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You Can Now Earn and Burn Hyatt Points on Home Sharing Stays

hotel lobby
Mar 01 2018

Back in September I wrote that as a result of Hyatt’s minority investment in Oasis, the home sharing site would join Hyatt’s loyalty progam. That’s now happened. And you can triple-stack promotions with it.

So while Airbnb talks notionally about what a loyalty program might look like (for both home owners and for guests), Oasis already has one for guests. Hyatt’s. Because effective today Oasis is now part of Hyatt’s ‘Unbound Collection’ brand. And much of the rest just follows logically.

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Leverage Little Known Hotel Rules: Combine Points From Friends & Family in Your Account

hotel lobby
Feb 27 2018

Starwood lets you transfer points free to someone else’s account but your account and theirs must be registered with the same home mailing address. It’s actually even easier with Hilton and Hyatt.

That means you can get friends and family to sign up for cards and give the points to you. In fact they can sign up for cards you may not be able to get yourself.

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Marriott’s CEO Laid Out Vision for 2019’s New Combined Loyalty Program

outside marriott hotel
Feb 16 2018

In Marriott’s earnings call yesterday Arne Sorenson laid out his thinking on the loyalty program that will combine Marriott, Starwood, and Ritz-Carlton in 2019.

The only thing from Sorenson’s remarks that worries me is that they’re driving down the cost of the program for hotels, although no doubt that’s a part of how they get properties on board with program changes they’re planning to announce in the coming months.

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Hyatt Regency Aruba Gives the Finger to World of Hyatt Members

view on balcony looking over ocean
Feb 14 2018

When a hotel program promotes that you can use points for any ‘standard room’ available on property, you think that means the most common room at the hotel. It doesn’t. It means the worst or lowest category room at the hotel.

And some hotels use this to prevent members from using their points. Hyatt has had real problems with this at some of its premier properties.

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