Kacee

Um, you know that taxes and resort fees are not charged on awards, right?

The per night cost for my stay is $799 for lagoon view; with all the add-ons, it's well over a grand a night. With the points rebate promo, five nights will cost 93,750 points. Ergo, over 5 cpp.

You might reconsider your math since you're apparently not including taxes and fees in your value calculation (and at this property, those costs can exceed 40% of the room rate).

jameswes

You're right, I wasn't included taxes and resort fees. And you're also correct that there are a LOT of taxes and fees here (and I've previously ignored the resort fees because they've been waived for globalists either way, and I forget about that). And I typically just compare the very base room cost because if you book with Prive you get a complimentary room upgrade, and most of the time for a stay like this I'd apply a TSU and move to a suite anyway. And if you're not Globalist, then the Prive breakfast benefits easily save $100/day.

Still being said though - if you're going to count points rebate promo, then you should also count the spend promo. At 4x points for a resort and 4 points/dollar with the Hyatt card, you're earning 24 points/dollar on your spend. That's 90K points for the 5 night stay you'd be earning.

Paying with points:
25K/night, * 5 - 25% rebate = 93,750 points.
+ Breakfast (~$500 for 2 people for 5 days)

Paying with $$ on Prive:
$749/nt + taxes/fees * 5 = $5025
+ earnings of 90K points

Doing the math there, the total value ends up being around 2.3 cpp, which is still well above any reasonable redemption rate for Hyatt.

I think you're right that points is a great deal at Mayakoba in the Christmas-New Years holiday when their rates are abnormally high.

faboi0us

I personally feel like this property isn't very proactive with upgrading globalist further than their booked room. I stayed there in July and the resort was close to empty(10% capacity) and didn't get proactively upgraded. Had to go back to ask for an upgrade after we toured the room.

Matt4200

Some properties are proactive and some strictly adhere to the T&C where it’s if it’s available on the date of check in. I always check my stay a few days prior to check in to see if anything was upgraded. If it’s not upgraded prior to check in, I look at what’s available in terms of standard suites and ask at the desk for the upgrade. It definitely shouldn’t be an issue, especially when it’s 10-20% capacity.

I’ve had properties proactively upgrade us months ahead, but those are properties we stay at frequently so they have us on a “VIP” list of frequently staying Globalists I believe. Not sure how many properties are like that, but like I said if it’s available at check in just ask and you shall receive.

BA_Jfan

Any idea what sort of work space this property offers for Work From Hyatt?

coleslaw

TPG did an odd article about it today which seems like it may have been sponsored by Andaz (given some of the quotes and the way it's been written). The whole article was about work from home... but they managed to totally butcher it. They suggest they were upgraded to a suite because of their discoverist status (unlikely - possibly because they were from TPG, possibly because it was WFH and the suite was intended to have a "separate workspace". But then they also suggest that they were offered a separate workspace and declined it because they preferred to work from their room?! TPG is mediocre at the best of times, but this article was pretty terrible (given its supposed focus on the WFH promo/rate - but also, who the hell puts parsley in guacamole?!?).

https://thepointsguy.com/guide/work-...ndaz-mayakoba/

Daftryan

Clearly says right at the top that the article is "Brought to you by World of Hyatt" and is therefore a paid, sponsored article.

coleslaw

Ah, yes, it does show that if you visit the webpage. That doesn’t show up if you use an RSS aggregator like Feedly.

The fact that it’s an openly paid, sponsored article just makes it look even sloppier.

BA_Jfan

I'm a Discoverist but not a famous blogger, so wondering what might be available to plebians like myself.

coleslaw

Haha that's the best part - when I asked the about what is used as the "separate private workspace" for the Work From Hyatt rate a few weeks ago they said they would give me a space in their vegan restaurant and set up a desk with a chair. Not exactly "private"... unless maybe Andaz Mayakoba is particularly unpopular with vegans and the restaurant is always empty?!

This setup was even worse than the Grand Hyatt Playa del Carmen who said they would give me a space in their club lounge. I guess maybe this is why the TPG author preferred not to use the "separate private workspace" and sit in the vegan restaurant all day? Such a misleading article.

If you're not booking a WFH rate then you'll probably be lucky to get a one category upgrade.

stvr

It was likely cilantro but not recognized as such by the author.

Kacee

Pretty much everything TPG posts is paid for, one way or another. While it may have started as a real blog way back when, it's just paid marketing at this point (and very shoddy paid marketing, at that).

coleslaw

Another garbage article from TPG posted today.

SecondCity

Looking to book a 4/5 night stay in early December, but struggling to decide between the GH PDC and the Andaz Mayakoba (also considering Cancun Zilara). Based on reading through both of the property discussion pages, here is what I have distilled -

Andaz - Portion of property is closed (including spa / some restaurants). More remote location (limited off-property dining options).

GH - Club Lounge is closed. Beach access is limited / not accessible.

Anything that I should consider further? Just looking to get away for a few days and haven't visited either property previously. Looking to pay cash rate, if that matters.

bcosinteno

From recent calls with the management team at the Andaz, the entire resort should be fully reopened within the next couple of weeks as occupancy levels based on current bookings for the next few months are back to over 50%.