Disappointing but not altogether surprising as pretty much all the Hotel/Airline loyalty programs are doing the similar moves. In my case I do about 70-80 nights in hotels/year for business mainly Intl. travel across Asia, EMEA and LATAM, very little US. With some planning (and putting up with less convenient locations) I have been able to get 50nights for the past few years, but getting to 60 nights will be a stretch for the simple fact that Hyatt has a small footprint in many countries. Simple example I was in Brussels, Stockholm, Manchester and London two weeks ago for total of 8 nights only 2 could go to Hyatt, rest to Hilton. I am scratching my head a little since I assume as a corporate customer probably paying $350/night on average the changes may well mean I decide to drop Hyatt and move more business to HH or SPG. I am sure Hyatt has done a ton of impact analysis and they wouldn't expect to "please" everyone but like many others I see this as a negative that will make me reconsider my hotel preferences.

That poster is assuming that they will be downgraded once unable to keep globablist.

I think you repeated yourself here. Those upgrades aren't any SUITE, they are the very limited "STANDARD SUITE" too.

It sucks..... PERIOD. It doesn't matter really who is paying the bill corporate or out of your own pocket.

There have been conflicting reports about these benefits, so I'd appreciate official confirmation. The waived resort fee has been listed by some blogs as limited to award stays, by others as applicable to award and revenue stays. The parking benefit was listed on the blog that broke the news, but hasn't been mentioned on several of the later posts by the bigger blogs. I wonder how Hyatt would offer free parking in big cities, where it's often outsourced to third parties. HGP -sorry, WOH- or the properties could be shelling out some serious dough for parking.

Also, there are other issues everyone seems to take for granted that haven't been confirmed -- most notably, will C&P stays continue to be qualifying?

The way programs are going these days, I find it hard to think more than a year ahead. And through Feb. 28, 2018, this will be an upgrade for those who qualify for Diamond in 2016.

Who knows what 2018 is going to look like.

You do if you've previously qualified on 25 stays and can't make 60 nights. A very substantial percentage of current Diamonds will not qualify for the new top tier. And will thus lose DSUs, 4 pm check-out, and lounge access.

It makes me wonder what the new Marriott program will look like. If Hyatt thinks they can get away with this in the uncertain market then I'm worried that Hilton will follow and Marriott will be frightening

But presumably the poster worried about the DSUs did qualify as Diamond and thus will be Globalist for the next year.

The way programs are going these days, I find it hard to think more than a year ahead. And through Feb. 28, 2018, this will be an upgrade for those who qualify for Diamond in 2016.

Who knows what 2018 is going to look like.

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Oh no, really? I didn't realize I repeated it 3 times, guess I must have just been REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. It's always YMMV on this - SPG has the same benefit and it's considered one of the biggest assets to the program. And now you can confirm it at booking. Huge win.

If you can re-qualify for Diamond/Global, it doesn't suck...... PERIOD. In fact, these changes are pretty damn awesome for those that can requalify.

If you can't requalify, guess Hyatt is letting you know that your business isn't valuable enough to them to get the level of benefits that you've become accustomed to.

Of course it matters who's footing the bill. A leisure customer will book months in advance, do a BRG, and shop around if rates remain too high. A last second reservation from a business customer will be less price sensitive and will likely book into a pre-negotiated corporate rate much higher than what the leisure customer would spend. The business customer also wins on volume as well. Catering to those with high volume and high profitability makes good business sense.

This is true, Hyatt is essentially telling those customers that they think their revenue is transient and can be easily replaced.

Just saw this posted, I thought maybe it was April 1 and not October. Or maybe i was dreaming. But nope, the whole program is overhauled and I have no idea what my points are worth now.

I guess it's time to burn and then head back to Marriott/SPG.

I don't think this change is that terrible.

I think the mid-tier is a good middle ground for the folks who are close to the 25 stay/30 night relam. This allows them to have a club access / breakfast while traveling with the family. Not as generious as diamond was but definitely not terrible.

Welcome f&b or points will be missed - I feel the 1000 points was always generous.

I think the no resort fees / free parking during award stays and DSUs on awards is a huge improvement. This more than offsets the losses in my mind.

I think Hyatt probably calculated if they award 4 DSU to someone spent 100/night for 25 nights, the corp may be literally losing money for each of these customer.

So very glad I dumped HGP previously.

Some people do care about 2018. Just because I'm only looking one year ahead doesn't mean that others with long-term commitment to Hyatt shouldn't be upset about these changes.

Nobody likes a smart-....

Yep

Diamond could be attained for 2300$ On stays - plus 85-90k points earned if you hit a promo. Then 4 DSUs for aspirational properties. Can see why they would cut this.

Also I think this will help with overcrowding in clubs.

I don't know - I'm lucky to have hyatts at most of the locations I travel for work so 70-80 nights is pretty easy.

The two place I mostly travel to in Asia has some great Hyatt properties so 60 nights is easily attainable to me.

And then I would be gladly use point award in Hawaii and apply a DSU to it....

I like this changes so much