This is not a super exciting benefit since you lose out on earning points and stay
credits with hotel loyalty programs and often will not have your elite status perks honored.
We often think about airline loyalty programs when we think about putting a value on miles and points, but you can do the same
thing with hotel loyalty programs like World of Hyatt.
By booking through what is essentially a travel portal, it also seems less likely that you'll be able to earn
points with a hotel loyalty program, though this remains to be tested.
The Platinum's complimentary status
with hotel loyalty programs, car rental programs, and membership with airport lounge networks and Boingo can add up to drastically improve the quality of your travels.
Contrast
this with hotel loyalty programs that have added many more tiers and enabling them to better match the cost of a hotel with a higher award cost.
With hotel loyalty programs we generally don't face the dearth of useful award space that we face when looking for saver awards on the likes of American and United — hotel points are eminently usable so, if you make sure you don't overpay, promotions like this one can be useful.
These typically require you to have a certain level of status
with another hotel loyalty program and proof that you've stayed with that hotel in the past year.
Status matches are when a hotel program will grant you a certain level of status based on your existing status
with another hotel loyalty program.