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Well put 777 I strongly agree with your points.
I also was comped from Hilton last year to Hyatt. This year I predict Hilton - 3 stays, Hyatt 25+ stays. It makes good business sense to comp.

[This message has been edited by smilee (edited 09-01-2003).]

Probably because AA Platinum is not the top tier of the AAdvantage program.

Dear kv99,

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Please be assured that I will forward your suggestions to the management of Hyatt Gold Passport for their review.

Best Regards,

Julia Moore
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Has any EXP's received the Diamond offer? I'm a new Hyatt member who's got 14 stays already since my first stay 3 months ago, I sure won't mind a "taste" of Diamond at this moment. Otherwise, I'd have to do it the "hard way"......

Hm, my thoughts exactly, except I'm not exactly "wondering", I'm assuming it to be true, that these comps are targetted to US residents. This thread mentions DL, US, NW, UA and Southwest top tiers so far....

Hyatt (Corporation + International) operates 207 hotels, just under 60% of which are in the US, Canada and Caribbean, according to my 2 second research on hyatt.com

Please, Hyatt, what about the rest of us? You have so many beatufiul properties around the world, your US members are not going to get to them all!

DrD and I have been enjoying staying in Hyatts around Asia and Australia this year for leisure - enjoying it so much, that we find ourselves drawn back ever more frequently. This has already earned DrD Platinum, but a Diamond comp like this based on top tier status in programs like QF or CX would certainly enhance our burgeoning Hyatt loyalty. Might even motivate him to check his business trip options more closely for suitable Hyatts http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

C'mon Hyatt, how about it?

[edited to add]
Not meant to be a huge whinge, jut some gentle encouragement. We've enjoyed FFN promo this year, and the properties speak for themselves. Just suggesting that some "geographically equal opportunity wooing" might be an idea.....



[This message has been edited by MrsDrD (edited 09-03-2003).]

For those that didn't receive the comp, why don't you just write to Hyatt and ask them if they will consider you? Provide proof of your top-elite airline status and indicate that you have friends who have received a Diamond comp based on this. Ask politely and the worst thing that can happen is that they say no... in which case, all you're out is 15 minutes of letter-writing time, some paper, and a stamp.

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hyatt currently has a diamond status promotion that was offered to SQ PPS members plus a suite upgrade at properties in the asia/pacific region

why don't you just call hyatt and ask them to match your status with spg platinum?

My guess would be that people would not want to burn a once in a lifetime comp if they don't have too. I personally would rather have the 4 stay promo to reach diamond than burn a comp.

I didn't get any snail mail offer from Hyatt based on my 1K status at United or any airline, but I did just now get an email offer of 4 stays between Sept 15 and Dec 15 for Diamond status through February 2005.

No instant Diamond status as some of you got...just after the 4 stays.

The email doesn't mention any airline affiliation. It just states: FWIW, I have had ZERO qualifying paid stays (I did have one Priceline stay) at Hyatt this year.

Edited To Add: Aaah. Waddaya know? I just checked my Gold Passport account online and it seems my Priceline stay did post as a qualifing stay. Don't really know or care if that's normal or not.

[This message has been edited by PremEx (edited 09-04-2003).]

Is there a way to search for Hyatt Hotels that have Regency Clubs?

I received the 4 stay offer via email.

Just got mine after being away - I suppose through US CP. And since last night was Marriott #75, getting me to Plat for another year, I be trying Hyatt's out for the next couple months.

I was one of many complaining about US CP dilution last year so I guess it's nice to be on the other end.

PremEx, this is one of the beauties of the Gold Passport program, they always count Priceline stays towards qualification and other promotions, such as Faster Free Nights ...

This can come in very handy, especially if you're staying somewhere that you know you'll get a Hyatt for a winning bid (for instance, I spent two weekends last month in Sarasota, 3* bid pretty much guarantees you the Hyatt Sarasota).

As a matter of fact, I have no reason to believe they won't count Priceline stays for this promotion ...

I received this offer too ... the problem was I have a Gold Passport account (and I had even recently qualified for Platinum after a bit of a Hyatt hiatus) already that I've had for several years. I'm sure that Hyatt probably tried to scrub the lists they got of existing Gold Passport members, but our apartment number probably threw them off.

So, I received a new number with the Diamond offer, but want to be able to use my existing account ... I emailed Julia and she was able to merge the Diamond comp onto my existing account ... and I'll be making the four stays to keep it for an additional 14 months or so ... though I've long been a fan of Hyatt, this comp will definitely bring me closer into the Hyatt fold for the next 18 months!

Also, my girlfriend is a Silver on US Airways and a few days after I received my new account with Diamond Comp (she also has an existing GP account), she received a new Gold Passport card with an offer to earn 2,000 bonus US Airways miles for each stay for the next few months. The offer repeatedly mentioned US Airways, so I assume that's why she was targetted (again, her name didn't get scrubbed because it didn't match our address with apartment number for some reason).