Hyatt Gold Passport offers Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards members 1,800 points per Hyatt stay worldwide from October 1 to January 15, 2012. This is triple points compared to the normal earning rate of 600 Rapid Rewards points per stay. A maximum 10 hotel stays may earn triple Rapid Rewards points for 18,000 Rapid Rewards points.

The value of 1,800 Rapid Rewards points has a set $30 value (60 points = $1) when redeemed for Southwest Airlines Wanna Getaway fares.

Hyatt Promotion Registration Required

Hyatt Gold Passport Triple Rapid Rewards points with Southwest Airlines registration page. You may also register by calling 1-800-30-HYATT (provide promotion code WN002).

How to Request Miles from Hyatt Gold Passport

Hyatt Gold Passport does not have a way to change your earning preference to airline miles instead of Hyatt points through online account preferences. Gold Passport members need to request Southwest Rapid Rewards points (or any airline miles) at check-in and provide your frequent flyer number rather than earn the normal 5 Gold Passport points per dollar. Even when you request miles at the hotel there is the likelihood your account will post Gold Passport points instead of miles.

Don’t panic if you earn Hyatt points instead of Southwest points (miles) when your hotel stay posts. This is common for miles earners. A call to Hyatt Gold Passport customer service can easily get the Gold Passport points changed to Southwest Rapid Rewards points.

Loyalty Traveler Analysis

Triple points with Southwest Airlines promotion can be combined with the 5,000 Gold Passport points every three nights promotion that runs concurrently through November 15, 2011. The ability to combine the 5K per 3 nights with airline promotions was confirmed by Gold Passport Representative, Hyatt’s company concierge on FlyerTalk.

Hyatt Gold Passport points are typically worth $20 per 1,000 points.

The combination of 1,667 Gold Passport points per night and 1,800 points per stay can be a rebate value around $190 after three one-night Hyatt stays between October 1 – November 15 when both of these offers are in effect.

Hyatt Gold Passport offers good value hotel rebates for frequent guests this fall 2011.

There are new upper-upscale and flagship hotels opening around the globe with several of the major hotel brands. Here are some new vacation and business properties you may want to check out as a Marriott Rewards, Hilton Honors, Hyatt Gold Passport or Club Carlson loyalty member.

Hilton Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast Queensland, Australia – opens September 14

This $700 million complex is a hotel/residential mixed use property on the famed Gold Coast. Think Miami Beach with gambling if you are not familiar with the area. This is the first new upper upscale international hotel to open in the Gold Coast region in a decade.

Hilton Surfers Paradise has 169 guest rooms and 250 one to three bedroom residences with full kitchens. The hotel description sounds like the residences are more vacation timeshare units rather than full-time residential units.

Rates start at $259 (residences) to $279 (hotel).

Australian Hotel Market Outlook Q3 2011, a tourism, hospitality and leisure market outlook from Deloitte indicates Australians are facing many of the same problems as Americans with maxed out household debt, extreme weather related events and a decline in discretionary spending. Business is strong while leisure travelers are cutting back.

Of course there are those with good jobs and money in Australia. And guess what?

Australians with money are going abroad. The Australian dollar gained over the past year from being worth US $0.88 to US $1.04. That is almost a 20% increase in currency value and makes the US a real bargain destination for Australians. At the same time, the currency value of the Australian dollar has made it a much more expensive country to visit for Americans.

I thought beer in Australia was outrageously priced in 2003 when the exchange rate was AUD$1.50 for US$1.00. At that time I recall beer was about $20 for a 12-pack in the market. I guess it must be about US$30 now.

Ten years ago Australia had a surplus of 1.5 million visitors to Australia. Now Australia has a net outflow of 1.5 million travelers. More Australians are leaving the country in 2011 (7.8 million travelers) than inbound visitors to the country (6.1 million).

Hotel occupancy in Australia is strong for weekday business travel. Leisure travel less so. Good news is hotel rates are much lower in vacation areas of Gold Coast and northern Queensland compared to Sydney and Melbourne.

 

Marriott Autograph Collection adds British Virgin Islands Scrub Island Resort in early 2012

Scrub Island Resort, Spa & Marina will be Marriott’s first resort in the British Virgin Islands and the first Autograph Collection property in the Caribbean. Autograph Collection is a soft branding concept for independent upper-upscale and luxury hotels with marketing and distribution through Marriott. Marriott recently added several hotels in Europe to Autograph Collection brand.

