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Great location, cool historic property, decent value in downtown Cleveland
The Hyatt Regency Cleveland at the Arcade is just that…at the arcade. The arcade is a beautiful indoor, glass ceiling, arcade of stores, and restaurants. The hotel has rooms overlooking the arcade as well as rooms that face the street and city. Our room was on the 2nd floor of the hotel and face the East 4th entertainment district. At first I was a little nervous that our room would be loud at night given the location to the night dwellers, but in the end it worked out just fine. It could have also been because I was amongst the night dwellers catching up with my best bud, Dave, who lives in the midwest and drove in special to hang out. B-YAH!
The room was booked on a corporate rate, so getting diamond benefits was a little shaky.
In case you didn’t know, any rooms booked as part of a convention or often times through a 3rd party do not qualify for elite nights or stay credits. What a bummer. I wrote a very sternly worded letter to Hyatt customer service complaining of this, but alas, to no avail and did not receive points based off the room rate, or night/stay credits. If at all possible, for those of you traveling to conventions book the hotel yourself and get reimbursement. For points and Elite qualification purposes it is much more beneficial.
The bennies I did receive:
- room upgrade to a street view Deluxe King
- 1000 point bonus at check in
- breakfast credit at 1890 Restaurant
- however, I had to write to Hyatt because my card was actually charged for the breakfast. After complaining it was reimbursed
- late check out of 4pm
My only complaint with all of this was the fact that I didn’t get stay and night credits!
The hotel is nice, and for the price, which was roughly $150/nt, it’s not amazing deal, by any means, but for a midrange hotel, smack near all the entertainment, the convention center, the casino, and the sports arena it does just fine.
However, for a points and cash rate…I’d say this is a great deal
- Category 2 hotel
- 8000 points per night
- 4000 + $55
Hyatt Regency rooms overlooking the Arcade
Our room was at the very end of the level the picture is shot from…level 2. Turn the corner to the right and it was smack on the left. The location was pretty ideal, really. There’s an elevator bank that goes to rooms in the tower as well as to the street level emptying out into the entertainment district. I’d mentioned earlier that the I was a little reticent of the room’s location, but it worked just fine.
Room was very large, with a small sitting area
As you can see we looked smack out at the Entertainment District. Keep it poppin’
Luckily the blackout curtains did a great job keeping the room dark as these windows are ridics! I love old buildings that have been redone.
Overall
The hotel is ideally located, freshly redone, and if you’re looking to stay on cash + points I’d say this is an outstanding deal. The rooms have been recently redone, the location is great, and the staff are accommodating. The only real hiccup was the breakfast credit. But, the breakfast was made to order and fully reimbursed ( once I wrote in ), but I believe the misunderstanding a regular occurrence. When I checked in my benefits were made clear and breakfast was mentioned. Overall, I’d stay here again, but if the price was competitive to the Ritz Carlton, which is nearby, I’d stay there.
If you’d like to stay here using points
- don’t forget that Chase Ultimate Rewards transfer to Hyatt 1:1
- Also if you have a Chase Hyatt Signature Visa you can use your free category 1-4 night certificate.
- cash and points presents the best value at 4000+$55
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
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Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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