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Cancelling a Hyatt Points Reservation and Using a Marriott Free Night Certificate

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Cancelling a Hyatt Points Reservation and Using a Marriott Free Night Certificate

I personally love the image above because it looks like Hyatt has a sad face and Marriott has a happy face and all I had to do was add some eyes to both logos. 

Anyways, plans change, so booking hotel stays on points or at a refundable/cancellable rate is really important.  My US Airways round trip flight from SFO to AMS has had several schedule changes and I was able to book SFO to AMS to LAX (I live in Orange County).  Therefore, I needed to cancel my SFO hotel stay at the end of my trip.  Luckily, I used Hyatt points and was able to cancel the stay, but it was not easy.

After logging into my Hyatt account, I wanted to cancel this reservation.  I saw the cancel button on the bottom, hoping that it would be a simple, quick, straightforward process.

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Hyatt Gold Passport Platinum Elite Status gets you MGM M Life Gold Elite Status

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Hyatt Gold Passport Platinum Elite Status gets you MGM M Life Gold Elite Status

Today (August 20), Hyatt and MGM announced that Hyatt elite members will now be MGM M Life elite members, and vice versa.  If you have a Chase Hyatt Credit Card, you are automatically a Hyatt Gold Passport Platinum Elite Member.  Here are the current elite status matches:

M Life Tiers

I’m going to assume everyone has a Hyatt account already, but do you have an MGM M Life account?  If you do not, you can sign up here as a regular member and then upgrade instantly (detailed instructions below).  Click Join Now in the upper right corner, enter your email address, and click submit.

Join M Life

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Vancouver Vacation: Marriott Renaissance Vancouver Harbourside and Hyatt Regency Vancouver Hotel Reviews

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Vancouver Vacation: Marriott Renaissance Vancouver Harbourside and Hyatt Regency Vancouver Hotel Reviews

On my recent trip to Vancouver, British Columbia, I stayed at 2 nice hotels and thought I would share some photos with you.  The first hotel I stayed at was the Marriott Renaissance Vancouver Harbourside Hotel (link).

Renaissance Marriott Vancouver

The hotel is a Marriott Category 6 (30,000 Marriott Points) or $251.95 per night.  We stayed 2 nights on points.  Parking was $23 CAD per day.

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A Million Thanks to Million Mile Secrets

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A Million Thanks to Million Mile Secrets

I want to thank Daraius from Million Mile Secrets for featuring me on his Friday morning “Big Travel with Small Money” series.  I have been a long time reader of his site and enjoy reading his articles every day.  I have had the pleasure to speak with Emily a few times and get a picture with her at the Frequent Traveler University in Tyson’s Corner, VA a few months back.  I highly recommend you guys check it out.  The next event is in Tampa, FL from September 27-29 (details here).

Emily and Grant

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