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Originally Posted by serpens
(Post 26873514)
Thanks for the feedback regarding flyover land and mattress runs. I'll interpret the comment that "500 miles is waaaay too far" as a contradiction of the statement "25 stays or 50 nights is not actually hard for anybody".
On a related question, how many people actually move from one property to another multiple times in an area? I have two stays of six days each coming up, and I expect to be moderately busy in both places. In this situation, is it common to move from one property to another each day? (I won't do it on these two stays because I'm using my last two DSUs from last year.) |
Originally Posted by Boraxo
(Post 26912477)
Umm, most people get 2-3 weeks vacation, so that doesn't even come close to 25 nights, much less 25 stays. And many of us prefer to spend an entire week at a single location rather than checkin/checkout every night.
So you may not need to be a "road warrior" in the classic sense (traveling every week) but you basically need a couple of trips every months, with Hyatts in every location, or perhaps a retiree who stays in cheapo Hyatt House type properties. Personally I am in the program to redeem for Andaz and Park Hyatt, not out-of-the-way suburban dumps.
Originally Posted by Kacee
(Post 26912564)
Where did I say anything about "most" or "easy"? I just said you don't have to be a corporate road warrior to hit 25 stays. Do you somehow dispute that???
Personally, I take lots of long weekends and one or two longer trips per year, plus some amount of business travel. Will wind up with approx. 50 stays this year, split among Hyatt and Hilton, plus a couple Marriott and "other." |
Originally Posted by cdancer20
(Post 26915461)
OP never said that you said "most" or "easy". And actually yes he did dispute it. Did you read the entire post? LOL.
Originally Posted by Boraxo
(Post 26912477)
If 25 stays were easy you would see loads of SPG Plats.
Originally Posted by Boraxo
(Post 26912477)
most people get 2-3 weeks vacation, so that doesn't even come close to 25 nights much less 25 stays
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Originally Posted by Kacee
(Post 26916072)
Yes. Obviously you did not.
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Originally Posted by Travlur
(Post 26912908)
A good point. When I think about this is makes me wonder if hotels are going to end up going the way domestic airlines are and add a revenue component. In addition to your example, is someone who gets Diamond on stays spending $2700 at Hyatt Places (or less withC&P) worth more to Hyatt than someone who spends $10-$20K on a few stays at a Park Hyatt but doesn't meet the 25 stays for Diamond? Not hoping that changes, but it has got to be on some of the hotels radars with it being so widely publicized.
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Ok - stop with the bickering.
Peteropny - co-mod - Hyatt |
I might get one business stay a year if I'm lucky. Mostly it's 25 stays all on leisure, and I don't get tons of vacation time. Currently rocking 14 stays/14 nights in my account with only one mattress run :cool:
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Originally Posted by nineworldseries
(Post 26918541)
I might get one business stay a year if I'm lucky. Mostly it's 25 stays all on leisure, and I don't get tons of vacation time. Currently rocking 14 stays/14 nights in my account with only one mattress run :cool:
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Originally Posted by cdancer20
(Post 26919986)
So do you a lot of 1 night trips or do you hotel hop?
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Any current diamond challenge offers. I will be booking about 14 nights (4 stays) this month in Japan and S.Korea and would like to be able to get back to Diamond again. Don't care about upgrades etc. (I personally don't believe that upgrade certs should be given until the specified number of stays have been completed) I just want the opportunity..
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No... currently no generic offer. You can always try contacting GP.
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Nothing going on right now. I suspect Hyatt is waiting for last year's "mistake" upgrades to all expire before offering one again.
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Transcon for MR's
I recall sometime like 2005, the 10k bonus per stay in CT. So, did an SFO-BDL to take advantage. Also, a three week trip in SE Asia during some promo that involved moving around a bit (actually, too much) to max out stays, though we did have the good sense to just hang at the GH Beijing (pre PH days,) rather than run down to Tainjin and back. And, of course the IAD or ORD area Hyatt MRs are always good ones even now.
Often, I found 25 stays to have been a problem, but not lately, though I am only feeding SPG and IHG (PLT and RA/Spire,) as I can really only justify about 125 nights per year in hotels, and Hyatt is not doing it for me, location and pricewise, so I'll maintain PLT on Hyatt but no higher. I did like the guaranteed club and breakfast feature as well as the DSU's, when available, with Hyatt DIA, but I'm usually able to do all that at SPG and IHG, without the guarantee of course. |
Originally Posted by Mary2e
(Post 27058101)
Nothing going on right now. I suspect Hyatt is waiting for last year's "mistake" upgrades to all expire before offering one again.
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Originally Posted by Mary2e
(Post 27058101)
Nothing going on right now. I suspect Hyatt is waiting for last year's "mistake" upgrades to all expire before offering one again.
Originally Posted by hailstorm
(Post 27065577)
Hilton likely minted far more "instant Diamonds" for a longer period of time than Hyatt did, and they are still offering a challenge to this day. I guess they've found it to be worthwhile..
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