Hyatt extending status, free nights because of coronavirus
Apr 3, 2020, 9:55 am
#16
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I am at 13 nights with no hotel nights any time soon. I am to spend $67500 on 1x spend to get to 40 nights to get $100 plus a cat 4 night?
Then another $50k to get to 60 nights and a cat 7?
Vs 2% cashback easy?
When my Globalist has been extended?
No thanks.
Apr 3, 2020, 10:01 am
#17
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Opportunity cost too high for me unless really close to the threshold.
I am at 13 nights with no hotel nights any time soon. I am to spend $67500 on 1x spend to get to 40 nights to get $100 plus a cat 4 on the way?
Vs 2% cashback easy?
When my Globalist has been extended?
No thanks.
I am at 13 nights with no hotel nights any time soon. I am to spend $67500 on 1x spend to get to 40 nights to get $100 plus a cat 4 on the way?
Vs 2% cashback easy?
When my Globalist has been extended?
No thanks.
If someone has a 7-night stay at Kauai or Maui, a suite upgrade certificate carries a lot value....
But if you stay mostly at HH and HP, then those rewards have no value.
Apr 3, 2020, 10:03 am
#18
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Apr 3, 2020, 10:31 am
#19
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Lol wish I would get something extra I'm at 31 nights so definitely going to hit 60 again
Apr 3, 2020, 10:32 am
#20
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Location: ORD [formerly] + HKG
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For Globalist Feb 2022-Feb 2023, can you do 30 nights this year and 30 nights the next...? I’m assuming no but don’t see any verbiage anywhere about this.
Apr 3, 2020, 10:37 am
#21
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This is great news! Thank you Hyatt
Apr 3, 2020, 10:40 am
#22
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It says free night awards that expired in March will be extended and deposited on April 20.
I had one a cat 4 expire in March that I conceded to 10k points. I wonder how they will handle that.
I had one a cat 4 expire in March that I conceded to 10k points. I wonder how they will handle that.
Apr 3, 2020, 10:42 am
#23
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I am at 51 nights to date, so going to make sure to hit at least 70 or 80 this year once travel starts up again.
Apr 3, 2020, 10:43 am
#24
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Apr 3, 2020, 10:49 am
#26
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Excellent news!
Well done Hyatt
Well done Hyatt
Apr 3, 2020, 10:56 am
#27
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Apr 3, 2020, 10:58 am
#28
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Now this is great news on all but some of the best benefit of globalist are bound up in the milestone awards. Any word on those? If I can't make my 60 nights this year, I'll lose the WoH Concierge? my Cat 1-7 cert? suite upgrade rewards? In my mind, these are the things that make being a globalist something special that stands out. Perhaps there is something that I'm missing here.
Apr 3, 2020, 11:06 am
#29
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Yeah for me, I am happy to have the status renewed, but not getting the DSUs is a major negative. That is an essential part of the status for me. That is one thing I hated that they changed...I do not mind the other stuff being tied to the nights as you earn them, ie the free nights, the bonus points/certificate etc, but the 4 DSU should all come with the status like they used to. Still a great move, I just wish they would keep the 4 DSU added to next year. I can live with the rest of it not being granted unless you hit the milestones. I am pretty damn sure though that the concierges are staying.
Apr 3, 2020, 11:09 am
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Now this is great news on all but some of the best benefit of globalist are bound up in the milestone awards. Any word on those? If I can't make my 60 nights this year, I'll lose the WoH Concierge? my Cat 1-7 cert? suite upgrade rewards? In my mind, these are the things that make being a globalist something special that stands out. Perhaps there is something that I'm missing here.
There’s actually one exception and this will benefit Globalist members who aren’t able to stay 60 nights this year. The dedicated Hyatt concierge is a 60 night benefit rather than a Globalist benefit. I spoke with Amy Weinberg, Senior Vice President for the World of Hyatt program, and she told me that Globalists who currently have a Hyatt concierge will keep them next year. (And though Marriott has laid off many of their equivalent Ambassador agents, Hyatt is not doing so.)