Shortly before the pandemic Hyatt added several Destination Residences timeshare properties to the World of Hyatt program though many of these had limited participation. Destination Hotels was one of the brands Hyatt acquired from Two Roads Hospitality, hotels were joining the program fully, but the timeshare properties each had their own arrangement.

This might have included ‘earn only’ or no elite benefits. Now, however, more of these hotels are becoming available for points stays.

Resort at Squaw Creek in California, The Lodge at Spruce Peak in Vermont and Vail Residences in Colorado were already added. Now they’re including:

Property	Location	Award Options	Award Category
Christiania Condominiums	Vail, CO	Standard Room Premium Room Standard Suite Premium Suite	7
Christiania Lodge	Vail, CO	Standard Room Premium Room	7
Vantage Point	Vail, CO	Premium Room Standard Suite Premium Suite	6
The Landmark	Vail, CO	Standard Room Premium Room Standard Suite Premium Suite	7
Westwind	Vail, CO	Premium Room Standard Suite	6
Vail 21	Vail, CO	Premium Room Standard Suite	7
Enzian	Vail, CO	Standard Suite Premium Suite	7
Willows	Snowmass Village, CO	Standard Room	6
Countryside at Snowmass	Snowmass Village, CO	Premium Suite	7
Stonebridge Inn	Snowmass Village, CO	Standard Room Premium Room Standard Suite	7
Aspenwood	Snowmass Village, CO	Standard Room Premium Room	6
Capitol Peak Lodge	Snowmass Village, CO	Standard Room Premium Room Standard Suite	7
Terracehouse	Snowmass Village, CO	Premium Room	7
Lichenhearth	Snowmass Village, CO	Standard Room Premium Room	5
Shadowbrook	Snowmass Village, CO	Standard Suite Premium Suite	7
Top of the Village	Snowmass Village, CO	Premium Room Standard Suite Premium Suite	7
Interlude	Snowmass Village, CO	Premium Room Standard Suite	8
Villas at Snowmass Club	Snowmass Village, CO	Standard Room Premium Room Standard Suite Premium Suite	7
Tamarack Townhomes	Snowmass Village, CO	Premium Room Standard Suite	7
Kaanapali Alii Resort	Lahaina, HI	Standard Room Premium Room Standard Suite Premium Suite	7
Lahaina Shores Beach Resort	Lahaina, HI	Standard Room Premium Room Standard Suite Premium Suite	4
Puunoa Beach Estates	Maui, HI	Standard Suite Premium Suite	7
The Islands at Mauna Lani	Waimea, HI	Standard Suite Premium Suite	6
Mauna Lani Point	Waimea, HI	Standard Room Premium Room Standard Suite Premium Suite	6
The Lodge at Kukui’ula	Koloa, HI	Standard Room Standard Suite Premium Suite	8
Wailea Beach Villas	Kihei, HI	Standard Suite Premium Suite	8
Polo Beach Club	Kihei, HI	Premium Room Standard Suite	7
Wailea Grand Champions	Wailea, HI	Standard Room Premium Room	5
Ekahi Vacation Condos	Kihei, HI	Standard Room Premium Room Standard Suite	5
Makena Surf Resort	Kihei, HI	Standard Suite Premium Suite	7
Wailea Ekolu Village	Kihei, HI	Standard Room Premium Room	5
Wailea Elua Village	Kihei, HI	Standard Room Premium Room Standard Suite Premium Suite	7

At several of these properties the lowest level redemption isn’t a ‘standard room’ but rather a premium room or a suite. Normally at ‘all suite’ properties a suite is considered a base room, priced at the standard room rate on the award chart. That’s true, for instance, at Alila in Bali and at the Park Hyatt in the Maldives. It’s even true at Marriott, where an inclusive stay at Al Maha in a standalone Bedouin villa with private pool is a regular category 8 redemption.

Saying that a hotel doesn’t have standard rooms is something Starwood used to do. An all suite property might be double (or more) the price of a regular room at the same category. Eliminating that practice actually made Marriott Rewards the better redemption program for several truly top hotels.

Take Tamarack, for instance, which is category 7. A standard room would be 30,000 points but that’s not an option here. Instead the lowest level redemption is 39,000 points for a ‘premium room’ (48,000 points for a suite).

That said, Tamarack does currently allow booking a “4 Bedroom Deluxe” for 48,000 points per night, which could be a great deal for some (though likely tight with four bedrooms squeezed into 1300 square feet).

This is not a practice I want to see more of at Hyatt, which counts several Starwood Preferred Guest alumni among its leadership. And this is all before Hyatt imposes peak season redemption premiums starting in mid-October for stays in March 2022 onward.