Stgermainparis

Oops. That was a typo. It was supposed to be “well”. It was actually a HRC. Agent today told me the process is different: they wait 14 days post stay the “special projects”

Stgermainparis

Oops. That was a typo. It was supposed to be “well”. It was actually a HRC. Agent today told me the process is different: they “have to” wait 14 days post stay and then guest can ask that the “special projects” team reach out to the property. Then guest has to wait up to 14 days for HRC to respond. Then you get your tier nights. WTH? It is ridiculous.

Matt4200

You can always call the property directly and speak to the front office manager who can get it posted that day.

Stgermainparis

Thanks. Just called and manager in meetings all morning. Agent said my WOH number is on there but doesn’t know why it didn’t post. I’ll try again later when manager can investigate.

Update. Manager said all they can do is let WOH know that we completed a stay. And that WOH has to post it. The way HRC props work is different, according to everyone I’ve talked to. Very frustrating.

Matt4200

Is this correct or an error? (Category 3 Property Off Peak Dates referring to the Standard Suite Pricing)




Edit - According to Hyatt’s Chart it is correct, and I answered my own question. I do not believe it’s well thought out though at all.

First - It’s literally only 1,000 points differential from a Premium Suite, that alone makes no sense. I cannot find a viable scenario where someone would book a Standard Suite over a Premium Suite for this situation.

Second - Looking at normal “Standard” pricing a Regular Room is 12k points and a Standard Suite is 20k points which is a 66% Cost increase. That’s normal, that’s how it’s been as far as award bookings go. However, with the Off Peak if it were true to keeping the 66% Cost Increase for the Standard Suite it’d be 15k and the Premium would remain at 18k, which would actually be perfectly in line matching up to how the standard award chart works.

I’m not mad, or upset as I wouldn’t book a Standard Suite on points I’d use a TSU. But I guess I just thought it was a Hyatt Blunder so to speak, probably something that was overlooked as it was launched during the Pandemic.

Anyways just thought I’d share, feel free to comment your thoughts.

jehova

My cousin is planning a couple of hotel reservations he mentioned he is ok I book the reservation for hyatt. If I add him as a guest for check in, does anyone know whether I can still get the credit for the stay?

I do not plan on staying in the room nor checking in myself.

Mary2e

It has worked in some cases BUT, it will not likely work at properties outside the US.

Matt4200

I believe not.

First it has to be your card presented at check in, not his. Next, they usually require you to check in as the main guest getting credit.

projectmaximus

Cool, which property? It's nice to see a premium suite available on points.

projectmaximus

You're not supposed to, but you can try as the risk is minimal. Maybe you had every intention to stay but something last minute happened. My wild guess is that more than half the time it will work. Yes, outside the US will usually bear higher scrutiny.

Matt4200

HR Orange County

friedablass

Was going to ask the same. I feel like booking it just for the sake of getting that Premium Suite on points .

friedablass

Maybe if someone specifically wants the Kids Suite they'd book the Standard suite on points.

Tino

Not a newbie, but I thought this might be a better forum than starting a new thread. I am a 60+ stay Globalist through leisure travel, and have been staying almost exclusively this year on awards because point stays in 2022 are so much cheaper than cash rates. My goal is to amass more WOH points in the cheapest way possible and keep the Globalist party going.

I already have the WOH CC for my base spend, and in the last year I picked up 240k points combined from Chase Sapphire (100k signup + 10k spend + 20k referral), 55k maximum purchased points and 55k maximum transfer from the SO (who also got a Sapphire card to funnel points to me). Are there any other credit cards with signup bonuses that directly transfer rewards into WOH points? I don't want any funny money points or "cash towards travel".

friedablass

Chase Sapphire cards (Preferred and Reserve) as well as the Ink Preferred Business card (or any other Ink that has an annual fee) earn Ultimate Reward points that can transfer to Hyatt 1:1. Once your have such a Chase card that is eligible for transferring to partners you can also transfer points from fee free cards such as the Freedom or Ink unlimited. So there's a lot of opportunities to sign up for various new Chase cards and earn SUBs to transfer to Hyatt. Even the cards that will state that you're earning cash back are really earning ultimate reward points that can be converted to cash or you can keep them as points and move them to your Sapphire card and then transfer to Hyatt.