Scrub Island Resort is a new resort opened last year and located on a 230 acre private island about two miles from Tortola Airport. Check out the website for a full description.

Sample rates for November 14-19, 2011 show $375 (ocean view room) to $495 (ocean view one bedroom suite + breakfast for two) to $615 (ocean view two bedroom suite + breakfast for four).

Hyatt Regency New Orleans reopening six years after Hurricane Katrina

Six years since being battered by Hurricane Katrina the remodeled 1,193 room Hyatt Regency New Orleans is scheduled to reopen October 19, 2011 after $275 million in renovations. The 31-story hotel will have 95 suites (Hyatt Gold Passport Diamond members receive four annual suite upgrade certificates for paid room stays) including four Presidential suites. The hotel will be New Orleans premier convention space with two grand ballrooms and 200,000 sq ft of meeting space.

Sample dates I tried for November and December showed rates starting at $169 to $239 for a basic room.

Radisson Blu Chicago

Carlson Hotels flagship Radisson Blu brand will debut in Chicago with the October 31 opening of the Radisson Blu Chicago in the Aqua Tower. Barbara Delollis of USA Today toured the hotel and posted a piece today in her Hotel Check-In column which includes a photo gallery.

The hotel will be the first 18 floors of the 81-story Aqua Tower and will have the feature of balconies for about 50% of the hotel rooms. The hotel apparently has a large fitness center facility since the Aqua tower is mostly residences.

Question for Readers: Any interesting new hotels you think I should share on Loyalty Traveler?

Hyatt has some airline miles opportunities happening. Earn up to 25,000 Aeroplan miles with Hyatt stays globally. Hyatt’s newest airline miles partner is Hawaiian Airlines.

Up to 25,000 Aeroplan miles after 10 Hyatt stays.

A big summer bonus is 2,500 Air Canada Aeroplan miles per Hyatt stay globally from July 1 to September 30, 2011. This is 5x miles per stay since Hyatt stays normally earn 500 miles for most airline partners. A maximum of 25,000 Aeroplan miles may be earned with 10 stays.

Earning Hyatt miles requires the member to request miles at hotel check-in and provide Aeroplan frequent flyer number. You still may find points post instead of miles and a quick call to Hyatt Gold Passport customer service should rectify any errors in Aeroplan miles postings.

It is just a fact of hotel loyalty programs that many transactions do not post correctly and following up by phone or email is often necessary to correct missing promotion and hotel stay credit points. I still need to contact SPG about 4,000 missing points from two Best Rate Guarantee stays in May that never posted to my account.

Hyatt Gold Passport Aeroplan Bonus Registration

Promotion registration required for this offer using this link or by calling 1-800-228-3360 and request enrollment code AC001 for promotion.  

New members may join Hyatt Gold Passport and be automatically enrolled in Aeroplan promotion using link: www.hyatt.com/ACSUM11.

You must also be an Aeroplan member for this promotion. Join Aeroplan here.

Hawaiian Airlines is new Hyatt partner

Hyatt stays are now eligible to earn 500 Hawaiian Airline miles per stay. Here is a list of all 35 airline frequent flyer miles partners, including Amtrak.

Related posts: One Mile at a Time – 2,500 Aeroplan miles per Hyatt stay through September 30 (July 1)

The Points Guy – 2,500 Aeroplan miles per Hyatt stay (July 4)

Hyatt offers Southwest triple rewards points for stays from June 1 – August 31, 2011. The bonus offers 1,800 Rapid Rewards points for each stay with a 10,000 points bonus after the 5^th stay. This offer is available for any Hyatt brand hotel worldwide.

Hyatt promotion registration required for Southwest Triple Points.

By the Numbers:

Stay 1: 1,800 points
Stay 2: 1,800 points
Stay 3: 1,800 points
Stay 4: 1,800 points
Stay 5: 1,800 points + 10,000 point bonus

Total: 19,000 Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards points 

To participate in this promotion:

• Register online or by calling 1-800-30-HYATT (provide promotion code WN001).
• Stay at any Hyatt hotel between June 1 and August 31, 2011.
• Provide your Rapid Rewards account number at time of check-in.
• Pay an Eligible Rate during each stay.

FlyerTalk Hyatt Gold Passport forum moderator Peteropny states this promotion can be combined with the current offer for 10,000 points after 5 nights and 5,000 points for each additional two nights through June 30.

