I’ve covered:
- Combining SPG points between accounts (Westin, Sheraton, Le Meridien, St Regis, W, etc)
- Combining Marriott Rewards Points (Marriott, Ritz Carlton, etc)
- Combining Club Carlson Points (Radisson, County Inn & Suites, etc)
What about Hyatt? Sure you can do that.
Hyatt has an online form to transfer points that you have to print out and email, mail, or fax to them. (A copy of the form as of January 26, 2013)
A couple of things to note:
- Points must be transferred for the purpose of redemption (but you don’t have to have a redemption booked to transfer them) … ok I guess
- You may only be a transferring or receiving member of points once every 30 days (not monthly, every 30 days). Also meaning you can’t receive points from someone and then send them to someone else. That said, if you’ve got a pile of Ultimate Rewards points that you want to get to someone for use with Hyatt I supposed you could transfer to Hyatt and then transfer those to that person …
- Both the sender and recipient must sign the form (annoying but ok)
Pretty much it looks like the rules are set in place to prevent abuse and transferring points as currency. From a family perspective this is really not a big deal. Sure a few hoops but being able to consolidate points from my families accounts in the need to book a room for mom or my brother or someone else, this makes things quite excellent.
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