World of Hyatt loyalty program changes start today.
Hyatt’s Top Elite Status Has Become Tougher to Get But More Valuable to Have
It’s harder to reach top tier elite status — no more qualifying on stays, no more credit towards top status via credit card spend, and 60 nights instead of 50 to qualify — for those who reach “Globalist” status it’s the most generous top tier in the industry among major programs.
And it’s even better on net than Hyatt’s Diamond status was before. While there are some tradeoffs (like breakfast for 2 adults and 2 children instead of 4 adults, and no more check-in amenity), there are real improvements:
- My Hyatt Concierge – a dedicated agent to take care of all things related to Hyatt, similar to Starwood’s Ambassador (SPG requires 100 nights for this perk).
- Upgrades at check-in now include standard suites.
- Confirmed suite upgrades now valid on award nights, and you can earn more than 4 in a year — an additional suite upgrade or 10,000 points at 70, 80, 90, and 100 nights in a year.
- A free night at any participating Hyatt property upon reaching 60 nights, waived resort fees, and free parking on award stays.
Park Hyatt Siem Reap
I’m Giving Away Top Tier Hyatt Status to a Reader
Hyatt offered me a Globalist status to give away. I’m not going to do the usual ‘answer a question in the comments and I’ll pick at random’ method. Instead what I’d love is for you to share why or how you’ll benefit from Hyatt Globalist status, and we’ll pick one winner based on the comments.
I’ve got someone who is going to choose for me. I’d love for the Globalist status to go to someone who will get good use out of it and find it meaningful. Entries close Tuesday, March 7 at Noon eastern. All decisions are final and unappealable, you agree that I’ll have no liability for offering this contest. I’m just trying to help a reader here, so please don’t give me a hard time!
Club Lounge at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong
What Gifted Globalist Will Get You — and What It Won’t
Gifted status doesn’t come with the perks that are earned based on night (or spend) thresholds. So it won’t come with the free night for reaching 60 nights, 4 confirmed suite upgrades, My Hyatt Concierge or reduced qualification requirements for the coming year (the need to stay 55 rather than 60 nights to keep status).
But you will receive:
- Upgrades including suites subject to availability, as well as club lounge access
- Breakfast in the hotel restaurant when no club lounge is available
- Free parking on award stays, and no resort fees on paid stays
- Guest of honor privileges, grant someone top tier status for their stay when you redeem your points for them
- Priority early check-in and guaranteed 4pm check-out (doesn’t apply at resorts or casinos)
- Daily bottle of water
- Ability to match to MGM M life Rewards Gold status
Buffet in the club lounge, Grand Hyatt Bangkok
All in all not bad.
So Enter Already!
Why or how would you benefit from Hyatt Globalist status if you’re picked?
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We are planning to travel to Hong Kong, Taiwan’ and Japan for two weeks. It would be great to have the status to get a suite upgrade for each stay! Also free breakfast would be awesome! All Hyatt properties look awesome !
I would love to have Globalist status because I am going to probably switch to Hyatt as my main program due to the spg merger probably combining programs this year .. I was diamond and love Hyatt and will for sure use it ! I Try to travel a lot and love to have top tier status when I stay !
I would love to have Globalist status because I am going to probably switch to Hyatt as my main program due to the spg merger probably combining programs this year .. I was diamond and love Hyatt and will for sure use it ! I Try to travel a lot and love to have top tier status when I stay ! I appreciate the opportunity!
Would take advantage of the fantastic benefits of Globalist tier.
First a trip to the Andaz in Napa, and getting a room upgrade and enjoying for free one of the best breakfasts I’ve had.
Then a trip to the Andaz in Maui, and getting a room upgrade, and use points for the stay so I can benefit from free parking and no resort fees, as both are expensive in Maui.
Gift the Guest of honor privileges to my parents and in-laws for a stay where they can treat themselves.
Planning plenty of travel next year, the status and benefits will come in handing!
It’ll convince me to stay at Hyatts more – even when there are too few in old Europe 😉
REVENGE ! ! ! Like they say revenge is a dish best served cold. I got my heart broken by an ex girlfriend after high school. She thought I wouldn’t go anywhere and was scared she would be stuck in our small town if she stayed with me. Long story short the ex is now the one stuck in our old town and every year the wife and I travel the world. We got married in Maui and now go there for our anniversary every year where we stay at the Hyatt Andaz. The Globalist status would be awesome treat for our next trip to Maui which is coming up towards the end of April. Free breakfast and no resort fees are always a nice treat.
