Daily Getaways 2022
 

This snuck up fast this year, but no car rentals! But the staple hotels are there

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Wyndham points $175 for 150K seems pricy to me.

These seem like okay deals, not great deals.

There is one set of deals that I will again maximize like crazy. I am sort of surprised if it wouldn’t also be useful to you at times.

I wonder why Hyatt even participates.

$175 for 15K, not 150K
Wyndham had good deal before.
2012 $68.40 for 28K ($2.44/1K)
2013 $216- for 40K ($5.40/1K)
2014 $216- for 40K ($5.40/1K)
Since 2015, I never purchased Wyndham point from Daily Getaway.
Wyndham used to have 5,500 point/night some properties.
It was good time.

It seems to me like Hyatt has fewer packages available for sale than in prior times. Or am I mistaken about that?

Hyatt’s commitment to this seems to be dropping. And already has long been the case, Hyatt packages have been so few that they were very difficult to grab for most prospective buyers. This year looks no better, with such a small allotment of packages.

If it's the program I think it is, it seems like you can never redeem points at the hotel we'd use it for.

If you would be ok with staying in the city close to the Express train to the flygplats, there is almost always availability at the one with a made-to-order omelette station included in the complimentary breakfast for all hotel guests. It might require two rooms depending on party size, and in the week running up to a particular night availability can dry up, but otherwise availability there is usually very good even at peak summer times for the city. With the checked baggage situation, I guess if you want to do it the night before, then it’s not as good a deal.

At c. $55 per room night for a room, I can’t skip being in the buy buy buy game for it. Given they also often move me into their largest suites on one night award stays — something particular to my status in another program — it’s a great return for that area we both connect in on the way to the airport,

Also, if you are looking to put up others while visiting that country but traveling around beyond the golf club storage place, you could do so potentially via this deal. There are many hotels across that country where the points are a good deal.

It’s been many years since Hyatt has offered many packages. Maybe 10 years since I’ve been able to buy any. Bots usually scrape up the small amount available.

Help Request,

Is this offers strict for both american & canadian only ?

Is there anyway to buy this package for other nationals ?

Thanks ...

Hyatt had the exact same offer last time.

As long as the bank card gets accepted for payment, it has worked. But most potential foreign card users faced problems with the payment getting accepted when trying to pay.

The problem is when a foreign bank card doesn’t get accepted for payment because the card billing info is asked for and that can result in a no-match rejection of the card for payment.

If you look up the 2017-2019 Daily Getaway threads on this forum, you will probably find more details there about how it was done. IIRC, even some UK. Amex card users got it to work somehow despite their billing zip codes having letters in them. I don’t recall the exact mechanics of how that worked.

I do know that we did the following for foreign family, friends, colleagues whose loyalty program accounts were/are registered with addresses in Asia, Europe and Latin America: we bought the packages by having unique US bank cards to use for the package purchases and then having the foreign acquaintances transfer money to settle the purchase amounts with us. If you have US bank card holding acquaintances who aren’t using their bank cards for these purchases, maybe you can tie up with such a US card holding relative/friend/colleague and get them to buy the package for you (or perhaps provide you the bank card info to use if the relationship they have with you is such that they trust you with all the bank card info, including the 3/4 digit security code).

But definitely not the year before that last Hyatt offer (in 2019).

In 2018, on May 8th: Hyatt Point Packages

24,000 World of Hyatt points for $260
30,000 World of Hyatt points for $330
40,000 World of Hyatt points for $415
72,000 World of Hyatt points for $775

Points Cost Available Packages
24,000 $260 120
30,000 $330 54
40,000 $415 30
72,000 $775 25

It was stupid then and it's stupid now. Hyatt is spending money to create negative goodwill.

Hyatt should either drop out entirely or offer 100x the packages at 1.5 to 1.6 cents per point. That would be fairer to both Hyatt and its customers.