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Where Hyatt Suite Upgrade Awards don’t work
In a past post about my perfect Hyatt mattress run, I mentioned paying more to secure a beachfront room. In response, a reader asked why I didn’t use a Hyatt Suite Upgrade Award for that purpose. The answer: Hyatt’s Suite Upgrade Awards don’t work at Destination Residences properties (which this was). And that makes sense […] The post Where Hyatt Suite Upgrade Awards don’t work appeared first on Frequent Miler. Frequent Miler may receive compensation from CHASE. American Express, Capital One, or other partners.
In a past post about my perfect Hyatt mattress run, I mentioned paying more to secure a beachfront room. In response, a reader asked why I didn’t use a Hyatt Suite Upgrade Award for that purpose. The answer: Hyatt’s Suite Upgrade Awards don’t work at Destination Residences properties (which this was). And that makes sense because Destination Residence properties are apartment style usually with living room, dining, and kitchen areas separate from one or more bedrooms. In other words, you get a suite (or better) automatically. This question, though, made me wonder where else can’t we use our Suite Upgrade Awards?
Hyatt confirmed suite upgrades
With Hyatt, there are several ways to confirm a suite in-advance without paying the cash rate for the suite:
- Suite Free Night Awards: Hyatt’s free night award chart includes pricing for booking suites with points. Suite availability for awards is not guaranteed.
- Complimentary Suite Upgrade Awards: Through Hyatt’s Milestone Rewards, it’s possible to earn Suite Upgrade Awards (starting at 40 nights). On any paid or award stay, you can apply a Suite Upgrade Award to be upgraded to a suite for the entire length of your stay. One upgrade award can be used for a stay of up to 7 nights. Suite Upgrade Awards can be applied as early as the time of booking. To apply a suite upgrade award, a standard suite must be available for the entire length of your stay.
- Suite Upgrade Awards with Points: On qualifying paid rates, it’s possible to upgrade to a suite using points:
- Suite Upgrade: 6,000 points per night
- Premium Suite Upgrade: 9,000 points per night
Suite Award Ineligible Properties
Within World of Hyatt’s terms & conditions you can find a list of “Suite Award Ineligible Properties.” These are properties where you can’t book a suite through any of the methods described above. Here’s the list of ineligible properties:
- Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa
- Park Hyatt Sydney
- Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort and Spa
- Park Hyatt Johannesburg
- Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hills
- Andaz Lisbon
- Hyatt Regency Kyoto
- Hyatt Paris Madeleine
- Hyatt Herald Square New York
- Hyatt Key West Resort and Spa
- Hyatt City of Dreams Manila
- Hyatt Centric South Beach Miami
- Hyatt Centric Midtown 5th Ave New York
- Hyatt Centric Old Town Alexandria
- Spirit Ridge at NK’MIP Resort
- Cheyenne Mountain Resort
- Hyatt Rosemont
- Hyatt Regency Suites Atlanta Northwest
- Hyatt Regency Lisle near Naperville
- Hyatt Regency Newport Beach West
- Hyatt Regency London Albert Embankment
- Hyatt Regency Madrid Residences
- Hyatt Regency Morristown
- Hyatt Regency Manchester
- Grand Hyatt Kuwait Residences
- Hyatt Centric Brickell Miami
- Hyatt Centric The Pike Long Beach
- Hyatt Centric MG Road Bangalore
- Hyatt Centric Old Town Alexandria
- Numu Boutique Hotel San Miguel de Allende
- Thompson Seattle
- Thompson Hollywood
- Chicago Athletic Association
- Hotel Revival Baltimore
- Hotel Avatar
- Waterfront Hotel
- Park South
- The Laurel Inn
- Hotel Kabuki
- Alila Manggis
- Studios at Alila Sminyak
- Alila Villas Uluwatu
- Alila Taihu Suzhou
- Alila Ubud
- Episode Hsinchu
- EPISODE Daan Taipei
- Ronil Goa
- Hyatt Raipur
- Hôtel du Louvre
- Ventana Campground
- The Standard, Hua Hin
- The Standard, London
- The Standard, High Line
- The Standard, East Village
- The Standard, Maldives
- The StandardX, Melbourne
- StandardX Bangkok Riverfront (The StandardX, Bangkok Phra Arthit)
- The Standard, Singapore
- Sunscape Sabor Cozumel
- Dreams Aventuras
- Dreams Royal Beach
- Now Emerald Cancun
- AluaSoul Alcudia Bay
- AluaSoul Menorca
- Alua Leo
- AluaSun Far Menorca
- AluaSun Mediterráneo
- AluaSun Cala Antena
- Alua Boccaccio
- AluaSun Lago Park
- AluaSun Doblemar
- Lindner Hotel Frankfurt Hochst
- Lindner Hotel Dusseldorf Seestern
- Lindner Hotel Frankfurt Sportpark
- Lindner Hotel City Plaza Cologne
- Lindner Hotel Nurburgring Ferienpark
- Lindner Hotel Nurburgring Motorsport
- Lindner Hotel Nurburgring Congress
- Lindner Hotel Bratislava
- Brunfels Hotel
- Caption by Hyatt hotels or resorts
- Hyatt Place hotels or resorts
- Hyatt Studios hotels
- Me and All Hotels properties or
- Any Destination by Hyatt Residences property, except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Destination by Hyatt Residence Award Terms.
Suite Upgrade Ineligible Properties
In addition to the list of “Suite Award Ineligible Properties,” above, one brand is ineligible for suite upgrades (but apparently may be available for Suite Free Night Awards):
- Hyatt Residence Club hotels or resorts
Short Answer
If you’re anything like me, you’ll never remember the specific list of ineligible hotels, but you may be able to remember the much shorter list of Hyatt brands that don’t allow suite upgrades:
- Caption by Hyatt hotels or resorts
- Hyatt Place hotels or resorts
- Hyatt Studios hotels
- Me and All Hotels properties
- Destination by Hyatt Residences
See Also
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