Availability within Hyatt with points

[scoutings]

Is it relatively automatic to get whatever week at whatever resort so long as you have enough points? I'm especially interested in knowing if I can book mountain or copper seasons to use up points for a year and trade on II.

 

[travelhacker]

Is it relatively automatic to get whatever week at whatever resort so long as you have enough points? I'm especially interested in knowing if I can book mountain or copper seasons to use up points for a year and trade on II.

No, there are a lot of resorts and time periods that are hard to get. For example, ski resorts during ski season can be a tricky trade.

If you can plan, you can get some good stuff.

Mountain time isn’t terribly difficult to get. Fair warning that most of those areas are completely dead during those times.

When you trade with II you give up points and so you can’t just deposit reservations that you make.

 

[scoutings]

When you trade with II you give up points and so you can’t just deposit reservations that you make.

... my thought was to reserve the mountain time week through Hyatt then offer to exchange it on II. I think you're saying that no one will take that week, even if I plan a year out?

 

[SHG]

... my thought was to reserve the mountain time week through Hyatt then offer to exchange it on II. I think you're saying that no one will take that week, even if I plan a year out?

I am going to assume that you are new to Hyatt??? What travelhacker is trying to tell you is that you do not need to book a reservation to trade with II. With the Hyatt program, you only use your points to trade in II. You do not deposit any reservations. When you receive a week from Interval, points are automatically deducted from you Hyatt account.

 

[GTLINZ]

As mentioned Hyatt II reservations are purely points. So you cannot book a studio and hope to upgrade - the interval reservation always costs what the Hyatt interval chart says are the points required per unit size. Hyatt does get a lot for the points within interval.

Kal's site is very helpful - here is his link to the II points chart but there is plenty to learn about Hyatt on his site.

http://www.bywindkal.com/Files/HyattInterval.pdf

 

[scoutings]

When you receive a week from Interval, points are automatically deducted from you Hyatt account.

The link provided by @GTLINZ is helpful and the first time I've seen it. I did think you had to book a week (even if through II) in order to exchange it for a non-Hyatt property.