The Venetian and Palazzo can now be booked using Hyatt points. Unfortunately there are two things that make this not really worth doing:
- Price is 35,000-70,000 points per night
- These are bookable Hyatt in name only. Meaning none of your member benefits come across. Full fine print below:
NO OTHER WORLD OF HYATT CONNECTION
Except as expressly set forth in these The Venetian Resort – World of Hyatt Terms or in separately posted terms and conditions, Members are entitled to no other reward, benefit, right, experience, or other aspect of their World of Hyatt membership and may not redeem any other type of award in connection with activities or other engagement with The Venetian Resort or a Participating The Venetian Resort Property. For example, Members are not entitled to receive complimentary bottled water, guaranteed availability, free parking, club lounge access, waived resort, destination or facility fees, Guest of Honor privileges, or any other Program benefit not specified herein. Unless otherwise noted in these The Venetian Resort – World of Hyatt Terms or in separately posted terms and conditions, Participating The Venetian Resort Properties are not Point Properties and are not considered a “Hyatt hotel or resort” under the Terms, provided that Participating The Venetian Resort Properties will be treated as a Hyatt hotel or resort for the limited purpose of earning Bonus Points via spend on a Hyatt-branded Credit Card.
This is why Hyatt is lagging the last few years. Very hard to find reward availability for points redemptions, can’t top off certificates, no free night on reward stays and now this.
Why would Hyatt even bother?
waived resort (resort fee)
I still can’t believe we as a society allow this crap still. Resort fees are price rigging. It artificially raises the prices of all hotels in vegas.
Now that my Caesars Diamond is expiring and I can’t (easily) evade resort fees, I’m going to find somewhere else to blow my money. I’m sure Vegas won’t miss me, and the feeling is mutual.
The resort fees are either going to be baked into the price or charged separately…you choose. I’m in Vegas 3-4X a year and in my experience the front desk has a lot of flexibility with resort fees but ZERO with room rates. Still annoyed that everywhere charges for parking now.
@Curtis what do you mean by flexibility on resort fee? Is it negotiable when booking in person.
I will be traveling to Vegas for the first time this year
I’ve had luck in Vegas getting resort fees waived at checkout by complaining about something. The complaints are legitimate, of course. Examples: pool closed at Aria, giant part of Planet Hollywood casino floor under construction, room at Resorts World too close to the nightclub floor (couldn’t sleep).
I could get a discount from my room rate at a hotel that doesn’t charge resort fees for complaining, I have no idea why would this be better with resort fees.
Where does the 35-70k rate come from? I’ve searched about two dozen dates on Hyatt and can’t find a single one with award availability for either property.
They’re available for pretty much every day I’ve seen and checked. You need View Rate, and not just look at it in search.
Thanks for pointing that out; I see the award rates now.
FWIW, I found at least one night with a rate as low as 22,000 points, and a few others under 35,000.
Good to know. Everything I found was 35K +. I’m curious what date you found the 22K rate?
Aug. 11th. It’s still terrible value since the cash price is correspondingly low.
It’s also 115 degrees out that time of year.
Does the spend in Venetian and Palazzo at least count towards the base point for Hyatt?
Ouch…