Hyatt Instant Platinum & Fasttrack to Diamond - through 12/31/10 (DISC 5/14/10)
#376
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 351
I called a few weeks ago when I reached the 5 nights for Plat to confirm what I needed for Diamond and was told that needed 10 more nights (total of 15) would get me there. Just hit that so should see if I get diamond in the next few days when I log into my account or whether it will need a call to GP.
#377
 
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Upcountry Maui, HI
Posts: 13,321
So I signed up for this promotion around mid-April, and was awarded instant Platinum. Within a week, I had fulfilled the 5 night requirement to retain Platinum status through 2/2012, which is currently reflected on my account.
If I accumulate 15 nights by the end of the original 180-day period, would I also receive Diamond status through 2/2012?
If I accumulate 15 nights by the end of the original 180-day period, would I also receive Diamond status through 2/2012?
You were asking about the fantasy role playing game, Hyattville, right?
-David
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#378
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: SYD
Programs: QF WP (OWE), VA PLAT, EY GLD, SPG PLAT, Hyatt DIA, Hilton DIA, Hertz PC
Posts: 8,530
So I signed up for this promotion around mid-April, and was awarded instant Platinum. Within a week, I had fulfilled the 5 night requirement to retain Platinum status through 2/2012, which is currently reflected on my account.
If I accumulate 15 nights by the end of the original 180-day period, would I also receive Diamond status through 2/2012?
If I accumulate 15 nights by the end of the original 180-day period, would I also receive Diamond status through 2/2012?
#379
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Anywhere
Posts: 6,598
Is Hyatt being foolish?
My wife wrote identical emails to Hyatt and Marriott recently, asking to be immediately upgraded to the highest elite status within their respective program. She explained that she would be returning to work in a management consultancy after taking extended maternity leave, and her new company would be sending her on a project that requires her to travel to Singapore every month for the next year, staying 2 to 3 weeks each time.
She is indifferent whether she would stay at Hyatt or Marriott; both hotels offer identical corporate rates for her company and are literally a stone's throw from each other at Orchard Road.
She wanted the highest elite category because it would provide lounge access and bonus points from the moment she starts her business travels, and avoid having to accumulate status towards the highest tier during the first few weeks of her stay. Basically the chain that obliges will get her business for ALL her coming travels... which will work out to be rather lucrative for the chain that has the foresight to do so.
The extent of Hyatt dragged their feet was quite astounding. At first they requested her to present evidence of her current highest elite status with another hotel chain. She explained that she has none, since she was on extended maternity leave for 4 years. Hyatt then flatly denied her request with a haughty statement that its highest elite status is "the keystone to our awards program, we may not offer it to our members unless they meet either the stay or night criteria or complete the one-time tier match".
Marriott however (presumably, recognizing the lucrative business from her stays over the coming year) immediately upgraded her to Platinum. So Marriott Singapore will be getting her 200+ nights' stay over the coming year, and not one stay will go to Hyatt. I can only congratulate Marriott for having foresight and business acumen.
She is indifferent whether she would stay at Hyatt or Marriott; both hotels offer identical corporate rates for her company and are literally a stone's throw from each other at Orchard Road.
She wanted the highest elite category because it would provide lounge access and bonus points from the moment she starts her business travels, and avoid having to accumulate status towards the highest tier during the first few weeks of her stay. Basically the chain that obliges will get her business for ALL her coming travels... which will work out to be rather lucrative for the chain that has the foresight to do so.
The extent of Hyatt dragged their feet was quite astounding. At first they requested her to present evidence of her current highest elite status with another hotel chain. She explained that she has none, since she was on extended maternity leave for 4 years. Hyatt then flatly denied her request with a haughty statement that its highest elite status is "the keystone to our awards program, we may not offer it to our members unless they meet either the stay or night criteria or complete the one-time tier match".
Marriott however (presumably, recognizing the lucrative business from her stays over the coming year) immediately upgraded her to Platinum. So Marriott Singapore will be getting her 200+ nights' stay over the coming year, and not one stay will go to Hyatt. I can only congratulate Marriott for having foresight and business acumen.
