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American Airlines & Hyatt status challenge
In case you didn’t know, American Airlines and Hyatt have a partnership whereby you earn points in both programs simultaneously on stays and flights. AA members earn a point for every dollar spent at Hyatt, and Hyatt members earn a point for every dollar they spend on AA flights. They’ve decided to go after those of us who take advantage of this partnership with a fantastic opportunity to enjoy elite status in each brand. Hyatt elite members can try out AA elite status and vice versa. In order to keep the status through 2023, you’ll have to hit certain challenge thresholds. Let’s take a look!
World of Hyatt and American Airlines Instant Status PassTM
Link your World of Hyatt and AA here
- link your accounts by December 12, 2022,
- register for the offer by December 28, 2022,
If you have Hyatt Explorist or Globalist status, you can link your account and enroll in an American Airlines Instant Status Pass. You’ll get a corresponding AA status for 4 months. Then, it’s up to you. If you want to keep it, you’ll have to hit the following qualifying activity every 4 months.
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- Explorist members enjoying AAdvantage Platinum® status
- must earn at least 25,000 Loyalty Points to maintain AAdvantage Platinum®
- Globalist members enjoying AAdvantage Platinum Pro® status
- must earn at least 42,000 Loyalty Points to maintain AAdvantage Platinum Pro
- Explorist or Globalist members can level up to experience AAdvantage Executive Platinum® status in their next four months of Instant Status Pass by earning at least 67,000 Loyalty Points
- Explorist members enjoying AAdvantage Platinum® status
If this is kind of confusing, don’t worry, it is. Let’s say you register on 12/28/22. You’d get your comped status for 4 months, if you want to keep that status for another 4 months, you’d need to hit the activity requirement for that period. If you want to keep it for another 4 months after that, you’d have to hit it again.
- Jan through April – comped Platinum status
- Hit 25k loyalty points during that time to keep through next 4 months
- May through August – Platinum status
- Hit 67k loyalty points to bump up to Executive Platinum through December
If you don’t hit the minimum to keep for another 4 months, AA will look at your total earned loyalty points and drop you to the corresponding tier.
World of Hyatt and AAdvantage® Trial Tier Offer:
If you have AA Gold, Platinum, Platinum Pro, or Executive Platinum, you can get immediate Hyatt Explorist status for 90 days.
- Register by 11/30/22
- Complete your challenge within 90 days of registration to earn:
- Explorist status through February 2024 by staying 10 qualifying nights (typically requires 30 in a calendar year) OR
- Globalist status through February 2024 by staying 20 qualifying nights (typically requires 60 in a calendar year)
What are some of my favorite Hyatt stays?
I have used points to stay at the following properties
- Thompson Hotels
- Park Hyatt Hotels
- Andaz Hotels
- Grand Hyatt Hotels
- Hyatt Centric Hotels
- Inclusive Collection Hotels
- Alila Hotels
Overall
The real value in this status match/challenge is if you’re an AA Executive Platinum with some Hyatt stays on the books. You’d achieve Globalist status, but remember that suite upgrades, free nights, etc are tied to the Milestone Rewards, not the status. So, if you were to achieve Globalist via this method, you’d have the status, but not the added Milestone Rewards.
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My accounts are linked year or more ago. Logging into Hyatt says I am eligible for a status match and enroll by 12/28 and gives a link to AA promotions page. But I do not have this status match promotion.
I called AA, the agent even got a supervisor and they say only option they have is for me to pay $150 of 15K AA miles to enroll this challenge.
Is there a generic link or any other suggestions?
I did this but there is nothing in my promotions tab to register even though it is the 14th? Let me know if anyone else is seeing this?
So as a Hyatt Globalist who will not hit it again this year, I can call and get an AA instant pass for Platinum Pro, then turn around and register with Hyatt to stay 20 nights in 90 days to keep Globalist for 2023?
In Theory, I suppose yes, but I’m not sure in practice if that will work. Globalist runs through feb 23 so I don’t know how they’d give you temp status on top of the earned status you have. If you try it, lemme know if it works!