bmw303

If you are earning points for your stay, can you still earn Gx bonuses with the 10K / 5night promotion?

notquiteaff

Yes.

Beckles

180,000 points, and it's not even close. I believe anyone wiht that kind of stay pattern would probalby think the same, when are they going to have time to use all those FFN's if they're paying to stay that much.

I've done plenty of hotel hopping in my time, but it definitely gets old, it is nice to have some promotions that don't encourage hotel hopping to get maximum benefit.

bbelovic

Plenty of opinions here - I'll add my 2c. I like this promo - generally do 3 night stays (some 2 some 4), and should have full schedule during the promo period. So my guess is a total of 60-70k, not bad at all given that they do not expire unlike FFN.
Also, I love the fact that you can credit miles and still get these - given the current UA promos, that means that over the course of 3-4 weeks, I should net 20k points and another 12-15k UA miles. Three times that over the promo period.

Gold Passport Concierge

Darrenhe,

The night of the 15th is absolutely eligible to earn during the promotion. It will, in fact, be the last eligible night. If anyone has any more clarification questions let us know.

Nick H.

Shareholder

That's interesting because during the late 2009 early 2010 promotion I had a stay on the last night of the promo and I got neither the double stay credit nor the second stay that would have gotten me another FFN. It had always been Hyatt's policy to base eligible dates on the check-out not the check-in date. If your interpretation here is in fact the case, then I am requesting retroactive credit for one more stay credit this year and an FFN (or your new 5K equivalent).

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Interesting update: Though my stay started on January 31st at this property, the final day of that major promotion, and check out was on the 1st of February, my account shows both check-in and check-out on February 1st.

Pizzaman

Well, it would appear that Hyatt is running FFN, according to the info I see here.

I'm staying at the Hyatt Greenwich, and the card in my room shows that you can earn FFNs from September 1st to December 30th.........2008.

This hotel is such a train wreck.

SkiUtah

I am really starting to doubtful that we will see another FFN this Fall but maybe this hotel is so out of it they put it out by accident and they wernt suppose to yet. Even if it was the wrong year maybe its a sign.........a boy can dream and im still praying and dreaming

I hate that Hyatt but love the location. I have found NYC area hotels to be service with a very NY attitude and its more of an honor that they decided to help you

NYC has sub par service most places but add a hefty price tag.....welcome to the greatest city in the world

jfhscott

On a related note, how will multiple night stays starting prior to the validity period (say 9/14) but going into the validity period (say 9/17) be treated?

londonienne

Hyatt has had some very lucrative GP promotions over the past year or so, and definitely kicked it up a notch in competition with SPG. But it's disingenuous to believe that Hyatt isn't self-interested in being this "generous" (as some have put it) with its promotions. A main goal of this activity has been to attract customers like me away from SPG (since, let's face it, Hilton shot itself in the foot), who make many hotel stays at a lot of non-US properties for both business and leisure. (Total annual spend ~Ł15K.) It's also been to grow the business around/after Hyatt's IPO (which was about a year ago iirc). Now that's been accomplished, it's going to be game of tug of war with SPG to retain a lot of clients who have enough stays to qualify for status with both. But at the same time, it's more expensive to run these promotions when the business has expanded. It remains to be seen whether Hyatt will make another push to hold onto these clients or if it's going to decelerate just like SPG did with its 4Q promotion.

In my case, I've given Hyatt a dozen paid stays since the end of the BWB earning period as a sort of thank you to the chain following the recent series of extremely lucrative promos (and absence of anything decent from SPG); however, this one is indeed quite disappointing (poor expectations management from the chain?) and I don't believe that I'll be naturally inclined to privilege Hyatt hotels in the future the way I have been so far. I already have Platinum status with SPG (wasn't even planning on requalifying but will now) and got Diamond through 02/2012 via the fast track programme (37 stays since enrolment in May).

As I said in another post, the standard of Hyatt hotels in comparison with SPG ones is on average slightly lower in my opinion (PH vs St Regis, Andaz vs W, GH/HR vs Westin/Sheraton, etc) but the quality of the customer service is, in my opinion, far superior. At the end of the day, I would much rather just stick with Hyatt than with SPG. (I also find the exclusion of some properties from SPG's promotions to be a slap in the face.)

Anyway this may have been posted here but: http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/20...t-back-to.html

Probably explains a lot.

taipeiflyer

that is interesting, as i definitely tip the scales in favor of Hyatt in my comparisons. I prefer Park Hyatt to St. Regis. I am tired of having to inquire about suite upgrades as a plat when staying at StR and getting the runaround. I MUCH prefer Andaz to the Whenever, Whatever, Wherever- crap at W Hotels. GH/HR v. Westin/Sheraton is pretty much a wash in my book.

Shareholder

At the Hyatt Arlington last weekend I found two such cards on the desk, one was the same one you found, the other one was for the Big Welcome Back!

Onewhoknows

Dear GP Concierge,

i dont really want to discuss the latest promo anymore and also not the need of a another FFN, which i dont really see!

but what some of us ( e.g. europeans ( sorry for coming up with the "aera-story " again)) really would need would be double stay, double night or 15 N/ 45 days promo FOR DIAMONDS ( ONLY ?) to renew status.

I wanted to use fast track promo later ( now!) this year, since it ended abruptely ,i had no chance to take part.

Is there a chance ?

londonienne

Hmm that PH vs St Regis distinction that you're drawing would be exactly what I'm referring to as "customer service" -- Hyatt takes a lot of the hassle out of the stay. However, in terms of the location and overall standard of the properties, I'd tip the scales in favour of SPG almost every time.

Quasiconvexity

I couldnt agree more. Hyatt has been terrific in terms of customer service (every FD employee seems to acknowledge Diamond status and has treated it as special, whereas I have merely received a grunt of acknowledgment while checking in to some SPG properties). And the GP loyalty program itself has been great (it is easy to get used to the free breakfast very quickly!).

That being said, I am usually more excited about my stay at Starwood properties largely because of the standard of the hotels themselves - I especially dislike the "convention style" HR hotels - simply find them too impersonal. Although my scale usually tips to Starwood overall because of this (and I have had no major quibbles with SPG and have received terrific suite upgrades every time it mattered), I will probably end up getting Diamond status with Hyatt as well...excited to see what they have in store for the coming year.