Choosing Southwest miles means member does not earn 5 points/$1 for hotel stay, but the 10,000 point bonus after 5 nights with Possibilities promotion is a separate sweep which should allow earning both the Possibilities points bonus and the Southwest points bonus for the same stays through June 30.

FlyerTalk member TooManyBooks estimates 19,000 Southwest points have a value of $317.

Looks like a great double dip points & miles opportunity with Hyatt for the next few weeks. Five one-night stays before the end of June can provide an airline ticket and one or two free hotel nights.

Hyatt Hotels has a 48-hour sale for Tuesday May 17 and Wednesday May 18 ending at 11:59pm central Time (Chicago time). Only about 90 select hotels in the USA, Canada and Caribbean are participating.  Rates are advertised as 15% to 30% off and hotels I checked in the San Francisco Bay Area show the lowest rates I have seen lately. Main caveat is these rates are prepaid and nonrefundable.

Starting and ending dates for hotel stays are slightly variable within the dates of May 27-September 5, 2011.

Some hotels do not allow stays until after the first week of June and Hyatt Mar Monte in Santa Barbara, California for example only offers this sale rate through June 30.

Participating Hotels

Arizona
Hyatt Place Phoenix/Gilbert 
3275 S Market Street, Gilbert, AZ

Hyatt Place Phoenix/Mesa  

1422 West Bass Pro Drive, Mesa, AZ

Hyatt Place Phoenix-North 

10838 N. 25th Ave, Phoenix, AZ

Hyatt Place Scottsdale/Old Town 
7300 East 3rd Ave, Scottsdale, AZ

Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa
7500 E. Soubletree Ranch Road, Scottsdale, AZ 

Hyatt Place Tempe/Phoenix Airport  

1413 W. Rio Salado Pkwy, Tempe, AZ

Hyatt Place Tucson Airport  
6885 SWB. Tuscon Blvd, Tucson, AZ

California
Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport
1333 Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, CA

Park Hyatt Aviara Resort, Spa & Golf Club
7100 Aviara Resort Drive, Carlsbad, CA

Hyatt Carmel Highlands
120 Highlands Drive, Carmel, CA

Hyatt Regency Orange County
11999 Harbor Blvd, Garden Grove, CA

Hyatt Grand Champions Resort, Villas and Spa
44-600 Indian Wells Lane, Indian Wells, CA

Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa
21500 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, CA

Hyatt Regency Long Beach
200 S Pine Ave, Long Beach, CA

Hyatt Place Sacramento/ Roseville
220 Conference Center Drive, Roseville, CA

Hyatt Regency Sacramento
1209 L Street, Sacramento, CA

Hyatt Regency La Jolla
3777 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA

Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina
1441 Quivira Road, San Diego, CA

Grand Hyatt San Francisco
345 Stockton St, San Francisco, CA

Hyatt Regency San Francisco
5 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA

Hotel Mar Monte
1111 E Cabrillo Blvd, Santa Barbara, Ca

Hyatt Regency Santa Clara
5101 Great American Parkway, Santa Clara, CA

Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel & Spa
170 Railroad Street, Santa Rosa, CA

Hyatt Regency Valencia
24500 Town Center Drive, Valencia, CA

Colorado
Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort & Spa
136 East Thomas Place, Avon, CO

Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center
7800 East Tufts Avenue, Denver, CO

Hyatt Place Denver Tech Center
8300 East Crescent Parkway, Englewood, CO

Hyatt Summerfield Suites Denver Tech Center
9280 E. Costilla Avenue, Englewood, CO

Hyatt Place Denver-South/Park Meadows
9030 East Westview Road, Lone Tree, CO

Florida
Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach Resort & Spa
301 South Gulfview Blvd, Clearwater, FL

Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa
5001 Coconut Road, Bonita Springs, FL

Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six
2301 SE 17th Street Causeway, Ft Lauderdale, FL

Hyatt Place Lake Mary/Orlando-North
1255 S International Parkway, Lake Mary, FL

Hyatt Regency Miami
400 Southeast 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL

Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress
One Grand Cypress Blvd, Orlando, FL

Hyatt Regency Sarasota
1000 Blvd Of The Arts, Sarasota, FL

Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay
6200 Courtney Campbell, Tampa, FL 

Hyatt Regency Tampa
211 North Tampa Street, Tampa, FL

Georgia     
Grand Hyatt Atlanta
3300 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta, GA

Hawaii
Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa
1571 Poipu Road, Koloa, HI

Hyatt Regency Waikiki Resort and Spa
2424 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, HI