#380
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,598
My wife wrote identical emails to Hyatt and Marriott recently, asking to be immediately upgraded to the highest elite status within their respective program. She explained that she would be returning to work in a management consultancy after taking extended maternity leave, and her new company would be sending her on a project that requires her to travel to Singapore every month for the next year, staying 2 to 3 weeks each time.
She is indifferent whether she would stay at Hyatt or Marriott; both hotels offer identical corporate rates for her company and are literally a stone's throw from each other at Orchard Road.
She wanted the highest elite category because it would provide lounge access and bonus points from the moment she starts her business travels, and avoid having to accumulate status towards the highest tier during the first few weeks of her stay. Basically the chain that obliges will get her business for ALL her coming travels... which will work out to be rather lucrative for the chain that has the foresight to do so.
The extent of Hyatt dragged their feet was quite astounding. At first they requested her to present evidence of her current highest elite status with another hotel chain. She explained that she has none, since she was on extended maternity leave for 4 years. Hyatt then flatly denied her request with a haughty statement that its highest elite status is "the keystone to our awards program, we may not offer it to our members unless they meet either the stay or night criteria or complete the one-time tier match".
Marriott however (presumably, recognizing the lucrative business from her stays over the coming year) immediately upgraded her to Platinum. So Marriott Singapore will be getting her 200+ nights' stay over the coming year, and not one stay will go to Hyatt. I can only congratulate Marriott for having foresight and business acumen.
She is indifferent whether she would stay at Hyatt or Marriott; both hotels offer identical corporate rates for her company and are literally a stone's throw from each other at Orchard Road.
She wanted the highest elite category because it would provide lounge access and bonus points from the moment she starts her business travels, and avoid having to accumulate status towards the highest tier during the first few weeks of her stay. Basically the chain that obliges will get her business for ALL her coming travels... which will work out to be rather lucrative for the chain that has the foresight to do so.
The extent of Hyatt dragged their feet was quite astounding. At first they requested her to present evidence of her current highest elite status with another hotel chain. She explained that she has none, since she was on extended maternity leave for 4 years. Hyatt then flatly denied her request with a haughty statement that its highest elite status is "the keystone to our awards program, we may not offer it to our members unless they meet either the stay or night criteria or complete the one-time tier match".
Marriott however (presumably, recognizing the lucrative business from her stays over the coming year) immediately upgraded her to Platinum. So Marriott Singapore will be getting her 200+ nights' stay over the coming year, and not one stay will go to Hyatt. I can only congratulate Marriott for having foresight and business acumen.
People stay 50 NIGHTS before getting hyatt diamond.
Why do you feel you should be granted it with 0 nights??? Isn't that unfair to other Diamonds, including myself?
What Marriott did was simply offer you a challenge (Platinum for 3 months).
If you agreed to book the nights with Hyatt at a non-refundable rate, I could see Hyatt bending the rules and giving you Diamond. But otherwise?
#381
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: IAD
Posts: 418
Hyatt's Diamond status provides a lot of benefits...its meant to be given AFTER you have stayed 25 times or 50 nights.
People stay 50 NIGHTS before getting hyatt diamond.
Why do you feel you should be granted it with 0 nights??? Isn't that unfair to other Diamonds, including myself?
What Marriott did was simply offer you a challenge (Platinum for 3 months).
If you agreed to book the nights with Hyatt at a non-refundable rate, I could see Hyatt bending the rules and giving you Diamond. But otherwise?
People stay 50 NIGHTS before getting hyatt diamond.
Why do you feel you should be granted it with 0 nights??? Isn't that unfair to other Diamonds, including myself?
What Marriott did was simply offer you a challenge (Platinum for 3 months).
If you agreed to book the nights with Hyatt at a non-refundable rate, I could see Hyatt bending the rules and giving you Diamond. But otherwise?
So you're saying I shouldn't have been status matched to Diamond from lowly Marriott Silver because "it's unfair to you?"