Going to tokyo in october and would enjoy a suite upgrade 😀
I would use it for my mum and me, as I am planning to take her for a birthday trip through (South) East Asia for her 60th Birthday in autumn. Having the chance to stay with the Globalist Status in the properties in Singapore, Bangkok, Hongkong and Tokio getting suites we could never afford to stay in would be more than awsome.
Hi Gary, long time reader here – love your blog! We’re staying at several Hyatts during our travels the coming year and Globalist would make the experience a lot more enjoyble than it already is!
Plan on a year of surprise trips for my Wife, who is taking some much deserved time off
Spending our honeymoon by touring the world for 2months, can’t think of a better way to surprise my wife with all the perks Hyatt globalist will bring and the smile on her face when she walks into a suite. Will be sure to send a couple of happy photos along the way!
I would like to treat my family on our trip to South-East Asia this summer for a little better accommodation than usual.
Thank you for the chance!
Hey Gary, i think you should check if the story of the the cancer commenter checks out and give it to them for traveling. If not i’d be happy to use it myself 🙂 Planning a rtw and this would certainly mean some nice suite upgrades i wouldn’t afford otherwise. Thanks.
My wife and I are taking our honeymoon in May/June and are doing a Hyatt tour of southeast Asia. A few breakfasts and upgrades would really make the experience that much more amazing. Thanks!
I would very greatly appreciate the status as I successfully completed a Hyatt Diamond Challenge and 3 weeks prior to conversion to Globalist, Hyatt decided to rescind my offer even after giving them my money and completing the requirements of my challenge. They offered a measly 15k points for the inconvience.
I like to invite my family for travelling. And upgrade with the with be simply amazing. And of course, I share and blog about my experiences with Hyatt =)
A stay at Park Hyatt Tokyo with a good breakfast and a night in a suite
I have – honestly – never set foot in a Hyatt Hotel before. My HHonors Gold and Club Carlson Gold memberships always point me towards their properties. I’d love to win this and give Hyatt a Chance
If busy is the new stupid, then is the antidote.
If busy is the new stupid, then status is the antidote.
My wife and I are expecting our first child. Larger rooms (via suite upgrades), free breakfast for the little one + mom & dad, along with lounge access for snacks along the way will come in mighty handy and much appreciated.
Having the status will definitely change my travel plans from other brands back to Hyatt.
Since I have been living thousands of miles away from my mother, and she’s getting old and can’t travel much, I am planning to spend as much time as possible with her this year by taking her to a Hyatt trip in Indonesia, where she now lives for retirement. The complimentary suite upgrade and access to club lounge would certainly be a treat and a nice memory which she would cherish forever. I owe it to her.
Would be great for the upcoming summer vacation with the family of 4 to have enough space and some extra perks for the kids.
We have 3 nights coming up at this month at grand cypress Orlando – with 4 kids. Diamond status would be well used in this trip. The breakfast, resort fee waiver, parking, extra space…
Each Hyatt property has an individual character and the Globalist status enable you to explore and enjoy these properties around the world at a highest level. LOVE IT!
I’d say I’d benefit from Hyatt Globalist, because I’m able to give Hyatt a try in Europe. While there are not too many properties, the quality generally is top-notch. That’s especially true for Germany, where even a Hyatt Regency (e.g. Duesseldorf) sometimes is better than a GH in the US. Plus, I can’t wait to give Hyatt Globalist a try in Asia. The upgrades and treatment for Globalists must be amazing there…
My husband and I are planning several trips this year, including San Francisco and Vietnam/Cambodia. We are planning to use our free night certificates on one of those trips and the free breakfast and upgrades would definitely come in handy. In general I prefer to stay at Hyatt hotels, although my status with Marriott and Hilton get me free breakfast (among other things) which is a great perk.
My wife and I have 2 nights booked at Park Hyatt New York in April for our anniversary using Chase free night certs. Would love to make it even more special by having free breakfast and late checkout. Why not feel a little more special on your anniversary.
Treat my family to a suite and free breakfast while we visit our sick grandpa in LA in April.
It’s going to be hard to “compete” with aging mothers and nursing babies; how will the person who is doing the choosing for you ever make a decision? My story/plan is very simple — now that my husband and I have retired and we have been fortunate enough to “taste” Grand Hyatts in Honolulu and Bangkok, I would search for the best four (4) redemptions in the Hyatt network where I could apply the upgrades and plan four (4) 1-week vacations around those properties. I just think that would be a super-fun approach to vacation planning!
