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New to using points. Looking to book a trip June of 2027 and points redemptions are higher than they are for a booking right now. Do points needed to book a room fluctuate as the travel date approaches? When is generally the best time to book with points?

2 adults: junior suite king/queen beds available at 25k points.

2 adults + baby: for some reason only preferred club rooms are available to the tune of 59k

Have people been able to book the junior suites with a baby in the past? Anyone been able to get a 25k booking with a child in tow?

I booked a suite in France before I realized that I could've used a 15% corporate discount. There's no more inventory for suites for me to book a separate suite before canceling my existing one.

I called Hyatt to see if they could apply the discount to my existing reservation, but they said no. I would have to cancel my existing reservation, then rebook it. But that would be risky since someone could book it before I could do it or somehow it wouldn't make it back into the inventory.

Has anyone tried this?

Currently dining inside a Hyatt property (won’t name which one so as not to get them in trouble) in Chicagoland of all places, which is basically Pepsi city USA. Like I can’t find Coke anywhere in this city except chain fast food and 7-11, and especially not a Hyatt as they have long had exclusivity with Pepsi in the United States.

So imagine my shock when I glance over at a table of well-dressed foreign businessmen, and they are being served cans of Coke Classic and glasses of ice from a tray. Being desperate to fuel my addiction, I order one, and 2 mins later, one appears in front of me. I’m shocked and amazed!

Now I have had this experience internationally to be sure, but never in a US Hyatt have I ever seen a Coca Cola product being sold. I know Marriott and Costco have notably switched in the past year, did Hyatt quietly follow the trend?

My partner and I are traveling in August to SF and I was offered a SUA by a friend to use, the standard suites seem okay at this location but the premium suites seem to be in another world.

If we use the SUA, does that lower the price to upgrade to a premium suite? Or is it still the same price to upgrade no matter what room you start with? I tried to ask the staff at the hotel we’re staying at over text, but they didn’t answer my question and just kind of gave me a copy and paste response

Hello. My sister is in the U.K. and I'm in the U.S. She needed my help booking her an emergency hotel room. I reached out through chat and communicated I was paying for the room, but it was for my sister. This was processed fine but I got an email saying that because it's a prepaid rate, the card used to pay has to be presented at check in.

My sister has her own card she was planning on handing over for incidentals, but obviously won't have my card. I asked chat about it and she said I'd have to call the hotel. I don't have international calling. I've emailed 2 different email address I located for the property, but it's the middle of the night there. My sister's cell phone isn't working. I called the generic Hyatt customer service line and they said they are unable to ​​contact an international hotel for me.

Are they actually going to want the card that the room was paid for with at check in? That seems incredibly strange. Also don't understand why the woman helping me book didn't mention this to me after she suggested the prepaid rate, and knew I was booking and paying for someone else. Thank you.

I was booking an expensive all inclusive at 65k pts for July 29th. On June 29th, I accidentally booked a June 29th (that night so it wasn’t cancellable).

Facebook messaged hyatt and after a quick chat they refunded me my pts as a courtesy. Hyatt FTW.

Hyatt Globalist hitting 150 nights this year and I'll have ~400k Hyatt points by the end of my current stay. Trying to optimize my milestone choice awards (already claimed 20 & 30). Would love opinions

Options repeat across tiers, but basically at each milestone I choose from:

• Points (5k at lower tiers, 10k at higher)
• Suite Upgrade
• FIND credit ($150 or $300)
• Miraval Extra Night (stay one night, get a second free)
• An AA airline perk (MCE seats, or Gold/Platinum status)

My situation:

• Already Globalist, so lounge access is redundant
• Rarely fly American, so the airline stuff feels low value
• Sitting on 400k points already, so I don't need more points

My instinct is still points everywhere, but with 400k banked, am I crazy not to grab the $300 FIND credits or Miraval nights instead? Also wondering if the confirmed Suite Upgrade awards are actually worth it — as a Globalist the suite upgrades are based on availability, so would a confirmed one have real value? What would you do?

Hi all,

I’ve had the World of Hyatt Visa for two years but have only traveled a bit vacation wise in the last few years, I had acquired a decent amount of points (about 110,000), and I’ve earned four free award nights.

First year’s award night, just used at the Hyatt Regency Resorts World JFK (needed it for a work stay), and I’ve stayed at 2 of the JDV properties in Europe because the redemption point rate was quite good for those.

Finally trying to get back into traveling more now, had 3 free nights (two expiring soon I wanted to use in particular), so took a trip to Australia.

Used two of my free nights at Hyatt Regency Sydney, and one free night at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne. Also wanted to try to achieve a brand explorer free night, so stayed at the Caption in Sydney as well, and also Standard X in Melbourne, as I knew those brands would be difficult to check off otherwise with limited locations, so that made five brands and earned an additional free night (all four hotels were great by the way, trip was amazing).

Now for a question…points free nights and free award free nights are both refundable and return either the free night award or the points value back to your account if you cancel within the timeframe? (I wanted to stay at the Hyatt Regency in Zurich before this trip but the room booked up while I was trying to arrange my flights, next time I’d just go ahead and book in advance and cancel if I can get the free night award/points refunded if need be).

Is there anything else I can/should be doing more to maximize my nights/points earned? Thanks for any insight!

Recently stayed at Boston Harbouside.

Great Hotel, good staff, clean room, good location, no problem.

Just got the bill.

What was initially 374.36 per night turned into over 460 per night with the taxes.

Room Tax, County Tax, Tourism Assessment Fee, then destination Fee, then more additional stealth taxes below.

I understand there will be taxes, but this is crazy.

There should be a law where the taxes are included in the initial cost. The room was absolutely not 374.36 per night, as described and sold.

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just checked out of the resort, and they refused to waive the resort fees on my Amex FHR booking, despite my Hyatt Globalist status. They said they don’t provide globalist resort fee benefit on Amex FHR booking. Avoid

Planning to be in Dublin in October - there's only one true Hyatt property (Centric The Liberties) and there's The Alex, and The Mont (both MMS). There are limited reviews on this sub, wondering if anyone can give their two cents. Thanks!

Hi! If I am booking a week with points (standard room since that’s the only option with points), does anyone know how much I should expect to pay if I call after booking and upgrade to an oceanfront room?

Thank you in advance!

Just a quick review. I stayed at Kennedy 89 for a one night/day layover in Frankfurt a couple weeks ago to break up my San Francisco to Botswana travels. I got it witha Cat 4 cert and I think the cast rate was about $300. It's a new (Dec 2025) Unbound Collection property. I was very impressed. They gave me an upgrade to an executive corner suite. Staff could not be nicer or more helpful; they were awesome. I was so jet lagged I missed Globalist breakfast, but it's a full breakfast in the restaurant which looks awesome. They also have a 'Globalist corner' in the restaurant/bar for a 5-7pm small bites and drinks reception for Globalist. I don't know Frankfurt well, so it's hard to say if it's a good location. Only took me about 20 minutes of walking through some pleasant neighborhoods to get to some the main sites, so it worked for me. Close to a light rail stop too. All in I highly recommend for nice new design and wonderful treatment of loyal folks.

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