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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.