CIT85

All indications are the separate reservations will be combined by the hotel and all 7 nights will count toward 2019.

I have a 6 night award stay from Dec. 27-Jan. 2, 2018 that I'm looking forward to jump starting 2019 requalification.

CloudCoder

I wonder if you can call in and get it all combined onto one big reservation, with checkout date in 2019. This would eliminate almost all doubt.

Colin

assuming a globalist (as profile says diamond)
if you want all the nights for 2019, then do nothing and will happen automatically
if you want the 2018 nights for 2018, then book Dec 31 and subsequent nights as "guest of honor" bookings in your companion's name

DltaSchmlta

Whatever you do get it in an email. Do not trust any assurances given over the phone.

MSPeconomist

beachfan

Thanks to all who replied!

I was surprised as to how few have them in London. I at first held reservations for all nights but 12/31, then was able to add it by booking longer and eliminating the other nights once booked. But I was also looking at moving hotels as a backup, and a few Hiltons had one night award stays available on 12/31. Including the Waldorf London, which is close to where the fireworks show will be.

bigshooter

I just hung up on the "Globalist" line (I honestly don't think you get a special group) after 30 minutes off on and off holds.

I had a stay at Park Hyatt Seoul 12/30/17-1/2/18. Night 1 was Points, 2 was C&P, 3 was a Cat 1-7 free night award. I was only given one elite night towards 2018 instead of 3. When I called in the rep put me on hold for 20 minutes before coming back and letting me know that they did in fact take the points out of my account and credit the stays... after telling her I was inquiring about Elite Qualifying Nights she became quite confused and had no idea what I was talking about. I told her I was trying to get the extra two nights towards my 2018 globalist status and I was immediately put on hold again.

Am I correct that this single stay no matter how I paid for it should all be credited towards 2018 since awards nights for 2018 stays count?

jameswes

Per the T&C, it should have 1 night credit for 2018. Only if the nights get combined into 1 stay would all three count towards 2018.

Generally speaking, nights of different payment types (Points, C+P, Free Night Award) don't combine into a single reservation.

bigshooter

This is how it shows up in my activity:Park Hyatt Seoul

Stay - Points earned852 Dec 30, 2017Jan 2, 2018
Stay Details
Qualifying Night(s):1
Qualifying Spend:$131.00 USD
Check-inec 30, 2017
Checkout:Jan 2, 2018
Points EarnedBase Points/Miles:655
Globalist 30% Bonus:197
Wouldn't I have a check-in/check-out every day if it was multiple stays?

CIT85

Yes, you should have received stay credit for 3 nights, the stay details made it clear. All your separate reservations for consecutive nights are combined for this purpose. Weird Hyatt rule, but it's clear. Award nights counted retroactively early this year.

Your activity reflected what was in place at the time of your stay, so only 1 night stay credit for P&C, the other 2 nights should have been credited when WoH changed rules and counted award nights.

Call again.

59Impala

I disagree - this is not stated anywhere. Even if the 3 stays were counted as separate stays, then the "back-to-back" rule would apply. even under the GP program, back-to-back stays counted as 1 stay. Also, if you call reservations to make the reservation, they will put all 3 nights, even with separate rates, under one reservation number (generally speaking....)

I agree, this should be counted as 3 nights.

bigshooter

Unfortunately according to Hyatt (twice) I was told the nights from last year apply to last year, even if it's the same stay. I asked why my activity shows 1 Qualifying night, they told me that's because they applied to last year.... apparently they are applying nights in whatever fashion screws us the most.

Is there a T&C anywhere that outlines how this should work?

iahphx

I've booked a Hyatt resort stay that starts on December 28 and ends on January 2. I will need the nights of the 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st to get to Explorist status. Will I have a problem getting that credited correctly, and is there anything I can do to make it work? In theory, I could check out on Dec 31 and stay elsewhere, but that would seem idiotic for both me and Hyatt.

Colin

you will have to fight tooth & nail plus find a sympathetic agent to shift the stay for checkout 2 days earlier on Dec 31.

a sneaky piece of advice is this.

Dec 28-31 in name John Doe
Dec31-Jan02 in name Jane Doe

Dec 31 checkout should post at 10AM PST Jan 1.
After it posts, and you have new status and certs issued, go down to front desk and change name on room back to John Doe.

my experience is the earned status will stick and the certs won’t be clawed back when Hyatt system combines the two stays when posting on Jan 3. this is based upon the Chase Hyatt 5 nights mistaken posting on Dec 31 and the resulting 70th night cert not being clawed back.

iahphx

This seems batsh@t crazy. Do I really need to do this?