Nov 6, 2016, 5:33 am
World of Hyatt [Pre-Launch]
Nov 16, 2016, 3:51 pm
#1546
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 3,566
So did the thing even go off? I never got any email with a link to it, I don't see a thread about it, and can't find anything about it online.
Nov 16, 2016, 4:01 pm
#1547
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Sacramento, CA
Programs: AA Exec Plat, Hyatt,Marriott,BA,AS
Posts: 4,423
Nov 16, 2016, 4:02 pm
#1548
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 3,566
Yeah I finally found the actual AMA. Man what a disaster that looked like. So he basically did not answer anything, and regurgitated a bunch of empty corporate blather that is largely already on their website and such. Really useful. 
Nov 16, 2016, 4:25 pm
#1549
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: ORD/MDW
Programs: BA/AA/AS/B6/WN/ UA/HH/MR and more like 'em but most felicitously & importantly MUCCI
Posts: 19,718
He was slaughtered by Redditors in real time. And the AMA was indeed a disaster... but that's pretty common in meet-the-public situations like this. I still remember a little cabal of Diners Club execs doing a live chat here on FlyerTalk, years ago, as their program was unraveling. Their answers were so programmed and plasticky and evasive, I am sure the event hastened the end of DC as we then knew it. As for Hyatt... I see no rationale for WoH and Zidell was entirely unable to explain why it's better for customers. His choice to expose himself to an AMA made no sense.
Nov 16, 2016, 4:32 pm
#1550
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 86
A U.S. citizen that travels all over the world is a Globalist. Someone who lives in Asia and travels all over the world is a Globalist. A European who travels all over the world is a Globalist. A European who wishes to stay in European Hyatt's is not a globalist.
Right but UA sucks, I don't want to fly them. I want to fly Lufthansa.
You can earn miles with Lufthansa Miles and More while domestically flying UA. Also, e.g. BA (until recently) did have lower qualification requirements for people outside the UK. (I do see the problems with that, though, because many people of course changed their address just to requalify.)
Nov 16, 2016, 4:40 pm
#1551
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: BCT. Formerly known as attorney28
Programs: LH HON,BA GGL GfL,Hyatt LT Glob,Mrtt LT P,Hilt LT D,IC Amb,Acc P,GHA Tit,LHW Strlg,Sixt/Av/Hz D/Pres
Posts: 6,825
A U.S. citizen that travels all over the world is a Globalist. Someone who lives in Asia and travels all over the world is a Globalist. A European who travels all over the world is a Globalist. A European who wishes to stay in European Hyatt's is not a globalist.
Nov 16, 2016, 4:41 pm
#1552
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: USA
Programs: Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 201
Unless we vote heavily with our wallets, he'll be a hero to the bean counters.
Nov 16, 2016, 5:05 pm
#1553
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: BCT. Formerly known as attorney28
Programs: LH HON,BA GGL GfL,Hyatt LT Glob,Mrtt LT P,Hilt LT D,IC Amb,Acc P,GHA Tit,LHW Strlg,Sixt/Av/Hz D/Pres
Posts: 6,825
I just read that AMA. LOL. Brutal. Corporate speak, avoiding any straight answers. Pitiful.
Nov 16, 2016, 5:20 pm
#1554
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2011
Programs: Hyatt Discoverist, SEIBU PRINCE CLUB Silver, Marriott Gold
Posts: 20,432
A U.S. citizen that travels all over the world is a Globalist. Someone who lives in Asia and travels all over the world is a Globalist. A European who travels all over the world is a Globalist. A European who wishes to stay in European Hyatt's is not a globalist.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dict...lish/globalist
someone who believes that economic and foreign policy should be planned in an international way, rather than according to what is best for one particular country :
"He is a globalist, whereas we are nationalists who will put our country first."
"She is critical of the president's globalist foreign policy."
"He is a globalist, whereas we are nationalists who will put our country first."
"She is critical of the president's globalist foreign policy."
Nov 16, 2016, 5:25 pm
#1555
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AS 75K; UA 1MM; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott LTP; Hilton Diamond (Aspire)
Posts: 56,423
+1
Nov 16, 2016, 5:44 pm
#1556
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Pacific Northwest
Programs: UA Gold 1MM, AS 75k, AA Plat, Bonvoyed Gold, Honors Dia, Hyatt Explorer, IHG Plat, ...
Posts: 16,821
Yup. Have to wonder, though, if he was tasked with selling it to Redditers. That seemed to be a no win proposition. I assume no one here actuallly expected him to explain why it is actually a good change for many current Hyatt elites.
Nov 16, 2016, 6:22 pm
#1557
Join Date: May 2006
Location: SAN
Programs: Lots of faux metal
Posts: 6,416
This is his baby. No matter how ugly it is.
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/commen...hyatt/da340z5/
Nov 16, 2016, 6:37 pm
#1558
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: USA
Programs: Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 201
No, he said he was tasked with reexamining his work and "for my team and me, that meant taking a fresh look at our loyalty program."
This is his baby. No matter how ugly it is.
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/commen...hyatt/da340z5/
This is his baby. No matter how ugly it is.
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/commen...hyatt/da340z5/
Nov 16, 2016, 6:41 pm
#1559
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AS 75K; UA 1MM; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott LTP; Hilton Diamond (Aspire)
Posts: 56,423
Um, ever hear of taking one for the team? It's kind of an essential survival task in the corporate environment.
Nov 16, 2016, 6:48 pm
#1560
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: California
Programs: Hyatt Global, Marriot Lifetime Titanium
Posts: 2,282