ellylex

One of the hotels Hyatt Place Ontario Mills is in Ontario, CA. The same rate comes up with and w/o the code (example for 10/25 - 10/27 $69.30)

NJUPINTHEAIR

Thank you for mentioning that.

You see the LIMITED TIME OFFER displayed on the web site?

That is the promotion that the code yields, i.e., they are one in the same.

Apparently some hotels have eliminated the need for us to put in the promotion code -- but others have not!!! -- as the LIMITED TIME OFFER promotion price is displayed along with other rates.

ElmhurstNick

Thanks, that's what I thought. Half the time the G bonus doesn't post anyway and I have to send an email... so what's four or five more!?

ElmhurstNick

By the way, the HP in the Chicago area are all in the $55-$58 range with this promo on weekends. Sadly only one has a 1000 point G promo on weekends, and it's the one the furthest away (Hoffman Estates).

But I have a serious dillema, because I can get a $55+tax rate at the HP I pass by every weekend but with no G bonus, or a $79+tax rate at the Hyatt Lisle but with a larger Diamond bonus and a 2000 point G2, although I'll have to harass GP about each one. 2500 points vs. $27 after tax, for seven stays... I think the fact that I have to harass GP for the G bonus tips the balance.

Firewind

Hi JonathanIT. Look back at the OP.

Firewind

I am finding what ellylex did. At the two Hyatt Places in Albuquerque, the rates are the same (respectively) whether I use the code or not. I first went through the promo portal. Then I cleared cookies and went in "anonymously" with no LTO code, then with it. The same everytime. Wish I'd paid attention to this before today's deadline, once I ran into the learning curve. I'd have called GP or the PLR to see if they, in fact, could take 30% off of $62 after booking. (I'm not proud.) Fortunately, the affinity group rates are quite good, so, as usual, I'll use one of them.

gregorygrady

The 30% is taken off the Prevailing Rate (now called the "Hyatt Daily Rate" I believe). The Limited Time Offer (LTO) rate is also displayed when you pull up rates. This is already discounted by 30% from the Hyatt Daily Rate, so you can't get a further discount. You do NOT have to input a special offer code to get this rate................although I guess now this is all moot as the sale was scheduled to end about an hour ago.

Also note: The dates of your stay can't begin before 10/25. I checked for dates before 10/25 not knowing this and couldn't see the discounted rate, and only realized this after checking some other dates in Nov which offered the 30% off rate.

joediver

I checked a few HPs that I have existing reservations and the AAA rate I have comes out better than the 30% off.

blase

I have a question. Before 10/9, I booked a bunch of these 30% off reservations as mattress runs, because for me in the Chicago burbs, I could get every night for less than $60... too good a deal to pass up. I booked 16 nights so I could get 8 FFN's. I actually do need a few of them, but most are just mattress runs.

However, I was just laid off from my job last Thursday, and I don't know if I'm going to be able to afford going anywhere before next March with my FFN's, so I was kind of kicking myself for making these reservations. Well, these are supposedly "prepaid" and non-cancellable, right? But since 10/9 nothing has posted to my credit card. So, I thought, let me try to cancel one - my first reservation is for this Friday. I was able to go in and hit "cancel" and it asks if I was sure I wanted to cancel and I hit yes. Now it is no longer showing on my list of upcoming reservations.

Do you think this will still be charged to my credit card, even though I cancelled my rezzie on the site? Just wondering if anyone has had any experience with this before.

joediver

I would call the Diamond desk and explain the situation. If you are not Hyatt Diamond call the hotel directly and ask for the manager.

DealDetective

Usually when you cancel online there is a warning that the cancellation is subject to the hotel's cancellation policy. I don't think the website will stop you from cancelling the res even if you will still have a financial obligation for the room. (They could still re-rent your room and keep your $.) I have had "prepaid" reservations that did not actually post to my credit card before my stay, but I've never tried to cancel them. In your situation, it wouldn't hurt to call Hyatt GP Customer Service and see if a sympathetic rep could help you out because I don't think you'll escape the charges just by cancelling the reservations online.

blase

Thanks, I am Diamond and I will call the Diamond hotline and see what I can find out.

best

Blase: any news?

blase

Basically I was told that even though it says the rate is non-cancellable and pre-paid, if I called each hotel directly, they could get me out of having my credit card charged. For the reservation that I had already cancelled online, the Diamond hotline rep called the hotel for me and ensured me that my credit card would not be charged. Seeing that I have 15 other reservations, it seems like a lot of work to call the hotel every time I want to cancel, plus it is kind of embarassing to ask for "special treatment" of this sort, since I was well aware that these reservations were prepaid.

So as of right now, I am going to keep a few of my reservations in order to earn a few FFN's; haven't decided what I am going to do with the rest of 'em yet.

Firewind

...Further proof that this is a kinder, gentler forum. (We already know that Hyatt is.) An OP is taking a drubbing over on the Hilton board for just wanting to change a prepaid.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hilto...s-booking.html

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Hoo boy, I didn't look as far back as @39.

+1 to what NJUPINTHEAIR said, blase!