Illinois
Hyatt Deerfield
1750 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield, IL

Hyatt Lisle
1400 Corporetum Drive, Lisle, IL

Hyatt Rosemont
6350 North River Road, Rosemont, IL
 

Indiana
Hyatt Place Fort Wayne
111 W. Washington Center Road, Fort Wayne, IN

Hyatt Regency Indianapolis
1 South Capitol Avenue, Indianapolis, IN

Kansas
Hyatt Place Kansas City/Overland Park/Conv Cntr
5001 W. 110th Street, Overland Park, KS

Hyatt Regency Wichita
400 West Waterman, Wichita, KS

Kentucky
Hyatt Place Louisville-East
701 South Hurstbourne Pkwy, Louisville, KY

Maryland
Hyatt Regency Bethesda
One Bethesda Metro Center, Bethesda, MD

  
Michigan
Hyatt Regency Dearborn
Fairlane Town Center, Dearborn, MI

Nevada
Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort
111 Country Club Drive, Incline Village, NV

New Jersey
Hyatt Place Fair Lawn/Paramus
41-01 Broadway, Route 4 West, Fair Lawn, NJ

Hyatt Regency Jersey City on the Hudson
2 Exchange Place, Jersey City, NJ

Hyatt Morristown
3 Headquarters Plaza, Morristown, NJ

Hyatt Place Princeton
3565 US Route 1, Princeton, NJ

Hyatt Regency Princeton
102 Carnegie Center, Princeton, NJ

New Mexico
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
330 Tijeras NW, Albuquerque, NM

Hyatt Place Santa Fe
4320 Cerillos Road, Santa Fe, NM

Hyatt Regency Tamaya

1300 Tuyana Trail, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM

New York
Hyatt Regency Buffalo
Two Fountain Plaza, Buffalo, NY

Hyatt Regency Rochester
125 East Main Street, Rochester, NY

Ohio
Hyatt Regency Cleveland – The Arcade
420 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH

Hyatt on Capitol Square
75 East State Street, Columbus, OH

Hyatt Regency Columbus
350 North High Street, Columbus, OH

Oklahoma
Hyatt Regency Tulsa
100 East Second Street, Tulsa, OK

 
Pennsylvania
Hyatt Regency Pittsburgh International Airport
1111 Airport Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA

 
Texas
Hyatt Summerfield Suites Austin Arboretum
10001 N. Capitol of Texas Highway, Austin, TX

Hyatt Regency Dallas
300 Reunion Blvd, Dallas, TX

Hyatt Place Fort Worth/Cityview
5900 Cityview Blvd, Fort Worth, TX

Hyatt Summerfield Suites Houston Galleria
3440 Sage Road, Houston, TX

Hyatt Summerfield Suites Houston West Energy Corridor
15405 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX

Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort & Spa

575 Hyatt Lost Pines Road, Lost Pines, TX

Hyatt Place San Antonio – North/Stone Oak
1610 East Sonterra Blvd, San Antonio, TX
 

Utah
Hyatt Escala Lodge at Park City
3551 North Escala Court, Park City, UT

Hyatt Place Salt Lake City Airport
52 N. Tommy Thompson Rd., Salt Lake City, UT

Virginia
Hyatt Place Richmond/Chester
13148 Kingston Ave, Chester, VA

Hyatt Fairfax at Fair Lakes
12777 Fair Lakes Circle, Fairfax, VA

Hyatt Regency Reston
1800 Presidents Street, Reston, VA
               
Hyatt Place Richmond/Arboretum
201 Arboretum Place, Richmond, VA

Hyatt Place Sterling/Dulles Airport-North
21481 Ridgetop Circle, Sterling, VA

Washington
Grand Hyatt Seattle
721 Pine Street, Seattle, WA

Hyatt at Olive 8
1635 8th Avenue, Seattle, WA

Canada
Hyatt Regency Toronto
370 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario

Hyatt Regency Vancouver
655 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia


Caribbean

Aruba
Hyatt Regency Aruba
J.E. Irausquin Blvd #85, Palm Beach

Curacao
Hyatt Regency Curacao Golf Resort, Spa and Marina
Santa Barbara Plantation, Porta Blancu, Nieuwpoort

 

Hyatt Hotels released its financial statement February 17. These reports reveal the number of hotels in each brand. Hyatt Hotels added 31 properties in 2010 and apparently lost two properties for net growth of 29 hotels; nearly 7% increase in hotel properties.

