Dec 5, 2018, 8:52 am
Last edit by: 59Impala
Please list properties where you have managed to upgrade to a Premium Suite with 9'000 points. Please list alphabetically by country, then state, if applicable to the US:
General Format:
Hotel name, confirmed suite name, rate type paid, rate, date, additional comments if any.
Please use the exact suite and hotel name as stated on the website/confirmed in your reservation e-mail to avoid any confusion
Abbreviations:
PH = Park Hyatt
GH = Grand Hyatt
HR = Hyatt Regency
HC = Hyatt Centric
HH = Hyatt House
HP = Hyatt Place (not valid)
MR = Miraval Resort
UC = The Unbound Collection
China
PH Beijing, Penthouse Suite, ~USD 250, Feb/March 2019
PH Ningbo Resort and Spa, Park Executive Suite, ￥1800/night, Nov 2019
GH Shanghai, Diplomat Sutie, ￥1020/night (=Standard Rate of that day), Jan 2020
France
HR Paris Etoile - booked and received Executive Suite, no further upgrade (description says Eiffel Tower view but our suite didn't have it so assuming they didn't give us a nice one)
Italy
PH Milan, €510 plus 9,000 points for a Park Executive Suite, November 2019.
Japan
GH Fukuoka, Diplomat Suite ~ USD 185/Night, March 2022 & 2023
PH Tokyo, Diplomat Suite ~ USD 625/Night, Feb/March 2019
Korea
PH Seoul, Diplomat Suite ~ USD 275, Feb/March 2019
St. Kitts
PH St. Kitts, Park Executive Suite, Daily Rate, USD 768.18, Feb 2019 - Daily Rate not mentioned on the website, but quoted by my concierge, about 56 USD higher than "standard rate", my corporate rate is not valid for Premium Suite upgrade
Thailand
HR Bangkok, Regency Deluxe Suite, 6500 THB
United Arab Emirates
PH Abu Dhabi, Prince Suite (Premium), USD 438, March 2020
PH Dubai, Park Executive Suite (Premium), USD 244, April 2020
PH Dubai, Park Terrace Suite (Standard), USD 244, April 2020
United States
California
HR San Francisco, Luxury Suite, USD 299
GH SFO Airport, Executive Suite, USD 259, December 2019
Florida
GH Tampa Bay, Bayview Suite, USD 243, Jan/Feb 2024
Hawaii
HR Waikiki, Penthouse Suite, USD 359
General Format:
Hotel name, confirmed suite name, rate type paid, rate, date, additional comments if any.
Please use the exact suite and hotel name as stated on the website/confirmed in your reservation e-mail to avoid any confusion
Abbreviations:
PH = Park Hyatt
GH = Grand Hyatt
HR = Hyatt Regency
HC = Hyatt Centric
HH = Hyatt House
MR = Miraval Resort
UC = The Unbound Collection
China
PH Beijing, Penthouse Suite, ~USD 250, Feb/March 2019
PH Ningbo Resort and Spa, Park Executive Suite, ￥1800/night, Nov 2019
GH Shanghai, Diplomat Sutie, ￥1020/night (=Standard Rate of that day), Jan 2020
France
HR Paris Etoile - booked and received Executive Suite, no further upgrade (description says Eiffel Tower view but our suite didn't have it so assuming they didn't give us a nice one)
Italy
PH Milan, €510 plus 9,000 points for a Park Executive Suite, November 2019.
