Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH), with a loose affiliation with Hyatt, has launched an offer to purchase gift cards with a bonus until December 22, 2021.
You can buy SLH gift cards in USD, GBP, EUR, or AUD with a 20% bonus loaded. You can use these at hotels affiliated with the chain.
You can access this offer on SLH’s website here.
Note that you cannot use gift cards to book prepaid rates. However, the cards are usable at more than 520 hotels worldwide.
Conclusion
It seems that you can use these gift cards at all SLH hotels. At least there are no exclusions listed on the website. You should also be able to use these towards SLH rates that you can book on Hyatt’s website as long as they are not prepaid.
Here are the terms and conditions of this offer:
20% added value offer is valid for all Gift Card purchases from 1st November 2021 to 22nd December 2021
The minimum value of purchase to qualify for additional 20% added value is 50 USD/ 50 GBP/ 50 EUR, 50 AUD
All other standard Gift Card T&C apply as below.
SLH Gift Cards in Euros, Great British Pounds Sterling, US Dollars and Australian Dollars are issued by and are the property of Small Luxury Hotels of the World Management Limited whose registered office is at 7 Howick Place, London, SW1P 1BB, United Kingdom (“SLH”).
SLH Gift Cards issued are subjected to these Terms and Conditions; and by purchasing a SLH Gift Card, you will be deemed to have read and accepted these Terms and Conditions.
SLH member hotels participating in the redemption of SLH Gift Cards are referred to in these Terms and Conditions as “SLH Hotels”.
SLH Gift Cards are issued for redemption at any SLH hotel worldwide in exchange for the provision of either any accommodation, services or benefits equivalent in value to its full face value.
SLH Gift Cards are purchased on www.slh.com and the Terms and Conditions applicable to the use of that website, including SLH Privacy Policy, will apply.
Payment will be made to Small Luxury Hotels of the World Management Limited. SLH Gift Cards may be cancelled after issue if any information supplied at the time of purchase is untrue or inaccurate, or if payment is declined or incorrect cardholder details and/or billing information have been supplied.
Each SLH Gift Card features a unique Serial Number and an Expiry Date and:
SLH Gift Cards may only be used for whole or part payment for room bookings in all SLH Hotels worldwide.
SLH Gift Cards are redeemable subject to availability at the discretion of SLH Hotels.
All room bookings redeemed using SLH Gift Cards must be pre-booked online at www.slh.com or via SLH Reservation Centres. Valid SLH Gift Card(s) must be presented upon check-in at the hotel.
SLH Gift Cards may not be exchanged wholly or partly for cash [nor will any change be given].
For SLH eGift Cards purchased before 20 March 2020, they are valid for 12 months from the date of issue and may not be redeemed beyond that period. For SLH eGift Cards purchased from 20 March 2020 to 30 June 2020, they are valid for 18 months from the date of issue and may not be redeemed beyond that period.
SLH cannot accept responsibility for the loss or theft of any SLH Gift Cards. SLH Gift Cards are not replaceable if lost, damaged, stolen or expired and are void if altered, copied or reproduced
Your redemption of SLH Gift Cards at certain destinations may be subject to government approvals, regulations, restrictions and applicable taxes of the respective destination.
If your redemption of SLH Gift Cards raises any tax liability on you, including disclosure, then such liability is your sole responsibility.
SLH Gift Card is only valid when displaying a verified Serial Number and a Non-Expired Date and it has not been redeemed at a SLH Hotel.
SLH Hotels will require a credit card deposit when taking a booking for accommodation.
SLH reserves the right not to accept damaged or altered SLH Gift Cards.
SLH Gift Cards may be redeemed for multiple transactions within its period of validity at a SLH Hotel in exchange for partial or total payment of the invoice. However it cannot be redeemed on multiple properties in one transaction, and no change will be given on any unused amount.
In the event that the value of SLH Gift Card does not cover the full cost of the accommodation, food, beverages or other services provided by the SLH Hotel, then the balance must be paid by the recipient of SLH Gift Card to the SLH Hotel in cash or by a valid debit/credit card. The SLH Hotel may require a valid debit/credit card deposit for such costs when accepting a reservation or redeeming SLH Gift Card.
If SLH Gift Card is issued in a currency other than the official currency of the SLH Hotel at which it is redeemed, then it will be converted at full face value into the official currency of the redeeming SLH Hotel at the prevailing foreign exchange rate then offered by that SLH Hotel.
SLH reserves the right to change these terms and conditions without notice.
Any accommodation reservation made at a SLH Hotel involving a SLH Gift Card will be subjected to the standard SLH Reservation Terms and Conditions and to the Terms and Conditions of the chosen SLH Hotel, which are available from it on request.
SLH acts solely as the issuer of SLH Gift Cards. Upon redemption of SLH Gift Card, the legal contract for provision of the benefits and any other services is made with the SLH Hotel, which thereafter assumes full responsibility and liability for the provision of such benefits and any other services and it is a condition of the sale of SLH Gift Card that SLH has no liability whatsoever for the provision of any benefits or any related issues or consequences.
Any use of the SLH website (www.slh.com) or any related SLH website will be subject to the Policies, Terms and Conditions displayed on or accessible from the website.
SLH Gift Cards are subject to the laws of England and the courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to any disputes.
Unfortunately, you CANNOT make a reservation through Hyatt and then pay for the reservation using SLH gift cards. There is no opportunity to double dip here. By booking through SLH and paying with these gift cards you forego ~10X Hyatt points per dollar (assuming you are Globalist and would have paid using the WoH Credit Card). I would argue the 20% bonus (17% discount) is not large enough to justify that opportunity cost.
I don’t see how you could not pay a flexible rate that you have booked on Hyatt’s website using these gift cards.
First, the T&Cs do state “All room bookings redeemed using SLH Gift Cards must be pre-booked online at http://www.slh.com or via SLH Reservation Centres.”
Second, I actually tried this potential trick at one SLH hotel in the summer of 2020 and it was not successful. I was then stuck with the gift cards. I finally managed to redeem them last month. It seems that when the hotel redeems the gift cards, they need to go into the SLH system and presumably redeem them against an SLH reservation.
Third, it also makes sense in terms of the economics. The 20% bonus must essentially be funded out of the commission SLH normally charges.
funny I have just send an email for an existing booking that I have with WOH in greece with a flexible rate. I asked the reservation manager if I can pay this at checkin with SLH gift cards and I have it confirmed that I can do so. I should send her a few days before arrival the gift card number. So as long as the hotel has confirmed me they should also process it like this, right? 🙂
Thanks for sharing this with us.