I have been stating all week as I report hotel numbers for different loyalty programs that Loyalty Traveler counts hotels rather than using the hotel industry norm of room count. By rooms Hyatt Hotels only grew by 4.2% in 2010. This reflects the smaller room size of Hyatt Place hotels compared to full service Hyatt Regency properties.

The following properties were added to the portfolio during the fourth quarter of 2010:

• Hyatt Place Des Moines/Downtown (franchised, 95 rooms)
• Hyatt Place Pittsburgh-North Shore (franchised, 178 rooms)
• Hyatt Place Houston/Sugar Land (managed, 214 rooms)
• Hyatt Escala Lodge at Park City (managed, 153 rooms) (Classified as Hyatt Regency)
• Hyatt Regency Dusseldorf, Germany (managed, 303 rooms)
• Hyatt Regency Pune, India (managed, 219 rooms)

Hyatt is Expanding

Hyatt Hotels is poised for major growth with approximately 140 hotels signed as of December 31, 2010 to be Hyatt brands. This will add nearly 31% more hotels to the chain and provide a much expanded geographic reach for Hyatt Gold Passport members. Approximately 70% of the new Hyatt hotels will be located outside North America.

Hyatt Average Daily Rates

Room rates for the three months ending December 31, 2010 were $167.57 for comparable systemwide properties.

North America has significantly cheaper average rates than international properties.

North America Full Service 119 hotels (all brands except Hyatt Place and Hyatt Summerfield Suites)

• ADR = $158.12
• Occupancy = 64.7%

North America Select Service 158 hotels (Hyatt Place and Hyatt Summerfield Suites)

• ADR = $91.03
• Occupancy = 69.9%

International 92 Hotels  

• ADR = $234.16
• Occupancy = 69.1%

 The significance of this information for this loyalty traveler is the fact that Hyatt Hotels offer the Hyatt Gold Passport frequent guest the opportunity to earn points and stay credit at low priced Hyatt Place and Summerfield Suites properties in the U.S. and redeem points for much higher priced hotels when traveling international.

Hyatt has 104 international properties. Here is the geographic distribution.

• Asia Pacific = 51 hotels
• Southwest Asia = 13 hotels
• Europe, Africa, Middle East = 33 hotels
• Other Americas = 7 hotels

Over the next couple of years the addition of nearly 100 hotels in these global regions will double the geographic coverage of Hyatt outside North America.

Hyatt Hotel Brands By the Numbers (Hyatt Properties as of Dec 31, 2010)

• Park Hyatt = 25 hotels (5,049 rooms)
• Andaz = 5 hotels (1,096 rooms)
• Grand Hyatt = 37 hotels (21,568 rooms)
• Hyatt Regency/Hyatt = 167 hotels (72,577 rooms)
• Hyatt Place = 161 hotels (20,434 rooms)
• Hyatt Summerfield Suites = 34 hotels (4,582 rooms)
• Hyatt Vacation Ownership and Residential = 24 hotels (2,201 rooms)

Hyatt Hotels Global Total = 453 properties as of 12-31-2010

And finally – the question on all our Gold Passport loyalty members’ minds is when will Hyatt announce a systemwide 2011 loyalty promotion?

Hyatt Hotels has a 50% off sale at 22 hotels beginning Tuesday, Feb 8 12:01am through 11:59pm Wednesday, Feb 9 central time zone. This is a promotion being promoted on individual hotel websites, Twitter and Facebook.

Hyatt weblink with list of 22 properties.

• 50% rate based on Hyatt Daily Rate
• Prepaid and nonrefundable. No changes allowed.
• Eligible for hotel stays from Feb 8 – April 30, 2011.
• Promotion code HY50, FCB50 or TWT50.

“Take advantage of this exclusive winter offer. Save 50% off your room rate at participating Hyatt Hotels. Choose from one of 22 exciting locations. Hurry, this offer is only available for 48 hours!

Book using offer code HY50 from February 8 to midnight February 9 to save 50% off for stays Feb 8-April 30, 2011.”