Japan
GH Fukuoka, Diplomat Suite ~ USD 185/Night, March 2022 & 2023
PH Tokyo, Diplomat Suite ~ USD 625/Night, Feb/March 2019
Korea
PH Seoul, Diplomat Suite ~ USD 275, Feb/March 2019
St. Kitts
PH St. Kitts, Park Executive Suite, Daily Rate, USD 768.18, Feb 2019 - Daily Rate not mentioned on the website, but quoted by my concierge, about 56 USD higher than "standard rate", my corporate rate is not valid for Premium Suite upgrade
Thailand
HR Bangkok, Regency Deluxe Suite, 6500 THB
United Arab Emirates
PH Abu Dhabi, Prince Suite (Premium), USD 438, March 2020
PH Dubai, Park Executive Suite (Premium), USD 244, April 2020
PH Dubai, Park Terrace Suite (Standard), USD 244, April 2020
United States
California
HR San Francisco, Luxury Suite, USD 299
GH SFO Airport, Executive Suite, USD 259, December 2019
Florida
GH Tampa Bay, Bayview Suite, USD 243, Jan/Feb 2024
Hawaii
HR Waikiki, Penthouse Suite, USD 359
Experiences - Point Upgrades to Premium Suites
Dec 5, 2018, 8:43 am
#1
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Park Hyatt St. Kitts
I haven't seen a thread on experiences with the new benefit of upgrading to Premium Suites using 9000 points. So I'll start with my experience, initiate a Wiki, too.
Park Hyatt St. Kitts, upgrade to Park Executive Suite, Feb 2019
Park Hyatt St. Kitts, upgrade to Park Executive Suite, Feb 2019
Last edited by 59Impala; Dec 5, 2018 at 10:58 pm
Feb 13, 2019, 10:24 pm
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Sweet thread. Hope to hear from a lot of people, always looking for best upgrade value proposition options:
All mine are from an upcoming trip late Feb/Early March 2019.
PH Beijing: ~$250/Night, Penthouse Suite
PH Seoul: ~$275/Night, Diplomat Suite
PH Tokyo: ~$625/Night, Diplomat Suite
P.S: Enjoy your PE Suite at St. Kitts, we stayed in one back in November and loved it.
All mine are from an upcoming trip late Feb/Early March 2019.
PH Beijing: ~$250/Night, Penthouse Suite
PH Seoul: ~$275/Night, Diplomat Suite
PH Tokyo: ~$625/Night, Diplomat Suite
P.S: Enjoy your PE Suite at St. Kitts, we stayed in one back in November and loved it.
Feb 14, 2019, 7:13 am
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Feb 14, 2019, 11:33 am
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Feb 14, 2019, 12:44 pm
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What do you mean exactly? Hyatt rolls out a program specifically to upgrade to premium suites for 9000 points, to great fanfare. Users post the hotel and type of room they received under said program. You think Hyatt will shut the program down if people start using it?
Feb 14, 2019, 7:04 pm
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What do you mean exactly? Hyatt rolls out a program specifically to upgrade to premium suites for 9000 points, to great fanfare. Users post the hotel and type of room they received under said program. You think Hyatt will shut the program down if people start using it?
Feb 14, 2019, 10:07 pm
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Bottom line is these redemptions are too expensive and require too much effort to generate that level of interest. First, you have to pay the full rate at a top tier property (which the vast majority of churners will never do), and then you have to call to check availability and book.
Personally I think this thread is a great idea. My contribution: Hyatt Regency Bangkok, Regency Deluxe Suite, 6500 THB + 9k points.
Feb 15, 2019, 3:50 am
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The major blogs all prominently covered the Hyatt program change that allowed premium suite redemptions, including the great cpp redemption opportunities. And yet I recall no reports of hordes of churners overwhelming the properties with premium suite requests.
Bottom line is these redemptions are too expensive and require too much effort to generate that level of interest. First, you have to pay the full rate at a top tier property (which the vast majority of churners will never do), and then you have to call to check availability and book.
Personally I think this thread is a great idea. My contribution: Hyatt Regency Bangkok, Regency Deluxe Suite, 6500 THB + 9k points.
Bottom line is these redemptions are too expensive and require too much effort to generate that level of interest. First, you have to pay the full rate at a top tier property (which the vast majority of churners will never do), and then you have to call to check availability and book.
Personally I think this thread is a great idea. My contribution: Hyatt Regency Bangkok, Regency Deluxe Suite, 6500 THB + 9k points.
but I agree that the high base rate at most nice Hyatts deter many people from doing this to some extent.
