CrashDavis

For those mattress runners, congrats on achieving your status in record time!

It seems as if there are plenty of people (here or on other blogger sites) who have shelled out of pocket plenty of money for projected benefits which will hopefully be able to be realized by February 2023. Time will tell, but at least it was a great opportunity to get into the top level for a period of time.

With lounges and breakfast to be limited for quite sometime, I guess the gamble is that 2022 will be the year of benefit for all of this spending. Hope it works out for you.

For those new Globalists (30 nights), just make sure that you manage your expectations when you do get to travel again. Upgrades to a higher floor or a premium room may be the most likely outcome, unless you stay at a specific hotel a lot, which then may upgrade you to a suite (which happens when I have recurring stays at certain properties).

For those new Globalists (60 nights), the true value is the 4 suite upgrades but many properties do play games on categorizing the type of suites, limit availability, etc. The key will be to have a good concierge that can assist you there.

There are some great aspirational properties in the portfolio, but be prepared for select points/award availability (certain number of days required), for suite availability manipulation game to be played by these properties (e.g., Andaz Maui), etc.

Even while Hyatt may be arguably the best top tier program (and touted by many bloggers to increase their credit card sign ups), just make sure that you are reasonable with your expectations....

joachimm

Welp, as soon as you posted this I checked Park Hyatt Kyoto and there is no standard suite availability, cash or points for my dates for 4 nights in November. There's availability the previous 4 nights (over a weekend!) but nothing Sunday-Wednesday and I can't really change my dates at this point. There was availability around a week or two ago. I'm sure we'll be happy with whatever room we get, but I was excited to apply the TSU here for a Park Suite.

I've gone through the points & miles hype cycle so I knew coming into this that there was a chance it might not work out like I hoped, but this is not a great way to start things off.

joachimm

Data point: I hit 61 nights via doubled points Jan 8th and received an intro email from my concierge this morning. If Hyatt is smart, they are making sure that newly acquired Globalists are being taken care of, given the competing programs at Marriott and Hilton. Hopefully they have retained/hired to be able to handle the increase in Globalists.

SHLTP

Ask your concierge to help. I've done this several times when suites were not available. Concierge calls several times and it works out sometimes

cbali139

Does anyone have any data points as to whether using Hyatt Gift Cards negates the bonus points/EQNs? I know it's called out on the FAQ, but it seems a little silly to me since it's essentially like cash or a credit card. I know the safest route would probably be to save them until after the promo period, but since the GCs were recently re-issued, I wanted to use them before they're inevitably hacked again... TIA!

SF1K

Had stay from 12/22 to 1/9. 9 nights of it were award. It didn’t post properly only as 7 eligible nights but I’ll call to have that fixed in a few days when the folio becomes available online.

Data point I wanted to make is that today the 25% rebate for the points portion posted. So 3 days after check out.

Kacee

It can be much longer. Mine just posted for a Jan. 3 checkout.

Zwiebelbauer

Thanks for the DP! I hit Globalist 12/20 and am at 102 nights now but still no email

coleslaw

You should consider sending an email or contacting Hyatt via twitter to ask about it. Some people never get a Concierge email.

Hydro88

Just forget about the "personalized" concierge and contact the twitter concierge team or the properties directly

parrotheadmjb

Does the 25% rebate work on SLH award bookings? It looks like it does, I searched the thread but couldn't find the answer even though I bet someone has already asked.

gooseman13

Am I correct that the MGM properties get 4x on the promotion? They seem to show as resorts.

Visconti

Yes. In my experience, the mainline MGM properties have always earned bonus on spend and nights credit when booked diretly or via Hyatt's site. Prive & FHR, you still should, but my experience has been limited there.

parrotheadmjb

Personalized concierge is way better. I frequently user twitter still but get inaccurate information or messed up bookings and have to get my concierge to fix it or give me accurate information. For example Twitter: No GOH does not work with 25% award stay promo, Concierge: Yes GOH does work with promo. End result: got the rebate.

Yesterday twitter told me to book the Thompson Zihuatenejo in a premium suite using points to upgrade from cash is $599 + 9k points which makes no sense since the standard rate for the premium suite is $599

SST

I had 5 nights posted on 1/1 courtesy my WOH credit card. Had one stay post for a single night 1/1, making 6. A week later, a posting of one night labelled "Chase Credit Card Nights" (I assume this is the double nights bonus) put my account at 7. I then had a 7 night stay, with one night booked as a free night, using a certificate. After that stay, my night count was 14. Today, I also have TWO additional entries for "Chase Credit Card Nights", but my total is 20 nights. Shouldn't it be 21??? (14+7+7)? I thought the free night was doubled, too.