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Sunday Reader Question: Hyatt Diamond Benefits on Award Stays

February 26, 2012

TPG reader Garrett writes: “I’m about to get Hyatt Diamond and was wondering what their amenity policy is on award stays. Based on what I’ve read from your posts over the last year, it seems like the amenities are usually given on award stays like room upgrades (not always a suite) and club access or [...]

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Possible New Hyatt Visa Sign-up Offer Coming Monday

February 24, 2012

I just got an email that the Chase Hyatt Visa will have a new offer on Monday February 27, 2012 and that I should stop promoting the current sign-up bonus as of today, February 24 at 6pm EST. I’ve tried my hardest to find out what the offer will be, but I haven’t been able [...]

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Maximizing Hotel Elite Status By Planning Meetings

February 23, 2012

TPG Contributor Max Bloom explains how planning meetings can earn you elite status at the major hotel chains. Last post he gave an intro to planning meetings. Every major hotel chain allows meeting planners to earn elite status through meetings, though their criteria vary. Some award status based upon the amount of money you spend, [...]

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Hotel Review: Grand Hyatt Kauai

February 20, 2012

A few weeks ago, we covered Kauai as our Destination of the Week, which got me thinking about a trip to Hawaii. Since I spent much of last week in Los Angeles, I ended up booking a last minute trip on American Airlines from LAX to Lihue. I also booked a room at the Grand [...]

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Destination of the Week: Maui

February 17, 2012

  TPG might be spending his weekend on Kauai, but there are plenty of other Hawaiian vacation spots including this week’s Destination of the Week: Maui. We had the new TPG intern from NYU, Ryan, help us out with this huge list of properties where you can earn and burn points on Maui this winter, [...]

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And The Winners of the Three Sets of 22,000 Hyatt Points Are…

February 16, 2012

This weekend I’ll be relaxing in a suite at the Grand Hyatt Kauai (thanks to a good rate and a confirmed Hyatt Diamond suite upgrade certificate I won in a charity auction on the Oneworld Mega Do). I’ll be blogging about my trip, which is my first time to Kauai, but to add a little [...]

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Reminder: Win 22,000 Free Hyatt Points!

February 15, 2012

On Monday I wrote about a chance to win a bunch of Hyatt Gold Passport points as part of the buzz they are trying to create around their current promotion. You have until 11:59pm EST today to enter to win one of three sets of 22,000 Hyatt points. It’s simple to enter: simply guess which [...]

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Free Hyatt Point Giveaway: Where in the World is TPG

February 13, 2012

Hyatt recently approached me to help promote their spring promotion, which I originally wrote about while attending the Oneworld Mega Do in January. To build excitement around it, they’ve given me 66,000 Gold Passport points to give out to TPG readers. You all know I love a points giveaway (I mean, free points are my [...]

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Valentine’s Day Destination of the Week: Paris

February 10, 2012

TPG Managing Editor Eric takes us to the City of Lights for a bit of a romantic twist for Destination of the Week. As Valentine’s Day approaches, we thought we’d pick one of the world’s most romantic cities as our next Destination of the Week: Paris. Paris needs no introduction. A center of culture and [...]

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Destination of the Week: Kauai

January 27, 2012

As winter really begins to set in over most of the country with freezing conditions, it’s time to start considering some sunny destinations where you can earn and use your points. That’s why this week’s Destination of the Week is: Kauai. Kauai is the northernmost and oldest of the Hawaiian Islands. Though it has a [...]

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Hyatt Q1 Stay More, Earn More Promo With Credit Card Incentive

January 26, 2012

Last night the Oneworld Mega Do domestic portion kicked off with a party at the Dallas Ft. Worth Airport Hyatt Regency. Hyatt is the hotel sponsor of the event, so naturally Gold Passport head Jeff Zidell addressed the crowd and unveiled their new spring promotion. I was able to snap a picture before he flipped [...]

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Hotel Review: Andaz Shanghai

January 16, 2012

This is an installment in my series on my January 2012 trip to China. Posts include: Help Me Plan My Trip To China, Flight Review: American Airlines 777 International Business Class to Beijing, Hotel Review: St. Regis Beijing, Beijing Overview: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Peking Deck, A Great Day at the Great Wall of China,  Flight Review: Air China 777 [...]

