Is it time to step off the Hyatt bandwagon? | Ep138 | 2-19-22
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🗓️ 19 February 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
With many great Hyatt properties moving out of range of free night certificates, is it finally time to step off the bandwagon of Hyatt fandom? This week we discuss what will change, what won't, and where we go from here.
00:32 Giant Mailbag: Confession Time 06:11 What crazy thing did....Barclays do this week?
9:39 Mattress running the numbers: Which Sam's Club deal is better?
https://frequentmiler.com/40-back-on-sams-club-membership-via-dosh-stack-with-amex-offer/
16:58 Main Event: Is it time to step off the Hyatt bandwagon?
https://frequentmiler.com/hyatt-announces-2022-award-category-changes-its-a-doozy/
https://frequentmiler.com/best-hyatt-category-1-4-hotels-resorts/
42:43 Post roast 45:24 Question of the Week: Does credit card CDW cover loss of use?
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Voyescape podcast. |
| 0:03.9 | You can find all of our travel podcasts from around the world at voyescape.com. |
| 0:10.8 | Let's get into the giant mailbag. |
| 0:13.5 | What crazy thing did City this week? |
| 0:17.5 | It's time for mattress running the numbers. |
| 0:19.8 | Ready for the main event? The main event. |
| 0:21.6 | Frequent Miler on the air starts now. |
| 0:26.6 | Today's main event is it time to step off the Hyatt bandwagon. |
| 0:32.6 | Are we done with Hyatt? |
| 0:34.6 | I mean, my goodness, maybe we should be, right? |
| 0:39.6 | Well, we'll talk about why or why not. |
| 0:41.2 | Yes, we will. |
| 0:46.7 | First, of course, we've got the giant mailbag, but today I don't have giant mail. |
| 0:49.9 | Oh, what I have instead is confession time. |
| 0:51.6 | Oh, everybody's favorite. |
| 0:52.2 | I like it. |
| 0:58.7 | I thought you were going to say the printer was broken or something or you didn't have access because you've been traveling. But even better. |
| 1:17.5 | Confession time. All right. Confession time. Yes. And actually, it goes really well with today's topic, today's main event. Here's what happened. So I had a Hyatt Category 1 to 4 free night expiring early in February. And I could have changed some of my plans when I was traveling in January to use that free night. But I didn't really |
| 1:31.4 | want to change the plans. And I believed that, especially as a globalist, top tier elite with |
| 1:40.7 | Hyatt, that after it expires, I could ask for points because I wasn't able to use |
| 1:46.6 | the certificate. |
| 1:47.8 | So I waited until the certificate expired. |
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