craigthemif

Globalists can be making a booking for a time when they expect to have lost their status. For example making a booking today for a stay in March 2025 after an expected downgrade.

The more IT has to mess around with "what if" scenarios, the more problems arise. The current situation is clearly the safest. If a Globalist wants to waste a GoH on themselves despite the warning then nobody is harmed.

SP03

Just because you are a Globalist now, doesn’t mean you will be a Globalist when you stay.

Hyatt has no way of knowing if you’ll achieve Globalist again in the future.

Could it possible not show if your stay is before Feb 28 of the following year or for people who have already achieved 60 nights to extend status? Sure. But it’s not as easy as you made it be.

It only makes no sense to people haven’t thought of those scenarios where your solution won’t work.

antonius66

Here's a new one to me. Called glob line to apply a goh to a friend award stay and they transferred it from my account to theirs then applied it. Hours later, my friend gets an email saying hey sorry, as long as you have 1 free night on your booking with 4 nights of points, we will have to remove your GoH.

Wasn't aware for one that free nights and goh don't go together (I'm so ****ing sick of Hyatt and their BS attempts to enforce breakage on all awards by arbitrarily not letting you use stuff together), but more it shows that the restriction is not even a coded issue since they applied it fine and only later threatened to remove it after looking at it.

Edit to add interesting side note. After talking to rep to remove the GoH, she did tell me something I had not considered (not that it changes my perception on the obnoxious arbitrary rules but at least I understand a slight bit of motivation on their part). She mentioned part of the reason for the breakage inducing rules is that Hyatt and the reimbursement rates for certain awards compared to points is different, so it seems that it's part of Hyatt begging hotels to take the flag and reduce the impact to them by agreeing to restrict award types on a reservation to just one, so apparently they must pay less for things like free night certs vs points.

azepine00

hyatt never allowed "double" certs (i always thought due to IT limitations of essentially having only one field for cert code but based on your example maybe not) - nothing new here. Just book with points, apply goh or upgrade cert and book the last night with cert separately - you may or may not get perks by extension.
A very minor inconvenience i can live with - it's not like other chains are offering smth better. ymmv as always

SP03

I think it’s still the same issue. Hotels combine back to back reservations so now you have a FNA and a GOH on the same reservation.

surikatina

Thanks so much for posting this. I was also unaware of this rule and had a similar reservation coming up for which I was planning to attach a GOH cert. However, I changed it back to all points.

theroz

What the OP needs to is book the award nights on 1 res with the name of 1 person and then use the GOH on that, then book a 2nd res using another person who will be staying for the cert res, Of cause if only 1 person will be staying this wont work. From from I recall I didnt have to list every persons name on a res, so Allan Jones party of 2 for 3 nights on pts using a GOH and hang up and call back and gift the cert to Alice Jones party of 2 for 1 night, the Hotel will probably make them change rooms for the cert night sometimes they wont.

Sophoclefr

Hello,
Just opened a WoH account and gave to GoH award to my ex wife so that she can take the children on holiday to Morocco.
The awards appear on her account but when trying to book the hotel there isn’t the option to use them (cash rate so it’s not because they can’t be combined with a FNA).
Any idea what could be the issue?
Thanks!

Matt4200

How did you just open a WOH account and you have GOH go gift? That makes no sense.

As for your recipient just have them call in to apply it.

SP03

Maybe he was referring to a new WOH account for his ex wife?

Matt4200

Maybe…the wording is a bit ambiguous I suppose. Either way the best solution is posted.

Sophoclefr

Yes!
Sorry for the confusion…

ArthurSFO11

Sorry if this has already been covered in the thread, but I wasn't able to find it.

I understand it's not possible to combine multiple certificates on the same stay (e.g., cat 1-4 free night award and suite upgrade award).

Does this also apply to a 2K Next Stay Award and a cat 1-4 free night award? I read the T&C fine print in the app when selecting the 2K Next Stay Award, but it's still not clear to me.

Matt4200

Works fine.

futuramadramallama

If a gifted Guest of Honor award is sent this year, but the recipient completes the stay next year (but before the end of February), would the sender accrue a qualifying night for this year (the year the gift was sent, and the status-year the gift is "attached" to), or next year?