Bits: Hyatt launches targetted promotions, SWISS new business class revealed

News in brief:

Hyatt launches targetted promotions – for some

In the absence of a global promotion, World of Hyatt is offering some members targetted offers.

The three versions I have seen discussed are:

• 1,000 bonus points per night up to 10 nights, for a total of up to 10,000 bonus points
• Earn one Free Night Award toward a Category 1-4 hotel with a qualifying 2-night stay
• 3,000 bonus points for every five qualifying nights, up to 50 nights, for a total of 30,000 bonus points

I got the first one – my wife, on the other hand, got nothing.

Now, beware. What I didn’t realise when I registered is that the offer is valid for 90 days from registration.

This mean, as per the screenshot:

…. I have until 27th October to complete up to 10 nights (cash or award) to earn up to 10,000 bonus World of Hyatt points.

If you delay registration until nearer your next stay – assuming the offer doesn’t disappear from your account before then – you will maximise the time you have to hit 10 nights.

This isn’t a bad deal. We value Hyatt points at 1.2p so I’d be getting £12-worth of bonus points per night, on top of my usual bonuses. This would also stack with the current Hyatt Place and Hyatt House bonus points offer which offers bonuses for staying three, five and eight nights.

SWISS new business and First Class launch date confirmed

We’ve known for some time that SWISS will be getting the same new business class cabins that Lufthansa has been rolling out since last year under the moniker ‘Allegris.’

These cabins, which SWISS is calling ‘Senses,’ feature the same custom seat platform designed by Lufthansa but with SWISS’s very own styling, including claret-coloured upholstery in business class and its classic windowpane pattern. See the image above.

The new Senses First Class seat (images below) is more muted, with black windowpane upholstery, light wood an beige surrounds and just a tiny accent of claret in the stiff fabric door. It features the same unique 1-1-1 layout where the centre seat can be occupied by up to two people.

You can read our article about Lufthansa’s Allegris First Class seat here – it’s exactly the same, bar the colour scheme.

Both seats feature innovative in-seat heating and cooling thanks to a partnership with Caynova. You can read our article on how Lufthansa became the first airline to introduce this technology here.

To be perfectly honest, I think SWISS has done a better job than Lufthansa dressing these seats up, with a characterful design that feels unique to the airline (unlike Lufthansa’s generic blue-and-grey).

Each A350 will come with 3/4 First Class seats, 45 in business, 38 in premium economy and 156 in economy.

Although Lufthansa has been flying its new Allegris cabins for about a year now, SWISS is just behind. Yesterday, it revealed that the first of its new A350-900 aircraft would be delivered in October with the intention of operating the first long haul route to Boston by January 2026.

Before then, it’s expected that the airline will fly its new A350 on short European routes for crew training purposes, as is common when airlines take a new aircraft type. It has not revealed where or when these might be.