World of Hyatt announced back on April 3, 2020 (read more here) that elite tiers would be extended by a year and free night awards through December 31, 2021.
Elite tiers were already extended last week through February 28, 2022 (read more here), and today Hyatt has processed the free night awards.
You can access Hyatt’s page for Covid-19 here.
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Here’s a screenshot that a reader sent us:
The reader had had one certificate just expire few days ago and even that was extended to 2021.
My single free night certificate that was just issued last Friday and was set to expire this October 31, 2020, was pushed to December 31 next year.
Hyatt’s status extension policy due to coronavirus:
World Of Hyatt Global Tier Status & Certificate Extensions
And tier extensions were processed last week:
World of Hyatt Status Extensions Processed
Conclusion
Hyatt and World of Hyatt have done it right both for the guests and loyalty program members. I am glad that these certificate extensions were processed promptly.
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I’m wondering if they’re going to end up extending the club room upgrade awards. Mine’s due to expire 2/28 as is everyone’s (I think). Those are not being extended at this time. Seems like an omission.
“All unused Free Night, Suite Upgrade or Club Lounge Access awards with expiration dates between March 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 will be extended to December 31, 2021”
(bolding added)
https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/info/coronavirus-statement?icamp=hy_cvstatement_jan2020_alertbanner_en
My credit card free night certificate still shows an expiration date of Feb 2021.
Apparently the extension only applies to certificates expiring 3/1/20-12/31/20.
Which is pretty ridiculous IMO… So a cert expiring 12/31/2020 got extended by a full year until 12/31/2021 but a cert expiring on Jan 1st, 2021 literally just expires right there… I guess we can always call Hyatt and ask for an extension but still, they’d be much better off just extend everyone until 12/31/2021