$75 Hyatt Visa forcibly PCing to $95 card

[FinStar]

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@wasCB14 wrote:

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@staticvoidmain wrote:

$20 increase to $95 sounds reasonable for a card with an included annual free night. Amex had the same thing with SPG ($95) (which is now exclusive to Chase's Boundless Visa), and their $95 Hilton did not even have a free night (which is why I canceled it). Seems like they are enforcing streamlining/simplifying their portfolio by removing legacy products.

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As I said, I doubt I will cancel. I have a lot of Hyatt points and I don't want to risk letting them expire if I were to close the card and forget to buy points occasionally. And eventually I will travel again and use the card.

I know $20 isn't much...and I know they are simplifying...I'm more grumpy over the principle of a forced AF hike on a travel card when we're in the middle of a pandemic without any recompense to customers. There were incentives in the past to upgrade but I ignored those offers as I thought I could keep my card for at least a few more years. Between Continental cards, TravelPlus, and legacy Marriott products Chase seemed to keep legacy products active for many years.

I have the $95 "old SPG" Bonvoy Amex. I actually got to keep the 50k night by downgrading from Brilliant right after the AF hit. Otherwise it's a 35k night.

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I know what you mean @wasCB14.  It can definitely seem like an annoyance, as in one should be able to stay with such product (based on choice or tenure) versus having to be boxed or migrated into something may not align with such uniform product family.  I get it and thankfully the AF hike isn't as significant for you to keep the card.

An example would be for a variety of us that were grandfathered with the Ritz CC (some folks can still upgrade their Bonvoy CCs if eligible).  Yet, many of us were not so fortunate to keep the JPMorgan Select card and it converted to CSP.  There were others who also lost out on the Fairmont card (when discontinued) who eventually found themselves converted to CSP as well 🤷‍♂️

Luckily, I was able to obtain all the upgrade [SUB] promotions when Marriott, IHG and Hyatt had those offers a while back.

[NRB525]

I already PC'd my Hyatt to the new WoH card. Consolidation for current card holders seems reasonable.

I just got a letter that the $15,000 spend for an additional Free Night is changing. Starting in calendar 2022, the $15,000 spend will be on a calendar year basis. Leading in to that, the cardholders will still spend based on Cardmember year, except that wrapping up 2021 will end that cycle on Dec 31, 2021. On January 1 2022, all the cardholders start with a Calendar year spend cycle to meet the $15,000 / additional night.

[Roger1071549]

Restarting a (somewhat) old thread but I just hit my first AF after being forced into the world of hyatt card. They charged the old ($75) AF. I expected it to go to the higer fee but will take the $20 "discount". 

[MrDisco99]

Kinda scared for my my IHG card after hearing this.  I'll be pretty miffed if they take away my $49 annual free night.