No 2022 status extension for World of Hyatt members

[Mattg]

I've been reading that World of Hyatt is the only major hotel loyalty program not to give members another 12-month status extension into 2022. Seems pretty poor if so, or am I missing something?

 

[serfty]

It is what it is ... as an "Explorist" I'm looking at MLife.

Doesn't help those Globalists who did not requalify.

 

[esquire]

Yes that is, sadly, correct.
Not sure what they are thinking (or maybe they now have too many US-based Globalists via credit cards to worry about international members who actually need to earn nights…. )
However if you have been a Globalist for a while and made a solid attempt this year speak to your allocated Hyatt concierge and see what they can do (hint).

 

[oz_mark]

Hyatt probably have a good handle on how their membership fared during the year. Maybe because of the size and geographical distribution of hotels, the average WOH did better than occurred in other programs.

Interestingly, in various parts, US members of other programs were complaining they did the hard yards in renewing and it was;t fair that some folk were just getting extensions. So goes a bit both ways, and on Flyertalk, as an example, only a smattering of complaints about WOH handling of it.

 

[serfty]

Of course, those 15 night Globalists from last January still have 14 months ro run.

 

[penegal]

It has been pretty hard to earn/maintain status in this country for the past two years. That is hotel chain and airline agnostic.

Hotel-wise you basically had to do a lot of stays in your own city, or be one of the few domestic road warriors left. A former colleague of mine (DPRV-based, but working the whole year in Canberra, so PH CBR based) didn't get to 60 nights (ended up low 50s) for the whole year in 2021. Normally these sorts of people easily crack 100 nights. The reduction is largely due to the long Prison Victoria lockdowns. On the flip side if he had taken up longer term residence at the PH CBR he would have easily qualified for status, and probably generated the GDP of a small African country in FBT bills for his employer (although presumably maintaining his regular home should have exempted some of that spend).

I do wonder whether we will see any FBT test cases coming out of the COVID period where long[er] term work accommodation was essential to ensure worker continuity and business continuity, but was entirely due to government-imposed lockdown and travel restrictions. Perhaps not covered by the legislation currently, but certainly weighing the facts, any changes to the status quo which would normally generate a taxable fringe benefit could be argued as [should be / being] exempt as they are a direct result of government intervention, rather than a true fringe "benefit".

 

[GSP]

This looks to have changed, I received this email from World of Hyatt I note the word "selected".

GSP, we've got some great news to share with you about your World of Hyatt membership. You've been selected to keep your Discoverist status for another year. This means you have through February 2023 to enjoy your benefits for extraordinary stays. We hope you’re as excited to receive this news as we are to share it.

There’s nothing you need to do—your status will automatically be extended.

 

[serfty]

This looks to have changed, I received this email from World of Hyatt I note the word "selected".

GSP, we've got some great news to share with you about your World of Hyatt membership. You've been selected to keep your Discoverist status for another year. This means you have through February 2023 to enjoy your benefits for extraordinary stays. We hope you’re as excited to receive this news as we are to share it.

There’s nothing you need to do—your status will automatically be extended.

As I also received.

For me, Guaranteed 2pm check out is the most significant Explorist benifit.

 

[Berlin]

I’ve reached Globalist last year thanks to the halved requirement of only 30 nights which I achieved relatively easily despite the pandemic and I look well on track to make it to 60 nights this year (got 10 already and it’s only mid February).

I also happily notice that Hyatt status seems to “count more” than status in other chains, probably because they do NOT make it so easy to achieve. So, as someone said earlier, there’s two sides to it.

Same with airlines- I was only 65 SC short of requalifying for Platinum when Qantas announced yet another status support. It saved me booking a flight I didn’t need but given I was that close on my own, it always felt a bit as if I had been cheated for all my loyalty this year.