1. Hyatt Regency Phoenix, Arizona
2. Grand Hyatt Denver, Colorado
3. Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center, Colorado
4. Park Hyatt Chicago, Illinois
5. Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois
6. Hyatt Regency Chicago, Illinois
7. Hyatt Regency O’Hare, Chicago, Illinois
8. Hyatt Lisle, Chicago, Illinois
9. Hyatt Lodge at McDonald’s Campus, Chicago, Illinois
10. Hyatt Regency Wichita, Kansas
11. Hyatt Regency Crown Center Kansas City, Missouri
12. Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch, St. Louis, Missouri
13. Hyatt Regency Albuquerque, New Mexico
14. Hyatt Regency Tulsa Oklahoma
15. Grand Hyatt DFW, Dallas, Texas
16. Hyatt Regency DFW Airport, Dallas, Texas
17. Hyatt Regency Dallas, Texas
18. Hyatt Regency North Dallas, Texas
19. Hyatt Regency Houston, Texas
20. Hyatt Regency San Antonio, Texas
21. Grand Hyatt San Antonio Texas
22. Hyatt Regency Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Rates under $50 per night have been found at some of these hotels. Park Hyatt Chicago over the next week is available for $187.50/night. See this FlyerTalk thread for a list of lowest rates being found at these hotels.

Hyatt Fine Print:

Offer valid for booking only between 12:00:00 a.m. on 2/08/2011 and 11:59:59 p.m. on 2/09/2011 Central Standard Time, for travel between 2/08/2011 and 4/30/2011 at participating Hyatt hotels in the U.S. Reservations are subject to availability and savings require use of the offer code HY50, FCB50 or TWT50 at time of booking. Promotional blackout periods may apply due to seasonal periods or special events, and normal arrival/departure restrictions apply. Offer not applicable to group room bookings. Full non-refundable prepayment required at time of booking. Discount is based off the Hyatt Daily Rate for the room type booked when redeeming this offer. Rate is per room, per night and offer will not be applied to service charges, taxes, resort fees, facility fees and other incidental expenses or in-room charges. Savings applies only to double occupancy bookings. Additional guests may be subject to additional hotel charges without 50% off. Additional charges apply to room-type upgrades. A limited number of rooms are allocated to this promotion. This promotion may not be combined with any other offer.

Promotional blackout periods may apply due to seasonal periods or special events, and normal arrival/departure restrictions apply. Hyatt reserves the right to alter or withdraw this promotion at any time prior to booking without notice. Hyatt Hotels & Resorts® encompasses hotels managed, franchised or leased by subsidiaries and affiliates of Hyatt Hotels Corporation. The trademarks Hyatt®, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts®, Park Hyatt®, Grand Hyatt®, Hyatt Regency® and related marks are trademarks of Hyatt Corporation. © 2011 Hyatt Corporation. All rights reserved.

Hyatt Gold Passport is currently offering 409 bonus offers at 273 hotels. That is an impressive number of points-earning opportunities for a hotel chain with just around 425 hotels.

Gold Passport points bonuses are often referred to as “G” Bonuses on FlyerTalk. These points and miles bonus opportunities contribute significantly to earning points quickly through Hyatt Gold Passport.

Most full service Hyatt Hotels offer a G bonus for 1,000 bonus points per stay, 1,500 points or 2,000 points per stay depending on the days of week. Some hotels limit the bonus to weekday stays, some hotels limit bonus to weekends and some hotels offer a bonus any day of the week.

Spend $200 and you earn only 1,000 Gold Passport base points at the earn rate of 5 points per dollar. Add on 2,000 bonus points per stay and this is like earning 3x points for a $200 hotel stay.

There are several regional promotions for 2,000 bonus points per stay for hotels in Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia-Pacific and U.S. These regional offers are listed below. There are also over 200 hotels with an individual hotel G bonus points offer.

Loyalty Traveler Note: Hyatt promotion code links below go to a specific property offering the promotion. These links are provided solely to show a webpage with offer. These promotional offers apply to several Hyatt Hotels in the specific promotion region.

Southeast U.S.

• Promotion Code 10GPX2 = Double Points on Southeast Stays
• Earn 10 points per dollar.
• Rate includes 10% off hotel dining and bar.
• Book any eligible rate (AAA, senior are allowed.)
• Promotion offer dates January 19 – April 24, 2011.

Western U.S.

