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?
would love an upgrade at PH BKK of one of the many benefits gained from top tier status 🙂
Getting married in September and planning to honeymoon in the Maldives. This will be great to have for a stay at the Hyatt there. Thanks!
As a Hyatt Diamond for the last year I have been able to have my wife and kids join me when traveling for work, and to show them different parts of our country and world for nearly free by gaining access to larger rooms and free breakfast (and great early evening snacks) in the club. Unfortunately I didn’t requalify as Diamond this last year, and am now Explorist. While I plan on using my 4 club upgrades to have my family travel with me, they won’t be able to make as many stays as in the previous year. Getting a year of Globalist will help keep us physically together, and to see more places in this great big world.
The room upgrade and breakfast benefits of Hyatt Globalist would give the family some great memories on our upcoming international trips this year, visiting family and friends in both Thailand and the UK.
This summer my husbamd and I will be driving to California with our three young children. We have already booked nights at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach with points and free night certs. Having Globalist status would make the trip so much more amazing. The potential room upgrade would be great and the free breakfast would free up money to spend on other fun things to do with our kids. This will be our one family trip of the year and we really want to make it a special one!
Bonjour Gary,
First of all, Thank you for your amazing tips in how to get miles. I applied for both AA cards and got the Aviator and the Citi. I should be getting 90k soon. So, planning to take my parents on vacation. They are both retired and have not taken a vacation in years.
I am in school and working hard now. I would love to take my parents for their 25th wedding anniversary in July to a beautiful Hyatt. They will be so thrilled if we get upgraded to a Suite or get free breakfast or both. They have never stayed in such luxury hotels.
They are both very sweet and simple people but this would be the highlight in their entire life if they were treated like royalty at a Hyatt hotel.
I also want to surprise my husband for his 50th birthday. He will be thrilled. I know there are so many people here that qualify but we deserve to have something amazing happen to us. I have never won anything in my life before. We have dealt with loss of my husband’s job and etc this past three years. Regards,
Me
I would definitely love to combine the Globalist benefits like free breakfast with my Hyatt credit card free night. I am a bit surprised that for MGM the Globalist only status matches to Gold status.
I’d like to use suite upgrades at the Grand Hyatt Singapore!
I would love an upgrade when I head to Seoul and Tokyo next month 🙂
I’d use DSU’s at Grand Hyatt Tokyo.
with 2 little kids and a wife who travel with me on work trips – never like to leave them at home having globalist status saves me a tonne on breakfast and a great bonus if I get a suite. Saves sitting outside in a hallway doing work on the laptop.
Started staying at Hyatts last year when I did a status match – great hotels and will continue with them regardless
I travel every week and stay in Hilton branded hotels 2-3 nights a week. While I’ve loved being a part of Hilton, I’ve had my eye on Hyatt for a while. Something about the Hyatt brand is larger than life in where their hotels aren’t just a place to crash or sleep but a way of life. It’s something I’ve been dying to experience for a while now but never had the courage to officially make the switch. Being a Hyatt Globalist would definitely push me over the edge 😉
Wife and I will be taking a year away from our day jobs starting July 1 for world travel, including travel writing/blogging (we have one blog that is Disney focused and will be creating a new one for our year of travel). Our current intended destinations that have Hyatt properties include Cartagena, Bogota, Rio, Buenos Aires, Vienna, London, Washington DC, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Beijing, Bangkok, (we haven’t filled in all the details of our time in Southeast Asia), Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, and Sydney. We haven’t planned our second stint in Europe or Africa, yet, but those two legs will combine for the final four months.
I can’t promise that we’ll drop $500 to try the absolute best properties in every city we stop in. Here’s what I can promise.
1. We’re planning to stay mostly at cheap Airbnbs, so we will definitely have lodging money to spare, and we will take advantage of the Globalist status for all it’s worth. There’s not a travel blogger I’ve read who didn’t absolutely love the occasional indulgence when it came to a night’s rest. I can promise at least 12 nights at serious properties in 12 major cities.
