Travel Perks

[mrlich]

Who's a Hyatt Gold Passport Platinum* member?

That would be me baby. That would be me.

*Yeah, I stumbled on the whole Gold/Platinum thing too. I guess they just really want me to think I'm supah valuable.

(Or they think I'm simple minded enough that the Jedi Mind Trick works on me.)

Comments

[xtingu]

The name of their rewards program is "Hyatt Gold Passport." Even if you're a loser member, it's still called that. But you're even BETTER than puny gold sir! You're platinum! Yay!

Hyatts are great. Enjoy the perks!

[swingchickie.livejournal.com]

a few more points and you'll own the chain! :)

[swingchickie.livejournal.com]

BTW -- do you have a corporate card that you use, or do you use a personal card and get reimbursed? if you use a personal card, i HIGHLY recommend you get a Starwood AMEX. every dollar you spend gives you starwood points, which you can redeem for hotel nights OR miles on dozens of airlines. i am a huge starwood AMEX geek.

[xtingu]

Jenn, didn't your Starwood points like pay for your honeymoon or something crazy-amazing?

Also... (everyone) check out flyertalk.com -- I rarely log in (maybe 2x / year) but getting their weekly emails is worth it just to see who has sexy point deals going on.

Man, I love nerding out on travel point stuff!

[swingchickie.livejournal.com]

we paid for most of our wedding expenses with the card, and i automate all my bills to it so i just pay 1 bill (the AMEX) every month and get the points on top of it. anything i'd pay cash for i put on the card, because i figure i'd spend the money anyway and i might as well get the points on top of it. we have enough points right now to spend a week fully paid at an island resort we've been in love with for forever. (but we keep saving up because it's fun. :P)

[xtingu]

Wheeee!

I'm with you. I've got almost 200,000 points on Southwest, and you can get a free flight with as few as 12,500. Plus I've got a companion pass which means that if someone wants to come with me on my exact itinerary, they can, 100% for free... even if I flew on a free flight myself. Southwest is the tits.

I rack up points so much faster than I can ever spend them. Not a bad problem to have, especially now that Southwest bought AirTran which means international flights. (Mostly Mexico, but still!)

[ms-violet.livejournal.com]

This is really, really interesting to me, because V and I are the only people I know who don't have a credit card that has travel benefits.

[lawbabeak.livejournal.com]

I had an Alaska Airlines credit card for years, because their points were the only way I could get back to visit friends. Then there was kerfluffle about mixed up replacement cards, so I no longer have it.

My regular CC has points to use however, but I really do not exploit that feature enough.

[lawbabeak.livejournal.com]

I am, too, through some hiccup in the system. The only time I stay there is when I go to Cincinnati for oral argument. Late check-out means I can have my morning argument and come back to the room to change clothes before leaving. Before Platinum? I changed in gas station bathrooms or the parking garage.