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Hyatt question-when can I book 2009 Christmas?

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It's me again. After a relaxing cruise, my brain is now jelly, and I'm now ready to start exploring our options with our new Hyatt purchase. My contract is a 2200 Diamond at San Antonio--week 26. It's a 2010 contract, and I understand that it begins in July 2009. We are interested in booking a Tahoe or Colorado Christmas vacation for 2009--I know, maybe not an easy thing to do. When would I be able to request a reservation for that?
 

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It's me again. After a relaxing cruise, my brain is now jelly, and I'm now ready to start exploring our options with our new Hyatt purchase. My contract is a 2200 Diamond at San Antonio--week 26. It's a 2010 contract, and I understand that it begins in July 2009. We are interested in booking a Tahoe or Colorado Christmas vacation for 2009--I know, maybe not an easy thing to do. When would I be able to request a reservation for that?


You should be able to book Tahoe and maybe Northstar Christmas 2009 6 month prior. In regards to Colorado good luck Im sure the waitlist is already long.

Either way you can get yourself on the waitlist now at all the Hyatt resorts for x-mas for 2009.


So many nice options when you have 2200 points.

Have fun and welcome to Hyatt.
 

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Thanks. Wow,so the idea of booking ANY of the Colorado resorts for the week between Christmas and New Year's may be hopeless? I guess I better get a waitlist on the books soon. We can put more than one on the waitlist, right? If so, in order of preference?
 

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Thanks. Wow,so the idea of booking ANY of the Colorado resorts for the week between Christmas and New Year's may be hopeless? I guess I better get a waitlist on the books soon. We can put more than one on the waitlist, right? If so, in order of preference?

I don't think that waitlist requests are numbered in any preference. First one that matches, wins, and the system automatically charges you the reservation fee. So be careful with your waitlists, or else if you don't want it when it matches, you will have to pay a cancellation fee and then another reservation fee if you match something again. The only option you have on waitlists is to click on something like "cancel all other waitlists when one matches" or keep all your waitlists active.
 

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We can put more than one on the waitlist, right? If so, in order of preference?

You can have multiple requests. There are two scenarios for getting a request filled: an owner does nothing with their owned week and it automatically passes from HRPP to CUP or an owner turns in their owned week prior to the HRPP expiration date for another week or resort.

If an owner of a week 51 (I'm using week 51 since that sounds like the week you want to book) does not elect to use their owned week 6 months prior to week 51, the week will automatically pass from HRPP to CUP and becomes available for use by other club members. In this scenario, I believe you could create a preference for multiple requests with Hyatt as all the weeks would become available at exactly the same 6 month window. I say "I believe" as I've never done this - but it seems that Hyatt has to have some selection criteria in place to address which week you are assigned. This is definitely something that you'll have to call the Go Hyatt staff on. I'd be interested to hear what they say.

If a week 51 owner turns in their HRPP week PRIOR to the 6 month HRPP expiration date, your preference priortization goes out the window since which ever request becomes available first is the request that will automatically get filled. IE: if your order is Park Hyatt, Mountain Lodge, Grand Aspen then Main Street and a Main Street week is turned in 6 months and 1 day before your requested check in date, you will automatically get Main Street. Since your request was filled prior to the Park Hyatt, Mountain Lodge, Grand Aspen weeks passing from HRPP to CUP, you will not have a chance for any of these weeks.
 
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If a week 51 owner turns in their HRPP week PRIOR to the 6 month HRPP expiration date, your preference priortization goes out the window since which ever request becomes available first is the request that will automatically get filled. IE: if your order is Park Hyatt, Mountain Lodge, Grand Aspen then Main Street and a Main Street week is turned in 6 months and 1 day before your requested check in date, you will automatically get Main Street. Since your request was filled prior to the Park Hyatt, Mountain Lodge, Grand Aspen weeks passing from HRPP to CUP, you will not have a chance for any of these weeks.

In this scenario, wouldn't I have to have my points available already? I have week 26, so I won't be able to make a reservation using those points until June 26, 2009. I understand I can waitlist now, and whatever is available on June 26 will auto fill. So, if on of my requested resorts becomes available before June 26, I'm outta luck--it goes to someone who already has available points to book. Right?
 

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So, if on of my requested resorts becomes available before June 26, I'm outta luck--it goes to someone who already has available points to book. Right?

Yep - if an account does not have enough points to make a reservation, the available week will go to the next member on the wait list.

Since you own an week 26 and you're considering a "Christmas" trip you are going to need to check your dates very closely. Not sure if you are looking for a week 51 or 52 stay - but I could see a scenario occurring of the 6 month HRPP to CUP passage window happening right before you get your points. Depending on what week you are looking for you, this could all work out perfectly for you (your points hit right before a week 51/52 owner's HRPP expiration date) - or very horribly (your points hit right after a week 51/52 owner's HRPP expiration date).

Do you know what day your San Antonio week is - they have Friday, Saturday and Sunday check-ins. All the Colorado locations are Sat check in except Aspen is Sat and Sunday. I'm not sure these days of the weeks will affect you - but I would call the Go Hyatt folks to verify the specific dates dealing with your requests in relation to the exact day your points will hit the account.
 

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Another scenario is such: an owner of week 51 decides that he/she doesn't want to use the Christmas week in 2009 and he needs points to book somewhere else for 2009. He can tell Hyatt his desire one year in advance in
Dec 2008, and his week will become available to other Hyatt members immediately. This is exactly what happened last year and I ended up with a New Year's week for 2008-2009 booked in Jan this year by the previous owner.
 

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I actually want week 52. In Tahoe, that's a Saturday checkin--December 26. My week 26 in San Antonio begins on June 26. Sounds like we may be exactly on the the date that Tahoe folks who own week 52 will forfeit, right?
 
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