2. We’ll blog about it, a lot, to make sure we’re not the only ones benefitting from this opportunity (we’ll also be sharing it with family/friends along the way, including with my in-laws at a wedding in Hong Kong). We’re both excited to expand our travel writing and blogging beyond our current topic (Disney). No, we haven’t stayed at the best resorts in the world (except Ritz Kapalua for honeymoon), but we’re good writers, pretty experienced travelers, and we’ll only be growing from here. I’ll even get a book about photography, because right now I’m just not great at that…
3. We’ll be eternally grateful to you (and we’ll make sure our loyal reader bookmarks you too).
Thanks for the opportunity, and congrats in advance to whoever wins!
Free breakfast
The past 3 years I’ve been in the Army, and for half that time, I’ve been deployed. While I’m excited to get out, start college, one of the greatest things the Army did for me was help me discover my love of travel. I’ve gotten to travel across the United States on leave, something that had I gone to college right away, I wouldn’t have gotten to experience (I also had no clue what I wanted to do with my life at the time, so there’s that also)
For the past few months, I’ve been planning a month-long solo trip to Europe, something I’ve always wanted to do, but never thought I’d get the opportunity. Learning about points and miles, I finally have enough (with some cash as well), to make this dream a reality. Globalist status would help by making my trip that much nicer. Getting to wake up with a free breakfast would allow me to put that money elsewhere, whether it’s at a museum, or some other attraction, and all of the other perks would obviously improve my experience while I’m overseas!
Got travel a lot for business. While my customer can enjoy business class i’m only allowed to book economy.
So at the end a Globalist status would help for compensating
As a Senior about to graduate college I would benefit from being a Hyatt Globalist because there would virtually be no other way for me to obtain it. I have plenty of UR/Hyatt points for stays and sometimes they are pretty cheap I can just pay out of pocket…but good lord I can’t do 60 nights. I wouldn’t even take globalist as something that would purely benefit me, but I am in the process of starting a travel website as well and it would be great to share content with my readers.
Globalist is the highest tier of the new World of Hyatt program, Hyatt added 1 more tier ups from 3 to 4. By adding more layer on the program and also increasing requirements on becoming GLOBALIST, meaning that the treatment the globalist will be the best out of the best. Hyatt Properties has always been my favorite, I personally love Park Hyatt and it has always been my favorite, with the new Globalist Status I will definitely enjoy the warmest hospitality and the unlimited suite upgrades at my Second Home in Seoul, Park Hyatt Seoul!
I would use it to get the free breakfast at the Salt Lake City Airport Hyatt Place. The breakfast is already free, but I would tell everyone I was a Globalist just to see the awed look spread across their faces. As I scooped up rubbery eggs and reheated potatoes, I would know that I could have a much nicer breakfast were there a Park Hyatt at the Salt Lake City Airport, and even just having that knowledge would nourish me more than the Hyatt Place breakfast sausages that fell somewhere between a hot dog and a Slim Jim texture-wise. I keep complaining about the food, but it wouldn’t matter in the end. I’d be a Globalist. Thanks in advance.
Hyatt Globalist status will give me breakfast in the hotel restaurant at Hyatt Regency Hakone because no club lounge is available. I’d love to visit Hakone and stay at Hyatt Regency Hakone during one of my next trips to Japan.
We’re moving back to the U.S. this summer after a long assignment in Europe….can’t wait to get back to a part of the world where Hyatt properties are much more available—and also we can start vacationing in Latin America!
That status will be perfect for our Kauai break:) Wish to have so.
I would use it to finally get nicer beachfront vacation for my wife who is definitely working too hard.
Hyatt is her favorite chain but we weren’t able to prolong our status we got from previous status match. Therefore I’d really be happy if you’ve chosen me. (Cat’s from Shrek look)
World of Hyatt would be my most benefitial loyalty program if I should be chosen.
Hey ,-)
..will travel through India the coming months, plan to stay a lot in Hyatt Hotels and might achieve the Global status anyway, but would be great having some benefits right at the start, making the trip a lot more comfy and less expensive.
Greetings from Hamburg,
Marcus
I have a young wife and two young children, so the possibility of a suite upgrade AND free breakfast is huge, especially on my constrained military salary.
Today is my 81st birthday and soon our 60th anniversary. We’ve only been able to afford the lowest tiers. Since we have no idea of the upper tier life, we’ll probably be content to stay as minimalists.
