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bearsball88 Nov 11, 2018 9:22 am
Brand Explorer Question
 
Good day!
Perhaps a silly question, but just want some reassurance on my thinking here...

Have stayed at the following Hyatt brands:
Hyatt Regency, Hyatt House, Hyatt Place, and Hyatt Centric.

I need one more and have an upcoming trip to Las Vegas. When searching on Hyatt's website you get results such as MGM Grand, Bellagio, etc.... would those in any way count towards this, or are they simply just affiliates or something? Again, just looking for some clarification. TIA

Aventine Nov 11, 2018 9:41 am
Originally Posted by bearsball88 (Post 30417975)
Good day!
Perhaps a silly question, but just want some reassurance on my thinking here...

Have stayed at the following Hyatt brands:
Hyatt Regency, Hyatt House, Hyatt Place, and Hyatt Centric.

I need one more and have an upcoming trip to Las Vegas. When searching on Hyatt's website you get results such as MGM Grand, Bellagio, etc.... would those in any way count towards this, or are they simply just affiliates or something? Again, just looking for some clarification. TIA
No, they won't count. You'll need one of the listed brands to complete your 5 stays.

txhyattlvr Nov 11, 2018 11:40 am
Originally Posted by Aventine (Post 30418024)
No, they won't count. You'll need one of the listed brands to complete your 5 stays.
AND - if you complete 10 stays/10 brands you'll get a 2nd night!

I wish they'd let us start over once we do that. Seems a little lame for it to still show up after you've hit 10+...

WantOnlinePoker Nov 14, 2018 2:52 pm
It seems plausible that with the Two Roads acquisition, they'll go beyond 15 brands. If so, I'd bet they'll allow for a 3rd brand explorer award. A full reset after a number of years if you've hit 10 would be nice though.

txhyattlvr Nov 14, 2018 4:42 pm
Originally Posted by WantOnlinePoker (Post 30430044)
It seems plausible that with the Two Roads acquisition, they'll go beyond 15 brands. If so, I'd bet they'll allow for a 3rd brand explorer award. A full reset after a number of years if you've hit 10 would be nice though.
I know they’ve said they are keeping all of the Two Roads brands but I think that’s a short term thing. There’s tons of overlap and it make sense to rebrand in time... Marriott now is a mess of overlapping brands and I’d like Hyatt won’t repeat that mistake.

toomanybooks Dec 14, 2018 7:26 am
Sorry if I have missed this somehow.

Is this 5 brands lifetime, or is there a deadline? I have no T&C given in my Hyatt account info.

craigthemif Dec 14, 2018 8:55 am
Originally Posted by toomanybooks (Post 30534706)
Sorry if I have missed this somehow.

Is this 5 brands lifetime, or is there a deadline? I have no T&C given in my Hyatt account info.
Lifetime. Once triggered, free night is valid for a year IIRC.

JackE Dec 14, 2018 11:09 am
They really need to rethink this. The basic premise is great, but to tout it as a major benefit of membership and make it once-in-a-lifetime is silly. It takes a prominent spot in our account page and remains expanded. I sort of dread seeing it over and over once I've maxed out.

C'mon, Hyatt. Make it an annual thing or a start-over goal once maxed out. And isn't it only Cat 1-4? That would be fine for an annual award but not for a lifetime. If you're going to make it lifetime, then at least make it 1-4 for the first five and 1-7 after that.

Aventine Dec 15, 2018 11:21 pm
Originally Posted by JackE (Post 30535588)
They really need to rethink this. The basic premise is great, but to tout it as a major benefit of membership and make it once-in-a-lifetime is silly. It takes a prominent spot in our account page and remains expanded. I sort of dread seeing it over and over once I've maxed out.

C'mon, Hyatt. Make it an annual thing or a start-over goal once maxed out. And isn't it only Cat 1-4? That would be fine for an annual award but not for a lifetime. If you're going to make it lifetime, then at least make it 1-4 for the first five and 1-7 after that.
I agree. Doesn't give much incentive to try anything beyond the old standbys once you're done them.

craigthemif Dec 17, 2018 2:29 am
Originally Posted by JackE (Post 30535588)
They really need to rethink this. The basic premise is great, but to tout it as a major benefit of membership and make it once-in-a-lifetime is silly. It takes a prominent spot in our account page and remains expanded. I sort of dread seeing it over and over once I've maxed out.

C'mon, Hyatt. Make it an annual thing or a start-over goal once maxed out. And isn't it only Cat 1-4? That would be fine for an annual award but not for a lifetime. If you're going to make it lifetime, then at least make it 1-4 for the first five and 1-7 after that.
I suspect it will happen eventually, but might require a recession...

The problem is the difficulty of analysing the financial benefit for Hyatt. How can they really tell from the data that my Unbound or Residence Club or Zilara or whatever stays only happened because of this element of WoH?


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