Funny at the lies people tell to try and win. I never win anything so no need to lie 🙂
I would use the Hyatt Globalist status to send my parents to the Park Hyatt Paris Vendome or the Park Hyatt Vienna. We traveled together last year to the Park Hyatt Vienna for the Christmas markets and I have such wonderful memories from that trip – to be able to experience that again with my parents would mean the world to me. My parents do so much for all their children and they really deserve to be treated to a getaway with a wonderful breakfast included. The breakfast at the Park Hyatt Paris Vendome is over the top and very memorable. The Hyatt Guest of honor privileges makes that possible. I would also use the breakfast benefit and suite upgrades to go enjoy the new Park Hyatt St. Kitts that will open this year. Thank you for your consideration.
Hi Gary,
In summer, I will go on a one year sabbatical. Looking forward to use my miles and write some hotel reviews. The HYATT GLOBALIST status would definitely sweeten this adventure!
Thanks,
Alex
To enjoy the american guest service in europe and beyond with the hyatt globalist status, what a premium service to get when you a higher premium costumer you are enter the entrance hall in the hotel. I feel like a star.
I would love to get the Globalist status. I will use it for my upcoming travel needs. Upgrades and club lounge will be a huge perk for a family of five with small children, Especially when we spend most of our time in hotel.
I would love to win the Hyatt Globalist Status because we already booked the Park Hyatt Maledives on points for our upcoming Honeymoon. The status would give us free breakfast.
Hi Gary
A stay at Hyatt New York in May with a good breakfast and a hot night in a suite with my girl!!
Regard
After 12 years of marriage my wife and I finally plan to travel without the kids to South America.
There are some great hyatt hotels I have been eyeballing as options to use my chase rewards. Grand Hyatt in Rio and the Park Hyatt Mendoza are two of them.
Elite status would make this trip even more memorable.
Gary, long time reader. Not going to lie, I love free stuff. But more importantly, I’ve never stayed in a Hyatt before! So this would be a chance to try one. Thanks!
Would love to return to status with Hyatt lost due to job/health/travel limitation for almost two years. Will benefit friends and family with 55+ stays and both domestic and international travel. Will change two vacations and several business trips already booked to go Hyatt. Generous offer, terrific benefit
As someone who travels a ton for work (enough to earn Explorist status but just short of Diamond/Globalist), but who doesn’t get reimbursed for meals on the road, having Globalist status with breakfast perks would help me save a lot of money — as well as time spent hunting for cheap/good breakfasts!
Recently switched jobs that will require me to travel more, so would love the Globaist benefits as I’ve been looking to switch away from Hilton for a while. Additionally, my wife and I are planning to take a multi-week trip throughout Southeast Asia in May, and suite upgrades would be the perfect way to add more enjoyment to our vacation (and also get my wife on board with the credit card game)!
HI! What an opportunity! My family is in the throws of the college application process. We have a senior who just applied to college and a sophomore who will be looking at schools starting this summer. There are so many wonderful Hyatt properties around the country. Hyatt Globalist status will allow us to make the college tours more bearable for the entire family. And free breakfast and parking will definitely help to lower our costs! Finally, we are hoping to take the whole family to Hawaii as a graduation present for the two girls next summer (I’ve been saving up for the trip for two year and hoping to pay little to nothing with Chase Ultimate Rewards!). Hyatt Globalist status will certainly make our stays at Hyatt properties in Hawaii that much nicer. Thank you for your consideration.
Booking my first solo trip to Europe, all the globalist perks would definitely improve my overall experience while I’m there for a month!
Hi there! As a travel junky on my private budget I would love to enjoy those expensive but lovely Hyatt nights a little bit more – with some munchies and bubbles in the club lounge and with a better view from a nicer room…
#justdreaming 🙂
Thanks for the opportunity.
Hi Gary,
I’d love to have the Globalist benefit as my wife and I (and 13 month old), have recently committed to traveling more, within the United States and around the world. We’d like to see the world and would like show it to our little one. We are ultimate reward loyalists, therefore often transfer to Hyatt. The upgrades would be great, and the check in/check out would be beneficial for our family for flexibility. Additionally, free breakfast would help to save the bank for the three of us!
The awesome breakfast while on family vacations, that alone is worth it for me.