More enjoyable when sharing with five friends(who are paying some share or not) unless you have an appetite of a six :)

Park Hyatt Chicago.

My memory tells me that is the same thing in spending
But I’ve had LT Glob for years so don’t really think about it much anymore

1M base points = $200k spend by definition.

TBH, some ppl easily spend $200K on those useless timeshares.

The days are long in the past, but I had many stays on points over the years where, when I used a suite upgrade, I got spend and points credited as if I had purchased the suite. I doubt that's the DC reference, but a few hotels where I often stayed years ago did give me tens of thousands in incorrectly allocated spend. Maybe it's a mistake like that?

I am closer to LT status and prob around 25k spend away, what I have realized after some recent spend is that alcohol, parking and taxes aren't included as part of the base points requirement, that makes it quite frustrating.

Can someone please help refresh me on this one? I had to take a break from Hyatt's over the last 5 years so did not accumulate very much with them, however, I am only 200,000 base points from 1mm. My understanding is that I still get 5 base points per stay? I ask, because I have 3 trips in the next 4 months (work/vacation trips in expensive locations) where I could easily spend $40k in rooms only and want to make sure I can get lifetime globalist, which has some benefits I guess. Am I still correct about this? The only way to see your lifetime base is on the account email they send out now and then which I am over 800,000 base points.

Thanks for clarifying.

5 base points per dollar of eligible charges, which are generally rooms charges (base charges, not taxes and fees), and some other things like eating at eligible restaurants that get put on your room bill.

You are correct: 800,000 base points earned to date means you already spent 160,000 USD with Hyatt and by spending another 40,000 USD you'll earn another 200,000 base points which will get you Lifetime. As josephstern pointed out, you earn points on the room base rate and incidental spend like food in hotel restaurants. Note you can earn base points by eating out at hotel restaurants without a stay.

Do advanced, non-refundable spend still earn base points if you end up having to change plans and can't stay? Say you paid or pre-paid for a non-refundable room with the advanced rate. They charge your card immediately but then your schedule changes and you can't stay in that room. It's non-refundable, you paid it but can't stay.

I presume you won't earn elite nights for the stay since you didn't actually stay but because you paid does it count towards lifetime spend and you still get the 5x Base plus 4x bonus (assuming you paid with a Chase Hyatt card)?

No. See the appendix on earning points, A.I.a.2: https://help.hyatt.com/en/hyatt-term...att-terms.html

You would earn the 4x bonus points on the WoH card but that's it.

Do LT Glob bennies stack?
 

Am I understanding this correctly?:

1) If I clear 1M base points in early December 2024, I will receive 4 TSUAs, 5 GOHAs, 1 C7 cert and MHC by mid/late Dec 2024?

2) The next time I’ll get 4 TSUs, 5 GOHAs, 1 C7 cert and MHC will be 3/1/2026?

3) When I check out from my 60th night on 12/28/2024, I’ll still get 4 SUAs, 5 GOHs, 1 C7 cert and 1 C4 cert on 3/1/2025? And no diff if I requal prior to LT Glob?

4) Then if I continue to stay 60 nights, the above will stack on 3/1 each year?

Not exactly ...

1) is correct, although it should be within a day or two of crossing the 1,000,000 base point threshold.
2) is incorrect. You will get the suite upgrade awards, GoH awards, and the cat 1-7 award on or around 1 March 2025.
3) is incorrect. You will not get a cat 1-4 award on 1 March 2025.
4) I'm not sure what you're asking. You will get the suite upgrades, GoH, and cat 1-7 awards on or around 1 March as a LTG. You will also earn awards by reaching Milestones each year in addition to those you receive on 1 March.

Silly questions: does anyone has any datapoint if you get anything (one off reward and/or permanent perk) when reaching 2m base points?