JayMR

I applied for and am hoping to receive the card sometime this weekend! Was previously a Gold member but had 4 stays so far this year and am staying a a property next week. As the card automatically upgrades you to Platinum status, will there be any additional benefit if I 'naturally' qualify for Platinum next week?

schoflyer

Welcome to Flyertalk JayMR.

I'm told I'm "pending" in queue awaiting app review.

-scho

oc2005

After giving up hope that my Hyatt cards would arrive before leaving, I checked my mail box this morning, what do you know? They arrived! So much for them being shipped UPS overnight for Diamonds. They were shipped Presorted First Class US Mail from Westerville, OH and were sent with the cardmember agreement and a small brochure titled "The Hyatt Card" "Simplicity at its most rewarding" "Your guide to rewards and benefits"

dw

Would you be able to tell us what the material says about the trip cancellation and baggage delay insurance that is mentioned on the benefits website?

courcoison

Good Day:
This Hyatt Diamond was denied the Hyatt Visa today in writing because he has 2 Chase accounts.
As stated in my earlier post I suspected it would be a problem when my original on line application did not let me enter the simple fact I owned my home.
First my last name was not used properly although I was told Chase had the right information…
Instead of “Dear Mr.Courcoison” it read “Dear Mr.Courc”.
Scary to see a financial institution making such mistakes and showing such a lack of respect.
One would think that after the last three years debacle the banking industry would get a clue.
Chase did not even run a credit check.
One of the accounts is a two months old Southwest Visa account.
I was actually directly contacted and offered this pre-approved Southwest visa with no fee the first year and two free Southwest tickets by Chase.
I have not flown Southwest once in 2010 but spent in excess of $8000.00 with Hyatt to date and qualified for 2011 Diamond Status months ago.
I was offered to give up the Southwest card (and the 2 free tickets) in exchange for having my Hyatt Visa application “reviewed” but turned the offer down.
Neither Hyatt nor Chase is rating very high right now in my book.

LIH Prem

Apparently that's the problem, if you read through the other thread about the Hyatt Credit Card that was closed when this one was started. Starting with post #22 in http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hyatt...visa-card.html

So we have the 2 cards in 6 months problem and the 2 threads on the same topic with one of them closed problem.

-David

courcoison

Good Day:

Thanks for linking the original Hyatt Credit Card thread as I posted my first comments there.
2 cards in 6 months apparently is a problem for Chase.
With customers that are credit worthy I fail to see why it should be a concern.
It tells me Chase really does not know what it is doing.
Does Hyatt ?

notquiteaff

I believe Chase currently has a rule of not approving more than one application every six months. It's come up in the other Hyatt Visa thread (but of course I don't blame you for not reading that thread in all its glory).

Be glad about that.

I don't know why Hyatt implemented that rule (seems a bit arbitrary).
Then again, I also don't know why credit companies throw so many miles and other benefits at proven non-profitable customers (e.g., Chase lets you open a new CO Onepass checking account every year and collect a bonus; you just can't have more than one, so you need to close the one from the previous year... silly). Maybe they just don't think they'd get more credit card charges out of you by giving you another card?

Since I got a OnePass MC just two or so months ago, I have no plans to apply for the Hyatt VISA for the moment, and might in fact go for the PC VISA thanks to the Crack-The-Case promo.

courcoison

Good Day:

Thanks for your comments.

One wonders how each brand Chase pledges to serve feels about the way they are being peddled against one another regardless of customer worth and status.

The all thing is a farce.

oc2005

No problem - it's in 10 pages of about 7 point font, but the basics seem to be this:

$500 Baggage Delay Benefit:
Daily benefit of $100 a day for 5 days in the event of baggage delay. Limited to expenses incurred for the emergency purchase of essential items at a destination other than your primary residence. Long list of items NOT covered by this (contact lenses, artificial teeth, electronic equipment, jewelry, business samples, tickets/documents, etc.) And this insurance is excess over any other insurance or indemnity you have that might cover this. So you have to try your homeowners policy or airline/cruise/etc. coverage first, and they only cover any amounts in excess of that covered.

$5,000 Trip Cancellation/Interruption:
Up to $5,000 benefit for trips cancelled/interrupted resulting from 1. death, accidental injury, disease or physical illness of the insured person or an immediate family member of the insured person or 2. default of the common carrier resulting from financial insolvency. Death/injury/disease must be verified by a physician and must prevent covered person from traveling on a covered trip. They only reimburse up to the actual non-refundable amount paid by the insured (up to $5K max) and you must relinquish any unused vouchers, tickets, coupons, travel privileges, etc.

Then there are other sections on travel accident insurance ($500,000), lost luggage reimbursement ($3,000 max with all kinds of exceptions), travel and emergency services, trip delay reimbursement ($300 per ticket), price protection ($500 per item, $2500 total annual limit), purchase protection ($500 max per claim), return protection ($500 max per item), warranty manager service, personal identity theft, auto rental collision damage waiver, etc.

That's the quick summary, but if anyone really wants to know all the ins and outs, let me know, and I can scan in the whole document.

thumbelina

Thanks!

fireworksboy

One thing I haven't been able to figure out from the other thread or this one - Diamonds will receive 2 free nights in suites in any Hyatt worldwide but what about next year? Every points earning card I've had has an anniversary gift / bonus for retention, does this new Hyatt card have such a benefit? Thanks.

gleff

No anniversary benefit.

dw

Thanks! That's helpful. Sounds like in a pinch and under only certain circumstances it may be useful.

fireworksboy

Thanks gleff. So big bang first year, no bang after that. Decisions, decisions.