I'm trying to figure out what kind of provisions there are for Hyatt TS owners to use their ownership to book in Hyatt Regency or other non-timeshare Hyatt properties. Is there cross-over? What terms and restrictions apply (such as reservation windows). Are there special rates? Is there effectively a lower cost to reserve at, say, a Hyatt Regency via TS ownership or simply via direct booking? Other thoughts and comments?
If the TUG mantra of "buy resale" was used to procure the HRC TS, the crossover is non-existent as resale weeks are prohibited from being converted to Hyatt Gold Passport Points.
If the HRC week was obtained directly from Hyatt via a "dreaded full freight retail" purchase, the TS week is converted to Gold Passport Points and then a stay in any Hyatt hotel can be booked on a nightly basis. The number of points required per night varies on the level of Hyatt hotel.
Similar to the other hotel based TS programs, there are 5 or 6 hotel levels/categories - from a Hyatt Place up to a Park Hyatt. Similar to the other hotel based TS programs, converting a TS week to nightly hotel stays is not the most efficient use of MF/points - but it does open up considerable more locations worldwide.
