Get paid 10x more, provide 1/10th the hospitality.

Hotel chains are not in the hospitality business anymore, they are just fancy excel spreadsheets dressed up in REITS to maximize profits that just happen to manage the marketing for property owners.

And despite these massive price increases rarely a welcome amenity,declining breakfast quality and variety,no welcome amenity points etc
Lower property quality as well
They act like its a big deal to leave a few plastic bottles of an off brand bottle of water.
You go abroad its clearly better in all/most regards and way less money for what you receive
It feels as if hotel companies in the US are almost price fixing or just simply matching each other in pricing and redemption like greedy airlines.
The program is fine its the rest of package that seems broken with pricing and redemption.Overprice it and they will still come?

And customers need to pay an extra 3x on top in tips...

My burning on Hyatt properties has been manly Cat 7 and Cat 8, and as a non-American I�ve had to earn 100% of my miles through Hyatt hotel spend.

Given the relatively limited breadth of the Hyatt portfolio, I don�t think that it makes sense any more if I�d be looking at a 40%+ devaluation in rates. I�ll sit back and assess for a few months, but I think that the Hyatt value prop might have turned sour for foreigners.

I was trying to persuade my husband to switch his work travel to Hyatt. The main draw imo was to be able to use points for personal travel when cash rates are high. When the points rate increases to match the cash rate, that�s the main benefit (for a non globalist) out the window.

I would agree many of us like the waived resort destination fees but in my assessment it is an elite status illusion
when we look at the new redemption increases
they are getting those fees anyway depending on when you book peak Vs non peak etc
You seem to be on point looking at your options.Im back engaging in other programs eco systems
too more aggressively now.
If I�ve learned anything after 27 years on Flyertalk it�s diversify
The airline programs taught us that long ago.Put all your eggs in one basket and your a victim in that given
program getting your account balance fleeced.

Imagine a bank account saying we are going to deduct from your total balance depending on when you withdraw
And how busy we are
Your account balance will be worth 37% or more less starting sometime in May
Thanks for your blind loyalty

Park Hyatt Jakarta. My favorites are also Park Hyatt Suzhou

Which properties are people aiming to burn their points on? I assume the maldives ones will be popular but is their others? I am so annoyed and disappointed as I was hoping to continue to pursue Lifetime Globalist but is it even worth it? I do not have access to hyatt credit cards so i need to go out of my way to do nights in Hyatt but i cant see the benefit anymore.

The benefits of Globalist over similar status at Marriott outside of the US really aren�t very high as resort fees don�t exist in many places outside of the Americas and driving is less common than in the US for traveling. Outside of the US, Marriott offers just as good of a proposition for free breakfast, late checkout, and lounge access. I see the logic on suite upgrades and the lack of SUAs with Marriott, but without SUAs, I find Marriott to be better than Hyatt with complimentary suite upgrades (with Ambassador status). Since Marriott has such a better footprint outside of the US than Hyatt, why not just do that?

In the US, I do still see the appeal of Globalist with resort fee waivers and a more consistent breakfast benefit execution on property.

For us, there is yet another certainty in life: devaluation...

The spread of added �service charges� to nightly rates outside of the US really kills the Hyatt globalist no resort or destination fee advantage as well since those aren�t waived and often at 10%.

I have Marriott LT Titanium and Hyatt Globalist, but I still prefer Hyatt even when outside of the US. In Europe, I find that Hyatt is better at recognising status and in Asia, I often find Marriott prices to be higher than Hyatt's at relatively similar standard properties.

I wouldn't exactly say that. I was at the Courtyard Munich Ostbahnhof last month and the breakfast was EUR25 or so per person, and the welcome amenity was a EUR20 voucher. That doesn't even cover one breakfast, let alone three. Not a huge deal - in this particular case, we walked down the street to Yorma's and got some breakfast there.

Another example, we stayed at the AC Cordoba and at checkout they told us breakfast was not included for anyone, not even a Titanium.

Despite being LT Titanium with Marriott, I can't keep their rules straight and there are plenty of times I don't end up with a satisfactory breakfast for me, let alone my family. I have never had this happen with Hyatt.

While I've been a huge fan of Hyatt due to the quality of their product and fixed award chart, the reality is that Hyatt truly has a small footprint. Hilton used to be my go-to, but their devaluation has been brutal. The only saving grace is their footprint is a winner for me. Now I'm not certain where my loyalty will lie.