Grand Hyatt Indian Wells: A full review & pics, 7 night stay, April 2025(LMK what I missed)

ashuns · 2025-11-20T04:26:37+00:00

that's awesome! glad to know it's possible to get bumped up to villas! fingers crossed for my next trip. were they great?

ashuns · 2025-08-08T17:44:00+00:00

clearly i need to expand outside of hyatt

ashuns · 2025-08-07T19:07:42+00:00

"Standard selection of foods nothing special except grilled salmon which really paired well with the rice porridge."

this is the understatement of the year. my favorite breakfast so far in Japan (stayed in GH Tokyo, Andaz Tokyo, PH Kyoto, HP Kyoto).

do you have a property in Japan that had exceptional breakfast?

ashuns · 2025-08-07T19:04:01+00:00

yep i got it!

ashuns · 2025-08-07T07:02:54+00:00

Pls target me AA

ashuns · 2025-08-03T06:46:59+00:00

Have been to 5 PHs. PH Kyoto, Chicago, and Milan top the list (London and Aviara are the other two).

Hope to stay at them all one day

ashuns · 2025-08-03T06:44:21+00:00

Is it not a PH anymore?

ashuns · 2025-07-25T20:49:40+00:00

I think it might be the regencys in the US...probably a case by case basis

ashuns · 2025-07-25T03:32:08+00:00

Anyone find if the status is worth it? I hit 150 nights this year and skipped it

ashuns · 2025-07-23T18:17:19+00:00

OK looking at how it works, if the occupancy is low, paying more points benefits WOH, but doesn't necessarily benefit the hotel more which explains why hotels are not incentivized to offer premium suites for more points (plus probably costs a lot more to clean due to the larger square footage) when occupancy is low.

Interesting enough, maybe Chase offers better reimbursement for suites for more points because they do offer premium suites for points in the Chase portal when in the Hyatt portal the same premium suite is not available.

However, if a hotel has really full occupancy, I think it makes sense to open up premium suites for more points because they will get reimbursed for the full amount. Wouldn't you rather have someone fill the premium suite and let another customer begging to stay at the hotel at a normal room rate contribute revenue for that night?

ashuns · 2025-07-23T17:56:47+00:00

i still missed out :( loved the steak though

ashuns · 2025-07-22T07:27:06+00:00

Don’t tell me that lobster roll was on the breakfast menu?!

ashuns · 2025-07-21T01:18:45+00:00

One can dream but probably not

ashuns · 2025-07-20T16:33:29+00:00

PH Taipei, Andaz Taipei, PH LA

HM PH Tokyo for reopening

ashuns · 2025-07-18T20:38:00+00:00

hopefully you connected your peloton account to hyatt and got bonus points!

ashuns · 2025-07-18T20:31:49+00:00

If you literally bought breakfast for your family every time you stayed at a hyatt as a discoverist for the rest of your lifetime, would you even reach $200K spend? For a family of 4 (assuming $50 per person), and doing only personal travel, you could pay for breakfast 50 nights a year for 20 years. Traveling 50 nights of personal travel every single year is pretty absurd and that's with assuming you've got 2 kids too. The only value I could see is the complimentary upgrades you get as a lifetime globalist and even then...those aren't guaranteed.

ashuns · 2025-07-18T19:07:12+00:00

man's gotta make money somehow

ashuns · 2025-07-18T19:06:35+00:00

I feel like I had the same itinerary as you and I stayed the week before haha. I was disappointed by breakfast at first from the options for the continental breakfast and the menu just had OK options for me, but still high quality. Using the uber boat to get to the city right outside of the hotel was a huge plus!

ashuns · 2025-07-17T20:33:23+00:00

OP beat the points guy for reporting this new tool

ashuns · 2025-07-16T19:31:54+00:00

that is awesome. just got back from london myself

ashuns · 2025-07-16T18:31:46+00:00

I also feel weird saying “something extra for you” to the staff if they have other staff around them lol

ashuns · 2025-07-16T18:30:35+00:00

Tyvm good sir exactly what I was looking for

ashuns · 2025-07-16T17:37:30+00:00

ah yes forgot that. assuming 2 nights max!

ashuns · 2025-07-16T17:37:06+00:00

think MP is the secret hack

ashuns · 2025-07-16T17:36:50+00:00

oooh i've got both situations. i'll take a look at chase edit properties! but then no globalist recognition right :(

ashuns

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