anyone know any backdoors to a bunch of Hyatt points other than the Sapphire card? I have the Hyatt card but at 1 point a $ it's going to take a crapload of spend to get the length of stay I need. I think we are going back to kauai again next may and want to stay about 8 nights at the Hyatt. Will come to 176k Hyatt points. I'll have about 60k from the Sapphire and those I have left in my Hyatt account. I also guess I'll have the option of using AA miles for hotel stays but it's going to be north of 45k AA miles per night to stay there. In briefly researching it there doesn't seem to be many programs that will transfer to Hyatt other than diners club. Doubt the Hyatt card is churnable as it's not a points bonus but a two night bonus (still plan on exploring this though). The hotel will go anywhere from $300 to $600 a night so I'm really not interested in paying that for 8 nights. thoughts/input?
i'll provide thoughts and/or input once i can actually wrap my brain around the possibility of having and using 176k hyatt points. i mean, wow. meanwhile i'm kind of still pissed at the 48k starwood that i'll be using next month.
I have 110k UA miles and I can get us both there and back in coach for 80k. currently looking at $4,065 for the eight nights at the Hyatt if we paid for it. Really not wanting to do that. Current plan:
I have the Chase Sapphire coming: 53k Hyatt (after the $3k required spend)
Talk Mrs. Dave into the Chase Sapphire: 53k Hyatt (great benefit imo of this card is that you can transfer the miles to anyone elses Hyatt account so all of these would be in one account)
I currently have only 2k Hyatt
So, I'd end up with 108k Hyatt which is 2k short of 5 nights. I'll spend $2k on either the Hyatt or the Sapphire card to get to five nights. Then, (this will hurt me a lot) I can spend 47k AA miles for a night at the Hyatt. 141k AA miles on the last three nights? Almost certainly better off just paying the $1,500 for the last three nights. That is a lot of miles to burn through. The booking of hotels with UA/AA miles is an awful redemption rate.
I'll still be a Hyatt diamond come trip time so we will almost certainly get bumped to an ocean view again. Thoughts?