New "Brand Explorer" Check List on Website
Jun 18, 2017, 11:05 pm
#46
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: California
Programs: Hyatt Global, Marriot Lifetime Titanium
Posts: 2,282
Sorry to trouble you all, but wanted to ask just to make sure... Staying the 5 brands in order to earn the free night can be any time starting from March 1, 2017 i.e. you don't need to stay 5 brands all within one year from March 1, 2017 to 2018, right? (We've got 4 brands now, but it doesn't look like we'll hit the 5th one until later next year, which is why I'm asking.) Thanks.
Jun 18, 2017, 11:48 pm
#47
Join Date: May 2010
Programs: Hyatt Glob, Marriott Plat
Posts: 145
Jul 19, 2017, 5:41 pm
#48
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Argentina
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, IHG Diamond, Accor Plus Silver
Posts: 182
I just got credited the 5 brand cat 1-4 free night award, email and website says expiration is in 1 year.
Does anybody now if this is an error or if Hyatt changed the terms for this award from 120 days to 1 year?
Does anybody now if this is an error or if Hyatt changed the terms for this award from 120 days to 1 year?
Jul 19, 2017, 11:00 pm
#49
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Osaka
Programs: Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Gold, UA
Posts: 3,158
This is neither a change nor an error. The cat 1-4 free night for 5 brands has a 1-year expiration. It is the cat 1-4 free night for 30 nights and the cat 1-7 free night for 60 nights that have a 120-day expiration.
Jul 19, 2017, 11:29 pm
#50
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Argentina
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, IHG Diamond, Accor Plus Silver
Posts: 182
Aug 28, 2017, 1:10 am
#53
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Barcelona, London, on a plane
Programs: BA Silver, TK E+, AA PP, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LT Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 13,031
It's too expensive to do an Unbound or all-inclusive when the carrot is only Cat 1-4.
Aug 28, 2017, 12:54 pm
#54
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 3,566
This is exactly my point...there should NEVER be a perverse disincentive to staying at a hotel. This is what the stupid system creates. Now, in my system, people would regularly stay at more hotels and go out of their way to "get that last brand or two" every year. A category 4 night every year costs them almost nothing, and honestly, how many people will hit 10 brands every single year? Almost zero, but if you DO, you should get rewarded, especially since they only have about 12 brands and like 3 of them only have 1-2 properties.
Dec 19, 2017, 8:18 am
#55
formerly a193991
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Zulu Romeo Hotel
Programs: Hyatt LT Globalist; LX SEN (*A Gold), AA LTG
Posts: 4,559
Just requalified as Elephant and received the free 1-7 Category night, which expires early April already. I won't be able to really use it till then, Does anyone have experience in using a free night to get credit towards the "brand explorer". does that work, or do "eligible rates" have to be paid as well.
Was thinking of just using it at PH ZRH to get the brand ticked off...
Thanks
Was thinking of just using it at PH ZRH to get the brand ticked off...
Thanks
Dec 20, 2017, 3:51 am
#56
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Barcelona, London, on a plane
Programs: BA Silver, TK E+, AA PP, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LT Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 13,031
Just requalified as Elephant and received the free 1-7 Category night, which expires early April already. I won't be able to really use it till then, Does anyone have experience in using a free night to get credit towards the "brand explorer". does that work, or do "eligible rates" have to be paid as well.
Was thinking of just using it at PH ZRH to get the brand ticked off...
Thanks
Was thinking of just using it at PH ZRH to get the brand ticked off...
Thanks
That said, YMMV if you charge something to your room and earn a handful of points. But most likely it will not trigger as an eligible night --> brand.
Jan 9, 2018, 2:40 pm
#58
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: California
Programs: Hyatt Global, Marriot Lifetime Titanium
Posts: 2,282
Hyatt should remove this once-in-a-lifetime award from persistent and prominent display once you hit the max (OK, twice in a lifetime for 10 brands).
That alone would give me the incentive to finish it off.
That alone would give me the incentive to finish it off.
Jan 9, 2018, 4:25 pm
#59
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Edison, NJ
Programs: Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 110
Im wondering this is as well, i have two brands left and a free night this weekend that will hopefully cross another one off the list. ill report back if theres still no answer here.