Hey everyone. Welcome back to Talking Points and happy new year. This is your

host Brian Kelly the Points Guy and today we're going to be exploring all things Hyatt with Amy Weinberg who's the VP of the World of Hyatt program.

Amy tells us what we can expect from the World of Hyatt program this year and what led to the new milestone bonuses.

Afterwards, TPG's senior points in miles editor Nick Ewen is going to tell us all the best

ways to maximize Hyatt loyalty.

This episode may feature offers that are subject to change and are offered by our advertising partners. The Points Guy.com is a free website, so we do advertise in order to generate revenue for a full

listing of our advertising policy go to the points guy dot com slash advertising.

So today we've got a very special guest from Hyatt. Amy Weinberg who is a senior

vice president and head of the world of Hyatt loyalty program Amy thanks for

joining us today.

Thank you for having me.

I'm super excited to chat.

You guys have been pretty busy there this year and there's a bunch of exciting changes to talk

about today.

But before we get into it, do you just want to bring us

through your career and how you ended up at Hyatt and the role that you're in?

Certainly. I've had the benefit of working in the space of loyalty, albeit not always in hotel loyalty for most of my career.

And I often talk about trying to bring the point where math and marketing come together to help create value for the consumer that's being served.

And I started working in hotels at Starwood in 2003.

I spent some time there and I joined Hyatt about a year ago, exactly almost, here with great

brands, passionate members and trying to, as you mentioned, continue to evolve in ways by listening

to our members' needs and wants,

...