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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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4 Ways to Tell you have a Free Night Certificate at Marriott

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4 Ways to Tell you have a Free Night Certificate at Marriott

I have a Chase Marriott Rewards Premier Credit Card and the best perk of the card is the annual free night certificate each year you pay the $85 annual fee.  If you stay at Marriott properties frequently, this is a great card to have to accrue Marriott Points.

1 – Card in the mail.  Marriott will send you a card that says your free night certificate has been deposited in your Marriott account.  This is the front of the card:

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Unboxing United Airlines MileagePlus Premier Silver Elite Status Envelope (Marriott Platinum Challenge)

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Unboxing United Airlines MileagePlus Premier Silver Elite Status Envelope (Marriott Platinum Challenge)

I know this is going to end up on Travel Blogger Buzz (I’m more surprised when my stuff doesn’t show up there), but maybe this post will help someone.

Back on July 18, I wrote Marriott Platinum Challenge = United MileagePlus Premier Silver Status that showed how you could achieve United MileagePlus Premier Silver Status by calling Marriott and asking for a Marriott Platinum Challenge.  The United Airlines status is valid from now until January 31, 2014.  I just received the letter in the mail today (August 14) and here is my “unboxing” of the letter.

Front of the envelope:

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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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Marriott Platinum Challenge = United MileagePlus Premier Silver Status

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Marriott Platinum Challenge = United MileagePlus Premier Silver Status

(Hat Tip to Frequent Miler for the idea.)

I was able to call Marriott and ask for a Platinum Challenge.  Within minutes, my account was upgraded to Marriott Platinum.  If you are curious about the Marriott Platinum Challenge, read Frequent Miler’s post.

Marriott Gold Status (before the Platinum Challenge call):

Marriott Gold Status

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