• Promotion Code 2,500GP  = Plot a Post-Holiday Winter Getaway promotion.
• 2,500 points for stays at participating hotels in California, Pacific Northwest and western Canada.
• Promotion offer dates January 19 – March 31, 2011.
• Minimum 2-night stay.
• Book Hyatt Daily Rate.
  • The 15% off spa services is valid at Hyatt Regency Calgary’s Stillwater Spa, Hyatt at Olive 8′s Elaia Spa, Grand Hyatt Seattle is valid at Olive 8′s Elaia Spa, Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel & Spa’s Vineyard Creek Spa, Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel & Spa’s Accista Spa, Highlands Inn guests at either Accista Spa or for in-room spa treatments, Hyatt Regency Century Plaza’s Equinox Spa, Hyatt Regency Newport Beach’s Wellness Day Spa, Hyatt Regency Mission Bay’s Blue Marble Spa and Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego’s Kin Spa.
  • Lunch and dinner 15% discount is not applicable for tax, gratuity or alcoholic beverages, and is only valid for in-room dining at Hyatt Regency Bellevue and at Grand Hyatt Seattle for in-room dining or at Urbane restaurant at Hyatt at Olive 8.

  

Europe, Middle East and Africa

• Promotion Code GP 481  
• 2,000 points per stay at participating hotels in Europe, Middle East and Africa
• Book Hyatt Daily Rate.
• Promotion offer dates January 15 – April 15, 2011.

 

Germany:

Grand Hyatt Berlin, Hyatt Regency Dusseldorf, Hyatt Regency Mainz, Hyatt Regency Cologne and Park Hyatt Hamburg. 

• Promotion Code LH397  
• 1,000 Lufthansa Miles per stay. Must choose to earn miles instead of points at hotel check-in.
• Book Hyatt Daily Rate.
• Receive 20 EUR fodd and beverage credit per stay.
• Promotion offer dates January 15 – April 15, 2011.

 

Asia Pacific

• Promotion Code GP643 = Regency Club bonus
• 2,000 points per stay at participating Hyatt Regency hotels in Asia Pacific.
• Must book Regency Club room type rate (includes Regency Club access for stay).
• Book any eligible rate. [LT note: advance purchase, AAA, senior rates eligible, but must book Regency Club room type for bonus.]
• Promotion offer dates December 20 – February 28, 2011.

 

Asia Pacific

• Promotion Code GP647 = ‘Weekday Stays are more rewarding in Asia Pacific’
• 2,000 points per stay at participating Hyatt Regency hotels in Asia Pacific.
• Must stay a weekday Sunday through Thursday.
• Book any eligible rate. [LT note: advance purchase, AAA, senior rates eligible.]
• Promotion offer dates January 20 – March 15, 2011.

Australia/New Zealand

• Promotion Code GP646
• 1,500 points per stay at participating Hyatt hotels in Australia and New Zealand.
• No day of week or room type restrictions.
• Book any eligible rate. [LT note: advance purchase, AAA, senior rates eligible.]
• Promotion offer dates January 20 – March 15, 2011.

 

Master List of Hyatt Gold Passport Bonus Offers 

The Hyatt Gold Passport list used to be a much more condensed format enabling hotels to be searched significantly more quickly than the typically slow-crawl Hyatt website currently allows.

Hyatt has 28 pages with 273 hotels and 409 bonus offers at the time of this post. 

One of the issues I frequently have with Hyatt Gold Passport is missing G Bonus points from hotel stays. Simply call up Hyatt Gold Passport customer service a week or two after your stay if the points do not post. This generally works well for getting missing points added quickly to your account.

Hyatt Resorts has a sale at 21 U.S. and Caribbean properties for stays through March 31, 2011.  This 48-hour sale started at midnight yesterday and ends at 11:59pm Central time tonight.

• Special Offer Code: R48HY
• Full non-refundable prepayment required.
• 25% discount based on Hyatt Daily Rate.
• Valid for hotel stays through March 31, 2011
• Book by 11:59pm central time Wednesday January 26.

Hotels and dates I checked were lower than AAA rates.  Price compare since AAA rates often include breakfast and that is a rate consideration if you are not Hyatt Gold Passport Diamond with complimentary breakfast benefit. And AAA rates have more flexible cancellation policy.

Hyatt Resorts sale rates are “Use It or Lose It” rates, so keep that in mind when booking a $1,000 hotel stay. Trip insurance can be useful.

Hyatt Resorts Sale reservations link.

