from the hotel were amazing!

It most certainly is! Now all I need to do is convince FS-Parents to visit a few times! I'm sure they'll love the Waikiki Hyatt, and the entire area. I've also got to keep my Diamond status :)

You are catching up very quickly ^

I think that was because you did the turn around. When the fare was $505 with a FD. I did it in Y twice and overnighted at the MEL Airport Hilton. We got the LAX GA to take a SWU on the K fare but no way could we get Annie to do it. She's "by the book only."

I have 65 stays and 89 nights now, and going to stay at HR Santa Clara tomorrow and Friday.
I was short of 1 for 10K since I am there I am staying 2 nights.. give me extra 5K... 15K for $150 is a good deal

65 stays! Wow! There are only 52 weeks in a year.

I also tried to get agents to take my SWUs in the SFO RCC and then again at SYD. No dice :( I even offered to SWU a C pax, and then miles + copay FS-Mom so she could sit in C. She had to turn away seven 1Ks that were waiting for SWU upgrades..

Inspired by FS-Mom, I have a new policy for all long-haul international flights. Look for W fares and NC space early, instead of hopping on these cheapo K fares. E+ is just not something to look forward to.

My much better half is calling her friend who has a condo there, hopefully they have a car for us to use there otherwise taxi or hotel rental car

Well, I did Friday in Fremont, Sat in Santa Clara Sunday in Fremont for the last FFN promotion, I got 18 free nights that I used all of Park Hyatt :)

Wow, indeed! I've got 13, with another 11 stays booked for the next two weeks. Since I matched over in September, I haven't had nearly as much time to get up to your level! I did calculate the amount of points I will receive from the 12 stays, as well as GP bonuses, and came out with 14000 GP bonus points, and two more 10K bonuses ^ Looking forward to trying a Park Hyatt next year!

Make sure you let me know when FS-Parents are visiting HNL, I will make sure all of you stay at that Penthouse

Oh you could never get someone to do that at SFO, LAX yes. Sometimes we had to ask a few people, but each time we flew through there we were able to upgrade the K fare with a SWU.

Yes, the problem is that W fares used to be only $100 more than the low fares, but this year they are more like $500 more (to match the new $500 co-pay).

Oh that's right they did have that great promotion earlier this year. I status matched to Diamond, but only stayed 2 nights. Hyatt just isn't available in tihe places I need a hotel.

+1 W for long international flights is a good idea.

I wonder what promos Hyatt has cooked up for us for the beginning of the year.