Hyatt Gold Passport has announced that, from 1 August 2016, 106 of its hotels will be moving up or down in Gold Passport category meaning that 106 Hyatt hotels will see the cost of
an award night change on that date.
Not exact matches
Higher education institutions should take the lead on ending discrimination — and on the ESPY
awards just a few
night's ago Carmelo Anthony stated that athletes have to get involved in promoting desirable
change.
Munn, who hosted the
awards,
changed up her lip color a couple times throughout the evening, but her unfairly silky waves and glowy skin remained silky and glowy all
night long.
The 90th Academy
Awards turned Sunday
night's ceremony in Los Angeles into a celebration and exhortation of representation and inclusion, after a year marked by seismic cultural
change in Hollywood that rippled across the world.
At Tuesday
night's 29th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival
Awards Gala, the Molly's Game star was presented with the Chairman's
Award by the film's director, Aaron Sorkin, and used her acceptance speech to deliver a powerful message about
change.
Did the winners (and losers) at last
night's big
award show do anything to
change the state of the Oscar race?
The Golden Globes, this year, are shaping up to be an exceptionally political
awards show, on the red carpet as well as during the ceremony — «political» not just in the show's interest in national politics, but also «political,» more meaningfully, in that many of the
night's participants have recently been raising their voices to advocate for structural
changes.
The BAFTA
changed their schedule in 2000 so that their
awards ceremony could be held before Oscar
Night.
However there was a
change in the tide over the course of the
night and the Best Picture
award, which Reds should have won, went to Chariots of Fire (1981) a rather tepid and, frankly boring British film with a majestic musical score.
It, in no way, represents the position of THE LENS or any bloggers, actual or fictional, other than «nickelndime» and «nickelndime's» BFF «ASP» who could not accept this
award tonight (oh, scratch that — that's for another
night)... So here goes: «RSD Superintendent Dobard can't
change.
Please note that completing this product
change may result in a
change to the month you receive your annual Marriott Free
Night Award e-certificate.
In addition to the old Diamond benefits that aren't being
changed — such as club lounge access on all stays, a late 4 pm checkout, and two United club passes each year — Hyatt has also added free parking on
award nights and early check in when available.
That made me wonder: would I have to
change rooms after my first
night, since that was the only
night I had the right to apply a suite upgrade
award to?
The Hyatt Credit Card gives out a free Category 4
award night each year, and it's become more difficult to use each time category
changes are announced and some favorite properties move from Category 4 to 5.
Hilton have said there will be no
change to the maximum number of points that will be charged for a standard
Award night.
As of 30 March 2016, 24 Hilton properties will cost more HHonors points for an
award night while 14 properties will require fewer points — this is a comparatively tame set of
changes.
IHG recently made
changes to its
award rates, increasing the top tier level to 70,000 points per
night.
The
changes to the hotel categories mean little without some context, so here is the Hilton HHonors
award chart which shows how many points are required to book a
night at each category of hotel:
UPDATE 8 May 2016: The full list of properties where
award nights will cost you more has now been taken down by IHG but the big / more important
changes are discussed below.
One of the few positive
changes we've seen thanks to the introduction of the World of Hyatt is that, regardless of status,
award nights will not incur resort fees... and this can sometimes make a big difference to the math when it comes to deciding if buying points is a good idea or not.
There is no
change to the number of points needed for an
award night.
Includes at look at whether Hilton lied when it
changed the way it shows the 5th
night free offer, news of a new Amex Centurion lounge, rumors that another airline loyalty program will move to a revenue based system, details of the latest Flying Blue Promo
awards and some fantastic Business Class fare from Europe to the US.
Parallel to these
changes, Chase is rolling out two new cards, including a Premium card that offers a free
night (with the same limitations), a 20 % discount on purchased points, a 4th -
night - free
award and 10 points per USD spent for an annual fee of $ 89.
The only positive
change is for those who plan to redeem your points for
award nights in India, where a lot of hotels have dropped to lower categories, which means you will need less points for
award nights.
Since implementing these
changes last year, Hilton has eliminated
award categories, making it even more difficult to plan your
award stays — the hotel for your dream vacation might jump from 30,000 points per
night to 70,000 points without warning!
Here's what's
changing Currently, we
award this Anniversary Free
Night each year after your anniversary date, and it is redeemable at any IHG property.
One of my favorite credit card bonuses is ending today for good as the Hyatt Credit Card will
change their sign - up bonus any minute now from two
award nights to use at any Hyatt within one year of earning the
awards, to 40,000 Hyatt points to use as you choose after hitting the spending requirements.
Analysis: Wyndham just
changed their
award chart so every room is 15k per
night.
Counting
award nights toward elite status eligibility is a step in the right direction for Hyatt, which obliterated its loyalty program and
changed from the Gold Passport to the World of Hyatt last year.
The most valuable partners in my opinion are United (which never charges fuel surcharges, allows free date
changes, has flexible routing rules, allows one - way
awards, and has dozens of partners to fly on) and Hyatt (where you can stay in incredible hotels that charge $ 1,000 per
night with
awards as low as 5K and up to a maximum of only 22K points per
night).
There's no
change to what counts as an «eligible stay,» which is to say that free
night awards still won't count towards status.
Then I plugged in the category
changes to compare what
award nights, on average across all Hyatt properties, cost under their new chart which goes into effect in early January.
And you don't earn fixed miles on
award nights, if you don't
change your earning style away from that when redeeming points you'll leave points on the table.
I did this while still on the phone with Hyatt Gold Passport, provided the confirmation number, and the agent was able to
change it to a free
night award, and send me the new confirmation.
↓ Take Only Two InterContinental announced
changes to their IHG Rewards Club terms and conditions restricting PointBreaks bookings to two PointBreaks
award night reservations per hotel.
PointBreaks are reduced
award redemptions at IHG hotels (Intercontinental, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn, etc.) that require just 5,000 Rewards Club points for a free
night, and
change every few months.
Well, the new
award chart keeps those prices in place but
changes the rules so that you are charged per
night.
Looking only at standard room and suite
award nights, there will be no
changes to Categories 1 and 2.
Sweeney — who was presented with the Development Legend prize at last
night's Develop
Awards — was reflecting on the sudden rise of smartphones and how they have
changed the games market during a discussion with Develop editor Will Freeman in Brighton.
While it is not the Oscars, and it shouldn't try to be, a few
changes to bring The Game
Awards slightly closer to something as regal as the film industry's biggest
night could be beneficial.
The premier of
Changing The Game at this year's
award ceremony will showcase our thriving industry on a
night where we recognise the achievements, successes and accomplishments of the games industry.
That was evident at the Good Neighbor
Awards gala during the REALTORS ® Conference & Expo in New Orleans on Saturday
night, where the 2014 class was officially honored for the life -
changing work they do to improve their communities.