Hyatt Becoming a Daily Driver

[Anonymous]

With regards to CSP that was my reasoning as well. Well, that and my lowish scores lol. So decided to go for the Hyatt. Crazy I know but it was literally my dream card

[Anonymous]

Granted nothing in the HGP program devalues, I could never get rid of it either!

[red259]

I really only use my card when staying wiht Hyatt. I have the CS so if I am not using my prestige on restaurants I am using my CS and earning Chase URs. If I want to transfer those to Hyatt I can (and I usually do), but at least this way I have an option of using the points on something other than Hyatt if the need occurs. The free night isn't all that great don't be misled. On a recent trip I could find no hyatts at any of my destinations that were low enough category to even use the certificate at. The platnium status doesn't do a whole lot either. Sometimes they offer card holders a lower redemption rate on award stays which ended up saving me over 20k points a year ago. I kept the card in hopes they would do it again but no luck so far. This card has my highest credit line but I think I may PC to a freedom unlimited if they allow me to. My status with marriott gets me more so I would likely go with them on paid stays anyway. Its certainly not a bad card, but given the difficulty in using the certificates I don't think it will work for me going forward. 

[Anonymous]

Interesting experiences, red. I've gotten much value out of the free night, although circumstances vary. Hoping you can find some way to put that credit limit to better use on a different card.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:
That's not bad at all. The free night stay every year is a cool bonus. But I guess if you don't travel much it might not make much sense as a general spending card?

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You don't have to be a world class traveler to keep this card in your wallet. You do at least take 1 vacation annually?

[Anonymous]

I used to use the Hyatt as an everyday card but they dont have many category level 4's in NY. and i have trouble deciding where to travel to that i can use the free annual night at a categ level 4 to make it seem worth it. So for now i'm using my new United card for small purchases and amex for the large purchases. 

United is only 1 mile for $1 so that sux but i thought airline miles could always be used... 

not sure if i'll keep the Hyatt card come next March but the free annual night covers the AF and i dont really like just getting a card and cancelling in a short period of time (2 yrs)

[Anonymous]

Hyatt, IHG, and Marriott are on my wishlist.

I've read that Hyatt and IHG are not under the 5/24 rule yet, so I may try for both in a month.

[myjourney]

I wouldn't consider using this card as a daily driver but I find it useful in my case 

Free Internet doesn't matter in my case cause I can use my phone as a hot spot 

The 15% bonus is a plus and builds points fast 

The free annual night is a plus 

72 hour room guarantee

The late checkout and free upgrade I've used every time up until last week the hotel was full and understandable why I couldn't upgrade(COPA America) 

But all in all for the low AF I'll keep it

I also don't book my hotel with the card as I get better value from the use of  Amex charge or CSP for redemption purposes 

I will however put dining on it if I have a meal at the hotel or if an establishment is connected to the hotel like in Dallas (Wolfgang Puck)

But dining is limited as well since I get 3% on a business card just depends on the situation (business or pleasure)

[jsucool76]

It's definitely a great card for the value of the free night alone, however, I find the HGP program to be "meh" at best. I couldn't care less about earnings and redemptions as much as I care about benefits, and Marriott and Hilton are pretty much tops with that in the mid-tier level. Spg has decent benefits as a top tier, and Hyatt is okay at top tier.

[RonM21]

I've had that happen here and there where I start using one of my cards a bit more than intended for that period of time. For me, usually, there is no logic to it. Sometimes it's more of a matter of when I finally pull it back out of my wallet. Strange, but that is what I tend to do.