More points promo - 2/15-5/15/2019 - 1,000 (or 1,500 pls / night)
#31
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Some prior promotions had this term:
https://world.hyatt.com/content/gp/e...nes-miles.html
I thought I saw something similar when this promotion was announced but I don't see it anymore.
- Back-to-back stays within a 24-hour period at a single Hyatt hotel are considered one stay.
https://world.hyatt.com/content/gp/e...nes-miles.html
I thought I saw something similar when this promotion was announced but I don't see it anymore.
Anyway, when staying in another hotel the next day it will count... Worried already... As a one day stay is followed the next day by a 2-week-stay in another Hyatt.
#32
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Collecting points via hotel stays is pretty grim. Minus the zero for first night, it's a good promo versus competition. Five HP nights = 7500 bonus points versus 20,000 Hilton bonus points if you change hotels five times. It's easy to find a decent Hyatt for 8000 points. Try that with 20,000 Hilton points. Or, see what you can get with Hyatt for 15,000 points versus 40,000 points on Hilton.
#33
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For sure, if I was in the middle of a long stay I would check out for a day and come back rather than miss out on 20-30k points. My stay isn't that long, but I've already informed my front desk that I'll be checking out on Monday. They're unhappy to lose the biz, but I'll simply switch this upcoming week to another nearby Hyatt.
The "starting on the second stay" is a restriction that Marriott commonly adds to their Megabonuses, and it also receives the same harsh backlash from the road warriors. It obviously depresses business from travelers who are elites with more than one chain and might shift a stay to give Hyatt another look. Most people don't plan 2 stays ahead.
Except for the infuriating "second stay" requirement, this is identical to the promo Hyatt ran at this same time last year. I absolutely believe the WoH folks saw some metric they didn't like and said "what can we do quick?" and someone said "let's dust off last year's promo and rush it out."
Note to Hyatt: stop adding silly restrictions to your promos. All you are doing is POing your best customers.
#34
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Some prior promotions had this term:
https://world.hyatt.com/content/gp/e...nes-miles.html
I thought I saw something similar when this promotion was announced but I don't see it anymore.
- Back-to-back stays within a 24-hour period at a single Hyatt hotel are considered one stay.
https://world.hyatt.com/content/gp/e...nes-miles.html
I thought I saw something similar when this promotion was announced but I don't see it anymore.
Last edited by jn in ca; Feb 16, 2019 at 1:04 pm
#35
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#36
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#39
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Yes.
But why does this require its own thread? https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hyat...q1-2019-a.html
But why does this require its own thread? https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hyat...q1-2019-a.html
#40
Join Date: Jul 2012
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Yes, they said in the T&C:
“Eligible Night” is defined as any night where a member is paying an Eligible Rate or redeems a free night award for at least one night of their stay.
They Chase certs are "free night awards". And Eligible rates are for all paid rates directly through Hyatt (plus some concierge bookings such as FHR, Citi Prestige, Prive) and all points reservations
“Eligible Night” is defined as any night where a member is paying an Eligible Rate or redeems a free night award for at least one night of their stay.
They Chase certs are "free night awards". And Eligible rates are for all paid rates directly through Hyatt (plus some concierge bookings such as FHR, Citi Prestige, Prive) and all points reservations
#41
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Yes.
I am on a long stay, which started before the promo was announced and continuing for a few more weeks.
The promo doesn’t kick in until the second stay. If the T&C’s were friendly, I could just split the stay in two - check out today and check back in, commencing the ‘second stay’. However, the T&C’s require that there be a 24 hour gap between the first and second stay. The only way around this would be to leave the property im in for a day and come back.
Very unfair for those who stay multiple weeks at a time.
I am on a long stay, which started before the promo was announced and continuing for a few more weeks.
The promo doesn’t kick in until the second stay. If the T&C’s were friendly, I could just split the stay in two - check out today and check back in, commencing the ‘second stay’. However, the T&C’s require that there be a 24 hour gap between the first and second stay. The only way around this would be to leave the property im in for a day and come back.
Very unfair for those who stay multiple weeks at a time.
Anyway...
In this situation, if you check out of Hotel A on Friday morning, then check in to Hotel B on Friday afternoon, Hotel A's stay will absolutely count as a stay and all of Hotel B's stay will have their nights count towards the promo.
However, if you "check out" of Hotel A on Friday morning and then "check in" to Hotel A on Friday afternoon, then the stays are very likely to be merged and then the entire time at Hotel A counts as a single stay.
So the two best methods to prevent that situation are:
1) Check in and out of another hotel before your extended stay
2) Have at least a day between when you check out of the hotel for the first time and then check back in.
3) **MAYBE** you could have a one-off stay (even overlapping) at another Hyatt. That could trigger the "first stay" that doesn't count towards promo, then the nights from your longer stay may count.
#42
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#44
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Yes, they said in the T&C:
“Eligible Night” is defined as any night where a member is paying an Eligible Rate or redeems a free night award for at least one night of their stay.
They Chase certs are "free night awards". And Eligible rates are for all paid rates directly through Hyatt (plus some concierge bookings such as FHR, Citi Prestige, Prive) and all points reservations
“Eligible Night” is defined as any night where a member is paying an Eligible Rate or redeems a free night award for at least one night of their stay.
They Chase certs are "free night awards". And Eligible rates are for all paid rates directly through Hyatt (plus some concierge bookings such as FHR, Citi Prestige, Prive) and all points reservations
#45
Join Date: Mar 2016
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Thanks. I read the T&C and was not sure if by free night award whether they were referring only to redeeming points or if any free night award would qualify. They don't allow using a Club Access award with a Chase free night, so I though that maybe this promo might exclude Chase free nights also. To be certain, I emailed WOH and they confirmed today that the Chase free night qualifies.