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Sunday, July 1, 2018

The Strategy Behind Chase's New Hyatt Credit Card and more...

Skift's coverage of the new Hyatt credit card, I think, gets the meta-narrative wrong here but serves as a useful foil for understanding the product. And I think we can also understand some of the strategies banks are using now to win business by ...

The Strategy Behind Chase’s New Hyatt Credit Card and more...


The Strategy Behind Chase’s New Hyatt Credit Card

Skift's coverage of the new Hyatt credit card, I think, gets the meta-narrative wrong here but serves as a useful foil for understanding the product. And I think we can also understand some of the strategies banks are using now to win business by understanding customer behavior.

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Hyatt: Double Elite Qualifying Nights at Andaz Hotels

Hyatt is offering double elite qualifying nights at Andaz hotel properties through August 31. No registration appears to be required, I didn’t receive any emails about this offer, Andaz Papagayo Resort Hyatt is definitely looking to bolster elite ranks given this offer and The World Of Hyatt Credit Card which comes with elite nights and lets you earn them through spend. Terms and conditions: ou must be a member of World of Hyatt to participate in promotion. To join World of Hyatt, visit worldofhyatt.com. All eligible nights under this promotion must have a checkout date from July 1, 2018 through August 31, 2018 ("Promotion Period"). Each eligible night completed at Andaz properties during the Promotion Period will count as two (2) nights, instead of one (1), for the purpose of...

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How to Stop a Manspreader on a Plane and the Most Misleading Travel Terms

A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.

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Passenger Sees Their Cat Running Across Tarmac While Waiting to Take Off

A couple flying from Labuan to Kuala Lumpur on Malaysia Airlines were waiting to take off when they looked out the window and saw their cat Scooty running on the tarmac.

There's video of the incident and the cat is in the top left corner. While perhaps an optical illusion the cat seems to disappear into a drain. Airline staff came out from under the plane's wing -- carrying the cat's empty cage, door open.

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Great Cell Phone Damage Protection Included With No Annual Fee Card

This may be a bit of a niche tip, but I think it will be useful for just about anyone that doesn't have the Ink Business Preferred℠ Credit Card (or cannot get it because of Chase's 5/24.

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Marriott IT Failures Cost Them Money, Force Them to Blame the Customer

Marriott is apparently cracking down on people booking hotels that haven't yet opened -- speculatively, hoping for compensation when the opening date inevitably delays -- and in particular warning people trying to do this while using credit cards "that will not authorize the forfeiture amount."

Rather than temporarily disabling customer accounts, Marriott needs to fix its IT and better manage construction projects.

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The New Hyatt Visa Welcomes Back Disaffected Diamonds They Fired 18 Months Ago

When Hyatt introduced changes to its program a little over a year ago there were a few things I liked (suite upgrades for top tier elites at check-in, a dedicated reservations agent to work with on all things Hyatt) and others that I didn't (like the elimination of the check-in amenity).

The real crux of the program changes was elimination of stay-based qualification (25 stays used to earn top tier as an alternative to 50 nights) and making top tier hard to achieve (first-earned at 60 nights, and renewed at 55).

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