Comment Here for a Chance to Win Free Hyatt Points & Vegas Experiences

by Gary Leff

Earlier in the month Hyatt Gold Passport announced a great new partnership with MGM’s M Life program. Gold Passport members can earn and redeem points at the 12 Las Vegas M Life properties. And starting in August there’s reciprocal status as well. Which is great, because I’m not an especially high roller so the M Life status will help me feel a bit more like Sinatra around that city or at least around MGM’s properties (“Don’t you know who I am?!” :).

The major hotel chains are hugely underrepresented on the Vegas strip (though Marriott has Cosmopolitan and IHG has the Venetian). This hotel program “codesharing” fills a real gap — it instantly gives Hyatt the biggest major chain loyalty program presence in the city with the most hotel rooms of any other. And it could form the blueprint for future strategic deals which give members access and recognition in markets that they didn’t have before.


The fountains in front of the Bellagio

Here’s some additional Q&A I did with Hyatt giving details of the new partnership.

I’m pretty excited about it, since for me Vegas is an underexplored destination. Sure, I’ve tipped at checkin at Bellagio for an upgrade ($100 for a 5 bathroom suite). And I’ve visited on business and eaten off the strip. But this will likely get me to visit a bit more, and I’ll probably check out Vdara.

Hyatt is apparently pretty excited about it, too, since they offered me some things to give away to a lucky reader of the blog to celebrate their new partnership and benefits.

  • 22,000 Hyatt Gold Passport points (enough for a night at any Hyatt redemption property in the world, any MGM M Life participating resort in Las Vegas, or multiple nights if redeeming for lower redemption tier properties).
  • Two tickets to a show at a MGM Resorts location in Las Vegas – your choice of – “O” at Bellagio, Zarkana at ARIA, KÀ at MGM Grand, The Beatles LOVE at The Mirage, Jabbawockeez “PRiSM” at Luxor, Blue Man Group at Monte Carlo, Zumanity at New York-New York, or Tournament of Kings at Excalibur
  • One of the following MGM Resorts experiences (Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay, Siegfried & Roy’s Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat at The Mirage, or The Roller Coaster at New York-New York).

Sound interesting? Would you like to win? Here’s how.

The 12 MGM hotels that Hyatt Gold Passport members now have access to are:

  • Category 2: Excalibur
  • Category 3: Luxor
  • Category 4: Monte Carlo, New York New York
  • Category 5: MGM Grand, Signature at MGM Grand, Vdara, Mirage
  • Category 6: Aria, Bellagio, Mandalay Bay, THEhotel at Mandalay Bay

All you need to do is:

    In the comments, answer the question, answer the question “Where would you most want to redeem points in Vegas, and will anything ‘stay in Vegas’ on that trip?”

And then there’s always ‘fine print’:

  • You may enter up to once per day — and I give you a bit of slack in this, I won’t disqualify any entry as long as you don’t make more than one entry per calendar day or as long as no entry is closer than 24 hours together from another one. And if you’re close, we’re cool. I’m not looking to disqualify people, just to make sure there’s no massive ballot stuffing.
  • All entries (comments) must be received no later than Friday, June 28 at 5pm Eastern time.
  • Must be 21 to enter and a Hyatt Gold Passport member to win (if you aren’t a member already you should be — but you can join if you win).
  • I will draw a winner at random in the days following the close of the contest from those that meet these guidelines. Make sure you provide a valid e-mail address when entering to be eligible to win (you do not need to leave an email address in the comments, but along with your name where it asks for your email that email must be ‘real’ or I will have no way of contacting you).
  • I’m the final arbiter in all matters related to this contest and in all matters of interpretation. There is no appeal. I’m doing this because there’s an opportunity to give out some cool prizes and not taking anything in return, so please don’t give me a hard time in the process.

Any questions? Contact me. And hopefully the winner will also follow up with me to let me know their impressions of the experience.

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About Gary Leff

Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel - a topic he has covered since 2002. Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »

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Comments

  2. Bellagio, and yes, something always stays behind in Vegas. Last year I broke my ankle on my birthday in Vegas. The story of that stayed behind!

  3. I would stay in Bellagio. The only thing that would stay in Vegas is some of my money, my hunger and thirst.

  4. The New York, New York: Manhattan is so crowded, no one goes there anymore.

    What can stay in Vegas? Anything that happens after midnight!

  5. Redeem at the Aria for sure!! Love the city center area. Anything “stay” in Vegas? Naah. I just love Vegas.

  17. Stay at the Aria, leave behind a $20 upgrade tip. The successful or failure of the latter will stay in Vegas.

  18. The Luxor so I finally stayed in a pyramid and probably nothing will stay in Vegas except perhaps shattered hopes of winning 😉

  22. Redeeming points at THEhotel at Mandalay Bay would be sweet. If I blurt what stays in Vegas, then it won’t exactly stay in Vegas, will it?

  24. I would definitely redeem the Hyatt Gold Passport points at the Bellagio — which I have heard is quite nice. My life savings would probably “stay in Vegas.” LOL

  28. At the Bellagio – I’ve been dying to do the gondola rides. A secret that shall stay in Vegas!

  29. At ARIA – and I think I’d convince my husband to take me to the Chippendale’s show. He’d probably make that shameful secret stay in Vegas!

  30. at The Bellagio with a new girlfriend and what we will do will be the secret that will stay in Vegas.

  31. The Bellagio of course, and I’ll leave behind a few of those escort services cards that they’re always hustling on the street.

  32. I would stay at Aria, because I really want to experience this new property, and of course what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Don’t violate the code!

  33. I would stay at Vdara and hopefully, nothing more than my dignity would be left behind in Vegas 😛

  34. I’d want to try out Mandalay Bay. Regardless of how much or little I come to Vegas with, my money tends to stay in Vegas.

  35. The Aria, since I have stayed at the Cosmo. What would stay in Vegas would be perhaps a dozen lost golf balls.

  40. I’d stay at the Bellagio for sure.

    As for anything staying in Vegas… who knows, just let the dice roll!

  41. Bellagio.

    I would like to explore Aria as well, since I have not been to that yet.

  42. Excalibur looks like a good redemption value. Should I attend the “TOURNAMENT OF KINGS,” however, that might have to ‘stay in Vegas.”

  44. I’ve always wanted to stay at the Mirage…

    I would leave my secret to conquoring Vegas..in Vegas.

  45. I would most want to redeem points at the Bellagio for a room with a view of the fountain. And, the most likely thing that would “stay in Vegas” on my trip will be my life as a single person because I would convince my fiance to marry me right then and there!

  46. All of the hotels sound good — tough choice — so I’m not sure which one I’d pick. And I’m a pretty dull guy, so there’ll be no need for anything to stay in Vegas…

  47. MGM Grand. It has a soft spot for me as I’ve had some nice runs at the Blackjack pit there. Also, nothing like a lazy river to cure a hangover.

    I’d go with my wife as she’s never been, we’ll leave the kid at the Grandparents, so hopefully all sorts of unmentionable stuff will stay in vegas.

  48. Love the Bellagio and always stay there. As a Hyatt and MLifer, I’m psyched!

  49. I would absolutely love to stay at the Aria! I would leave with no regrets, so those would stay in Vegas…let’s hope my money comes back with me too! 😛

  50. MGM Grand where all the rockin concerts and UFC fights take place at the Grand Arena.

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