Major American & Hyatt Partnership Changes Now Live

I thought the program today was already a little stingy (only 1 LP/$), but about $20k annual spend at Hyatt got at least got me 10% of the way to EP. But wow this partnership is about to become completely useless.

Honestly this is a major downgrade and they mind as well just end their partnership! There are no benefits at all!

Sad!

redeeming 12,000 WoH points for my partner & i to enjoy the first class lounges on a business class fare, especially with a stopover, could be quite tempting

@ listen -- Sorry, which lounge are you referring to? Status for a day doesn't offer the oneworld Emerald perks on partner airlines, as far as I know.

i was thinking QF F LAX, but you are correct.

Hyatt keeps going in the wrong direction.

This is extremely sad! The prior program gave me incentive to pay cash for Hyatt stays in order to earn more AA Loyalty Points. Now that incentive has gone away.

Worthless.....utterly worthless, on both sides. I would rather they just end the partnership instead of "enhancing" the program in this manner.

Looks like I'll be dumping my world of hyatt CC now since the only reason I got it was for reciprocal earning. Now I'll just choose discoverist when I hit 100K LPs

Yeah, this sucks lol

Any idea if Concierge Key members will retain the automatic Globalist status?

As an Alaska/Hyatt elite (who flies AA using my AS loyalty number)...

The original program: Useless.

The new program: Equally useless.

The bright spot of this update is probably Platinum at 100 Nights Milestone Rewards. Tempting for Hyatt loyalists outside US to get oneworld Sapphire.

I agree with uldguy, worthless, reciprocal point earning while low was still incredibly valuable.

Well, thanks a lot Hyatt, and AA. My incentive to actually suffer through AA operated flights to LHR to gain Hyatt points is now dead. Good while it lasted but back to BA operated flights next year.

This new change actually works to my favor. My husband and I are retired and travel full-time. We so far clocked 115 nights at various Hyatt properties around the world by mid-September. With our current plan for 2025, we will hit 100 nights by mid-May.

As a lifetime Marriott Titanium member, the dual earning ability with AA/Hyatt still pulled me to their program, some of the time. Now, unless there is a case by case specific need, it will be only Marriott, going forward.

Terrible. If there's a shred of value in these changes for a top-tier member of both programs (Globalist and EP/CK), I don't see it.

AA PL at 100 Hyatt nights seems ok.

With that said, they should have at least retained earning AA LPs for Hyatt spend.

I’m honestly happy with the changes.
I occasionally fly AA/OW, but don’t have any status.
Now i should be able to get AA gold, and possibly update to platinum.

And if im flying AA I could certainly see a use case for status for a day (if I didn’t already have it)

Those who think this is a good deal because they can get AA Gold and Platinum are in for a rude awakening, especially if you’re looking for first class upgrades. Upgrades for Ex Plat members are increasingly rare, as Ben can attest to, and for platinum and gold members it’s even worse. This is nothing more than lipstick on a very dirty pig of a program.

5 million Loyalty Points to get one free night certificate is a joke.

Does AA think their customers are walking piggy banks.

LOL - millions of miles flown AA/Oneworld. Lifetime status with Marriott and Hilton, top tier, 2x over. The only Hyatt traction I have had is because of this program. Looks like a hard stop is coming soon. Too bad, the one thing I liked was that DFW Grand Hyatt. As a CK, I enjoyed the proximity to the reception. Looks like I'll be on a shuttle next time.

This is a fancy way of ending the program, but still being able to market it like it still exists.

If you like lighting points on fire, sure. I don’t know how anyone can get to 30+ nights a year with Hyatt and not spend enough on flights to earn gold on AA organically (unless you’re not at an AA hub) — and then I would question the value of why anyone wants AA gold status.

Totally negative. I wrote Hyatt’s consumer affairs department to tell them I was put off by having them try to sell me this as a benefit. Not that I think that will do anything whatsoever, but it felt good to tell them I didn’t appreciate being told having a cool benefit taken away was a good thing. And I did mention I’ll be slightly less inclined to book paid stays at expensive properties because they have, in effect, just raised the cost to me by 2%.

Yeah, but you have to give up a category 1-7 to pick it. I routinely get $800 or more in value out of that certificate.

I'm also LTT... but never going back to Marriott - the milestone and other benefits offered by Hyatt's program are way better (even without AA). LTT gets me breakfast as some hotel chains. And maybe an upgrade to a deluxe room v std. And that is about it.

No, Tom C. What you're describing is actually a very rare set of circumstances. You 1) must be based at a viable AA fortress hub. You 2) fly to get to your hotel stays (vs driving or trains). You 3) must be flying quite frequently for those 30 nights and paying cash for airfare (not a few vacations a year but instead likely business travel). I would guess you're based in DFW but possibly PHX, MIA, or CLT. Its a short list...

Completely useless. So for 400,000 Loyalty Points, you get a Cat 1-4 certificate which I value at maybe $200…

Category 1-7 free award night is automatically earn when you reach 100 nights. And AA PL status which you can choice.

I just used my Explorist status to redeem Hyatt points for AAdvantage Platinum status for a day. The reward shows in my Advantage account. The AA website gives me an error when I attempt to redeem the award. I called AA customer service where I was told I need to be AA Gold status to redeem status for a day. This has to be incorrect. So far not a smooth process.

What's most annoying is that I can now earn AA LPs at just about every big US hotel chain /EXCEPT/ Hyatt via the eShopping portal.

*sigh*

Has anyone had any success actually redeeming a Status for a day reward. I successfully placed the Platinum Status for a Day reward into my AA account. But when I get to the final step on the AA website iI get an error message. “Our system is having trouble”.

So one can have both the 1-7 cert AND PL status once you reach 100 nights?

AA and Hyatt, if you are reading this. Please consider to bring back the reciprocal earning and as most of us think it was the best program out there for us road warriors!