Elite Level

Base

Platinum

 

Diamond

Requirement

Stays / Nights / points

-/-/-

5 / 15 / -

25 / 50 / -

Award Points

5 points / USD

5 points / USD

5 points / USD

Elite Bonus

15%

30%

Benefits

Upgrade (subject to availability)

No

best room in booked category

Best available room / suite

Lounge access

No

No

Yes

Free continental breakfast

No

No

Yes
in hotels without lounges

Early check-in

No

No

No

Late check-out

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

Daily Newspaper (not guaranteed)

Yes

Yes

Yes

No blackout for Award Stays

Yes

Yes

Yes

Others

- special award after every third stay

- four guaranteed suite upgrades for up to seven nights
- 2500 bonus points if no lounge access or lounge is closed in hotels with lounge

Points needed for Stay

Cheapest Hotel

5000 points (standard room) / 7000 (Club Room) / 8000 (Suite, min. 3 nights)

Most expensive Hotel

22000 points (standard room) / 27000 (Club Room) / 33000 (Suite, min. 3 nights)
(until June 4 was only cat 5 with 18000 points (standard room) / 22000 (Club Room) / 27000 (Suite, min. 3 nights)

Categories

6 (until June 4 was 5 cat.)

Cheapest Hotel in

New York (Manhattan / area)

18000 e.g. Andaz Wall Street; 22000 Grand Hyatt
12000 Points for Hyatt Regency Jersey City

Hong Kong

12000 e.g. Hyatt Regency Shatin / 15000 e.g. Hyatt Regency Tsim Sha Tsui

Tokyo

12000 e.g. Hyatt Regency Tokyo

London

18000 e.g. Andaz London; 22000 Hyatt Regency The Churchill

Frankfurt

12000 e.g. Hyatt Mainz (no hotel in Frankfurt)

Sydney

22000 e.g. Park Hyatt

Option to safe points

Passport Escapes (e.g. 5 nights incl. breakfast and 3 dinners for two starting with 60000 in cat 1; avail. also for 7 nights)

Room / Suite upgrade

3000 to club room / 6000 to suite - both for up to 4 nights

Date

Hotel

Room

Rate

FGP

Report

Comments

25 April 2010
-
26 April 2010

1201

143.20 USD

avail.

26 April 2010
-
27 April 2010

503

98.00 USD

avail.

27 April 2010
-
28 April 2010

439

119.00 USD

avail.

rate excl. taxes
rate incl. 25 USD F&B Voucher
rate incl. 1500 pts.

01 May 2010
-
02 May 2010

633

85.00 GBP

avail

rate excl. taxes
rate incl. 5000 pts.

19 June 2010
-
22 June 2010

420

Award

avail

25 June 2010
-
26 June 2010

342

145.00 EUR

18 February 2011
-
19 February 2011

506

97.75 GBP

avail

rate excl. taxes

13 January 2012
-
14 January 2012

202

97.75 GBP

avail

rate excl. taxes
used suite upgrade.