Globalist benefits on top of Prive
Mar 9, 2019, 1:27 am
#31
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Osaka
Programs: Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Gold, UA
Posts: 3,158
What? Why? That doesn't make sense. Why should I pay an extra $1500 or so per year in resort fees, and give up all my suite upgrades (both at check-in and confirmed through upgrade awards), and all my breakfasts when I'm not on a Prive rate, and the lounge access?
Prive rate gets you a room-to-room upgrade (generally worthless; usually same room on a higher floor) and a restaurant breakfast, and a hotel credit. I won't pay for it if the credit does not offset the rate difference.
Prive does not get you waived resort fees (say, $1500/year), free breakfasts on your other stays, lounge access (often including free drinks), suite upgrades at check-in, confirmed suite upgrades for 4 stays per year, a free cat 1-4 night, a free cat 1-7 night, or a 30% bonus to points earned.
Globalist status is worth about $3k per year to me. Why would I give that up again?
Prive rate gets you a room-to-room upgrade (generally worthless; usually same room on a higher floor) and a restaurant breakfast, and a hotel credit. I won't pay for it if the credit does not offset the rate difference.
Prive does not get you waived resort fees (say, $1500/year), free breakfasts on your other stays, lounge access (often including free drinks), suite upgrades at check-in, confirmed suite upgrades for 4 stays per year, a free cat 1-4 night, a free cat 1-7 night, or a 30% bonus to points earned.
Globalist status is worth about $3k per year to me. Why would I give that up again?
In any case, the post you quoted said less reason, not no reason. There are a lot of reasons for a lot of people why it does make sense not to go too far out of their way to pursue Glob, especially with the availability of Prive, Virtuoso, etc.
Mar 9, 2019, 10:10 am
#32
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The post was suggesting giving up globalist and just paying the Prive rate because you "get the benefits" anyway. And my point is that that's ridiculous. The only "globalist benefit" that a non-globalist gets on a Prive rate is breakfast. Globalist has so much more value than just breakfast.
Mar 9, 2019, 10:38 pm
#34
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The assertion was that if you are paying the prive rate, you are "getting the benefits" of globalist anyway, so there is no point in getting the status. And my point was that that is simply not true -- being globalist can easily save you $3000/year, even if you often pay the Prive rate.
Last edited by VegasGambler; Mar 9, 2019 at 10:46 pm
Mar 23, 2019, 8:10 pm
#35
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Chicago
Posts: 1,161
Slowly trying to figure out this Privé thing... If I want to stay at a Hyatt Unbound property this summer, how do I find out if the property is Privé compatible? And I need to book it via a luxury travel agent like Virtuoso - any luxury site or can only certain ones access certain properties for the Privé program?
Mar 23, 2019, 9:17 pm
#36
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And I need to book it via a luxury travel agent like Virtuoso - any luxury site or can only certain ones access certain properties for the Privé program?[
FWIW the unbound properties that currently take part are:
Carmelo Resort & Spa
Hôtel du Louvre
Hotel Martinez
Jinmao Hotel Lijiang
Royal Palms Resort and Spa
The Bellevue Hotel
The Confidante Miami Beach
The Driskill
The Eliza Jane