Dec 9, 2021, 11:44 pm
Last edit by: Markie
This thread will not be locked but please keep commentary on the individual promotions in their specific thread.
Feel free to give comments on this sticky in this thread or point out promotions that we may have missed. However, at some point, we may delete posts so that this sticky remains "clean", please do not be offended.
Feel free to give comments on this sticky in this thread or point out promotions that we may have missed. However, at some point, we may delete posts so that this sticky remains "clean", please do not be offended.
Can we please not remove promos until they are over > 1 month, to allow people chasing points etc easy access.
FT link to add'l codes/promos here - https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hyat...corporate.html
1,000 ETIHAD miles in addition to Hyatt Base Miles - 1.2.24 to 30.3.24 https://world.hyatt.com/content/gp/e...cQaQDBRnpXOi0g
Current Hyatt Promotions (announcements only)
Feb 18, 2021, 6:37 pm
#886
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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.
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.
https://www.tsa.gov/coronavirus/passenger-throughput
Closer to "almost 0% empty" vs. "almost 100% full" the last few days if we want to be technical
Feb 18, 2021, 8:18 pm
#887
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Data goes a long way these days
https://www.tsa.gov/coronavirus/passenger-throughput
Closer to "almost 0% empty" vs. "almost 100% full" the last few days if we want to be technical
https://www.tsa.gov/coronavirus/passenger-throughput
Closer to "almost 0% empty" vs. "almost 100% full" the last few days if we want to be technical
What portion of those 2019 and 2020 travelers were business travelers? As I’d factor those out for any foreseeable future because businesses have mostly converted to “smart offices” and telecommuting.
Feb 18, 2021, 8:40 pm
#888
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And what is the „Hyatt promotion“ around this discussion? Do I get double EQN on a full flight, or the club award be used to upgrade?
Feb 18, 2021, 8:52 pm
#889
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Feb 19, 2021, 4:31 am
#890
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Good question ! It would be nice if people reread the first post in this thread occasionally and kept this type of discussion out of it as requested.
Feb 20, 2021, 11:57 am
#891
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Does anyone think Bonus Journeys will be extended or replaced at the end of the month? I'm trying to decide between Marriott and Hyatt for an upcoming 6 nights, and the double points are leaning me into the MR camp this go around.
Feb 20, 2021, 12:00 pm
#892
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At this point it’s unlikely to happen by the end of the month (since it’s just over a week away). Maybe we’ll get something by mid March?
Feb 20, 2021, 1:48 pm
#893
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I doubt it, but why don't you just book both and then cancel the one with the less compelling promo just before your free cancellation window closes?
Feb 24, 2021, 10:55 pm
#894
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New Break Away with Bonus Journeys promo for Mar - June
Is everyone else very disappointed with Hyatt's new Break Away with Bonus Journeys promo for March to June? I admit that the Jan-Feb Bonus Journeys promo was almost unbelievably generous, but the new promo doesn't even come CLOSE to replacing it. Spending $4,000 on a 4-night stay with food at a luxury Hyatt resort under the previous promo with a Hyatt credit card would yield 60,000 EXTRA bonus points (in essence, with a Hyatt card, you'd earn about double what you'd earn without the promo). The new promo would yield 5,000 bonus points on the same stay, or nearly 12x fewer bonus points. (Even stranger, spending just $320 on a 4 night stay at an inexpensive Hyatt Place would also yield 5,000 bonus points with the new promo.) Considering that Marriott is running a double-points promotion through April 27, it seems like Hyatt went from the best hotel brand to stay at in terms of rewards-back to one of the worst. And since it's a flat 2,500 points per two nights, it greatly favors staying at inexpensive Hyatts where customers spend less money. Am I missing something?
-Hank
-Hank
Feb 26, 2021, 10:10 am
#896
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https://world.hyatt.com/content/gp/e...ead_1_en_feb21
Feb 27, 2021, 11:58 am
#897
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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.
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.
Feb 27, 2021, 12:03 pm
#898
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Is everyone else very disappointed with Hyatt's new Break Away with Bonus Journeys promo for March to June? I admit that the Jan-Feb Bonus Journeys promo was almost unbelievably generous, but the new promo doesn't even come CLOSE to replacing it. Spending $4,000 on a 4-night stay with food at a luxury Hyatt resort under the previous promo with a Hyatt credit card would yield 60,000 EXTRA bonus points (in essence, with a Hyatt card, you'd earn about double what you'd earn without the promo). The new promo would yield 5,000 bonus points on the same stay, or nearly 12x fewer bonus points. (Even stranger, spending just $320 on a 4 night stay at an inexpensive Hyatt Place would also yield 5,000 bonus points with the new promo.) Considering that Marriott is running a double-points promotion through April 27, it seems like Hyatt went from the best hotel brand to stay at in terms of rewards-back to one of the worst. And since it's a flat 2,500 points per two nights, it greatly favors staying at inexpensive Hyatts where customers spend less money. Am I missing something?
-Hank
-Hank
Feb 27, 2021, 1:46 pm
#899
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If I had caught the previous promo, I would have moved all of my stays to Hyatt that could be moved. I didn't catch it so I didn't move it. I have moved all of my business to Marriott under the B2G promo until the end of April for sure. With this Hyatt promo, I am not even considering them unless there is not a Marriott. We know that is not going to happen, so they did not capture any market share with this promo.
-Hank
Feb 27, 2021, 3:17 pm
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Okay, I'm glad to hear that you're doing the same thing I plan on doing, and I'm not crazy. I would have stayed at Hyatt exclusively with the previous Bonus Journeys promo they were running, but not with this new promo. I just ran some quick numbers and it looks like if I, say, spend $4,000 to stay 7 nights at the Hyatt Thompson Cape in Cabo with the Chase Hyatt card under the old promo, I'd get about ~$1,683 worth of points back. Under the new promo, I'd get ~$790 worth of points back. But, if I spend $4,000 at the Marriott Solaz Los Cabos with the Bonvoy Brilliant Amex, I'd get ~$1,732 worth of points back under the Marriott double points promo, which is close to the old Hyatt promo and lasts until Apr 27.
-Hank
-Hank
IMO your benefits will be a lot better at a Hyatt relative to a Marriott, and that $4K spend would go a loooong way towards lifetime status w/Hyatt...spend is irrelevant in that regard for Marriott (might as well just stay at endless Courtyards and Residence Inns to get there).
YMMV.