Award Chart Update Effective February 7, 2013
Dec 18, 2012, 10:42 am
#19
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Location: Charleston, SC, USA
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PH Aviara in California & PH Toronto ON Canada both go down 5 -->4. Toronto is a lovely hotel, but I would never spend 18K when the HR Toronto in the Entertainment District is a 2!
HP Pittsburgh North Shore 1 --> 3! This hotel is next door to Heinz Field, where the Steelers play their home games & concerts are held in non-football season! Commands >$200 a night for the convenient location! So it was a 2-good-2B-true bargain @ 5000. Also, other Downtown Pittsburgh hotels are surprisingly expensive!
HP Pittsburgh North Shore 1 --> 3! This hotel is next door to Heinz Field, where the Steelers play their home games & concerts are held in non-football season! Commands >$200 a night for the convenient location! So it was a 2-good-2B-true bargain @ 5000. Also, other Downtown Pittsburgh hotels are surprisingly expensive!
Dec 18, 2012, 11:08 am
#20
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Northwest NJ
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But it may also mean that some of us NY area Visa holders may reconsider whether it's worth holding the card or just using the Sapphire card instead. We actually had a reservation at the 48 Lex but cancelled it to go to the Hyatt at Penns Landing in Philadelphia when our son decided to run the marathon.
Dec 18, 2012, 11:22 am
#21
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Location: NYC/LA
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But it may also mean that some of us NY area Visa holders may reconsider whether it's worth holding the card or just using the Sapphire card instead. We actually had a reservation at the 48 Lex but cancelled it to go to the Hyatt at Penns Landing in Philadelphia when our son decided to run the marathon.
At least the Cat 1-4 free nights can still be used in a number of large cities. Compare this to the renewal free night from Marriott's Chase card, which with recent inflation in their award chart (via properties moving up categories) can barely be used in large cities in the U.S anymore.
Dec 18, 2012, 12:07 pm
#22
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: FAT
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Nice that Aviara is now available for my free CC night...
*edit* Typo on Hyatt's part, actually going from cat 6 to cat 5.
*edit* Typo on Hyatt's part, actually going from cat 6 to cat 5.
Last edited by jumpdogjump; Dec 19, 2012 at 4:33 pm
Dec 18, 2012, 3:39 pm
#24
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Location: California
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As of Feb 7th next year: http://hyatthotels.hyatt.com/content...rtupdates.html
HR Incheon, Hyatt 48 Lex and GH Tokyo all up one cat.
HR Incheon, Hyatt 48 Lex and GH Tokyo all up one cat.
Dec 18, 2012, 7:18 pm
#25
Join Date: Feb 2012
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Sooo...I'm confused. The PH Aviara is currently a Cat 6 according to the Hyatt website. I wonder what is the typo? Is it dropping 2 catagories (to cat 4) or just to Cat 5 in which case we can't use it for the free CC night...
Dec 18, 2012, 7:23 pm
#26
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Dec 18, 2012, 9:23 pm
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Dec 18, 2012, 10:08 pm
#28
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(If it were possible, I'd have just struck through your "we" and "?".)
Last edited by Firewind; Dec 19, 2012 at 6:09 am
Dec 19, 2012, 1:01 am
#30
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I'd say that overall, this is a very modest adjustment compared to what other hotel companies do. SPG, for example, adjusts a fair number of hotels annually and it always seems like 1) more hotels move up than down and 2) that more good hotels move up than down.
The fact that Hyatt is moving more hotels down than up and that some of the down movers are Park Hyatts and only one hotel of the seven moving up is jumping two categories means that, IMO, Hyatt is still serious about fairly pricing rewards. It may not be as good as it was 4-5 years ago before they introduced a category 6. But I would note that they are still the only major chain where the majority of their properties are in the lower categories.
The fact that Hyatt is moving more hotels down than up and that some of the down movers are Park Hyatts and only one hotel of the seven moving up is jumping two categories means that, IMO, Hyatt is still serious about fairly pricing rewards. It may not be as good as it was 4-5 years ago before they introduced a category 6. But I would note that they are still the only major chain where the majority of their properties are in the lower categories.