I used mine in PHX. Flying AS, so, same terminal. But it was just so bad...

There is a "The Club" lounge there too (Priority Pass) but their hours are just strange.

Anyway, back on topic.. I don't see and overall reduction in Globalist benefits. The lounge passes were minor, to say the least. Starting later this year you will need to be flying UA or a partner to use the pass, making it even more worthless. And this is probably initiated by UA, not Hyatt. They are obviously taking steps to reduce the number of people in their lounges. Even people who pay $600/year for access will have to be flying UA or a partner to get access starting in November.

The topic is My Hyatt Concierges ...

I just reached out to Karen to help get me a suite at PH Vendome, she didn't even bother researching available dates or attempt to contact the hotel. She basically told me what I already knew(there isn't any standard suites available). Guess I'll try my luck calling in to regular customer service.

I'm really happy with my concierge, Beatriz. She's based in Europe. That may be a difference too, compared to the ones based in the US?
Beatriz does all possible, contacts the hotel, tries to find ways to help, calls me, gives updates, options etc.

Truly great.

I was assigned Cathy a year ago. She told me that I should call regular line to make reservations. I have not reached out to her for anything. I might as well not have a Concierge.

I haven't had any special requests other than with Hyatt Regency Etoile last year, which I worked with the hotel directly.

I used mine to book a night with my cat 1-7 certificate. Quick email much easier than calling.

Pretty easy to use those online also . . .

That is ridiculous. How does she still work there?

She is outright telling customers that she doesn't feel like doing her job so they should do it for her?

With my guidance, Karen was able to work with the PH Vendome to upgrade(paid) me to an executive suite after applying a TSU(with no standard suites available). It just took two e-mails so I'd consider this a success with the concierge!

My concierge was already listed in this thread as a useless one. :( However I find my concierge very helpful. The main benefit is that I can transact most business by email. If there's any kind of billing or reservation problem, I just shoot off an email and then rest assured, knowing that it's solved.

Example: I recently applied a free night to a stay, but the hotel charged me for all the nights. It literally took 15 total seconds to ask the concierge to fix this.

The concierge won't break or even bend any rules for me, which is exactly how I prefer it. I get all bent out of shape when companies or people don't follow their own rules, therefore I try to follow all the rules as written. Still, it's permissible to ask for a special request on occasion. The worst that can happen is they say "no", which is not really a loss. If I have a special request and the concierge won't help, I simply phone the hotel directly (or ask the concierge to do it on my behalf).

Example: recently I had an 8-night stay and wanted to use a TSU for just 7 of the nights. Hyatt policy is that you must use TSU to cover _all_ of your stay. So it would have cost me two TSUs for the 8-night stay. I wasn't willing to blow a TSU for a single night. I wanted to stay 7 nights with a TSU and 1 night without. Concierge would not budge on this issue (which is understandable, because concierge is there to help with reservations that follow Hyatt's written policy). So I called the hotel and asked them to make an exception. Hotel agreed to put me in a regular room for one night and a suite for 7 nights.

Overall I'd say that the concierge service is a huge benefit of being a Globalist.

I seriously don't know how she keeps her job. If it's the same Cathy (and I'm certain it is) she is truly horrible. Ask for a new one. My new one is FAB.

Moreover, if you can call and ask, why can't the concierge?

They can ask. The hotel can say no.

I agree fully. It's just that sometimes I like to handle the ball in one bounce, instead of passing it back and forth. I'll probably start asking the concierge to contact hotels more often on my behalf. Thanks for the feedback.

Well, unfortunately I have to report I had my first negative experience with my concierge. I don't want to get into specifics, but I asked my concierge to contact a property in order to resolve an issue preventing a reservation via the website. She replied claiming that I misidentified the issue, but it was obvious she never contacted the hotel at all because when I called the hotel directly the next day, they were able to get me set no problem - and in about 5 minutes, at that. Unfortunately, I'd wanted to reserve a block of rooms at that property and in the time that passed, the hotel had sold out of the room types I needed.

While it wound up being a minor issue, it represents a bigger problem because a concierge should never leave things worse than not having the concierge at all.

This experience and a lot of the dissatisfaction I've read in this thread makes me wonder if the "My Hyatt Concierge" wouldn't be better as simply a centralized e-mail center of well-trained, better-motivated agents. I get the idea of having personalized service from a one-on-one relationship with a single concierge, but there seems to be so much variance between agents and even in experiences with the same agent.

And don't get me wrong, I still think it's a very beneficial program in its current state - even just for resolving administrative or billing issues, it's saved me tons of time by being able to e-mail one contact and get things accomplished. I just wonder if it could be improved.