Feb 15, 2019, 9:18 am
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Dont underestimate the power of Chinese blogs on the other hand. I think the PH Tokyo premium suite option was quickly downgraded to Governors suite from Diplomat after they pretty much had their inventory wiped out for the whole Summer. (Sadly I was too late to join)
but I agree that the high base rate at most nice Hyatts deter many people from doing this to some extent.
But honestly, are there any really supreme options available outside a select few in Asia? It all lines up for me perfectly because I have a trip to several PH in Asia planned, but so far haven't heard much about other countries.
I figure most hotels pre-set mid-tier suites as their premium. And I've looked into 4 other hotels in Asia with less than spectacular results: GH HK, GH Sanya, PH Sanya, GH Tokyo.
Mar 14, 2019, 5:36 am
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Just got home Tuesday from my Asia trip. Several different Hyatt properties, but used the Premium Suite Upgrade for PH Beijing, PH Seoul, PH Tokyo. Beijing wins best room with the Penthouse Suite. While the main entrance is floor 60 (room 6001) The bedroom of the suite is on floor 59 with direct access to pool, spa, fitness center. There are no other rooms on floor 59. While you can hear noise in the room from outside, it was light and unproblematic.
Also, I'm only Explorist, but they gave me free breakfast, and though it wasn't perfectly clear why, it seemed like that was an unadvertised perk of the room. Also, free non-alcoholic drinks from the mini-bar.
PH Seoul--- Diplomat suite room 2009. Room was very hot when we got there, maybe because of all the windows, but more likely because of radiant heat from bathroom heated floor. Managed to cool it to a comfortable level, but could've been better. Rain shower was oversized and awesome, though it took literal minutes (3-5) to get hot water from it, I think turning on tub faucet to hot helped expedite it. Fireplace can be started on request of service person, didn't bother going through that trouble though. Also the least impressive hotel of the three, though it was still an overall great experience.
PH Tokyo- Diplomat Suite room 4808 (I've heard that they now only upgrade to Governor instead of Diplomatic, not sure the accuracy of this). Stiff bed, least impressive bathroom of them all (they had body sprays, unlike the others, but much smaller tub and no rain-shower head). The room had more elegance to it than the other 2 though, attributed to the piano and all the books.
My overall impression here was that the hotel was ever so slightly better than PH Beijing, but Beijing did have a more comfortable mattress and free breakfast. New York Bar > China Bar, both were great.
Also, I'm only Explorist, but they gave me free breakfast, and though it wasn't perfectly clear why, it seemed like that was an unadvertised perk of the room. Also, free non-alcoholic drinks from the mini-bar.
PH Seoul--- Diplomat suite room 2009. Room was very hot when we got there, maybe because of all the windows, but more likely because of radiant heat from bathroom heated floor. Managed to cool it to a comfortable level, but could've been better. Rain shower was oversized and awesome, though it took literal minutes (3-5) to get hot water from it, I think turning on tub faucet to hot helped expedite it. Fireplace can be started on request of service person, didn't bother going through that trouble though. Also the least impressive hotel of the three, though it was still an overall great experience.
PH Tokyo- Diplomat Suite room 4808 (I've heard that they now only upgrade to Governor instead of Diplomatic, not sure the accuracy of this). Stiff bed, least impressive bathroom of them all (they had body sprays, unlike the others, but much smaller tub and no rain-shower head). The room had more elegance to it than the other 2 though, attributed to the piano and all the books.
My overall impression here was that the hotel was ever so slightly better than PH Beijing, but Beijing did have a more comfortable mattress and free breakfast. New York Bar > China Bar, both were great.
Mar 14, 2019, 5:49 am
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PH Seoul--- Diplomat suite room 2009. Room was very hot when we got there, maybe because of all the windows, but more likely because of radiant heat from bathroom heated floor. Managed to cool it to a comfortable level, but could've been better. Rain shower was oversized and awesome, though it took literal minutes (3-5) to get hot water from it, I think turning on tub faucet to hot helped expedite it. Fireplace can be started on request of service person, didn't bother going through that trouble though. Also the least impressive hotel of the three, though it was still an overall great experience.