#382
Moderator: GLBT Travelers & Hyatt Gold Passport
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Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: CVG
Posts: 15,300
You had Silver at Marriott which is 10 nights - if they were individual nights it meets Hyatt's criteria of 10 stays in the past year to be status matched to Diamond - so that's within the parameters of the program. The prior poster's wife simply said that she wanted status because she was going to be staying a lot of nights in the future without any current status anywhere - that's very different than a status match - anybody can say that they'll be staying a lot of nights in the future - some will and some won't - so I support Hyatt denying Diamond status since they don't have a challenge / fasttrack program in place currently.
#383
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: IAD
Posts: 418
You had Silver at Marriott which is 10 nights - if they were individual nights it meets Hyatt's criteria of 10 stays in the past year to be status matched to Diamond - so that's within the parameters of the program. The prior poster's wife simply said that she wanted status because she was going to be staying a lot of nights in the future without any current status anywhere - that's very different than a status match - anybody can say that they'll be staying a lot of nights in the future - some will and some won't - so I support Hyatt denying Diamond status since they don't have a challenge / fasttrack program in place currently.
#384
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Dallas, TX
Programs: SPG*P, AA*1MM, UA*1P, Hilton*D, Hyatt*D, Sixt*P, Hertz*P, Avis*F, Delta*G
Posts: 242
#385
Join Date: Aug 2009
Programs: Hyatt Gold Passport, Shangri-la Golden Circle
Posts: 302
Is it me, or is the number of people who threatens with the line "I am going to give XXX hotel chain with XXX nights of business now because you didn't do certain XXX favours for me" getting more and more?
I think if Hyatt grants you Diamond without any nights, then they are doing this out of generosity. If they don't grant you Diamond... well then tough luck! They have the rights not to do so. Wake up! They are not the one at fault.
Imagine if the Club Lounge is filled with all these people who complains about every little thing that doesn't go in their way...
I think if Hyatt grants you Diamond without any nights, then they are doing this out of generosity. If they don't grant you Diamond... well then tough luck! They have the rights not to do so. Wake up! They are not the one at fault.
Imagine if the Club Lounge is filled with all these people who complains about every little thing that doesn't go in their way...
Last edited by kuponuts; Jun 5, 2010 at 7:35 pm
#386
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: IAD
Posts: 418
Is it me, or is the number of bigoted people who threatens with the line "I am going to give XXX hotel chain with XXX nights of business now because you didn't do certain XXX favours for me" getting more and more?
I think if Hyatt grants you Diamond without any nights, then they are doing this out of generosity. If they don't grant you Diamond... well then tough luck! They have the rights not to do so. Wake up! They are not the one at fault.
Imagine if the Club Lounge is filled with all these bigoted people who complains about every little thing that doesn't go in their way...
I think if Hyatt grants you Diamond without any nights, then they are doing this out of generosity. If they don't grant you Diamond... well then tough luck! They have the rights not to do so. Wake up! They are not the one at fault.
Imagine if the Club Lounge is filled with all these bigoted people who complains about every little thing that doesn't go in their way...
#387
Join Date: Aug 2009
Programs: Hyatt Gold Passport, Shangri-la Golden Circle
Posts: 302
+1 I have found Hyatt to be very generous to me though, didn't have to ask more than once, got Diamond until 2011. Asked once more, was told no, but got it until 2012. I am grateful, and so very glad they did this, but people who like take it out on them because they don't deserve status when they think they do is not right, the status matching terms are clear and simple. Other than status matching and possibly if you have rooms booked, they should not just give you status.
Thanks to Hyatt's Platinum & Diamond trial offer, three of my family members are now Diamond members. We find Hyatt very generous -- so generous that I suggested my sister (4th family member) to join as well. But by the time I mentioned this to my sister, the Platinum & Diamond trial offer has already finished. Yet I didn't blame Hyatt at all. I suggested to my sister that if she wants to become a Diamond member, she will need to do 25 stays -- just like everybody else.
If I am crazy enough, maybe I should threaten Hyatt either to give my sister the Diamond membership or else all my family members will give their business to SPG?
#388
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: IAD
Posts: 418
Now, I found SPG to be very stingy. They didn't even respond to my emails until I sent like 5 and waited like two weeks. Then they said I need Marriott Gold status, when I have 36 nights @ silver, when that's almost enough for Platinum and definitely enough for Gold. I told them Hyatt was much nicer, and they will have my business.