Having access to larger rooms and free breakfast are a big help for family travel.
Getting bigger rooms would be amazing, so would be free breakfast. I would definitely use it for the family vacations coming up, and maybe even make a couple of hotel stays for work more durable.
My husband is retiring this year and I have wanted to start his official retirement with a big surprise trip and some smaller trips as well. Unfortunately, since he has traveled for business for the past 40 years, his idea of a vacation is to NOT get on an airplane and to NOT stay in a hotel. I, on the other hand, have not gotten to travel very often with him and thus, do want to get on an airplane and stay in hotels. Being a globalist might just push him over the edge and make him amenable to hoping on that airplane and staying in some really nice hotel rooms. I think he’d enjoy the travel because he’d get to actually visit a city and not just view it from the sky or out of a meeting room window!
I would surprise my girlfriend with a Trip trough Europe. She always wanted that.
I’d love to use this status for my next upcoming trip with my girlfriend to North America. This could be a good way to add some luxury to our budget backpack trip!
Hmmmm….. sounds good.!
I have discovered Hyatt Diamond last year and I cant believe it’s already gone as I had such a great time at Hyatt properties, particularly the Park Hyatt Tokyo, and above all the Park Hyatt Chicago, where we could visit Parker, the hotel’s resident pug! I hope to visit again – and discover the many more incredible property Hyatt has!
I would truly appreciate receiving Hyatt Globalist status. Even though I love Hyatt hotels group, and usually stay in them when I travel, I don’t stay in them often enough to qualify for anything more than Discoverist, currently.
I was the victim of a serious auto accident while traveling out of the country two and a half years ago. My ability to travel is reduced by my injuries.
I would love being pampered by the special treatment that a Globalist receives at my favorite hotel group, Hyatt.
The free breakfast will allow easier vacations for my family as we won’t have to worry about finding breakfast that is acceptable to my wife and kids. Suite upgrades will help make weekend stays in the UAE and full vacations around the world much more comfortable and relaxing. I would also love to use the guest of honor to help treat my parents to an enjoyable vacation.
I like the idea of granting someone top tier status for their stay when you redeem for them. Would be nice for giving a surprise gift to those you care for like an anniversary stay or a birthday vacation and let them be pampered during their stay.
Having globalist status would make the trip I’m taking my father on for his 60th birthday even more special & comfortable.
To see if I ever get a suite upgrade with Hyatt
I’m bringing my wife on her first trip to Australia for our first wedding anniversary, and I’m using Hyatt card free nights to stay at the Park Hyatt Sydney. It would be great to have a better shot at an Opera House view and to get the breakfast benefit too. She doesn’t know where we’re staying yet, so this would help the surprise go from good to great.
If I win, I would be able to cement my loyalty to Hyatt as my top preferred hotel brand. I’ve held top status at other chains but it seems that Hyatt has a consistently better product across the board.
With Globalist, there’s a surprise treat I’d like to share with my wife when she comes to the Middle East. We’ve been apart for a couple of months due to work, and a really nice stay may just make it all worthwhile. Ssssh!
Going on a SE Asia tour Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and finally Korea. Suite upgrades and breakfast would be great for the family.
With family free breakfast and larger rooms are great!
I would love to enjoy free breakfast and suite upgrade on my future travel. It will definitely help my vacation to be more enjoyable.
I travel a lot, so free breaky/ckub come in handy, also we plan a long family vacation, where it would help a lot!
Winning would bring me back to Hyatt! I was Diamond for years, but just stopped switched back to Starwood because I wasn’t confident I could get 60 nights in. Now it seems I’m going to be travelling a lot more and the goal would have been easy.
My girlfriend and I are taking our first big international trip together and in hopes of impressing her I booked the Park Hyatt Buenos Aires and Park Hyatt Mendoza. Checking in with globalist status would be the icing on the cake.
Gary-Thank you so much for offering this generous Hyatt status to your readers. Also, please thank the donors at Hyatt. I would love to receive this, as I’m fairly new to the points and miles “family” and have not yet reached any elite status in any hotel brand. My husband served 22 yrs in the Air Force, and I served for 8 years, and after the sacrifices we’ve made for our country, it would be so wonderful to enjoy our travels with these awesome upgrades. Thank you.