From the desk of the Devil's Advocate... Hyatt is clearly playing games with me.A little more than a year ago Hyatt announced a summertime 20 %
points rebate promotion for award and Points + Cash... [Read more...] about So Which Way Can I Be Wrong About the Hyatt Rebate Promo This Time?
Not exact matches
I don't know if Hyatt was pleased or not with the results of this
rebate promotion, but given how popular it was, there's certainly a chance they'll do it again at some
point in the future.
2,000
points per stay isn't exactly generous — I value Hilton Honors
points at around 0.4 cents each so this
promotion is effectively offering a
rebate of $ 8 per stay.
I value Carlson Gold
points somewhere around 0.4 cents each so, if you have the Premier Rewards Visa card, the
promotion would see you earning 20
points / dollar spent at Carlson properties which is essentially an 8 %
rebate on your booking.
As
promotions go this one isn't exactly lucrative but, valuing Marriott Rewards
points at 0.7 cents each as I do, you'll be getting an effective
rebate of either $ 14 or $ 28 per stay (starting with your second stay)... which is better than nothing.
I used
Points + Cash for the Airport Hyatt, which as a Category 2 hotel cost only $ 55 and 4,000 Hyatt points, and I'll get 800 of those points back thanks to the current 20 % rebate prom
Points + Cash for the Airport Hyatt, which as a Category 2 hotel cost only $ 55 and 4,000 Hyatt
points, and I'll get 800 of those points back thanks to the current 20 % rebate prom
points, and I'll get 800 of those
points back thanks to the current 20 % rebate prom
points back thanks to the current 20 %
rebate promotion.
This is a targeted
promotion, according to One Mile at a Time, but I've... [Read more...] about Save up to 40 % on Hyatt
Points and Stack with 10 %
Rebate
I value Hilton HHonors
points at around $ 0.004 each so that means the effective
rebate during the
promotion period is 10 %....
Because the 20 %
rebate applies only to the
points and not the cash portion, the promotion may actually make Points + Cash awards look worse, even for Categories
points and not the cash portion, the
promotion may actually make
Points + Cash awards look worse, even for Categories
Points + Cash awards look worse, even for Categories 2 - 6.
Many of those
promotions include seasonal standbys, such as fatter cash - back
rebates and new ways to use rewards
points.