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Hotel Review: Park Hyatt Istanbul Spa Room

December 28, 2011

This is an installment in my Istanbul: End of Year Mileage Run with Dad series. Posts include; Cheap Istanbul Flights: From $576 Total Roundtrip on Delta from JFK, Help Plan My Long Weekend in Istanbul, Flight Review: Alitalia JFK-Rome in Coach, Hotel Review: Westin Excelsior Rome, Hotel Review: Park Hyatt Istanbul Spa Room, Istanbul Eats and Excursions. For my long weekend [...]

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Win Up to 110,000 Hyatt Points With $10 Donation

December 15, 2011

My friend and fellow blogger Ric from Loyalty Traveler is currently participating in a charity drive by travel bloggers to raise money to build libraries in Zambia. Tomorrow, December 16 is the last day to donate to be eligible to win a prize. Each blogger has anted up a prize and you can bid on [...]

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Hotel Review: Hyatt Santa Barbara

December 10, 2011

The other hotel I stayed at during my Thanksgiving trip with grandma out to Santa Barbara was the newly opened Hyatt Santa Barbara. Now, this wasn’t a new-build hotel. Rather, this used to be the Hotel Mar Monte, an 80-year-old property that Hyatt bought and redid to the tune of $9 million before reopening the [...]

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Marriott and Hyatt Facebook Point Giveaways

December 7, 2011

I’m not a huge fan of sweepstakes, but I thought I’d share a couple hotel point giveaways. They both require Facebook “liking,” which means they’ll probably use all of your valuable information for marketing purposes – but hey, we’ve all got our price! Hyatt Million Point Sweeps. I entered, but it annoyed me that you [...]

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Hyatt iPhone App Now Available

November 29, 2011

What’s that saying – better late than never? Just kidding Hyatt, I’m very happy you finally launched an iPhone app (the Android app is still in development)! I haven’t gotten a chance to use it too much, but it’s got really sleek graphics and shows current reservations, Gold Passport balance and has the ability to [...]

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Confirmed: Starwood Award Stays Count Towards Elite Status … Hyatt Next?

October 11, 2011

A couple weeks ago news leaked that Starwood would begin counting award stays towards elite status. For the casual traveler who struggles to maintain elite status, this was a huge enhancement to the program. To the road warriors who have no issue qualifying and don’t want more competition for suite upgrades, it was negative news. [...]

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Sunday Reader Question: How Can You Spend Your Way to Airline and Hotel Elite Status?

October 9, 2011

Savvy TPG reader thegasguru asks: “I’d like to see a post on how to “spend” your way to status in various programs. Can the very top tier status be obtained without ever stepping foot on the plane or in the hotel? If not, what’s the highest you can go via spend only” These days, its [...]

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Sunday Reader Email Question: Can I Get Points for Booking Corporate Travel?

September 25, 2011

TPG reader Adam writes: “My girlfriend recently got a job as a receptionist. She’ll be doing all of the travel booking for the company … however, individuals will be using their corporate credit cards to book. Are there any rewards programs (hotel, air, or AmEx) that allow assistants to make points for choosing that hotel/air program [...]

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How to Use Hotel Elite Status to Force Room Availability

September 20, 2011

I’ve been a top-tier member of multiple hotel chains over the years and there’s one benefit I’ve never used – the guaranteed room availability perk that is included with many of them. Generally, I book my travel in advance and I can usually find ways to get a reasonably priced room at my preferred property. [...]

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My Star Mega Do 3 Adventure Begins

September 5, 2011

This should be an interesting week for me. I’m going on the third annual Star Mega Do, which is an event planned by frequent flyers, for frequent flyers. The event is co-organized by certain Star Alliance member airlines, as well as Hyatt. There are two portions (full schedule here), and I booked business class tickets [...]

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Hyatt Announces Fall Promotion

August 26, 2011

Hyatt just announced a fall promotion and it’s pretty lackluster. From September 15 through November 15, 2011 you earn 5,000 Hyatt Gold Passport points for every 3 nights, with a maximum of 30,000 points. For those with more than 8 nights per promo period, this is less lucrative than their spring promotion, which was 10,000 points after [...]

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Up to 5,000 Bonus Points for Hotel Transfers to Aeroplan

August 24, 2011

Airlines often add incentives to transfer hotel points to them, because the hotel chains actually pay the airlines for the miles you get. From August 22 – Sept 18 Air Canada’s frequent flyer program Aeroplan is now offering up to 5,000 extra Aeroplan miles when you transfer the equivalent of 25,000 miles or hotel points [...]

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