The Biggest Winners & Losers from Hyatt’s Massive Changes

About this episode

The episode discusses the significant changes to Hyatt's award program and their implications for travelers.

It’s a Brave (?) New World … of Hyatt. The hotel chain (almost) everybody loves officially brought down the hammer with some sweeping and painful changes to its award program. So with Gunnar overseas - probably crying into his Italian red wine - Nick joins Kyle to delve deep into the data behind what’s changed: the good, the bad, and the ugly. And yes, there is good news here. Plus, they try to answer the most important question: What does this mean now for Hyatt and your transferable credit card points? Thanks to Bellroy for sponsoring this episode! Get 10% off your next great Bellroy travel bag with our special link!

People in this episode

Hosts: Nick, Kyle

Guest: Gunnar

Topics covered

• Hyatt changes
• travel rewards
• credit card points
• hotel loyalty programs
• travel news

Keywords

• Hyatt
• travel rewards
• credit card points
• hotel changes
• Bellroy

Sponsors

Bellroy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hyatt

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