168

Cash rate or points? For 4, I use 20K points, apply suite upgrade to a family suite and then all 4 of us will get club access. The other way would be booking a cash rate for 4 which often are more expensive than buying points at a discount. My next stay is showing $353++ for 2 or $552++ for 4 in the cheapest Waikiki view room per night. 20K at $0.02 is $400 all in. The hardest part is to find a family suite that is available if you don't plan ahead.

Clemson

Did you book a package or just the room on Costco travel? If just the room, it should be eligible for points and EQN. But you probably can't use a CAA on it.

boneofthet

I booked a package (room plus car). I could re-book them separately and will probably pay around $100 more in total. But I've heard mixed reviews about this, I understand Costco specifically states that customers can earn Hyatt points when book the room only option, but there still seem to be some people reporting that they weren't able to get the pionts.

Clemson

Costco does specifically state you can get points for a room-only option on their website. However, not sure that if your room includes perks like breakfast or something else if that would be considered not to be "room-only". I've only booked via Costco once and got credit for that stay. For me, at least, it's rare that the costco rate is cheaper than publicly available rates and promo codes via Hyatt.

boneofthet

That's a good point, the room I booked includes waived resort fee plus a $100 credit. You'd be surprised by how good the Costco deals could be sometimes. For my 9-night stay, the rate at Costco is $900 cheaper, and if you factor in that $100 credit, that's a 1k saving so it's hard to say no.

HIFlya

Is an eligible rate generally defined as anything that gets you EQN, IOW, anything offered on the Hyatt website?

168

“An “eligible rate” is any room rate for a participating hotel, resort, or other property that is published by Hyatt (including rates found on hyatt.com without the application of a discount code, and Hyatt’s “Standard Rate,” “Volume Account Rates,” “Senior Citizen Rate,” and the monetary portion of any Points + Cash award), or, for Miraval properties, published by Miraval, respectively.Eligible rates exclude free night awards, complimentary nights awarded in connection with Miraval’s Authentic Circle Program, rooms booked on third-party online retailers, traditional wholesale rates (e.g., GOGO Worldwide Vacations, Pleasant Holidays, Tourico, and Hotelbeds), airline crew rates, airline employee rates, travel agency employee rates, media rates, Club at the Hyatt discount stays, Hyatt employee or employee family or friends-and-family discount rates, airline interrupted-trip vouchers, or contracted rooms.

For complete details, please see the World of Hyatt program terms.”

oyyo

Has anyone stayed here recently on a cash booking and got their parking (either self or valet) waived? To note: I do have Globalist.

I stayed at this property during COVID and during that time it was self parking only (no valet) and they waived the parking fees for the entire stay (~5 days) despite it being a cash stay. I wanted to see if there were any data points for free parking for globalist on cash stays after COVID, as this would change my decision to book with cash or points.

Much appreciated!

econ

They did not waive the parking charges (self-park) for my few stays over the past 2-3 years, although last stay was almost a year ago.

mongobot

I was here about a week ago - resort fee is waived for Globalist - parking is not.

dkc192

On my most recent cash stay, the front desk agent proactively waived the self-parking charges without me even asking. I suspect it might've been a new or otherwise untrained agent, because on the past few cash stays I was (correctly) charged, but I certainly wasn't complaining this time.

martinplas

I’m currently booked 4 nights in ocean front Penthouse Suite with an additional connecting room with two beds for family.
Is the executive suite with two bedrooms a nicer suite overall ( living area , master bathroom)?

Rom Sac

The front desk staff did not ask about a late checkout when we arrived. I had assumed we would get the usual 2PM time as an Explorist, but the front desk told me that they don't honor late checkouts unless they happen to be available. Between this and the $49 resort fee I can't say I recommend the hotel.

Kacee

It's a resort. Guaranteed late check-out is not a benefit.

If you're rejecting any Waikiki hotel that (a) doesn't guarantee late check-out, or (b) charges a resort fee, you're not going to be left with many options.

exmike

They've offered me key card to access hotel facilities until 4pm (lounge gym etc) when late checkout was not available.