{"id":3414,"date":"2021-12-27T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=3414"},"modified":"2023-04-18T12:02:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T18:02:53","slug":"hyatts-holiday-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/27\/hyatts-holiday-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyatt\u2019s Holiday Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hyatt got drunk on holiday eggnog (with bourbon of course) and we\u2019re all benefiting. They\u2019ve been:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Giving bonus points for Club Access Awards that expire on December 31, 2021<\/li>\n<li>Extending the validity by six months of Suite Upgrade Awards that expire on December 31, 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I saw this first in private forums and later on <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flyertalk.com\/forum\/33837744-post364.html\">Flyertalk<\/a> and <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/churning\/comments\/rmse1n\/comment\/hppz1vi\/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3\">Reddit<\/a>, and the number of successful datapoints is staggering. All you need to do is call Hyatt and ask for points in exchange for the expiring certificates, or ask for an extension on expiring Suite Upgrade Awards. In case calling someone is below the line, you can also chat via the website or mobile app. The number of points for Club Access Awards you\u2019ll get depends on your status:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Globalists get 500 points each (presumably because Globalists always get club access anyway but Hyatt didn\u2019t want to alienate their top tier members)<\/li>\n<li>Explorists get 1,500 or 3,000 points each<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelingwellforless.com\/hyatt-extending-expiring-suite-upgrades-giving-points-for-expiring-awards\/\">multiple<\/a> <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flyertalk.com\/forum\/33837744-post364.html\">reports<\/a> that this is a new policy, let\u2019s hope it sticks for 2022.<\/p>\n<p>(H\/T D C Domer)<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-editorskit-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3415\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_4325-1024x804.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_4325-1024x804.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_4325-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_4325-768x603.jpg 768w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_4325.jpg 1528w\" width=\"420\"\/><figcaption>Hyatt\u2019s other holiday surprise was scheduled to be this cursed snowman. Fortunately for all of us he melted in the Regency Club.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hyatt got drunk on holiday eggnog (with bourbon of course) and we\u2019re all benefiting. They\u2019ve been: Giving bonus points for Club Access Awards that expire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":1,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quick-hits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3414"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7133,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3414\/revisions\/7133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}