coleslaw

Nothing yet - and Bonus Journeys is only around for the next two weeks (unless it gets extended again).

I’ll be a little surprised if Hyatt doesn’t run a promo from 3/1. For the last few months they have (in my view) been the most generous hotel program in terms of point earning and elite qualification. Going from being “outstanding” to not offering any promo at all, right as people start to plan for travel/life in a world with a COVID vaccine and more accessible testing, would be a strange move.

josephstern

Well, in that case, I'll be taking my business elsewhere

For this big travel restart, my plan is largely to be less blindly loyal. I'll still stay in chain hotels largely, but among the chains, where possible, I'm taking the best deal.

Matt4200

IIRC historically their Spring Promo usually runs starting on the 15th so I’d guess something would run 3/15-5/15 or 5/3. But unlikely to be an extension of the current extremely generous offers.

fielder

they kinda gambled on loyalty by basically giving away tons of globalists & prob hoping retention will happen with those plus an exclusivity that'll turn heads....clearly spitballing...but cant imagine them going on with making almost every guest globalist for the next 1.5yr+

Matt4200

Time will tell.

For me personally I made Globalist in 2018 through MS (Manufactured Spend) through the WOH CC. It’s a really grueling process that takes months and a lot of time that I wouldn’t recommend to anyone. But if that method didn’t exist I would’ve never made Globalist.

Why I bring this up is that in 2019 and 2020 I requalified for Globalist with 0 MS and qualified fully through achieving 60+ Nights. I was more inclined to stay and achieve the 60 Nights a year because I was already a Globalist and during those 60+ nights a year I could enjoy the benefits therein.

I’m guessing that this is Hyatt’s endgame would be to let many get a taste of Globalist and that would encourage them to requalify.

Additionally, many see it as “30 Nights to Globalist or 15 Nights before 2/28 for Globalist!”

While this may be the case many of those people who newly qualify for Globalist at 15-30 Nights stayed they are more than likely going to end up staying 40-60 (or more nights) in 2021.

Why? So they can enjoy Globalist Benefits on stays past 30 Nights. I’ve already read numerous threads where people are asking when nights will post because they have stays planned for March to use their newly minted Globalist benefits.

Just my two cents.

coleslaw

I think you’re probably overestimating the number of people who would

a) know about the promo
b) have signed up before it expires
c) consider it a good value proposal (or even a sane proposal)
d) be willing and / or able to travel mid pandemic - business travel is significantly down, many people are undergoing extreme financial hardship, people in high risk health categories or who are under quarantine orders if they travel, plus the - very reasonable - chunk of the population who think it’s generally not advisable to travel during a pandemic

Based on FlyerTalk and points blogs you’d think that EVERYONE has been mattress running and gunning for globalist over the past few months. This is a super biased representation of the population. Most sane people wouldn’t even consider mattress runs. FlyerTallers are a special bunch.

UA-NYC

As always, the plural of anecdotes does not equal data

pWei

Basically, on the low end, these mattress running would be spending $750 to $1500 to get globalist by 2/28. Or $1500-3000 rest of year. How much would these runners travel, and use glob benefits, anyway?

Most doing so are not glob, so, properties don't even have to lay out extra. Many properties probably need the cash right now, and in many regions, a couple properties are closed. If there is such great demand, these could reopen.

Matt4200

A few issues with your post.

1) People doing Mattress Runs are doing them at Hyatt Places (almost exclusively) due to price.

2) One could only stay 10 Nights before 2/28 to get Globalist if they get the WOH CC.

3) Because they are “staying” (may actually be staying, but more than likely checking in and not physically staying) extra perks do not matter. Not that any are actually provided at Hyatt Place properties.

4) Once Globalist status is attained the goal would be to use those benefits at significantly better properties throughout 2021 and 2022.

Based on TSA travel numbers travel is getting closer to pre-Pandemic levels. So there is a significant amount of people traveling.

scubadu

Um, yea...no.

Regards

Matt4200

Rephrased check above.

I invest heavily in airline stocks so I’m checking TSA numbers almost daily. I see many days where the number of travelers is close to half of pre-pandemic numbers. Considering that business travel is on hiatus right now for the most part that’s almost all leisure travel.

I’ve been one 8 flights in the last 30 days and they’ve all been at 100% capacity as they’re no longer blocking middle seats.

Also, nice of you to take one small snippet of my post to drop your regards on rather than the whole post.

coleslaw

As you note, business travel is basically non existent right now. As is most international to US recreational travel.

The “100% full flights” also needs to be looked at in context of schedules being *massively* reduced, with fewer frequencies and more routes now requiring people to connect to get to their destinations.

Matt4200

And as vaccinations rollout travel is only going to continue growing.

You also haven’t referenced my original post either to which this portion you’ve commented on is only a snippet.

coleslaw

Well yes, my comments were related to your comment on air travel trends. But in relation to your other post:

1) Very likely to be the case in most situations. Hyatt Place isn’t always the cheapest property in all locations, but in general, yes.

2) only if you signed up for the CC in Q4. Otherwise you’d only have 5 nights from the CC and need 13 nights before 2/28 *if* you signed up for Bonus Journeys. There’s a surprising number of people on here who didn’t sign up before it closed. And if people aren’t actively using FlyerTalk of following the blogs then it’s very likely they didn’t sign up.

3) , 4) True.

Matt4200

I’d say in about 95% of cases a MR is done at HP.

For offers I usually check DoC which has a huge following so that’s why I’d assume a lot got in on that offer.