Here's the situation -- my family will need to be in New York for three nights in May. Thanks to Hyatt's upcoming "Big Welcome Back" promotion we'll definitely be staying at a Hyatt property. The two logical choices are the Grand Hyatt New York and the Andaz Wall Street; both are a little over $200…
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The prices of the hotels are the same for one, two, or three nights versus one night each? That's very good. I am Elite with Starwood and they typically give you a small discount on two night stays versus pricing them out at one night each.
Or very bad, as it means you always pay the higher price and never get any kind of discount.
I'm not that familiar with Hyatt (or Starwood properties for that matter...I'm just getting decent at understanding frequent flier programs, let alone hotel loyalty programs) so I'm not sure which it is, but from where I sit it could be either a good or bad thing that there's no discount. I've never noticed that in any other hotel pricing scheme.
I wouldn't switch.
I totally would if i was staying by myself, or with another mileage/points nut, but for me, the whole point of being a mileage/point nut is enjoying the trips that really matters, which are the trips with family or girlfriend.
ANDAZ5 promo must be booked by March 31. Be sure to keep that in mind as you make your reservations. Also, you could book day 1 and 3 in your name and day 2 in someone else's name. You might well have to change rooms, but that would be much easier than moving hotels.
This is "normal" for me. Back in January I was in Vegas for a week and bounced back and forth between Planet Hollywood (before Starwood left) and the Westin. While the discount sounds nice, I can't keep it if work is paying for the rooms. Better to bounce and get the stay......
If you do the packing/unpacking for everyone, it is your choice. If a spouse/significant other does most of the packing/unpacking, it should be their choice.
Depend on distant and who is staying, we did it often last Jan, it was kind of fun hotel hopping and again I am slave to point and miles.
What does "family" mean? You and your brither? You and your parents?
The best bang for your effort is stay 3 nights at Andaz, checking in and out each night, with someone else's name on th reservation on night #2.
As others have said, it depends on who you mean by family. I assume that all close members of the Lucky family are MR's at heart. If so, then surely they will want to get a piece of this. If not, then perhaps this is the time to teach them!
I agree with the other commenters. If I'm by myself, I do ridiculous things like this all the time. However, when with others, take it easy.... especially in NY. Stay at the Grand Hyatt. It's an awesome hotel in a great location. Enjoy the trip!
Switch hotels every night.
Several years ago I did this with Starwood in San Francisco. In those days, they gave you online booking bonus; and, as a Platinum, they gave you 500 points per stay.
I hated switching every night, but a month later, I was glad I did (after I took a look/see at my large point balance).
At one point do you do this on work trips? I've got 12 days in HNL coming up at the Hyatt. Trying to decide if it's worth it (er, reasonable) to swap each night.