Hyatt launches two new hotels in Lisbon and Krakow

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• Rob H not Rob says:

  5 Nov5 November 06:03

  Are Hyatt deliberately protective of their scheme and not wanting to have a CC partner in the UK, driving an unrealistic proposition to potential partners, or just not capable of getting their shit together?

  • Rob says:

    5 Nov5 November 09:52

    My view is that a top up partner would help them, because at present someone who could do a few nights risks having orphaned points which is off putting.

• Joe says:

  5 Nov5 November 06:29

  Hyatt was my gateway drug into hotel loyalty programmes. Didn’t see the value until I got globalist on half the number of usual stays in 2021. Now – couldn’t live without it and happily go out of my way to stay with them on 80 nights this year so far. Great hotels, great service, great benefits. Great to see them expanding in Europe.

  • Andrew says:

    5 Nov5 November 08:25

    Hyatt is probably the best example of a hotel loyalty programme done well, and of the trust and loyalty you get when you don’t nickel and dime or screw over your customers every 5 minutes.

• Thegasman says:

  5 Nov5 November 09:09

  Surely if Hyatt tied up with Amex it would be the beginning of the end for the best features of WoH? Can’t imagine the hotel owners would appreciate providing last room availability & cheap suite upgrades to a load of card churners with no brand loyalty?

  • Rob says:

    5 Nov5 November 09:47

    They already do in the US. This would be levelling the playing field.

    • bafan says:

      5 Nov5 November 14:50

      They aren’t connected with Amex in the US, they are connected with Chase. Who at least have a maximum amount of cards you can have 🤭.

      • Rui N. says:

        5 Nov5 November 20:22

        No they don’t. They have a maximum (5) of cards you can get (across all providers, not just with them) in the last 24 months.

        • bafan says:

          5 Nov5 November 20:48

          I live here but thanks!

• Dominic says:

  5 Nov5 November 09:30

  Has anyone hypothetically tried a mattress run on the Hampton by Hilton in Krakow using points and money…? Top up the end of year nights?

  • His Holyness says:

    5 Nov5 November 12:46

    There’s no more points and money, that ended years ago, you have the new system which is terrible value.

  • Martin says:

    5 Nov5 November 23:28

    Garden inn konya, Turkey is best for a mattress run and only 5k a night still.

• Chris L says:

  5 Nov5 November 09:34

  Wasn’t Newquay exempt from APD?

  • Matarredondaaa says:

    5 Nov5 November 09:44

    Believe so but you pay a local airport development tax if I am correct.

  • Nick says:

    5 Nov5 November 09:45

    Only for longhaul connections, not point to point. The train isn’t that bad so it couldn’t be justified.

    • flyforfun says:

      5 Nov5 November 10:19

      I flew LCY-NQY and back years ago when some now defunct route flew the route via Plymouth. Way quicker than the train from my experience (and I’ve done the sleeper service to Penzance in the past!!)

      Will look at the logistics for me from Stansted, but LCY was a big time saving with it’s 20 min check in minimum back then.

• ADS says:

  5 Nov5 November 11:11

  Stansted to Newquay will bring Ryanair up to three domestic routes from London – adding to Edinburgh (started a few days ago) and Belfast International (no start date showing on website).

  I’m was expected Ryanair make a bigger move with the axing of APD on domestic flights.

• BagkokJoe says:

  5 Nov5 November 11:34

  Anyone have experience of triggering the AMEX PLT bonus and then a refund takes you back under the trigger level. Are the points clawed back ie the counter reset to the new level?

  • Rob says:

    5 Nov5 November 11:38

    Points are clawed back, yes. They are returned if you go back over the spending target during the time window.

• Nigel Keya says:

  5 Nov5 November 15:27

  Stansted-Newquay & I guess reverse direction could be very helpful in all sorts of ways. Cambridge Univ not very far away. I reckon my son will prefer it to about 6-7 hrs on trains. So thanks for heads up.

  Connection to another place in the heat works 2 days out of 3. I haven’t yet bothered to check BACK HOME direction, but OUTWARD works pretty well. Downsides – but there are always downsides – Ryanair doesn’t ever do more than 1 ticket, you can’t do PNRs with 2 connecting routes on them. If you go on Skyscanner, there are a couple of operators who offer similar guarantees to EC261. Eg if you miss the connection, they’ll put you up in a hotel overnight and you can get the next available flight to your end destination.

  • Nigel Keya says:

    5 Nov5 November 15:55

    I should have mentioned: go on Skyscanner to buy your tickets – but you’re still flying 2 legs with Ryanair – you get similar protection to EC261 though Ryanair themselves don’t offer this.

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