As of today...How far are you from requalifying?
Nov 14, 2023, 10:51 am
#1171
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 4,871
Again, as other posters have already stated, just because someone is based in the US does not mean they want to travel in the US. Hyatt’s footprint does have gaps in the US, too - especially when you consider quality in regards to the rest of the market - but admittedly less so than other countries. You talk about North America - but looking at another major North American market, Canada, Hyatt’s footprint is terrible compared to Marriott. Hyatt didn’t have a property for years in Montreal and now only has two properties far from the city center (compared to 8 Marriott properties in Centre-Ville), one property in Vancouver, Toronto has a very old Regency + a JdV with poor breakfast + a very nice but expensive PH, etc.
Asia is generally fine for Hyatt in terms of footprint, but my goodness is Europe bad, even after partnerships. Try finding a non-SLH hotel in Brussels, Warsaw, Bratislava, etc.
It’s great that Hyatt’s footprint works for you, but it doesn’t for everyone, even those that live in the US.
Asia is generally fine for Hyatt in terms of footprint, but my goodness is Europe bad, even after partnerships. Try finding a non-SLH hotel in Brussels, Warsaw, Bratislava, etc.
It’s great that Hyatt’s footprint works for you, but it doesn’t for everyone, even those that live in the US.
As for Canada I feel like that’s more than made up for with the excessive amount of properties in Cancun/PDC alone.
Nov 14, 2023, 11:04 am
#1172
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Philadelphia
Programs: Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 1,790
So SLH doesn’t count as Hyatt? To me anywhere you can redeem Hyatt points is Hyatt. Just like how the Hyatt-MGM partnership worked. You could redeem points, pay cash and you’d earn points + EQN’s.
As for Canada I feel like that’s more than made up for with the excessive amount of properties in Cancun/PDC alone.
As for Canada I feel like that’s more than made up for with the excessive amount of properties in Cancun/PDC alone.
SLH is like MGM. It's just a marketing partnership, which can end any time its no longer beneficial to either party.
Nov 14, 2023, 1:15 pm
#1173
Join Date: Feb 2020
Location: USA
Programs: MB Ambassador, WOH Globalist, HH Diamond (Aspire), AA Gold, UA (*G) Gold
Posts: 5,180
Nov 14, 2023, 5:22 pm
#1176
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: LGA/JFK/EWR
Programs: UA 1K1.75MM, Hyatt Globalist, abandoned Marriott LTT (RIP SPG), Hertz PC
Posts: 21,172
Congrats, but... for me personally, if I needed 19 nights from credit card spend (5 for holding the card, plus 14 from $5K spend chunks) and double digit Excalibur nights, I'd probably be having a fairly serious discussion with myself on whether I really needed Globalist or not...
I sure hope that $35K in spend was at least on some bonus categories, because there is a huge opportunity cost wrt to what that could have gotten you with other cards or new card SUBs (e.g. multiple Ink business cards with 90K UR points, which could then be transferred to Hyatt).
Regards
P.S. I share this as someone who is also beginning to question whether Globalist is really worth it for me as well. I'll likely hit it again this year (though honestly, I'm a little on the fence), but I suspect next year will be it for me. I'm finding that we are "compromising" quite frequently in order to stay at Hyatts that may or may not be where we truly want to stay in a given destination.
I sure hope that $35K in spend was at least on some bonus categories, because there is a huge opportunity cost wrt to what that could have gotten you with other cards or new card SUBs (e.g. multiple Ink business cards with 90K UR points, which could then be transferred to Hyatt).
Regards
P.S. I share this as someone who is also beginning to question whether Globalist is really worth it for me as well. I'll likely hit it again this year (though honestly, I'm a little on the fence), but I suspect next year will be it for me. I'm finding that we are "compromising" quite frequently in order to stay at Hyatts that may or may not be where we truly want to stay in a given destination.
CC - I can't be bothered to churn anymore. I use it for non-bonused spend + Hyatt + fitness, am more than happy to get my bonus free night + Hyatt points I never have enough of.
Multi-night stays upgraded at the HR Churchill, Thompson Nashville, PH Chicago, PH Paris Vendome plus a few other random nice ones all make it worth it for me. YMMV.
Nov 14, 2023, 6:48 pm
#1177
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: PHX
Programs: AA ExPlat, United Gold, IHG Amb Plat, HHonors Diamond(Aspire), Bonvoy LT Plat, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 455
I just checked out Monday afternoon for a seven night stay at the Hyatt Centric in Guatemala City that put me at 85 nights for the year (about 15 nights from the Chase card). Miles posted the next morning and I picked the 10000 points for my milestone reward which posted immediately.
Nov 14, 2023, 7:53 pm
#1178
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Miami, FL
Programs: UA 1MM, AA Plat, Marriott LT Titanium, Hyatt Glob, IHG ♢ Amb, Hilton ♢, Hertz Pres
Posts: 6,018
Same here.
I think 80% of stays are abroad? Glob is most assuredly worth it in SE Asia. Probably, better to have it in Europe, but the perks are eroding and definitely not what they once were. Of my domestic stays, most are at airport hotels; or, NYC, which after this year, I'll never have to return to. Maybe it's just me, but the domestic Glob experience is worth very little to me.
I think 80% of stays are abroad? Glob is most assuredly worth it in SE Asia. Probably, better to have it in Europe, but the perks are eroding and definitely not what they once were. Of my domestic stays, most are at airport hotels; or, NYC, which after this year, I'll never have to return to. Maybe it's just me, but the domestic Glob experience is worth very little to me.
Same here, currently booked to hit exactly 100 nights on the dot by year end of which 14 will be cc nights. Hyatt offers incentives to 100 so I went for it. Always amazes me chains stop their incentives at 100 nights... Starwood used to do this too. There are some of us who can keep going and would if they kept incentivizing.. and yes, I know the arguments of enjoying the hard won benefits we're entitled to... but there is a point of diminishing returns especially with Hyatt's footprint and so it's easier to spread around at Hilton/Marriott/IHG and some indy's.
Nov 15, 2023, 6:59 am
#1180
Join Date: Jan 2003
Programs: MP 1K to 2P - painful
Posts: 304
Currently at 33 but I should make 60+ by the end of the year. I have six more on the CC plus a lot of upcoming stays. Several are on points and three with suite upgrades applied; Dublin (4), Alila Hinu Bay (3), Alila Jabal Akhdar (3), Park Hyatt Maldives (6), Dublin (4), Hyatt Regency Nice (3).
Nov 15, 2023, 10:58 am
#1181
Join Date: Mar 2021
Location: SoCal
Posts: 319
Nov 15, 2023, 11:36 am
#1183
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Miami, FL
Programs: UA 1MM, AA Plat, Marriott LT Titanium, Hyatt Glob, IHG ♢ Amb, Hilton ♢, Hertz Pres
Posts: 6,018
Nov 15, 2023, 11:55 am
#1185
Join Date: May 2005
Location: SEA
Programs: AS; Hyatt Globalist; Hilton Gold; NEXUS
Posts: 979
Just qualified for Globalist after a 10 night stay at GH Kauai and after a few credit card qualifying nights posted. I think I had 28 actual nights this year, with 5 freebies from the CC, and the rest through spend. I found enough value in going for the milestone awards (free night certs, suite upgrades, point bonuses, etc) that it made sense for me to put most of my unbonused spend on the WoH card rather than something like the CFU.