Participating Hyatt Resorts:

• Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Gainey Ranch  Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
• Park Hyatt Aviara Resort  Carlsbad, California, USA 
• Hyatt Grand Champions Resort, Villas and Spa  Indian Wells, California, USA
• Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa  Orange County, California, USA 
• Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort and Spa, Beaver Creek, Colorado, USA
• Hyatt Key West Resort and Spa  Key West, Florida, USA
• Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa  Bonita Springs, Florida, USA
• Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach Resort and Spa  Clearwater Beach, Florida, USA 
• Hotel Victor  Miami, Florida, USA 
• Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, Orlando, Florida, USA 
• Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort and Spa  Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
• Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort and Spa , Koloa, Kauai, Hawaii, USA
• Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa  Maui, Hawaii, USA

• Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort, Spa and Marina , Cambridge, Maryland, USA

• Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa and Casino  Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA

• Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa , Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

• Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa  Austin, Texas, USA

• Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa,   San Antonio, Texas, USA  

• Hyatt Escala Lodge at Park City  Park City, Utah, USA

 

Caribbean

• Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort and Casino  Palm Beach, Aruba, Dutch Caribbean
• Hyatt Regency Curacao Golf Resort, Spa and Marina  Curacao, Netherlands Antilles

Here is a selection of interesting hotel news on remodels, rebrands and end of life tales.

Grand Hyatt New York Makeover

The New York Times ran a Jan 11 piece about the 1,300 room Grand Hyatt New York and its history with Donald Trump. The Pritzker’s, Hyatt Hotels founding family, bought out Trump in 1993. The hotel is undergoing a $130-million remodel while remaining open.  Apparently gold is out of fashion. The 30-year old flagship Grand Hyatt New York has been joined recently by two Andaz properties, Andaz Wall Street and Andaz 5^th Avenue. A Park Hyatt is scheduled to open 2012 in New York City.

Vladivostok, Russia for Hyatt

Vladivostok is geographically closer to Darwin, Australia than Moscow. Traveling by air to San Francisco is shorter mileage than the train to Moscow. Russia is a vast land and Hyatt puts easternmost Russia a little closer to the US with two new hotels planned for 2012 openings. Sources for the hotel news are English language Russian sites Vladivostok Times and BSR Russia.

Le Meridien Bora Bora Re-Opening January 23, 2011

Le Meridien Bora Bora has been getting a makeover since November 2010. The general manager even has YouTube videos in multiple languages discussing updates to the property and welcoming guests back to French Polynesia.

This FlyerTalk thread discusses the advantages of Four Seasons Bora Bora and St. Regis Bora Bora with the general consensus that either property is a dream vacation and heads above other hotels.

Although, I must also mention Sofitel Bora Bora Marara Beach and Private Island earned a perfect 100 score for Hotel Rooms in the just published Condé Nast Gold List 2011 and Condé Nast mentions this property might be the hotel to find cheaper overwater bungalows than other locations.

JW Marriott Hotel Cannes, France

Last month Marriott announced the acquisition of the Palais Stephanie Hotel in Cannes. The hotel rebranding will occur over the next few months.  The 261-room hotel has several ocean-facing suites with panoramic views of Cannes and the Mediterranean Sea.

I am interested to see what reward category assignment the JW Marriott Cannes will receive. Marriott Rewards category 8 hotels are few in number. I am thinking, perhaps a category 7 at 35,000 points? We will know soon enough.

JW Marriott brand is positioned to grow by 20 properties over the next five years according to the press release.

On the gruesome side of hotel life

InterContinental New York Times Square made the news for a 34^th floor castration mutilation murder last Friday, January 7. The victim Carlos Castro was a 65-year old high profile Portuguese fashion and music journalist and openly gay rights personality.

The suspect Renato Seabra is a 20-year old Portuguese model and TV reality show personality in Portugal where he was a finalist on a model search TV show. He is under arrest and has been at Bellevue Hospital for his own injuries. He reportedly confessed to the crime and provided gruesome details revealed in this NY Post Jan 12 article.

On the tragic side of hotel life (San Francisco Examiner story link)

Hyatt Regency San Francisco at the Embarcadero has a large open atrium with the Eclipse sculpture and a shallow fountain beneath it. A mother and nanny with twin 18-month old toddlers stopped in the Hyatt lobby on Wednesday afternoon December 8. While taking pictures of lobby decorations they lost track of the young boy who was found after several minutes drowned in the shallow fountain beneath the Eclipse sculpture. He survived nearly three days before dying Saturday December  11, 2010. Investigators concluded from lobby surveillance the event was a “tragic accident”.

This story touched me since I have visited the Hyatt Regency San Francisco lobby many times over the past 30+ years as a beautiful space to seek shelter from the city and admire the architecture, design and art in the open atrium.

Fountain beneath Eclipse sculpture at Hyatt Regency San Francisco

Hyatt Regency San Francisco lobby atrium design and architecture