Hyatt reducing elite requirements for 2021
Dec 2, 2020, 4:20 pm
#106
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: NW Iowa
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Posts: 378
Travel demand is down big time even for hotels that are open and pretty much operating like normal in places without government "orders and changes" (related to the pandemic) "killing them". And given something like a tenth to a third of pre-pandemic business travel is unlikely to come back for at least 2+ years (if ever), I can't say I'm surprised by Hyatt reducing elite status qualification requirements and keeping them lower (than pre-pandemic levels) into at least part of 2022 (if not longer in parts).
Chicago Hyatt hotels live off major event/conference-related attendance and people coming in for business/sales meetings, and that's not happening in this era where employers and vendors don't want to set themselves up with liability for endangering the lives and health of their employees and those coming into contact with them. A substantial chunk of business is being done via video calls instead of in-person get-togethers, and that is business "killing" business.
Chicago Hyatt hotels live off major event/conference-related attendance and people coming in for business/sales meetings, and that's not happening in this era where employers and vendors don't want to set themselves up with liability for endangering the lives and health of their employees and those coming into contact with them. A substantial chunk of business is being done via video calls instead of in-person get-togethers, and that is business "killing" business.
Dec 3, 2020, 12:07 pm
#107
Join Date: Feb 2005
Programs: Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium, Hyatt Globlist, Hilton Silver, Amtrak Select Plus, UA Silver
Posts: 2,025
What's confusing about it? Before the promo was extended, it would have ended 1/4. So if you have a stay with check out date before 1/1, you would earn 1 eqn for each night in 2020 and 1 eqn for each night in 2021 . However if your stay crosses into 2021 (start in 2020 and ends between 1/1-4) then all your nights count twice in 2021 and none in 2020. Example: 12/5-1/4 stay would earn 30x2 nights in 2021 and 0 in 2020, 12/5-12/31 stay would earn 26 nights in 2020 and 26 nights in 2021
Now if the extension is confirmed and the new end date is 2/28/2021, any stay with a check out date of 2/28 and before would earn 2x eqns for 2021. Example: 12/31-1/30 stay would earn 30x2 nights in 2021 and 0 in 2020.
Since globalist only requires 30 nights, do your maths to figure how many nights do you need to get there
Now if the extension is confirmed and the new end date is 2/28/2021, any stay with a check out date of 2/28 and before would earn 2x eqns for 2021. Example: 12/31-1/30 stay would earn 30x2 nights in 2021 and 0 in 2020.
Since globalist only requires 30 nights, do your maths to figure how many nights do you need to get there
Dec 3, 2020, 12:21 pm
#108
Join Date: Feb 2005
Programs: Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium, Hyatt Globlist, Hilton Silver, Amtrak Select Plus, UA Silver
Posts: 2,025
I for one don't want to see these Hyatt properties be "killed". Just hope the vaccine will allow us to begin leisure travel again. As I mentioned above, the armies of travelling IT consultants is no more and that unfortunately will kill off some of these properties. Really SAD.
Dec 3, 2020, 5:29 pm
#109
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 287
If you book with points will that stay count as double also?
Dec 3, 2020, 5:39 pm
#111
Join Date: Mar 2009
Programs: Hilton credit card Diamond, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 2,653
Dec 3, 2020, 8:00 pm
#113
Join Date: Sep 2020
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Dec 3, 2020, 10:27 pm
#114
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: NGS
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Yes, they do get doubled. Please see the comments section (search "free night award") of the following link and you'll get confirmation of this.
https://onemileatatime.com/earn-hyatt-globalist-status/
Also, the Hyatt Q&A for this promotion (https://world.hyatt.com/content/gp/e...le-points.html) says:
5. What is considered an Eligible Stay?
For the purpose of this offer, an eligible stay is defined as any stay at a participating hotel where a member is paying an Eligible Rate or redeems a free night award for at least one night of their stay. Back-to-back nights at the same hotel will be considered one eligible stay. See complete terms and conditions on worldofhyatt.com for a list of participating M life Rewards and Small Luxury Hotels destinations. Only eligible stays after registration will qualify. Only stays with checkout dates after registration and on or prior to February 28, 2021 will qualify.
https://onemileatatime.com/earn-hyatt-globalist-status/
Also, the Hyatt Q&A for this promotion (https://world.hyatt.com/content/gp/e...le-points.html) says:
5. What is considered an Eligible Stay?
For the purpose of this offer, an eligible stay is defined as any stay at a participating hotel where a member is paying an Eligible Rate or redeems a free night award for at least one night of their stay. Back-to-back nights at the same hotel will be considered one eligible stay. See complete terms and conditions on worldofhyatt.com for a list of participating M life Rewards and Small Luxury Hotels destinations. Only eligible stays after registration will qualify. Only stays with checkout dates after registration and on or prior to February 28, 2021 will qualify.
Last edited by Nagasaki Joe; Dec 3, 2020 at 11:05 pm Reason: Add information
Dec 4, 2020, 7:01 am
#115
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Virginia, USA
Posts: 4,511
Having been out of the Hyatt loop since the advent of Globalist, I'm more than a little confused by the distinction between "eligible tier night" and "eligible stay" for purposes of this promotion. Most of the bloggers and some of Hyatt's pr releases imply that multiple successive nights at the same hotel would qualify as separate "tier nights" for purposes of this promotion. But posts here, with Hyatt website quotes" say that successive nights at the same hotel count only as one "stay." Which is it? Is there a distinction between "tier nights" and "stays" in terms of benefiting from this promotion?
Dec 4, 2020, 7:07 am
#116
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Location: Chicagoland, IL, USA
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Having been out of the Hyatt loop since the advent of Globalist, I'm more than a little confused by the distinction between "eligible tier night" and "eligible stay" for purposes of this promotion. Most of the bloggers and some of Hyatt's pr releases imply that multiple successive nights at the same hotel would qualify as separate "tier nights" for purposes of this promotion. But posts here, with Hyatt website quotes" say that successive nights at the same hotel count only as one "stay." Which is it? Is there a distinction between "tier nights" and "stays" in terms of benefiting from this promotion?
Dec 4, 2020, 9:47 am
#117
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Location: Virginia, USA
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Dec 4, 2020, 10:04 am
#118
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 21
How often do you get an upgraded room or a suite based solely on being a globalist without using a suite upgrade? Thinking of planning a hawaii trip later next hear and would likely stay and grand hyatt kauai. Regency maui and andaz maui. The waived resort fees would be nice. But if you get upgraded most of the time based on status alone i think it would definitely make it worth trying to achieve globalist.
Dec 4, 2020, 10:33 am
#119
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How often do you get an upgraded room or a suite based solely on being a globalist without using a suite upgrade? Thinking of planning a hawaii trip later next hear and would likely stay and grand hyatt kauai. Regency maui and andaz maui. The waived resort fees would be nice. But if you get upgraded most of the time based on status alone i think it would definitely make it worth trying to achieve globalist.
Dec 4, 2020, 10:37 am
#120
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: IAH
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Posts: 2,164
How often do you get an upgraded room or a suite based solely on being a globalist without using a suite upgrade? Thinking of planning a hawaii trip later next hear and would likely stay and grand hyatt kauai. Regency maui and andaz maui. The waived resort fees would be nice. But if you get upgraded most of the time based on status alone i think it would definitely make it worth trying to achieve globalist.