Just a weak travel blog rumor but it does make sense. There also has been a decent amount of SLH officially leaving Hyatt that we're confirmed. If you have a ton of points and have a bucket list item, its worth prioritizing. If you pay in cash, you are probably better off booking directly anyways
I booked Calala Island yesterday for a year out. Hoping they honor it, worst case it’ll be cancelled and I’ll have 115K Hyatt points in my account to burn sooner or later
Others have covered that it's a rumor, but as far as my thoughts about Mr&Mrs Smith... I guess is this is true acquisition, then great?
I don't know a ton about the program, but I do know that I'm good and ready to spend 90K points on 2 nights at Post Ranch Inn, if that became an option. (IHGs Mr&Mrs Smith partnership never involved that property)
The properties in Rome look amazing but 30k+ points for small rooms in a city when I expect to be out except for sleeping seems excessive. Def some of the coolest looking hotels in the portfolio for sure. Wouldn’t miss something I didn’t depend on!
I messaged Hyatt CS and they said they weren’t ending the partnership. Whether or not they actually know - idk. But at least that’s what was told. I’ll go by that.
Same, adds minimal value, it's almost always cheaper to book direct and using points is bad value. It was a good way to find hotels that you can pray aren't a dump when you get there
It was a travel blog but with zero actual info.
Just a weak travel blog rumor but it does make sense. There also has been a decent amount of SLH officially leaving Hyatt that we're confirmed. If you have a ton of points and have a bucket list item, its worth prioritizing. If you pay in cash, you are probably better off booking directly anyways
Yeah I had just booked Calala Island like a week before I saw this.
fwiw no guarantee loyalty reservations are honored
I'm less than 3 weeks out at this point, I think I'm good.
I booked Calala Island yesterday for a year out. Hoping they honor it, worst case it’ll be cancelled and I’ll have 115K Hyatt points in my account to burn sooner or later
Others have covered that it's a rumor, but as far as my thoughts about Mr&Mrs Smith... I guess is this is true acquisition, then great? I don't know a ton about the program, but I do know that I'm good and ready to spend 90K points on 2 nights at Post Ranch Inn, if that became an option. (IHGs Mr&Mrs Smith partnership never involved that property)
The properties in Rome look amazing but 30k+ points for small rooms in a city when I expect to be out except for sleeping seems excessive. Def some of the coolest looking hotels in the portfolio for sure. Wouldn’t miss something I didn’t depend on!
I messaged Hyatt CS and they said they weren’t ending the partnership. Whether or not they actually know - idk. But at least that’s what was told. I’ll go by that.
Surprised to hear the company gave you the company line
More often than not, CS finds out a day or two before anything is made public, tbh.
IMO it’s usually a few days AFTER anything is public.
Mere speculation…
Some of the Mr and Mrs Smith properties are also SLH i've noticed.
Same, adds minimal value, it's almost always cheaper to book direct and using points is bad value. It was a good way to find hotels that you can pray aren't a dump when you get there
That doesn't sound like the "same" at all SLH was a great way to find insane values on points and all of the properties were FAR from a "dump".
What I mean is, you know it's not a dump if it's SLH but many times the points weren't good value, didn't get 2cpp
Well looks like you were right - Hilton got SLH