platbrownguy

Well, but last year they sent an announcement out expressly stating they were extending everyone's status by a year. No such announcement this year.

Also worth doing is taking your mlife platinum and using it to match over to total rewards Diamond. Their Diamond lounges are pretty swank at some casinos, and Diamond waives resort fees and valet parking at those resorts. It was very useful to have when I was in Vegas recently and swung by Caesars and valet was full--except for Diamond cardholders.

Markie

I dropped to Pearl from Plat yesterday

GUWonder

Boraxo

Still at Gold as of today. I guess I will wait until it drops to re-do the match. And so it goes.

GUWonder

My account still shows as Platinum, but I also have this in my profile: "The M life Rewards annual Tier evaluation is currently underway. Please allow up to seven days for your Tier Level to process. We apologize for the inconvenience. Tier Credits expire on Sep 30, 2019".

So it seems like I should know where I'll be with mLife by October 15th (of 2018) at the latest.

OsakaWino

Is the matching back and forth still getting 4 new Club Upgrade Awards for Explorists? If so, I imagine that they expire end of Fed 2020, just as the present ones do. Would it seem best to wait to do the matching again after Mar 1, 2019, with the hope of getting Explorist and Club Upgrades through Feb 2021?

Stgermainparis

downinit

Is there any way to get WOH points and stay credit when booking from mlife.com? The MGM property rates on Hyatt.com are always at least 50% higher than the rates on mlife.com, but I do not see any options on in my mlife profile regarding how to credit bookings. I am happy that they match status, but I would be happier if I could actually credit my stays.

**This has probably been answered before, so please forgive me for not paging through 50 pages of search results to find exactly what I was looking for.**

solewalker

When you check in at the mlife property, ask them to attach your Hyatt account #. It posted fine for me after I got them to add it.

downinit

Thanks for the info. I wish I knew that a few months ago, but better late than never. I cannot imagine why anyone would book via Hyatt for a much higher rate.

dw

Mine finally dropped from Gold to Sapphire (base level) today. Matching back to Gold from the Hyatt M-Life page was instantaneous.

bgriff

Yeah this works fine. You get both WOH points and Mlife tier credits, which I'm not actually sure is supposed to be the case, but it's always worked that way for me. It can even properly handle situations like multiple rooms the same night (1 room credit per night but points for multiple rooms' worth of spend) and free nights (points for ancillary spend but no night credits).

Troopers

Yep, you're suppose to. See here: https://world.hyatt.com/content/gp/e...tnerships.html

bimmerfreak0

I feel like I'm asking a question that has already ask but am failing to find the answer.

Right now I'm base tier with Hyatt yet I'm gold at Hilton and Spire Elite at IHG. Seems as there is no "clout" in Vegas except Hyatt and that can translate to status at M-Life that then can transfer to Total Rewards. It seems as though Hyatt status is the "gateway" from regular hotel chains to casino hotel chains. Is this correct?

Regards, if I start (START!!!) the publicly available Elite Tier offer from Hyatt (https://world.hyatt.com/content/gp/e...trialtier.html) and get Explorist (temporarily at least for 90 days)...can I request a status match to M-Life Rewards Gold Tier? Is there another option? Going to Vegas in February.

bgriff

What you describe is probably possible, but it's almost certainly not worth it (unless you would be going for the Hyatt status for other reasons). Other than (maybe) being able to have a shorter line at check-in and the buffet, Mlife status is worth very little. No benefits you might expect from other types of hotel status like breakfast or club access, and though room upgrades are listed as a possible benefit, in my experience the best you should expect is maybe a "view" upgrade, and on the weekend likely nothing. Any special treatment in Vegas generally comes as a result of actual gambling activity rather than otherwise-earned casino program status.

It's an expensive hotel but your Gold Hilton status may give you some value for staying at the Waldorf Astoria on the Strip (formerly the Mandarin Oriental). The Tropicana is an older hotel but it's had some renovations done and I believe is a Hilton family hotel as well. Not sure what the elite status benefits are at either property but there are likely threads available in the Hilton forum with more info.