View Poll Results: Which did you pick.....Free Nights or Bonus Points
Free Nights
250
81.97%
Bonus Points
55
18.03%
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TheBigWelcomeBack (BWB)-3/26-6/30/10 Earn-4/1-8/31/10 Redeem (FFN or 5k for 2 stays)
Mar 22, 2010, 11:24 pm
#47
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: CLE
Programs: UA GS+LT UC, AA EXP+LT PLT, Fairmont LT PLT, Marriott PLT, Hilton DIA, Hyatt Glob, Avis CHM
Posts: 4,671
Mar 22, 2010, 11:37 pm
#49
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: San Francisco
Programs: All-Around Kettle
Posts: 3,290
Hypothetical for Hyatt gurus:
BWB promo starts Friday, 3/26. Assume a hotel has Gx bonus for Sunday-Thursday stays.
If I check in on Thursday, 3/25, and check out on Saturday, 3/27, can I get both the Gx bonus (since checking in on a Thursday) and a BWB credit (since staying the night of 3/26)?
Further assume the hotel is an Andaz. Can I get the 5,000 ANDAZ5 points on top of both of these?
Many thanks.
BWB promo starts Friday, 3/26. Assume a hotel has Gx bonus for Sunday-Thursday stays.
If I check in on Thursday, 3/25, and check out on Saturday, 3/27, can I get both the Gx bonus (since checking in on a Thursday) and a BWB credit (since staying the night of 3/26)?
Further assume the hotel is an Andaz. Can I get the 5,000 ANDAZ5 points on top of both of these?
Many thanks.
Mar 23, 2010, 12:06 am
#52
Join Date: Sep 2007
Programs: UA - Platinum; Starwood - Platinum; Alaska - MVP75; IHG - Platinum; Hilton - Gold; Marriott - Gold
Posts: 670
1. I am interested to earn the 2500 United airlines miles per stay until Jan 2011. Can I have 5000 Bonus points after 2 stays through this BWB and also earn 2500 miles per stay? Also earn G1 bonus points and the Diamond amenity points too?
2. Will be attending a conference, made reservation through the conference website, which is much lower compared to Hyatt.com, will I be still eligible for the Bonus points?
3. In the past, has Hyatt been stingy with extending the redemption period? Because I just extended my free nights until Jun 30.
2. Will be attending a conference, made reservation through the conference website, which is much lower compared to Hyatt.com, will I be still eligible for the Bonus points?
3. In the past, has Hyatt been stingy with extending the redemption period? Because I just extended my free nights until Jun 30.
Mar 23, 2010, 12:17 am
#53
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: LAX-- But I'd rather be on Brokeback Mountain. United 1K! Other
Programs: RCC,HHonors Diamond,HGVC Elite,SPG Plat,Hyatt Diamond,Nat'l Emerald Exec Elite, Disney Premier Pass
Posts: 2,472
Mar 23, 2010, 12:47 am
#55
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Austin, TX
Programs: WN A+/CP, UA1K, AA PP; Hyatt Globalist, HH Diamond, SPG Plat; National EE
Posts: 243
Extensions
My understanding was that a 1 month extension for Diamonds was common in the past. ^ Then they were overly generous with the extension this time around. 
I don't understand the backlash, especially considering the rumors on this promotion have been around several days and so the 1% missing out would be able to earn new BWB awards before the NBT awards even expire at the end of this month.
Have a TON of vacation stays planned in September and wanted them to be at Hyatts. Guess I'll have to hope for the 4Q promo of FFN again (although that's hard to imagine since they're doing back-to-back in 2010).
Mar 23, 2010, 12:49 am
#56
Join Date: Feb 1999
Location: San Jose, California, USA
Programs: AS 100K, UA MM, AA MM, IC Plat Amb, Marriott Gold, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 3,146
That said, I look forward to earning many nights (or points? I haven't decided yet!) with this new promotion. ^ And I appreciate the FAQ, which will hopefully reduce/eliminate confusion about this new promo. Nicely done!
Mar 23, 2010, 12:52 am
#57
Join Date: May 2006
Location: BOS and ...
Programs: UA 2MM, AA 600k, DL 500k, Hyatt GP 1M, HH Gold, Rad. Gold, CP Gold, Miracle Fruit-su Club
Posts: 9,950
1) Thank you, Karen and your colleagues for reprising the most popular Gold Passport promotion and also great prep work in rolling it out, perhaps with our mods' feedback incorporated.
^^^^
2) This will require Diamonds touching base with our Personal Line Representative because she said she'd register all of us on the 26th. We need to let her know which option we desire, since it cannot be changed. Unless we go for the third one:
3) I already see a workaround that should be marked. Since registration does not need to be before a stay, one can consider waiting until late in the game to register. Then, by the lights here, all the posted stays should bear fruit in just the way we want them to.
4) I have a feeling there's a good (as in happy) reason for the hard redemption cutoff. Isn't the BWB expiry hard on the heels of the usual beginning of the "traditional" or primary FFN-type program period? I may be thinking too hard about this, but we're presently entering a serious April 1-June 30 overlap period between two FFN-type programs. Maybe they want to see how they and we handle this overlap before they set up another one. And maybe the current overlap is the reason the NBT extensions were handled a bit timidly.
So... a possibility of three FFN promotions in one year. That'd be special, too.
^^^^
2) This will require Diamonds touching base with our Personal Line Representative because she said she'd register all of us on the 26th. We need to let her know which option we desire, since it cannot be changed. Unless we go for the third one:
3) I already see a workaround that should be marked. Since registration does not need to be before a stay, one can consider waiting until late in the game to register. Then, by the lights here, all the posted stays should bear fruit in just the way we want them to.
4) I have a feeling there's a good (as in happy) reason for the hard redemption cutoff. Isn't the BWB expiry hard on the heels of the usual beginning of the "traditional" or primary FFN-type program period? I may be thinking too hard about this, but we're presently entering a serious April 1-June 30 overlap period between two FFN-type programs. Maybe they want to see how they and we handle this overlap before they set up another one. And maybe the current overlap is the reason the NBT extensions were handled a bit timidly.
So... a possibility of three FFN promotions in one year. That'd be special, too.
Mar 23, 2010, 1:40 am
#58
Suspended
Join Date: Aug 2008
Programs: Everything is refundable
Posts: 3,727
Let the fight for FFN @ PH Vendome and PH Tokyo begin!
I, for one, hope that Hyatt doesn't allow people to pre-book FFN stays this time until they actually earn them. I have no problem with people who switch from points to FFN. But those who do not have any pts and 0 FFN should not take away some of those precious quota until they earn it.
Could not agree more.
I hope that the more frequent reports about hotels deducting points/FFN faster than ever is actually a first step towards this procedure.
^^^
Mar 23, 2010, 1:41 am
#59
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Seat 2A
Programs: AA EXP LT GLD 1MM, BA GLD, NH/UA*G, Hyatt Dia, Marr Tit LT PLT, IHG Spire,HH Dia, MGM NOIR,Hertz PC
Posts: 10,571
I think the best way to handle this is booking a paid night followed by a free night... burn while you earn ! 
Mar 23, 2010, 1:52 am
#60
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: United Kingdom
Programs: Hyatt Diamond, HH Diamond, SPG Gold, Marriott Gold, Amex Platinum
Posts: 1,219
I, for one, hope that Hyatt doesn't allow people to pre-book FFN stays this time until they actually earn them. I have no problem with people who switch from points to FFN. But those who do not have any pts and 0 FFN should not take away some of those precious quota until they earn it.