Paid for 8 nights at Hyatt on points and paid for $1,050 of our room charges with Hyatt gift cards. Ended up about $450 out of pocket for remaining room charges. Still earned 11,556 Hyatt points and 8 qualified nights torwards elite status somehow:
06 May 2012 14 May 2012 Grand Kauai Stay 4,274 1,282 5,556 Points View Retrieve
06 May 2012 14 May 2012 Grand Kauai Bonus 0 0 1,000 Points
06 May 2012 14 May 2012 Grand Kauai Bonus 0 0 1,000 Points
06 May 2012 14 May 2012 Grand Kauai Bonus 0 0 1,000 Points
06 May 2012 14 May 2012 Grand Kauai Bonus 0 0 1,000 Points
06 May 2012 14 May 2012 Grand Kauai Bonus 0 0 1,000 Points
06 May 2012 14 May 2012 Grand Kauai Bonus 0 0 1,000 Points
I'm curious as to how I got the 1,000 points bonus on only 6 of the nights instead of all 8. I'm more curious as to why I got it to begin with since I used points so I'm not going to call and ask for the other 2 nights bonus. Also, since I did the diamond elite status challenge, I needed 12 nights in 3 months to keep diamond through Feb 2013. I never planned to get those nights. But, this award stay credited my account for 8 qualifying nights leaving me only 4 short. I have nowhere to go in the next month and a half I have the diamond status but am tempted to book four nights in KC or Topeka or some cheap ass Hyatt and keep the status.