#389
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: San Francisco
Programs: All-Around Kettle
Posts: 3,294
My wife wrote identical emails to Hyatt and Marriott recently, asking to be immediately upgraded to the highest elite status within their respective program. She explained that she would be returning to work in a management consultancy after taking extended maternity leave, and her new company would be sending her on a project that requires her to travel to Singapore every month for the next year, staying 2 to 3 weeks each time.
She is indifferent whether she would stay at Hyatt or Marriott; both hotels offer identical corporate rates for her company and are literally a stone's throw from each other at Orchard Road.
She wanted the highest elite category because it would provide lounge access and bonus points from the moment she starts her business travels, and avoid having to accumulate status towards the highest tier during the first few weeks of her stay. Basically the chain that obliges will get her business for ALL her coming travels... which will work out to be rather lucrative for the chain that has the foresight to do so.
The extent of Hyatt dragged their feet was quite astounding. At first they requested her to present evidence of her current highest elite status with another hotel chain. She explained that she has none, since she was on extended maternity leave for 4 years. Hyatt then flatly denied her request with a haughty statement that its highest elite status is "the keystone to our awards program, we may not offer it to our members unless they meet either the stay or night criteria or complete the one-time tier match".
Marriott however (presumably, recognizing the lucrative business from her stays over the coming year) immediately upgraded her to Platinum. So Marriott Singapore will be getting her 200+ nights' stay over the coming year, and not one stay will go to Hyatt. I can only congratulate Marriott for having foresight and business acumen.
She is indifferent whether she would stay at Hyatt or Marriott; both hotels offer identical corporate rates for her company and are literally a stone's throw from each other at Orchard Road.
She wanted the highest elite category because it would provide lounge access and bonus points from the moment she starts her business travels, and avoid having to accumulate status towards the highest tier during the first few weeks of her stay. Basically the chain that obliges will get her business for ALL her coming travels... which will work out to be rather lucrative for the chain that has the foresight to do so.
The extent of Hyatt dragged their feet was quite astounding. At first they requested her to present evidence of her current highest elite status with another hotel chain. She explained that she has none, since she was on extended maternity leave for 4 years. Hyatt then flatly denied her request with a haughty statement that its highest elite status is "the keystone to our awards program, we may not offer it to our members unless they meet either the stay or night criteria or complete the one-time tier match".
Marriott however (presumably, recognizing the lucrative business from her stays over the coming year) immediately upgraded her to Platinum. So Marriott Singapore will be getting her 200+ nights' stay over the coming year, and not one stay will go to Hyatt. I can only congratulate Marriott for having foresight and business acumen.
I don't doubt that any hotel chain would want to attract someone who is going to stay 200 nights in a year. But there seems to be no way for the hotel to verify the accuracy of your wife's claim. (Perhaps making non-refundable reservations, as another poster suggested, would be one way.) If anyone could get Diamond just by writing a letter, I think plenty of people, FTers included, would lie just to get it. Can't really fault Hyatt here. JMHO.
#390
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 943
Is it me, or is the number of people who threatens with the line "I am going to give XXX hotel chain with XXX nights of business now because you didn't do certain XXX favours for me" getting more and more?
I think if Hyatt grants you Diamond without any nights, then they are doing this out of generosity. If they don't grant you Diamond... well then tough luck! They have the rights not to do so. Wake up! They are not the one at fault.
Imagine if the Club Lounge is filled with all these people who complains about every little thing that doesn't go in their way...
I think if Hyatt grants you Diamond without any nights, then they are doing this out of generosity. If they don't grant you Diamond... well then tough luck! They have the rights not to do so. Wake up! They are not the one at fault.
Imagine if the Club Lounge is filled with all these people who complains about every little thing that doesn't go in their way...
I don't doubt that any hotel chain would want to attract someone who is going to stay 200 nights in a year. But there seems to be no way for the hotel to verify the accuracy of your wife's claim. (Perhaps making non-refundable reservations, as another poster suggested, would be one way.) If anyone could get Diamond just by writing a letter, I think plenty of people, FTers included, would lie just to get it. Can't really fault Hyatt here. JMHO.