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• Brian says:

  4 Aug4 August 07:16

  I noticed that Travelzoo is currently running a deal at the Park Hyatt Hamburg (which Rob rates so highly) for 255 Euros including breakfast and various extras.

  • Alex says:

    4 Aug4 August 10:53

    I paid £120 a night a few weeks ago just through Hotels.com, albeit without extras

• Dannyrado says:

  4 Aug4 August 07:44

  You have to pay a specific minimum rate to upgrade to a suite at 6000 points. That minimum rate is the cash rate for any deluxe room… Which I’m sure will be eye watering. Not entirely sure it’ll be ‘a steal’ Rob!!

  • Raffles says:

    4 Aug4 August 09:04

    Hyatt suite upgrades are a genuine steal if:

    A deluxe room (which you need to book) is either what you would have booked anyway or is close in price to a basic room

    And

    A flexible rate, which you must book, is close in price to a non-cancellable rate or you were going to book a flexible rate anyway

    If these align you’ve got a deal.

• Simmo says:

  4 Aug4 August 09:05

  £570 a night in Mallorca? Crazy money!

  £280 a night sounds about right as it looks such a nice hotel…

  Obviously comparing Oranges and Apples but… £2000 gets you 5* All inclusive including flights for a couple for a week is available in various hotels on the island.

  • Rob says:

    4 Aug4 August 09:07

    £570 is a standard deal in August for high end luxury in Mallorca.

    Arguably it is cheap. I looked at the St Regis and they wanted £2,000 per night for two rooms in mid August. I assume the Hyatt will be nearer that next year. We are slumming it at the Hilton but we are still paying more than £570, albeit for a junior suite and connecting room.

    • Leo says:

      4 Aug4 August 09:44

      I’m at the Hilton in September – full report please!!!

      • Rob says:

        4 Aug4 August 10:19

        A barrister friend who I respect has been to Sa Torre numerous times and this is teh only reason we are going. They have a lot of rooms and combos which are not on the website and which you need to email them to ask about, which is what we did. Also got the standard Hilton 50% discount on a 2nd room for children which kept the cost down.

        • Leo says:

          4 Aug4 August 14:20

          Barrister’s recommendations mean very little to me – I say this also as a barrister 😉

• Tom C says:

  4 Aug4 August 09:15

  I was not aware that for just 6k points you could get a suite upgrade. We’re flying to Fiji in 3 weeks with a 3 night layover at the PH Sydney, so this will be very useful. Cheers, Rob.

  • Stewie says:

    4 Aug4 August 10:03

    Tom, you can’t use Hyatt Diamond suite upgrades at PH Sydney (specifically excluded) so I think probably the same applies to the 6k/night points suite upgrade.

  • Rob says:

    4 Aug4 August 10:20

    6,000 per night, obviously.

    It used to be 6,000 for up to 4 nights which was insanely good.

    • Talay says:

      4 Aug4 August 21:46

      Yes, I used the 6000 points to upgrade to a suite in the Park Hyatt Tokyo which were (still are ?) insanely priced.

      Once my favourite hotel in the world.

• Kevin says:

  4 Aug4 August 19:37

  Hi, sorry for OT, but at least hotel related. I *think* I read somewhere on HfP, that if you are Spire Elite with IHG and buy Ambassador, that your status changes to Spire Ambassador and you lasts for another year? Also you can choose 25000 points again? Basically, my Spire expires end of ’16. By buying Ambassador, can I extend that to ’17? Is that right or am I imagine that?
  Thanks

  • Leo says:

    4 Aug4 August 23:09

    Actually mine did extend till 31/12/17 though I didn’t link this to having paid for Ambassador at the time. This “extension” was never directly communicated, I just noticed the date change in my account details. Certainly no extra points.

• Doodles says:

  4 Aug4 August 22:45

  OT but Hyatt related, Hyatt Place Hayes is now open and there is an opening offer for those collecting Hyatt Gold Passport points:

  In celebration of the opening of the first Hyatt Place in the UK, book now using offer code ‘HAYES’ to receive 2,000 bonus Hyatt Gold Passport points on eligible stays that include two nights or more between July 1, 2016 and September 30, 2016.

  • Lady London says:

    4 Aug4 August 23:07

    …. And from that location, pay great attention to the traffic patterns if you are trying to get from (or especially to) Heathrow anywhere near the rush hour morning or evening. Make sure you have a driver who won’t get you stuck on the Hayes bypass (A312) and knows the ways round.

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